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On average, how much cell phone data do you consume monthly?

Greater than 3 GB
5 (4.5%)
Between 2 and 3 GB
6 (5.5%)
Between 1 and 2 GB
9 (8.2%)
Between 500 MB and 1 GB
13 (11.8%)
Between 50 and 500 MB
49 (44.5%)
Data? We don't need no steeeenking data!
23 (20.9%)
I have no idea, I don't monitor my usage
2 (1.8%)
Between 1 and 50 MB
3 (2.7%)

Total Members Voted: 104

Voting closed: April 13, 2014, 06:18:38 AM

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How much cell phone data do you consume each month?
« on: March 23, 2014, 06:18:38 AM »
Several months ago my family (four users) switched to T-Mobile. Their family plan costs 102.99 per month after taxes and Federal employee discount and grants unlimited talk, text, and 500 MB of data per line, without overages. Data speed drops to a crawl beyond 500 MB but I wouldn't know, as I have been averaging perhaps 300 MB of data each month. I get both my home and work email on my phone along with a few other minor apps (like Words With Friends, Weather Channel, Living Social, etc.) and given that when I am at home I am on the Wi-Fi network, the reality is I consume very little data daily. My phone has become a 2014 version of a Palm Pilot, it does a nice job of keeping me organized. It has turned out to be a much better tool (kinda like a digital Swiss army knife) than I thought it would be. Although we could increase any individual line from 500 MB to 2.5 GB for an additional 10 bucks a month, the reality is I've received no push from the family to actually do this. Adult daughter pays $25 for her share of the plan, I get a $45 phone allowance from work (I am technically always on call), so cell for myself, my wife, and my son is coming in at $32.99 a month.

I continue to see carriers advertise family plans that are much higher, like AT&T offering four lines plus 10 GB combined data for $160 (before taxes of course) and making it sound like it is some sort of sweet deal. I find myself asking what would I do with 10 GB even if I had it for free?

How does the Mustachian crowd consume data?
« Last Edit: March 23, 2014, 06:23:41 AM by hybrid »

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Re: How much cell phone data do you consume each month?
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2014, 06:31:44 AM »
WAY over 3GB. My contract cycle goes from the 26th of the month, so I have almost a complete month of data use recorded: right now I'm at 40.36GB.

I'm definitely an outlier, though. 39.89GB of that is tethering, because I use mobile data as my home internet connection. I pay £15/month on 3 (that's the name of the company, just a number 3)'s "The One Plan" which is all-you-can-eat data with no "fair usage" policy, tethering allowed. Getting a wired internet connection in the UK costs more, line rental alone is already over £15/month.

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Re: How much cell phone data do you consume each month?
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2014, 07:15:44 AM »
Wife and I just switched to Ting (thanks to this site) as we are pretty light phone users in general.  So far I've been averaging about 80MB, with most of my internet on phone usage being through wi-fi.  This is my first smartphone, and I actually expected this to be higher. 

Wife tends to be in the 200-300MB range, although a good portion of that is probably because she turns off wi-fi for longer battery life and forgets to turn it back on.

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Re: How much cell phone data do you consume each month?
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2014, 07:54:48 AM »
I went completely VOIP and now I use Virgin Mobile's flexible tablet data plan. If I use less than 250mb it's 15$/mo. Most of the time I'm under that limit so it's fine but rarely my android phone does stupid shit where it uses a couple hundred MBs of data in a single day and it messes up the rest of the month. It only costs 35$ if I use between 250mb and 5gb so even when something goes wrong it's still cheaper than a phone plan with data.

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Re: How much cell phone data do you consume each month?
« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2014, 08:05:08 AM »
I voted "don't need no stinkin data" for my almost 10 year old feature phone... but... full disclosure:  My only ISP at my house is a cellular dongle hanging off a router.  On that setup, I usually hit 6gb, but thats 2 adults with computers/updates.

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Re: How much cell phone data do you consume each month?
« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2014, 08:12:53 AM »
I used to use 500 to 1000MB shared data use with my wife. I switched to Airvoice and generally use WiFi and keep mobile data turned off except when I need it. Last month I used 10.7Mb, or about 70 cents worth 24 MB of data on Airvoice, worth about $1.60.

