data plan

[icecreamman2]

I am getting a new data plan for my iPhone and I have a couple options but don't really know how much data this really is. My options are 1GB or 3GB of data usage per month. Can someone use this in relative terms. Il be using this mostly for surfing the web and email. Will 1GB be enough.

[Londonrockz568]

The iphone is a very data intensive device. I suggest unlimited if possible, because the data can rack up VERY fast within a 1 month billing cycle.

[smknSRT8]

I am getting a new data plan for my iPhone and I have a couple options but don't really know how much data this really is. My options are 1GB or 3GB of data usage per month. Can someone use this in relative terms. Il be using this mostly for surfing the web and email. Will 1GB be enough.

I am not sure exactly what you are talking about, I am pretty sure that you get "unlimited" data with the iPhone, well not unlimited but 5gb. I am never seen or heard of this 1 or 3gb data plan you speak of.

[icecreamman2]

because I live in Canada and I upgraded my phone to an iPhone but at the moment my plan does not support data access so I need to buy an add on data package. You guys haven't rlly answered my question is 1GB an extremly small amount of data for 1 month

[GeeGawGadgetGuy]

Ice cream...I am not sure about how your plan in Canada works but perhaps you could go with the 1GB plan first and then see how your data works out. I am sure they would let you "upgrade" to a bigger plan later.

For useage goes...On my phone I use it to surf the web, email, app store....I have had it for 3 weeks now and have 3.8 mb sent and 60.2 mb received. That may be a bit misleading because while at work I am on WiFi and while at home I am on WiFi.

Best of luck in your search...I am sure there is someone else on here in Canada that is in a similar situation.

[Youngbinks]

What is the price difference between the two?
I just ran a test in which I:
1. Checked my e-mail
2. Checked the weather
3. Checked the stock prices
4. Searched for Starbucks on Maps
5. Loaded the homepage espn.com in Safari

I used a total of 887 KB. It may not seem like much but that from just doing each of those tasks once. If you surf the web with any regularity on the phone or use any of the other data intensive programs it might be very easy to go over the 1 GB mark.

That being said, I would go for 3 GB.

[dturner]

I have had it for 3 weeks now and have 3.8 mb sent and 60.2 mb received. That may be a bit misleading because while at work I am on WiFi and while at home I am on WiFi.
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This will be the key. If you have access to wifi most of the time then 1G might be enough. If you are going to rely on 3G most of the time you probably want to get the higher plan just to be on the safe side.
Maybe as was suggested, start with the 1G and monitor it closely for a month and see how it goes.

[icecreamman2]

thanx for all the info, i do have WIFI at school and home wich is where i spend allot of my time so i think i will try out 1GB for a month and see how that goes. but also whats the difference between KB, MB AND GB . as in how many mb is in a KB and how many KB is in a GB

[Youngbinks]

There are 1,000 KB in a MB and 1,000 MB in a GB.

That means in my example doing those 5 things resulted in 0.887 MB.

[icecreamman2]

ok thanx i think il stick with that plan and see how it goes. THANX GUYS

[Londonrockz568]

There are 1,000 KB in a MB and 1,000 MB in a GB.

That means in my example doing those 5 things resulted in 0.887 MB.

Semi-wrong.
8bits = 1byte
1024bytes = 1KB
1024KBs = 1 MB
1024MBs = 1 GB
1024GBs = 1 TeraByte (TBs)
1024TBs = 1 Petabyte (PBs)
1024PBs = 1 Exabyte (EBs)
1024EBs = 1 Zettabyte (ZBs)
1024ZBs = 1 Yottabyte (YBs)

Exponential growth... Currently as of 2008 there are maybe 2-3 computers that can process 1 terrabyte. Humanity hasnt reached the capabilites to produce the last 4 types of bytes.

After all those bytes computers will pretty much start swallowing.

[dturner]

I believe Philip was using round numbers as would most of us in explaining a situation like this.:2cool:

[Youngbinks]

Wrong.
8bits = 1byte
1024bytes = 1KB
1024KBs = 1 MB
1024MBs = 1 GB
1024GBs = 1 TeraByte (TBs)
1024TBs = 1 Petabyte (PBs)
1024PBs = 1 Exabyte (EBs)
1024EBs = 1 Zettabyte (ZBs)
1024ZBs = 1 Yottabyte (YBs)

Exponential growth... Currently as of 2008 there are maybe 2-3 computers that can process 1 terrabyte. Humanity hasnt reached the capabilites to produce the last 4 types of bytes.

Well I was trying to keep things as simple as possible. It's often easier to talk in terms of thousands instead of thousand and twenty-fours. Even though the math is off by a bit, for all intensive purposes it takes care of things.

[Londonrockz568]

In theory, both are correct. 1000 or 1024.