Tiny bits of data usage

I get these little 0.1KB of data usage.  What are these?

If you were to go through at least 50 pages on the Mobile Web it would have been 0.6MB.  One Game from Media Center is 0.2MB and one ringtone is 0.2MB. Here's a link to access the example of average data usage.
http://support.vzw.com/clc/faqs/Calling%20Plans/nationwide.html?grp=1&faq=12

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  • Data usage and battery drain has skyrocketed with iOS 8.1.2 (maybe earlier)

    3 weeks ago my wife got a text message on her iPhone 5 from AT&T that she had used 90% of her data for the month.  30 seconds later, she got another one saying that she had used 100%.  Granted, her data plan is small, 200 MB.  But, for the last two years she has used as little as 17 MB in a month and her largest prior to this latest month was 49 mb.  This month she got to 380 mb before we were able to shut off her cell data.  Otherwise, a second chunk of 200 MB and another $15 would have been added to the month.
    We had noticed that her battery had been draining rather rapidly in standby mode with no background apps running when she didn't have access to WiFi.  We have now correlated the two results, High Cell data usage, Quick battery drain and very warm phone.  In case anyone is wondering about her iPhone 5 being one in the recall, it is.  I took it in and had it tested.  Apple says the battery is fine.  It does hold a charge well.  When all network communications are shut down on her phone and it is in standby mode, there is no noticeable loss of charge in 24 hours (our longest test).
    Since I have a grandfathered Unlimited Data Plan with AT&T, I have been doing some testing on my iPhone 5s.  Sure enough, I've seen similar results.  With nearly everything turned off except Cell Data, I've seen 483 MB used in 24 hours.  Of that total, 479 MB was used for Documents & Sync.  I even have everything turned off in my iCloud account, Location services are turned off, no push notifications etc...
    The best I can figure, this has been a problem since we installed 8.1.2 and yesterday I installed 8.1.3 resulting in no positive effect on this issue.
    At this rate of data usage and no access to WiFi, my wife would have to have a 15 Gb data plan to keep from exceeding her limit.  I don't think AT&T even offers one that big anymore.  I might have to switch to Sprint or T-Mobile if this doesn't get resolved.
    Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advance for your shared insights.