Edit: Oops. I looked again, knowing I can't possibly be as Badass as Dailey :-). I read my usage wrong on my phone - the 10MB was for Mar 3-22...
Just for reference, most of last month's 24 MB was navigation or web browsing while lounging around waiting to pick up the kids, or because some of my apps (mail/facebook) check for notifications when I briefly turn on data for Navigation... I wish all of my apps had an option to do push notifications only when on WiFi.
9MB for chrome
5 MB for maps
3 MB for messaging (MMS messages)
4 MB e-mail
1.5 MB Facebook
« Last Edit: March 23, 2014, 10:39:38 AM by Hamster »

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Re: How much cell phone data do you consume each month?
« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2014, 09:16:50 AM »
Truthfully, I inaccurately skewed the poll, but only because I'm like Hamster in my data usage (No! Really? The author of the Superguide uses data?). I too average under 10MB of data in a month (No! Really? I am shocked! Shocked, I tell you, that you use so much data!) and could easily survive without if it came to it... so I chose the "we don't need no steenkin' data" option.

Hybrid, you really need a sub-25MB option for this poll given how many people around these parts don't particularly use much data anymore partly due to the guide. 500MB is still a ridiculous amount as a minimum threshold. :p

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Re: How much cell phone data do you consume each month?
« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2014, 01:57:48 PM »
I checked, phone reports 3.32GB used. Seems low, did some checking and though it's set to report monthly, it's only showing data usage for the past week.

Still seems low, since it's our main connection, but then remembered my wife complaining about Netflix not working. Some months we can go over 100Gb (Netflix, windows updates, linux isos, etc.).

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Re: How much cell phone data do you consume each month?
« Reply #8 on: March 23, 2014, 03:15:44 PM »
I'm on T-Mobile's $30 prepaid (100 minutes, "unlimited" data). I don't routinely check my data usage, but the few times I have noticed, it's usually around 600-800 MB per month. If I had to keep it lower, I could, but I don't.

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Re: How much cell phone data do you consume each month?
« Reply #9 on: March 23, 2014, 03:41:26 PM »
Using freedompop.  Typically around 100-200 mb a month I thought.  However the last 2 months have been under 100 MB (since I switched to freedompop and started paying attention).  66 MB so far this month.  I'm allowed 400 MB per month on their free service. 

I don't really try to restrict usage, other than waiting to install huge apps until I'm on wifi, but that's also a time and battery consideration. 

I rarely watch videos on my phone.  I'll mostly check and send emails, use the calendar, check voicemails, surf a little web, and use the GPS and maps app. 

I'm also at home a lot, which means I'm enjoying data over my fast home wifi connection.

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Re: How much cell phone data do you consume each month?
« Reply #10 on: March 23, 2014, 03:50:37 PM »
I happily survived on 200mb/mo for years (as soon as ATT offered the $15 plan). Now that I'm off contract and with Airvoice, I use under 50mb, no sweat, and I think a lot of that is just the difference between Airvoice's methods and ATT's bloated accounting...

So yeah, a lower choice on the polling would be good.

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Re: How much cell phone data do you consume each month?
« Reply #11 on: March 23, 2014, 04:38:53 PM »
I have 1.5G on my plan and I pretty much use that up. Commute by train 3 days per week (shift worker, cycling 15km at 11:30pm isn't the safest thing for a girl) and I use it then.

I know, I should take a book...

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Re: How much cell phone data do you consume each month?
« Reply #12 on: March 23, 2014, 05:24:09 PM »
We just got new phones and new plans.   

We used to have flip phones (so not good for data use), prepaid from Verizon at 100 a year ea for DH and me (400 minutes ea a year).   And didn't use all of those minutes ever, but the minutes were only good for a year.   They were from emergencies or to check in when out of the house.   But, most of the time dh is at home and I'm at work where we both have other phones we can use for free.

We just got new smart phones (palm pixi plus) for $50 ea from amazon.   We are using pageplus for $10 reloaded 3x a year each (they expire that often) for 300 minutes a year.   So, instead of $200 a year for the two of us, we should now be down to $60 a year (plus the startup $100 for 2 phones, which hopefully last more than a year).   Since the phones have wifi, we can use them for internet and free texting anywhere there's wireless.

