Re: 'Typical' data usage
 

Thanks. What is a "session" in this context?

Re: 'Typical' data usage
 

You gotta ask your carrier that. A session might be ended by a certain amount of idle time.

Re: 'Typical' data usage
 

ASAIK, a session has a maximum length of 24 hours. Since most people don't stay connected this long, it is the time where you connect and then disconnect again.

Let's say you are offline. Then you turn on your internet connection to view your email, and you use 105kB. After that, you disconnect again. Then your data usage would be 105kb for that session. Depending on your carrier, he might charge you for
110kB (charging every 10kB)
or 200kB (charging every 100kB)
or even 400kB (charging every 400kB) <--- pretty bad, hm?
;)

data usage per month
 

I bought an N900 yesterday off ebay and expect it some time next week. I currently have a blackberry 9000 on a $69 cap and get unlimited net. I will have to switch my cap. I expect I will get about 500MB of data on my new plan

what I want to know is, how much data do you use per month, and how heavily do you use the net?

Re: data usage per month
 

i called and found out tha i can get 1GB for $10 more... which also bumps my cap up to $550 included a month. and free txt and mms

which also makes me want to ask, will the fMMS app work for me in australia on vodafone? i like sending picture messages, and since i would get unlimited mms im hoping the app works for me :D

Re: data usage per month
 

I have a solid rate dataplan. Normally about 3-4gb per month bandwidth usages.

Re: data usage per month
 

fair bit of data. im sure i could easily use 4GB+ via streaming video, MP3 dowloads ect. but with 1GB im guessing i will have to limit my browsing.
unless i am on wifi

Re: data usage per month
 

mms should work fine as i use it on optus in australia. as for data 1.5 gb should be fine as long as your not downloading torrents off transmission over 3g... i have 2gb included and that is just enough for me per month and i keep integrated facebook chat/ skype on , and regularly use youtube/ browse webpages, email etc.

Re: data usage per month
 

I have a 1GB/month fair use cap on 3 in the UK, but it seems that I only use about 25MB/week on average. This is unconstrained usage, but I simply do not perform bulk downloads on the device over 3G (podcasts, video, etc.), and it is hooked up to wifi outside working hours and normally at weekends.

Last week I went abroad and purchased a local SIM and 50MB data topup. I'd used about 28MB of that when I left a week later. Again this was supplemented by wifi, but I did make some Skype calls over 3G, and used GPS/mapping quite a bit.

Obviously I could consume more data, but this seems so typical for me that I thought I'd mention it.

Re: data usage per month
 

I find i use around 500mb a month, i think my cap is a gig but i find that hammering the net reduces the battery by faaaar too much! i generally listen to di.fm on the way into work, i have bad reception at work so cant listen to much there. I usually have jabber and skype connected all day and then another round of di.fm on the way home.

My phone can usually be close to dead round 11pm dependant on the signal at work but like i said i only use around 500meg a month.

Re: data usage per month
 

i will only get 1gb, not 1+5
what plan do you have? how much do you pay?

so will having widgets running use a lot of bandwidth?
also, how do emails and facebook notifications come through? on my bold they come through instantly, just like a txt. is this the same for the N900?

Re: data usage per month
 

i dont download a lot of heavy stuff like streaming or large files while about on 3g, then when i get to the office it automatically picks up my office visitors wifi and the same at home so my 3g usage is probbably around 120mb per month but i got unlimitted usage with t-mobile (fair usage i think might be 3gb) when hitting fair usage they limit your speed to about 15kb at peak times (4pm-12pm)

my main home broadband until recently was via a tmobile dongle and i was using about 3gb per month with all the tmobile restrictions, example youtube and some other sites were blocked, my usage inclunding remote desktopping into office pc during working hours, sync office emails to my laptop (quite heavy usage here), msn and some other client server apps... i think diferent version of firmwre in the dongle seem to report diferent usage... also at the time i used opera a lot which shrinks data by up to 90 per cent in some cases.

there is litle widget app (dataplan monitor) that you can download in the n900 and place into your desktop to monitor usage.
http://maemo.org/downloads/product/M...onal-gprs-mon/

Re: data usage per month
 

I guess I use ~1.5GB of data every month. After 20GB on one month Three limits me to 3G speed until the new month. Otherwise I have 3.5G speeds, typically around 6mBit/s down and 1mBit/s up.

Re: data usage per month
 

is there any sort of data useage monitor you can download that will only show you your useage over 3G. because that would really be all im concerned with

Re: data usage per month
 

Yes check the repo's theres a few data plan monitors.

I downloaded about 850mb last month but id say that 80% of that was on my home or work wireless so if you have wireless at home or work that should bring down your data requirements with your mobile provider.

Re: data usage per month
 

i had 500mb and used it... know i have been upgraded to 12gb per/m så i will start using youtube :)

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My cellular data usage is mere 100MB per month. But I happen to have a WiFi connection at most places where I go - home, office, my girlfriends's place, my parents' place, many pubs/cafes/restaurants, even my auto repair shop.. :)

Re: data usage per month
 

I use something between 500mb and 1gb plus stuff via wlan that I have no idea about the amounts...

Re: [N900] How much data traffic do you average per month? What is a typical amount of data use?
 

The following threads have been merged into this thread:

• "'Typical' data usage" with seventeen posts
• "data usage per month" with fifteen posts

Re: [N900] How much data traffic do you average per month? What is a typical amount of data use?
 

I've used 750mb since I've had the phone (got it as soon as Amazon started shipping, however long ago that was)

Re: [N900] How much data traffic do you average per month? What is a typical amount of data use?
 

About 450-500MB a month on a 1GB data package for £5 :)

Re: [N900] How much data traffic do you average per month? What is a typical amount of data use?
 

Last month 1.3 GB downloaded :P
Unlimited data plan 380kbps for 9.90€/month

Re: [N900] How much data traffic do you average per month? What is a typical amount of data use?
 

750mb first month and 550mb last month, with lots of wifi use and watching my usage. This phone could eaisly hammer several gb in a heavy month's usage. On 'unlimited' with UK vodafone, no problems as of yet.