    Hey this is Brian, bjmcmurry, under a different user ID.  If I logged in as bmcmurry, original post, I was just getting a server error and couldn't get to this discussion nor post a comment anywhere.
    Anyway, let me be as brief as I can.  After an extensive analysis of replicating the problem on another phone to eliminate it being a hardware specific issue and that the test phone has an unlimited data plan, I was able to stop the excessive data usage and consequential battery drain.  I believe I have a reasonable explanation of the problem, an iOS logic bug.
    I had everything under my control clamped down on the test phone to minimize data usage.  Also, I was forcing all data usage to use the cell towers.  I determined that I was burning at least 11 to 13 Mb per hour doing nothing important.  I literally had everything turned off except 'Settings' was allowed to use Cell data providing a avenue to log into the Apple ID. 
    The two phones had 2 things in common, they were using the same Apple ID and the same version of the OS.  One was a iPhone 5 and the other was a 5s.
    Here is a synopsis of my experience via my written evaluation of the Apple support system (Apple Rep name's have been removed):
    After a couple of hours on the phone with an Apple Care Senior support Analyst, it was suggested that I go to the Apple Store to 1) get my battery replace in the iPhone 5 since it qualified for the replacement program and 2) see if the Genius could provide me with any insight in the data usage issue and battery drain.
    I'm certainly glad I had multiple reasons to visit the closest Apple store, a 45 min drive.  I got the battery replaced, thanks for that. 
    Regarding the important issue to me that brought me to the Genius Bar, excessive Cell data usage, I thought the Genius did a wonderful job listening and documenting the problem we were experiencing.  Unfortunately, educating us on the use of the product or replacing our phone was not going to solve the problem.  He eventually figured it out, this was not a user error or broken hardware.  We surmised that the reason I was sent to him was to verify and document that there was a problem.  I clearly had a problem.  After writing copious notes on the issue, The Genius smartly referred me back the the AppleCare Senior Advisor.  So, back to AppleCare Senior Analyst I went. She, knowing this was not a simple problem to solve i.e. beyond her level of expertise, got an Apple Software engineer involved.
    My primary frustration is that this should have been escalated to software engineering right away.  My trip to see the Genius was, I believe, a waste of time for both me and Apple regarding this issue.  Diagnosis of this type of problem is well beyond the Genius’ knowledge and job.  The Genius did a very good job doing what he could within the scope of his job.  He just couldn’t solve this problem and had no one within Apple to which he had access for help.
    However, that initial consult with the engineer was a bit feeble.  Not only could I not talk to him/her directly, his/her focus was still working with the ‘Black Box' approach.  Having Analyst ask me to do stuff like restore the Phone was more like trying to find a 'work around' than 'identifying the real problem.'  Maybe restoring the phone was going to fix some corrupted data on the phone sidesteping the real problem, the handling of this condition.  The engineer did listen to the fact that I had restored the test phone, the 5s, and only added the use of my Apple ID.  Duh, been there!!!
    Having been an previous owner of a software development company that I started in 1980 and retired in 2001, I can tell you that using the 'Black Box' method of debugging is extremely inefficient.  Instead, having access to an ‘Activity Manager’ type app to identify in real time what process was blowing up the data flow would have saved me a lost afternoon at the Apple store and hours on the phone with tech support.
    Ironically, I may have stumbled onto a "work around" solution short of turning off Cell Data that stopped the excessive Cell Data usage and consequential battery drain.  Just prior to leaving the Apple Store, I used one of their Macs to log in my Apple ID on the id.apple.com website to ‘Manage my Apple ID’, I was forced to upgrade the security level of my password.  Afterward, my cell data usage seemed to drop dramatically.
    I told the AppleCare Senior Analyst that I may have stumbled onto a workaround and I suggested that I give it a couple of days of monitoring.  We'd talk then and I would have results to report.  She agreed. 
    Sure enough, my Document & Sync usage was back to normal, about 1/2 Mb per day.  Am I happy that the excessive Cell Data usage has stopped?  You bet!  But, there was no intuitive reason that an end user would know to log in on the ID website to unknowingly solve this problem.  As I use to say to my employees, that is not the ‘Macintosh Way.’  And, rebooting the the 'Microsoft Way.'
    When I reported my findings to the Analyst, we both concluded that data usage was back to normal.  She did report to me that the engineer did provide a laundry list of suggested activities to help solve the problem.  Remarkably, they were everything that I had already done and were pretty much what the Analyst and the Genius tried to do.  All reasonable tasks.  But clearly, the engineer hadn't even ready the notes on the case before responding.  And, none of the things suggested would have uncovered the real problem, likely a logic bug in iOS.
    My advice now is to have the software engineering team rule out that there was an unresolvable state that a background process was fiercely trying to handle.  The iOS does not seem to know how to intervene and prompt the user with a requirement to upgrade their password.  If this does end up being the case, I would call it a logic bug, a perpetual exception that is not being handled properly.
    Anyway, I hope this helps you.

  • Iphone 5 excessive cellular data usage

    I am a new iPhone user and I am a bit concerned for how fast my phone burns through data. I have an iPhone 5, ios 7.0.4, and my cellphone provider is Fido in Canada (May be irrelevant info). I manually turn cellular data off whenever it's not in use. At times where I use wifi (which is about 98% of the time), I never leave cellular data on at the same time. So, I have 2 issues:
    1) In system services under Cellular data usage, "iTunes Accounts" seems to be the top user of data. I looked at some previous discussions on this matter and many have said that turning off iCloud would do the trick, as well as turning off 'push'. However, I have never had my iCloud account nor "iTunes and App store," logged on. I have 'updates' and 'use cellular data' turned off as well for this feature. On top of that, under "Mail, Contacts, and Calendars' I have Fetch New Data set as 'hourly' instead of "Push". So why is it that my under system services, 'iTunes Accounts" still jumps up a few hundred kb whenever I DO have cellular data turned on.
    2) How much data does the Facebook App use? Lets say I turn cellular data on, then I open up the Facebook App, and I scroll down my news feed. I do not select any pictures, videos, or profiles. I then check my data usage and somehow I burned 4mb on this specific app! I understand images take up more usage but I find that a bit suspicious.
    Of course, this isn't the only app that seems to be hogging data. It's just amazing how other phone users (iphones and android users) can just leave their data on without their data randomly draining.

