I just returned to the ATT fold (but gently) by picking up a new SIM and
new number and then converting my wife's legacy account along with the
new SIM for my phone into a "Mobile Share" plan. Unlimited txt/talk plus
1G clocks in at $120 which is about what we paid before on a "family
share" plan at one time.
Mobile share *also* gives us the ability to *tether* with either of our
phones (iPhone). My wife and I are giving up our landline ( moving the
number to Google Voice ) and just added an iPad (wifi only) to our
menagerie.
I still have my T-Mobile pay-as-you-go plan which is unlimited txt/talk
and *effectively* unlimited data. I had *hoped* that I would have days
when I didn't use it at all, keeping the cost down to somewhat less than
$60/mo. The fact was that unless I turned off the phone, this plan got
disrupted at *some* point by one txt or another.
One thing I have to look out for with my current situation is "phantom
loads" on the data. Google Latitude is a simple example... A
fairly simple solution is to just turn of cell data until/if you need it.
- Steve
On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Owen Densmore <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
To the wider list: do you have any idea how much data you actually
use?
I know from both looking at my Verizon account "data meter" and
traveling in Italy with a 2Gb pay-as-you-go, that I never go past
1G in a month.
I also find that Wifi is so available .. both here and Italy ..
that it likely reduces my data usage.
-- Owen
On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 10:01 AM, Douglas Roberts
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Owen,
Since I live in Nambe where the T-Mobile coverage is poor to
non-existent, and since I work out of the home where I have
good WiFi coverage from my Centurylink DSL, I don't use very
much mobile network data. I travel on the average about once
a month, and I'm in Santa Fe about 3 times a week, but I doubt
I'll ever reach my 2GB cap where T-Mobile starts to throttle
my bandwidth.
--Doug
On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 9:55 AM, Owen Densmore
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Way cool. A question: have you monitored your data usage?
I find I never get even close to the 2Gb allowance, do you?
-- Owen
On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 9:43 AM, Douglas Roberts
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Part of what you get from being an early adopter.
http://things-linux.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-good.html
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