What does 5 Gigabytes Get Me? |
| Wednesday, 25 October 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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It is now the norm for mobile broadband carriers to offer a monthly 5GB allowance on mobile broadband service, with per-megabyte overage charges imposed for usage exceeding 5GB. Sprint, Verizon, and AT&T all have this 5GB limit now. When potential users hear about the 5GB allowance, everyone wants to know what exactly that means. What can you do with 5GB? Is it a lot of usage or a little? Are you in danger of exceeding your limit? To help answer the question, here are some examples of what typical 'downloads' eat up in bandwidth:
One thing that is not on the chart that we would be remiss to forget about is 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. If you have your computer set to automatically download software updates, it is a good idea to keep an eye on your usage when these updates occur. From these charts, its obvious that the activities that consume the most bandwidth involves video streaming or 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?). If your web habits include mainly emailing, web surfing, and the occassional YouTube video, it is very unlikely that you will have a problem with the 5GB allowance. 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, Sprint, and AT&T 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, so 5GB is plenty of data for a secondary internet connection. If you're concerned about going over your limit, remember that most carriers allow you to easily check your usage online any time Note: if our chart does not include data you'd like to see included, send an email with specifics to sales@3gstore.com and if we can find authoritative answers to you question, we'll update this article. Related Articles
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