    You are welcome
    Usually data consumed by system services is on the higher side.
    I would suggest reseting the data counter and then checking again after few hours to know the real culprit.
    To reset the counter, there's an option  "Reset Statistics", just under the list we discussed before.
    This way you would get to know which app is using your data righ now.

  • What's up with data usage on the iPad over LTE?

    I am using the new iPad. This is not my first as I have had an ipad since version 1 (at first with a VZ Mifi, though now I have the one with LTE). When I first set up this iPad i did it on a prepaid account and so I have a baseline of experience (both with the mifi and with built in cellular) that is nothing like what I have experienced recently.
    When I first activated, I averaged 1GB of data use. I activated on prepaid as I thought I might actually turn it off once in a while and I didnt want to have to go through VZ to do that - I don't have an hour+ to waste in store every time i want to do something with my devices. I later decided (silly me) I was not ever going to turn off the data, so why not put it on my regular plan.  The real rub here is my data usage still didnt change. I leave both radios (wifi and cell) on all the time. So when I am home, I am wifi, when i am out, I use cell.
    The odd thing here is, since LTE has come to town, my usage has tripled. Now, some of this is because I have once or twice watched a movie or streamed some audio. But as this has happened only once or twice in a month, it does not explain lump data charges of 500-1,000mb charges hitting my device 5-6 times in a month. Consider this timeline:
    On Saturday afternoon, I decided to use the NFL app to listen to an audio broadcast of the NE patriots game. I did so walking around town. I was easily streaming for 2 hours or more. According to VZW, the charge in data use for this (nearest to time) was at most 47mb.
    Roll forward 2 days during which the two largest charges are 23mb and 13mb - I can even relate these charges to a couple apps I upgraded in that time frame and some podcasts that auto downloaded.
    I see that at 3am on 9-18-12 I had data usage of 900mb. huh?
    My wifi is always connected when I am at home
    Even if, as some suggest on here, the wifi turns off when the device sleeps
    There were no updates to be found
    Movies don't download over Cell as they are over 50mb (though they will stream I think)
    IOS does not allow podcasts or software updates over 50mb anyway so if it was either of those, it would have had to be like 30 of them!
    I have a couple of theories:
    Verizon charges for data as far as timing are way off. They really don't know WHEN data is being used. The system posts involve lags in update of data from towers. (server to server transmission, whatever)
    There is a problem with LTE usage stats on Verizon. I am tempted to turn off LTE for a while to see if the usage goes down.
    I don't want to turn off my cellular all the time as that defeats the usability of the thing. I just want it back the way it was and for these phantom charges to stop. There is nooooo way my ipad used 900mb overnight by itself. There just isn't that much data to be had to bring into the thing when I am not using it.
    Please reply to this with answers only if you KNOW something. I know many will want to be helpful, but if you want to be really really helpful, you will differentiate speculation from fact.
    Has anyone else noticed that LTE data usage is higher? (and not just because having faster speeds makes you want to do more stuff)

    Sorry Tominique, great answer to the question I didnt ask. I know how to add data to my plan.
    My point is, my usage pattern has changed little. yet I am using at a rate 5 times what I was before. And I rarely stream content so I know thats not it. And the times I do, does not coincide with those ridiculous usage figures.
    I get that having more bandwidth will open a stream "wider" so to speak and cause more data usage in order to get better quality. However, in the case of Audio, that extra usage doesnt even come close to justifying these kinds of figures. Much less when posting at 4am when I am fast asleep.
    And forgive me for being a bit curt, but does my post read like I needed to be told that using wifi will save me cell data usage? I know it was pretty long, but at least read it carefully before proposing something so mundanely simplistic.
    And Brian68- Yup, I agree Spot on with you on song size. A 10mb song is a 10mb song. Doesn't matter how fast the stream is. I could see music being compressed, but it most definitely doesn't get any bits added just because the bandwidth opens up. lol What? VZW somehow upgraded my itunes match content from 256kb up to lossless? doubtful.

