I rarely use over 2GB of data per month. Usually most of my data traffic happens over wifi. Curious.
If you want to know why I’m asking:
My phone provider just decided to upgrade my subscription plan some ridiculous amount. I was on a cheap prepaid 18GB every 28 days plan, with data rollover. (I got nearly 900 GB of rollover data just sitting there, accumulated over the years).
Now they increased both their price and data cap about +60%. For me this is absolutely unnecessary. I was already paying for more than what I used.
Then I tried to switch providers, and realized this is the new baseline in the country, at least for monthly prepaid. Eventually I found a few providers that offer something more affordable, but it’s only long expiry plans with a lot less data. Works for me though, not complaining.
I’m just surprised with the sheer amounts in most monthly plans, am I some kind of low usage freak?
About 120 GB a month. Luckily, data is unlimited.
I love how you get a warning at 2GB
It’s hard to burn through half a terrabyte in a monthSame as op, one or two gigs, at most. Usually under a gig. Very rarely, I have to create a hot-spot for my laptop which might increase the numbers a bit.
I don’t even know how much data my operator allows for, 150 gigs maybe, or maybe it’s unlimited nowadays, I’d have to look it up.
I got 25gb monthly plan. I utilize around 7-10gb monthly.
UK:
£5/m contract for 5GB data. Only run out once when traveling.
Looking back, I normally use about 2gb of data and 30gb of WiFi a month on my phone. Most stuff is done on my PC or laptop.
Nice. That sounds like an affordable deal.
I’m impressed at the wild variety of responses here, and also that so many don’t seem to mind paying for something they don’t use.
This is the cheapest I could find that wasn’t dodgy in some way.
Previously I was pay as you go at 1p/mb on a different supplier, but that got discontinued.
$110/month for 6GB data but this is the US where mobile data is expensive as shit.
I usually use around 300MB
EDIT: $110 for two lines with data shared between them. The other person on the account uses more like 3GB/month and I find it funny to compare our data usage.
That’s a typo, right ? Six gigabytes for a hundred and ten dollars? I’m sure I’ve seen better deals from others in the US in this post. Sounds rough!
tldr: Failed to mention that was total price for two lines. I added an EDIT to the original post, more info below.
Unfortunately no, and that’s with a 20% discount from my previous employer. Although I should have specified that that price is for two lines with the 6GB shared between them with rollover. I look at different plans at my current carrier every now and then but they’re the same or more expensive for ““unlimited”” data (typically throttled at around 3GB).
I really need to find the motivation to switch to a prepaid plan because those can be had much cheaper. Plus my current carrier is a shitass and I really shouldn’t be giving them money. I’ve been eyeing https://www.phreeli.com/ lately…
You need motivation? Think of how much you would save over a year. Because it is an ongoing expense. At the moment you are spending $1320 dollars every year if my math is right. Judging from most comments here, prepaid plans are around $30 a month or so, that’s a massive difference! What would you do with $900 to spare? Also most carriers let you keep your number, right? So what’s to lose?
You gave me the motivation I needed. I started the transfer last night. Thanks bud.
Yassss!
Basically not much. This month, 133 megabytes as of 18th of January. And all of it it’s free anyway.
I don’t really need mobile data aside of stints to the town, every place I need to go to probably has Wi-Fi anyway. We have a municipal Wi-Fi network at public institutions, it probably helps a lot. (And I don’t even use free wifi at commercial institutions.)
I’m sitting on around 4.5gb with a third of the cycle to go. That’s high for me, would be under 1gb if I wasn’t watching the cricket for a bit on Boxing Day.
I’m mostly on the network at home or playing music from the memory card so don’t need much at all, but 20gb is the lowest available with my provider.
Similar case as mine, and yes I’m also disappointed there isn’t a lower option available
543MiB last month. I mostly use the cell data for maps and messaging
My phone plan is $5 a month, for 100gib, after I hit the cap the speed gets limited to 384kbps… I’m no where near hitting my monthly cap.
I snatched a no-monthly-payment plan sometime around 2010, and am holding to it for dear life — even though it hasn’t been offered to new clients for a long time. Thankfully, where I am, the provider can’t change the defining conditions of my plan.
I rarely call anyone, and don’t use the internet on the phone outside of WiFi networks (I listen to downloaded podcasts and read downloaded articles instead, and use OsmAnd for maps). Which means that the fifteen bucks that I paid over three years ago still haven’t been used.
How do you download articles in advance? I used to use pocket but it’s been discontinued.
I still have some unread in Pocket, and also use self-hosted Wallabag. The downside of the latter is that you can’t limit the number or size of the synced articles, it pulls all that’s on the server (at least with the self-hosted approach). It’s also a bit poorer in features comparatively and isn’t developed much, if at all.
TBH I practically stopped reading outside, because I’m mostly in motion there — and on the bus it’s increasingly uncomfortable to have the page shake in front of me, with my myopia. So I just put on podcasts or audiobooks from the time I’m getting dressed and all the way to the destination.
Thanks for the reply, I will checkout Wallabag.
I have a 100GB/month for about 13€/month.
I use between 10 and 30
5 to 15GB per month. I work a job out of office/home, so I am almost never on wifi. My plan is 60GB though so I just stopped thinking about it a long time ago. Even being out of town in hotels streaming YouTube and Jellyfin I have never gone over 20GB.
Before this job I had 250MB and almost never hit it, only using carrier rewards to get extra data during travel months.
Germany, Unlimited (around 50 or so GB and need to manually top it up once reached to extend) 5G (not quite lol) for around 20€/month
Usually consume around 5gb.
If I feel adventurous I can consume as mich as I want because I’ll start streaming from my server.Usually I get a text message a few days before the monthly data reset saying how I’ve used 50GB but at least I still get unlimited.
500 GB carrier data?
Edit: sorry I must cut down on the alcohol, I’m seeing double digits. You said 50 not 500…
Just looked through the carrier app, I seem to hover around 3gb monthly.
I could comfortably lower this down to 1gb tbh, but like you I have a plan with rollover and a toooon of data built up so lately I don’t even bother trying to save. Most places I just stay on Data even if I could log into their WiFi.I’m the same, in the sense of not bothering to save… I’m just surprised the current market is forcing us to pay so much extra for something a lot of people don’t need.
