16 MB per hour is for significantly lower quality, less frequency rich audio 
transmission; such as Skype or other VoIP voice calls. Four audio Rich music, 
it is approximately 1 MB per minute.

David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
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> On 19 Oct 2013, at 6:40, Patrick Neazer <vantagepoint1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello Donald and all:
> 
> I completely understand the idea of not wanting to use more data than is your 
> share. we have a plan here as well and even though there is plenty of data to 
> go around, checking now and again cannot hurt. I cannot tell you how many 
> times I have been told that a particular app will use such and such amounts 
> of data only to be greatly surprised both to my advantage and disadvantage. 
> so, my experience is that checking for myself hurts no one and might just 
> help me and the ones on my plan :).
> 
> If you run another test, please post your findings to the list. if no one 
> else is curious, I certainly am because the difference between 16 and 75 meg 
> is interesting if not hugely substantial :). 
> 
> Please let us know what happens on your adventure :).
> 
> Take good care and I wish you enough.
> 
> Patrick 
>> On Oct 18, 2013, at 12:07 PM, "Donald L. Roberts" 
>> <donald.robert...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Patrick, The answer to your question is yes I did. After checking 
>> Dataman, I went into the usage area of settings to confirm Dataman's figures 
>> and found that they concurred.
>> 
>> I think I will try again. It's not that I don't have the data, but this 
>> phone is on a shared family plan, and I don't want to use more than my share 
>> of data.
>> 
>> Don Roberts
>> 
>> 
>>> On 10/18/2013 10:03 AM, Patrick Neazer wrote:
>>> Hello Donald and all:
>>> 
>>> Did you happen to take the check data feature for a spin after your pandora 
>>> experience? if so, what did you get? forgive me if this sounds obvious to 
>>> you.
>>> 
>>> What I am really asking is were you able to confirm a result other than by 
>>> using data man.
>>> 
>>> Take good care and I wish you enough.
>>> 
>>> Patrick
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Oct 18, 2013, at 10:47 AM, "Donald L. Roberts" 
>>>> <donald.robert...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Patrick, Thanks so much for the prompt response. In my initial message, I 
>>>> neglected to mention that prior to logging on to Pandora, I checked the 
>>>> usage of data for the month and found that it was almost nil.
>>>> 
>>>> Don Roberts
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On 10/18/2013 8:36 AM, Patrick Neazer wrote:
>>>>> Hello Donald and all:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Let me start with the punch line … :). I have absolutely no idea what the 
>>>>> answer to your question is … though I might have a way to get at an 
>>>>> answer.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I am an AT&T customer. If I type in *data# "*3282#" I receive a text 
>>>>> message back informing me of my current usage. did you have any idea what 
>>>>> your usage was before using pandora? if so, you might be able to get a 
>>>>> ballpark idea if you use the comparable verizon feature … if there is 
>>>>> such a beast. I cannot believe there is not such a beast :).
>>>>> 
>>>>> Of course I could say … of course Pandora uses such and such data … or of 
>>>>> course pandora could never use such and such amounts of data in an hour. 
>>>>> the only way to find out is to test it and take the guess work out of it.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Of course, there will be a lag in the update time though an educated 
>>>>> guess can be reached.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hopefully this information proves useful to you. Please let us know.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Take good care and I wish you enough.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Patrick
>>>>>> On Oct 18, 2013, at 10:25 AM, "Donald L. Roberts" 
>>>>>> <donald.robert...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I feel foolish asking this question because I am certain that something 
>>>>>> is radically wrong. But what?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> One of my IOS devices is a 4S running IOS 7.02. It is activated on the 
>>>>>> Verizon network. The other day, while waiting for an appointment, I 
>>>>>> listened to Pandora for 55 minutes, using cellular data. I have the app 
>>>>>> called Dataman which I checked for usage and found that Dataman alleged 
>>>>>> a data usage of almost 75 megs for that 55 minute period. I remember 
>>>>>> reading a post a couple of months ago on this list stating that Pandora 
>>>>>> usage should be perhaps 16 megs per hour. Prior to turning on Pandora, I 
>>>>>> had cleared the app switcher of everything with the exception of 
>>>>>> Dataman; so I know that no other app was using cellular data while 
>>>>>> Pandora was running.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> So the question becomes, is it even possible for Pandora (the free 
>>>>>> version) to use almost 75 megs in slightly less than an hour? Opinions 
>>>>>> and ideas please.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Don Roberts
>>>>>> 
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