  • How can you manage data usage when cellular data is off, but you are using WiFi where your WiFi provider charges for data use?

    I spend quite a few months each year in Canada where I use a Telus Cellular Hub device which is also my WiFi Router.  My iPhone 5 has Cellular Data set to "Off" which insures I won't be charged via my Verizon Wireless Service Provider for charges while in Canada.  Trouble is Telus, Rogers and all the Canadian Internet Providers charge for all Data going through their Systems.  Again, My Cellular Data on the iPhone 5 is turned off, but I use WiFi for such things as checking the Weather, or FaceBook, or searching the Web. 
    I believe that things may be happening in the background from various Apps that use quite a lot of Data.  It could be that iCloud is part of the issue with things being backed up automatically.  It also could be that Apps like AP or other News Apps are sending large amounts of Data in the photos associated with their New Stories, etc.  I typically turn off the App Store "Updates" such that they don't automatically load.  The FaceBook works now posted videos play when you are just scrolling through the News Feed. 
    I have been trying to fine an article somewhere which focuses on this specific problem but unfortunately many if not most articles are about folks worried about using Cellular Data while in a WiFi environment when their Cellular Data is turned on. 
    Does anyone know of a fairly comprehensive article about what settings on which Apps might reduce the Data Usage when Cellular Data is turned "Off" but you are going through a Service Provider who charges for all Data Accessed even when you are using WiFi?

    Thanks for your comments, it is clear you understand my plight.  The trouble is fully understanding what Apps and App Features are transferring data in the background any time you happen to turn WiFi to on (even if you have had it off most of the day or night).  Obviously things like Location Services can constantly be sending and receiving data from my iPhone without any action on my part.  Also if you have things like photo backup on the iCloud then each time you take a photo you are sending a copy out.  All App Updates if set to Automatic also can add up to quite a bit of Data.  Reading the News on AP or scrolling through FB News Feed is actually adding up to a lot of Data.  There could be other culprits that I am not even thinking of.  I don't want to turn Apps like Find My Phone off or turn iCloud off due to loosing the value of such a program entirely.  Again thanks for your quick response. 

  • How can I find out my data usage for the past 3 months?

    Greetings all, I have been a long time Verizon customer, and as such I, along with my husband, was grandfathered into the unlimited data plan. When I last spoke to a representative, they informed me that the only way we were going to be able to keep our unlimited data was by paying the full retail price ($600+) to get a new phone. So we were considering upgrading and changing to one of the newer data plans so we could still get the discounted price on the new phone, but I would like to make sure I choose one with enough data, without paying for a bunch of data that I don't use, however MyVerizon only shows me the amount I have used since the start of the billing cycle. Is there a way to find out the data usage for both my husband and myself for the last 3 months so I can choose the right option?
    Thanks in advance for your help!

        Hello sweetpea1221! How exciting that you're considering upgrading with us. mrhelper is helpful, indeed. You can view your data usage for each line under the View Bill option via your My Verizon account. You can also view your 3 month average  data usage with our Account Analysis feature. Here's a link that will be helpful in doing so http://bit.ly/vnLjqO. I'm confident that we have a great plan to match your data needs. Please let us know if you have further questions.
    TanishaS1_VZW
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  • IPhone 5 - Excessive data usage and data "bleed"