Oh, and for our home phone we use obitalk (all calls including long distance are free through the internet).   THe rumor is that we are going to have to start paying like $30 dollars a year for that service starting in May.

Still this brings all of our calling/texting/data (where wifi) needs to less than $100 a year (plus cost of phones when they're needed).

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Re: How much cell phone data do you consume each month?
« Reply #13 on: March 24, 2014, 08:23:21 AM »
We just got new phones and new plans.   

We used to have flip phones (so not good for data use), prepaid from Verizon at 100 a year ea for DH and me (400 minutes ea a year).   And didn't use all of those minutes ever, but the minutes were only good for a year.   They were from emergencies or to check in when out of the house.   But, most of the time dh is at home and I'm at work where we both have other phones we can use for free.

We just got new smart phones (palm pixi plus) for $50 ea from amazon.   We are using pageplus for $10 reloaded 3x a year each (they expire that often) for 300 minutes a year.   So, instead of $200 a year for the two of us, we should now be down to $60 a year (plus the startup $100 for 2 phones, which hopefully last more than a year).   Since the phones have wifi, we can use them for internet and free texting anywhere there's wireless.

Oh, and for our home phone we use obitalk (all calls including long distance are free through the internet).   THe rumor is that we are going to have to start paying like $30 dollars a year for that service starting in May.

Still this brings all of our calling/texting/data (where wifi) needs to less than $100 a year (plus cost of phones when they're needed).



I have a palm pixi plus on page plus for 2 years. I love it, but Ive always had palm phones. I do have a ipod touch I use for surfing at home and working out, as I think the pixi has some memory lag. Its a great OS too bad its gone ( although I guess LG bought it for its smart tvs)

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Re: How much cell phone data do you consume each month?
« Reply #14 on: March 24, 2014, 08:47:35 AM »
Probably ~20 MB a month.  I have Ting, and never EVER use the 100MB in the smallest plan.  Partly because it rarely actually works, but I usually only attempt to look up a web page maybe 3-4 times a month.

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« Reply #15 on: March 24, 2014, 09:00:35 AM »
Less than 30Mb (I have the $30 T-Mobile plan for 1500 minutes/30Mb data).

I like this because I have a relatively lengthy commute and can fairly easily satisfy the parents by talking on phone for a while. I'm on wifi enough I hardly ever turn data on anyways.

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Re: How much cell phone data do you consume each month?
« Reply #16 on: March 24, 2014, 09:01:15 AM »
We use Ting and stick under the 100mg per month @ $3/month.

Our cellular is always off and also don't use text messaging either. If we need map directions, then we will turn it on or use it for one-off situations like that.

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Re: How much cell phone data do you consume each month?
« Reply #17 on: March 24, 2014, 09:06:08 AM »
I don't have need of a cell phone.

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« Reply #18 on: March 24, 2014, 10:20:53 AM »
Between one and two.  I stream Pandora maybe five hours a week on average.  Sprinkle in some RSS reading if I'm waiting for one reason or another and I rarely exceed two.

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Re: How much cell phone data do you consume each month?
« Reply #19 on: March 24, 2014, 10:45:10 AM »
I edited the poll, and I believe I set it up so users could change their votes.

As data becomes cheaper over time, I wonder if there will be more plans that offer a limited base amount of data for more casual consumers. I was curious to see how many other more casual consumers were part of these forums, the answer seems to be most folks are. Seems like that market exists, at least in the frugal crowd.

I've used 200 MB in the past 24 days. 30 MB was Android itself, another 40 was work and home email, the rest were various apps, nothing over 45 MB. 

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Re: How much cell phone data do you consume each month?
« Reply #20 on: March 24, 2014, 11:18:00 AM »
I see no way to modify my poll response.

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Re: How much cell phone data do you consume each month?
« Reply #21 on: March 24, 2014, 11:33:17 AM »
What I use is completely different from what I need.  I only need data for work email, and won't need any data in retirement.  I use 1-3 GB/mo mostly because work pays for my unlimited plan.

