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We continue to be asked about Verizon's policy that can result in overage charges when a user exceeds 5GB of data transfer in a billing month.

UPDATE: Sprint's new terms and conditions will also start to enforce a 5GB cap!

What most people want to know is, "What Does 5 Gigabytes Get Me?"

To help answer the question, here are some examples of what typical 'downloads' eat up in bandwidth:

From these charts, its obvious that the activities which consume the most bandwidth involve music and video downloads. We know that not even the most avid music or video fan is not likely to spend time every day of every month searching, reviewing and buying music or videos ... unless you happen to be 13 to 21 years old?

We would be remiss to forget about major software updates for your computer. They don't happen daily, but could easily be over 100 MB and have been known to happen a couple times a month.

For the majority of account holders, 166 MB of bandwidth is hard to consume *each and every day* and you should not have to worry about exceeding 5 gigabytes in a month. Verizon and Sprint sell their broadband wireless as a solution for people on the move like business professionals who fly across the country on a regular basis. For these people, the wireless service is secondary to the broadband they have at home or office.