    We recently upgraded my daughter's phone from a Samsung to an iPhone 5, originally running iOS 6, now running iOS 7.  The Samsung (Android) phone used less than .5 MB per month, whereas the iPhone 5 will consume that much data in one day.  About 80% of the phone's usage is on WiFi, and is only actively used on the cellular network less than an hour a day.  However, the phone and the Verizon data usage log show data being consumed even when connected continously to wifi. 
    With help from a Verizon representative, we turned off location services, closed all background apps and stopped automatic updates and refreshes, shut off icloud, email, and anything else that could possibly be running in the background or consuming data.  The changes didn't do anything to slow the usage, and the Verizon reps suggested that my daughter was secretly using her phone in the middle of the night to play games and watch movies. At Verizon's recommendation, we signed up for parental controls, and set them to prevent the phone from being used during the school day, and at night.  However, the phone and Verizon continue to show data use in tiny increments 24 hours per day.  These post in the Verizon data usage logs about every 10 minutes, and are typically 10-20KB. 
    Using the parental controls, I set a hard data stop each week so that we could meter her data out over a month's time and prevent overages.  It is supposed to stop all data usage on the phone once she reaches a preset limit.  She would usually hit the 1GB limit in a day or two, but the phone and Verizon's data usage log show that the phone continues to bleed data 24 hours per day even after the limit is reached and she is unable to use her phone.  Verizon can offer no explanation.
    In addition to the data bleed, the actual data usage for virtually any activity that required data is substantially higher than what I would see for the same use on my iPhone 4s.  For example, a couple of youtube videos played on her iPhone 5 resulted in 0.8GB being used in just a few minutes, vs about 50MB on my 4s for the same videos.  Verizon seems to suggest that this is due to the higher resolution and speed, but it seems excessive.
    Here's a Youtube video I found that seems to show our exact issue.  We've done similar tests on our phone, with the same results.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9AR2rEFcKk
    Although it is frequently suggested that the "fix" for this problem is to turn off cellular, that hardly addresses the problem.  It would also mean we have purchased a very expensive iPod.
    Is there anyone who can help us address this issue?  Verizon has been no help, and does not acknowledge this as an ongoing problem, despite the fact that there are countless articles, blogs, and videos online about the very same issue.  We have tried a number of the "fix" recommendations we've found online, but thus far have had no success.

    There's something wrong. Have you tried the 4 Rs basic troubleshooting steps?
    Restart:
    1. Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button until the red "slide to power off" slider appears, and then slide the slider.
    2. Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button until the Apple logo appears.
    Reset: Hold down the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears. Note: You will not lose any data
    Restore from backup
    Restore as new
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
    This article is about battery life, there are a few tips about data usage as well.
    http://www.apple.com/batteries/iphone.html
    Data settings & usage
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4146
    If all failed, make an appointment with the Apple genius at your local Apple Store and have them evaluate.

  • My daughter's phone racks up data usage every 12 hours, twice a day, even though she isn't using it. Anybody know why this would be happening or how to track it/stop it?

    My daughter's phone racks up data usage every 12 hours, twice a day, even though she isn't using it. Anybody know why this would be happening or how to track it/stop it?

        Its all good, TimN8128! Mrhelper is corret with regards to making sure that mobile data is turned off when on WiFi or when not connected to WiFi, if you do not want the phone to access data services to update or refresh app services. These applications can all be configured by going to Settings and reviewing all apps that appear in that area. You can also configure a bit further by going to Settings>Cellular.
    NicandroN_VZW
    Follow us on twitter @VZWSupport

  • AVAudioRecorder data usage and sound quality

    Witch is the best setting to the right mix of file size(data usage) and sound quality(ability to hear the conversation) when we work with AVAudioRecorder.
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    AntonBecker wrote:
    Alternatively, I can avoid the overage fees by agreeing to change my plan -- increase my monthly allowance -- but I have to pay the difference for all of the months that have already gone by all the way back to the beginning of my contract.  In other words, I have to pay for additional GBs for months that are in the past and for which I have no possible way to actually use that data allowance. This is NOT TRUE. You can have the change backdated to the BEGINNING of your CURRENT billing cycle but it WILL NOT go further back than that.
    I must say, that as a business model for raking in un-earned revenue, it's pretty impressive.  As a customer, though, I'm not terribly impressed.
    Does anyone else feel that these practices are just a wee bit unfair, to put it mildly?
    I would think that the following would be fair business practices:
    (1) If I don't use some GB data allowance, for which I've already paid, then that allowance should roll into the next month OR; Verizon doesn't have roll over minutes and they most likely will not have roll over data.
    (2) I should get a refund for data allowance that I don't use. Should you ALSO get a refund for unused minutes while you are at it? I don't watch all of the channels for which my cable company charges me. I would prefer a refund for THOSE before I get a refund for minutes/data from Verizon. I would make a considerably larger refund with that.
    (3) Alternatively, since Verizon believes it is OK to charge extremely inflated overage fees, then I feel it's only fair that they refund to me, at that inflated rate, for GBs that I don't use in any given month.
    How do the rest of you feel? I feel you should most likely look for a provider which better fits your view on how they should price their service. Good luck.
    Sincerely frustrated,
    Anton

