How am I using so much data with iPhone 5?

Got the iPhone 5 Friday evening and by Tuesday afternoon I went over 5 gb of data usage. That's 5gb in 4 days. How is this possible?

ATT has been no help. They just gave me their basic canned responses about smart phones using data even when on wifi, when not actively using, etc. The last message from them actually suggested that I check for a hung up email that was trying to send. That was in response to a single data transmission of 2.4 gigbytes that I found on my bill.
As it stands after the first five days of owning the iPhone 5 I am on pace to use 33 gigbytes of data this month. Over the past two years I have averaged under 2 gigabytes per month. I used 2.4gb in a single data transmission!
The majority of the usage is in a small number of transmissions over a three day period. 5.3 gigabytes was used in six separate data transmissions:
381mb
120mb
1.1gb
2.4gb
990mb
333mb
I feel sorry for everyone with a capped data plan. They're going to be in for a rude awakening when they get their bill if my usage is any indication.

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