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View Poll Results: How much bandwidth do you use on your iPhone 3G?
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0-50 mbs 1 votes (12.50%)
51-100 mbs 0 votes (0%)
101-150 mbs 0 votes (0%)
151-200 mbs 1 votes (12.50%)
201-250 mbs 1 votes (12.50%)
251-300 mbs 1 votes (12.50%)
301-350 mbs 0 votes (0%)
351-400 mbs 0 votes (0%)
401-450 mbs 0 votes (0%)
451-500 mbs 0 votes (0%)
501-550 mbs 0 votes (0%)
More than 550 mbs 4 votes (50.00%)
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How much bandwidth do you consume?
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Hg2491
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May 21, 2009, 10:53 PM
 
Guys and gals,

I'm on the fence of wether or not I should get one since the unlimited plan is too expensive here. What pisses me off is that the BlackBerry service is a third of what the iPhone unlimited plan costs. This means that it is smarter for me to get a BB even though I don't like them.

Anyways, I'm wondering how much bandwidth do you use on your iPhone 3G?

Also, what do you do on it?
     
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May 21, 2009, 11:15 PM
 
Uhh... I just voted for 201 - 250 without paying much attention. I use about 201-250 MB per month.... mbs(?), not so much.
     
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May 21, 2009, 11:27 PM
 
my phone says I have received 946mb of data and sent 64mb
     
turtle777
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May 22, 2009, 12:23 AM
 
mbs ?

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Hg2491  (op)
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May 22, 2009, 05:09 AM
 
Mbs as in megabytes...
     
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May 22, 2009, 05:13 AM
 
mb would be millibits (whatever that is).

Mb = megabits.

MB = megabytes.

mb/s = megabits per second.

My first thought at seeing "mbs" was, "Megabits per second?" But then the poll didn't make sense.
     
turtle777
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May 22, 2009, 09:49 AM
 
Originally Posted by Spheric Harlot View Post
mb would be millibits (whatever that is).
LULZ.

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cwkmacuser
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May 22, 2009, 09:52 AM
 
I don't even know how much I consume. Somebody add a "I don't know" option on the poll, please!
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May 23, 2009, 04:45 AM
 
You can check in the iPhone settings, you know.
     
cwkmacuser
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May 23, 2009, 12:07 PM
 
Don't have an iPhone!
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Hg2491  (op)
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May 23, 2009, 11:39 PM
 
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turtle777
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May 24, 2009, 12:41 AM
 
Originally Posted by cwkmacuser View Post
I don't even know how much I consume. Somebody add a "I don't know" option on the poll, please!
Dude, if you don't have an iPhone, you consume 0 bandwidth with your iPhone 3G.

What's not to know about this ?

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May 25, 2009, 12:19 AM
 
I went for the middle of the road choice, around 250 MB per month. Although my employer finally started supporting the iPhone so that amount may go up as I start using the phone to check for corporate email as well.
     
   
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