  • Increased data usage

    My data usage has increased quite a bit with IOS 6. I have been very vigilant in watching what I do. It's so frustrating to check the usage and the times I have large blocks come through are usually when I know I've been connected to wifi or in some cases overnight while the phone is off. Any suggestions?

    You should be able to identify the applications or system services that are causing a significant increase in usage with a little detective work and a little time by watching and analyzing the information in Settings > Cellular > Use Cellular Data For. Also, if you tap on System Services at the bottom of that list it will show details of system service usage. All number are since the statistics where last reset and the reset is in that same area.

  • IPhone 4: about data usage..

    Sorry if this has been asked before, but my keywords of my query seems to vague to put in the search box..
    I'm looking at my data usage now, and I have 500mb limit on my o2 contract. On my 'mobile network data' in General>Usage, does the 'Sent' or 'Received' amount indicate my limit? My 'Received' is a bit more than my 'Sent', so just wanted to make sure which number I should be keeping my eye on.
    Cheers!

    Thanks for the above answers.
    I turn off my mobile data & 3g when I get home so I use only wifi. I find that if I leave mobile data & 3g on when I use my wifi, my data usage still ups.. I wonder what it could be?
    Am I right in turning both 3g and mobile data off, or is it ok to leave 3g on (as in it won't make a difference if my mobile data is off anyway)?

  • IPhone 5S extreme data usage

    I've had my iPhone 5S ever since last Christmas and never had a problem with data usage, but all of a sudden the past two months I've exceeded or come close to the max amount of the family plan I am on with my family. I'm talking 23GB  of data usage for last month! I did watch many youtube videos over cellular network last month and didn't know it ate up such a huge amount of data, so I stopped doing that. But still, I checked today and I'm at 12.15GB. It seems like even when I'm on a WiFi network my data usage still is through the roof, has anyone experienced the same thing? I really don't want to exceed my plan's limit again and have to pay the penalty fee, any help is appreciated.

        We don't want to see you with any overage, JB52. Is it possible that you stopped watching the videos a little bit into the current cycle creating a higher usage for the first few days/week? If you go into Settings>Cellular and scroll down, what applications are reflecting the most data usage? You can select certain applications to turn off cellular data here too to decrease the data applied to your allowance.
    JenniferH_VZW
    Please follow us on Twitter @vzwsupport

  • Cancelling contract for Data usage

    Can anyone tell me where I can see my contract expiration date? (on the website)
    I went over my plan last month as far as DATA and Verizon went ahead and charge me fees for it.
    I see a lot of companies offering unlimited data nowadays (for a cheaper monthly rate) and I think it's time to switch.
    $105 / month for ONE phone is getting kind of ridiculous. (especially since all the newer app are requiring more data)
    You would think that after So many years (seven I believe) i would get a better rate too, but oh well...
    thanks for your help!!

