Sticker shock on new phones

[SeilerBird]

When we are traveling, we routinely use 15-20GB of data each (two people). Streaming music a reasonable amount (no streaming video), email, social media, blog updates, etc seem to take up a surprising amount! Those who are stationary with decent campground WiFi probably don?t need the same thing as those of us in the boonies far away from WiFi. Oh, and I have an Apple. I enjoy the seamless integration of their products, and iTunes is a wonderful invention LOL! I am happy with my unlimited Verizon on two lines. We haven?t ever hit the throttled amount, but we have come close a few times. They seem to have good service where we travel which is almost exclusively West with a few trips to the Midwest.

First off Android products are just as seamlessly integrated as Apple products are. I have a collection of 3000 of my favorite songs that I put together and they are located on my phones SD card and a bunch of other places so I never have to stream music.

 

[Larry N.]

With all due respect, 3GB is less than 2 days worth at our current usage rate.  Even without streaming video we use >10 GB/mo for two laptops, two smartphones and an iPad.

Of course we use MUCH less than that, but I was replying to Tom's post about 1GB for $30.

 

[NY_Dutch]

Hmmm, I remember those "days of yore" when we tried really hard to stay within our 3-5GB data plans. Fortunately, we don't need to do that now...