Whats your data usage? | 0 Comments
By evp on 11-21-2011 09:34 PM
I feel like phone companies are in constant battle over who has the newest phone, the lowest price, the fastest network or the best tagline. For myself the one commercial that continues to spark my interest is Sprint’s unlimited network for smartphones.
My friends are on a variety of networks and I constantly hear them asking about Wi-Fi hotspots. They use the Wi-Fi network for data so that the carriers network isn’t used and they don’t go over their data cap. Seems like a lot of work to me and I’m not sure that I have ever used the Wi-Fi button on my EVO. Like a lot people I have no clue how much data I use on a monthly basis. 2GB? 10BG? I check email and Facebook, use the navigation a good bit and an occasionally a You Tube video but what does that add up to? I don’t feel like a heavy user, but I was still unsure just what I would need on another carrier.
Sprint created this fun and handy little calculator that allows you to see your estimated usage based on your daily/weekly/ monthly activity. As expected I’m around 2.5GB, but it was neat to see what factors really consume the network. See for yourself: How much data do you use?