    stephanem wrote:
    love the #upg thanks! that was super fast. Looks like I have few months to go.
    On another note, yes I was expecting not be charged an additional data fee.
    There were months where I didn't even used the data allowed on my plan, where did that data go?
    Whether or not you use the full amount of your allowance each month is completely up to you. Verizon has never offered roll over data/minutes NOR have they hinted that it is available. You have to take responsibility to set you usage allowance accordingly. In a heavier than normal month, you can simply increase your allowance.
    The App market is getting bigger and bigger by the minute, especially the video and MP3 streaming. I am planning on using my HTC one to stream music via Bluetooth in my car, there is no way I will make it to the 15th of the month with 2 Gigs allowance, like I say there are tons of other options with unlimited data
    You are correct, there are tons of other options with unlimited data. Unfortunately with the smaller service footprints of some of the smaller providers, you will not be able to stream without service in some areas and unlimited data will NOT help you then. I have several ways to listen to music in my car without impacting my data allowance. 1) radio, 2) sattelite radio, 3)via bluetooth with the 1000+ songs I have on my phone, 4)via USB on an old unused iPod synced with my home computer and the 4000+ songs located there. Not a single one of those methods increases my data usage one bit.
    I liked Verizon for many things, I am not happy to swtich but I don't have other options if I want unlimited data within my Budget
    Just make sure you will not be paying for unlimited data you have no access to! I check other providers each time I come up for renewal of my contract. AT&T offers not much different than Verizon with a slightly smaller footprint. Sprint & T-Mobile offer unlimited data with restrictions AND have a MUCH smaller footprint which include dead zones in and for quite a large area(at least a mile) around my home, not to mention going in and out of service areas while driving.
    Hopefully a different provider will work out for you.

  • BBM data usage

    I am about to receive my Blackberry 9650 in the mail. I am concerned about my data usage because it is not unlimited (it is 150 MB/month).
    I don't think i will be using Facebook too often, other than to do mobile uploads.
    for Twitter i plan on mostly only updating my status maybe once or twice a day.
    I DO plan on using a lot of BBM.
    How much data can i expect to use?
    Regularly, how many MB does BBM use for a very frequent user?
    Thanks in advanced!
    PS: if there are any tips that someone can give me for using a Blackberry, i would appreciate it as I am brand new to the BB world!)

    I'm not a very frequent BBM user, but I'll try to give you an idea of data usage. I looked back through my last few bills ... the months I used BBM once or twice a day, plus had two email accounts pushed to my BB, I used about 100MB. The most I've used, even with streaming a couple TV shows and a few podcasts, is 213MB/month. This was not using Wi-Fi at all, so if you use Wi-Fi at home -- doing most of your BBM communication that way -- you *may* be fine with 150MB. 
    I tried the data calculator to see how accurate it is, and it showed I would use quite a bit more than I actually do. As mentioned above, data is compressed, so BlackBerrys do not use as much as other smartphones. Emails and BBM don't use much data; where you start using more is while streaming media. Monitor your usage for a month or two, then decide if you want to upgrade to the unlimited data plan for peace of mind.
    Enjoy your new Bold ... great choice, btw!

  • Data Usage Discrepancy

    Hi everyone,
    I know this is an age old tale but I'm truly baffled at this point. I just received a text from Verizon that I have, in a matter on 5 days, single-handedly exhausted 2GB of data. Lets take a step back and look at the facts:
    1) I am connected to a wifi network 8+ hours a day while at work.
    2) I have a wifi network at home that I am connected to for the majority of the time I'm not at work.
    3) I made sure that all of my apps are set to conserve data - limit push notifications, no updates unless I'm on wifi, don't automatically download email attachments, etc. All the usual suspects.
    Finally, and what is most confusing to me, my phone data usage settings indicate that I have used about 0.11GB of data...
    ...but Verizon seems to think I've used 2.17GB of data (again, IN FIVE DAYS!).
    This is over an order of magnitude in difference. I understand that my device and Verizon measure data usage a little bit differently BUT I have no idea how such a large discrepancy would occur. Moreover, I have no idea how I could possibly use over 2GB of data in a matter of a few days when I have been connected to a wifi network almost 24 hours a day. Thoughts?
    Erica

    Thank you for responding.  Something is definitely wrong that's for sure.  I don't use my phone to surf the net at all during the day and when I'm home at night the little bit I do i  am using Wi-Fi. And this month the day before my  usage shifts to another month I get hit with another overage fee.  Something is wrong I have everything on my cell phone turned off so there's no data being used but yet I am over every month?   I am definitely switching over to another carrier.  Verizon is is ripping me off I can't prove it and all customer service wants to do is sell me more  data   
    Sent from my iPhone

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