If data was very expensive, I'd probably use less than 200 MB.  I'd use tools/apps to browse the web text-only, wouldn't download email attachments, etc.  But it's true, data will only get cheaper.  Thus, this is not a place worth spending a lot of effort to optimize vs., say, electricity usage.

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Re: How much cell phone data do you consume each month?
« Reply #22 on: March 24, 2014, 11:38:10 AM »
I have an unlimited plan, so I don't make much of an effort to conserve.  I use ~100MB most of the time, up to 300MB if I am traveling a lot for work.

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Re: How much cell phone data do you consume each month?
« Reply #23 on: March 24, 2014, 12:02:48 PM »
Don't need no steenking data.  The phone's a phone, and gets used for phone calls, period.  (Well, I do use the timer function when I'm e.g. baking something...)  Anything with data gets done on the computer, or sometimes the tablet which is set up as WiFi only.  (I don't even know if it has cell functionality.)

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Re: How much cell phone data do you consume each month?
« Reply #24 on: March 24, 2014, 12:11:58 PM »
Don't need no stinkin' data :)

I use Republic's $10 unlimited calls/text plan (no data). I have wifi at home and internet at work - and I spend 90% of my time in those two locations. I have a FreedomPop if I *really* need data on the go, but I hardly ever use it. Really, how much data-specific activities can't wait till I get home? Spotify lets me make my playlists available offline, so I can listen to them on the commute. I can't think of any way cellular data would benefit me. Maybe being able to check FB while waiting in line at the store? Certainly not worth paying for...

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Re: How much cell phone data do you consume each month?
« Reply #25 on: March 24, 2014, 12:21:41 PM »
I see no way to modify my poll response.

Bummer. Can a Moderator step in and fix this, I thought I offered the option to switch when I set this up, but I don't see a way to amend it after the fact.

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« Reply #26 on: March 24, 2014, 12:28:48 PM »
Don't need no stinkin' data :)

I use Republic's $10 unlimited calls/text plan (no data). I have wifi at home and internet at work - and I spend 90% of my time in those two locations. I have a FreedomPop if I *really* need data on the go, but I hardly ever use it. Really, how much data-specific activities can't wait till I get home? Spotify lets me make my playlists available offline, so I can listen to them on the commute. I can't think of any way cellular data would benefit me. Maybe being able to check FB while waiting in line at the store? Certainly not worth paying for...

Regarding necessity, I think it depends on the field you work in. I have a realtor buddy who resisted a smartphone for years but found he needed access to the Internet to answer clients questions when showing homes, and so he broke down and got one. He already hates his plan though, because when he got a smartphone the rest of his family had to have one too. He can't wait to get off of Verizon.

The lawyers I work with (sadly) need access to their email when they are away from a computer, so for them a smartphone is a necessity.

I was surprised at how long I, as a systems admin, was able to put off a smartphone but eventually I caved and got one. For me it's rather like a spare tire. The vast majority of the time I don't really need it, but on those occasions when I do *need* it I'm damn glad I have it.

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« Reply #27 on: March 24, 2014, 12:37:37 PM »
Regarding necessity, I think it depends on the field you work in. I have a realtor buddy who resisted a smartphone for years but found he needed access to the Internet to answer clients questions when showing homes, and so he broke down and got one.

Yeah, I think needing it for your job is different. It's a business expense at that point - totally different cost-benefit equation than for personal use.

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« Reply #28 on: March 24, 2014, 01:18:43 PM »
I administer my company plan (30 lines) and the average usage tends to be about 1GB.  I've noticed a definite creep upwards over time as we transition more of our usage to phones, hardware gets faster, interfaces get more robust, etc.

The 1GBers are people who sit in an office all day and (presumably) go home at night, so they are on wifi most of the time.  And I assume they use liberally since they don't see the bill.  I consider usage to be high when I see someone go over 3 GB.

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« Reply #29 on: March 24, 2014, 01:28:37 PM »
Voted zero because my phone is non-functional and its replacement from T-Mobile is taking forever to arrive. And, to be honest, I don't miss it at all. As soon as the replacement phone I'm owed arrived, I may just sell it and move on, using Google Voice as a replacement.

