Sprint 5GB internet cap

[Twinsen]

What kind of browsing are you guys doing that you would hit 5gb a month? Unless you tether to your phone every day and use it at work of course...

[Success100]

Originally Posted by Twinsen

What kind of browsing are you guys doing that you would hit 5gb a month? Unless you tether to your phone every day and use it at work of course...

i do that, and still have came nowhere close to 5 gigs

[shaggylive]

Originally Posted by schettj

5GB=18.2 hours of "orb" streamed video at 80KB/sec, which is the size of my out pipe for orb.

I can't imagine it would be any *more* time for sprint TV.

So they're giving you a half-hour/day use for sprint tv, give or take. Interesting.

Now, looking at my usage, I'm at 72,000 or so of whatever units it reports (probably KB) after 2 days in the current billing cycle. So for my typical email and light browsing use I would use just a couple meg a month. That leaves quite a bit...

I could see maybe busting that cap every now and then, but it would be a somewhat atypical month for me.

not to keep a *dead* thread going, but want to clear up the math.... (not to pick on schettj (went farther than the rest of us...))

Yes, the "units" are in KB's, since that's how they bill ($0.03/KB) (have verified with some previous bills where my vision disapeared)
72,000KB is ~70mb
5gb/30days= ~170mb/day

but like I've been saying, this is just a nasty rumor to get more ppl to drop sprint before they release 4G.

Edit* also if they were that concerned about it, why don't they let you see your data history (graph), the way they do for anytime minutes and bill totals (billing trends).

[neodorian]

I would imagine this is to get people signed up for a data card plan now that it is so easy to unofficially tether and use your phone as your modem. They want to monetize this. I have been using my phone as my primary modem since I moved a month ago (since I didn't feel like getting comcast--at least not right away.) If you can just download an app like WMWiFi and avoid paying tethering charges then what will stop everyone from doing it? I see what they are doing here and it sucks because the unlimited cheap fast data is their best point. Still, I would conceivably pay a little more for truly unlimited data over legit tether. It will still be cheaper than the $45 I would pay for Comcast.

[InvincibleLiving]

ouch i'm at 16+ gigs for the month.. this is gonna be an adjustment for your boy!!!

someone PLEASE tell me i'm using the wrong conversion rate (KB)... my current usage page gives this number: 2112842

[kyppcgeek]

HAHAHAH!!!! SPRINT LOSES ANOTHER MILLION CUSTOMERS!

Honestly though using pocket IE and other data programs on my vz xv6800 I have yet to exceed 200MB

[blue4shizzle]

i'm around 400,000 and i still got until the 28th, an i just use skyfire and jive talk lol

[Perasite]

Originally Posted by nautica2450

ouch i'm at 16+ gigs for the month.. this is gonna be an adjustment for your boy!!!

someone PLEASE tell me i'm using the wrong conversion rate (KB)... my current usage page gives this number: 2112842

I'm getting you at just over 2 GB with that number... 2112842/1024=2063.32MB
2063.32/1024=2.015GB

Did I do it wrong?

[Perasite]

Originally Posted by blue4shizzle

i'm around 400,000 and i still got until the 28th, an i just use skyfire and jive talk, aint that a B****

That should be less than 400MB. Seems like you've got lots of available data.

[joe3789]

Originally Posted by kyppcgeek

HAHAHAH!!!! SPRINT LOSES ANOTHER MILLION CUSTOMERS!

Honestly though using pocket IE and other data programs on my vz xv6800 I have yet to exceed 200MB

lol as slow as PIE is, you won't be able to exceed 5GB within a month unless you are using it all day everyday, now if iPhone's Safari is ever ported over to WM6.1, look out ...