Before this I was using 1-2GB on the Spotify $5 plan. Once I switched to the $10 plan that allows you to download and use Spotify in offline mode on the phone, I was using about 200MB.

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« Reply #30 on: March 25, 2014, 12:06:06 AM »
I administer my company plan (30 lines) and the average usage tends to be about 1GB.  I've noticed a definite creep upwards over time as we transition more of our usage to phones, hardware gets faster, interfaces get more robust, etc.

The 1GBers are people who sit in an office all day and (presumably) go home at night, so they are on wifi most of the time.  And I assume they use liberally since they don't see the bill.  I consider usage to be high when I see someone go over 3 GB.
I think that level of usage has very little to do with the hardware, but a lot to do with the software and app settings. If you have apps downloading updates over mobile data and you are downloading/streaming media, then it's easy to use multiple GB. If you aren't doing either if those, then I don't see how you could get over 1 GB just with just e-mail Facebook and web browsing if you take the simplest steps to configure whether your apps download when on mobile data.

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Re: How much cell phone data do you consume each month?
« Reply #31 on: March 25, 2014, 12:33:34 AM »
Very little. I've never used my phone for much except a phone.

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Re: How much cell phone data do you consume each month?
« Reply #32 on: April 15, 2014, 12:04:21 AM »
Usually 2-2.5GB a month.

Plenty of Spotify/Tunein Radio, with some added Twitter as part of that too.

Looking forward to my contract ending in October so I can change providers and spend a quarter of what I am now.

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« Reply #33 on: April 15, 2014, 06:42:56 AM »
Missed the poll, but I use 1-7 MB a month. Heavy user.

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« Reply #34 on: April 15, 2014, 11:11:07 AM »
Flip phone with no data = 0MB.

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« Reply #35 on: April 15, 2014, 11:19:36 AM »
I've got an unlimited plan (a grandfathered plan that would cost a fortune nowadays--if it was offered at all) and I just realized I used 10.1GB of data this past usage period. Yikes! It's probably settings-related (updating apps over data instead of wifi), and the fact that my home wifi is spotty at best so my phone sometimes won't pick it up. My data doesn't seem to be throttled even though I apparently use a ton, so good on AT&T I suppose? Or not. They're responsible for my wifi as well and they suck at that (although they did reduce my bill recently).

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« Reply #36 on: April 15, 2014, 11:08:48 PM »
I'm in Shanghai so I have a pay-as-you-go sim card through China Mobile. I pay 20rmb/month (~$3.25) for 150MB of data. This is the cheapest data plan available and I've never gone over. I really only use data for WeChat messaging (rather than texting, which costs .1rmb/message) and very occasionally needing to look up an email or google something. I generally wait until I have Wifi to do anything more data-heavy (email, updating, installing apps, etc.)

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« Reply #37 on: April 16, 2014, 06:17:43 AM »
I can't vote because the poll is closed, but answer is 0.  I had the folks at Ting disable my data--just in case I accidentally pushed some buttons and mistakenly used some.  I'm on a computer most of my waking moments, so I don't need any data on my phone.

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Re: How much cell phone data do you consume each month?
« Reply #38 on: April 16, 2014, 09:23:50 AM »
Yep I missed the poll too. I'm also on Ting and I usually stay in the small bucket, so Less than 100MB
I quit using games on my phone and started using apps mostly on wifi. Esp image-heavy apps or video apps. So Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube I use on wifi.

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Re: How much cell phone data do you consume each month?
« Reply #39 on: April 16, 2014, 10:53:57 AM »
a lot.  grandfathered unlimited plan.  i was going to change but with the amount of data me and the boyfriend go through its easier to stay put.    i don't monitor it at all, but i do know he streams pandora when he goes for his 2 hour gym sessions each day.  that uses a bunch. 

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Re: How much cell phone data do you consume each month?
« Reply #40 on: April 16, 2014, 12:41:17 PM »
Can any Republic Wireless people tell me how to figure this out?  I'm currently on the $19/mo Defy plan, but want to move up to the new phone (tired of dropped calls going between Wifi and cell) and will be going to the $20/mo plan...but need to make sure I'm not going to break the data limit.