HTC Hero Unlimited Internet on T-Mobile?

[computerboyo]

Hey

I have the G2 Touch on T-Mobile and it comes with "unlimited internet" but the fair usage policy is 4GB.

I was wondering how much internet usage would I need to do to get close to this and is it even possible to use this much?

 

[Merago]

It's definitely possible to reach 4GB (I thought T-Mobile's acceptable usage was 1GB, but I guess that may vary depending on your contract) but you'd probably have to be streaming video or music for a few hours a day.
I've just started monitoring my own daily data usage as part of a feature for my blog. I downloaded a free app called NetSentry which does a pretty good job of keeping track of how much data you download. Give it a try and see how much your average usage is.
For what it's worth, 4GB is a great figure to have as your limit, Orange and Vodafone UK limit it to 500MB I think.

 

[SamIam]

What's the fair usage policy? You pay for 'unlimited internet' but they set a limit on you?

 

[G8D]

Get 3G Watchdog from the Market, life saver.

 

[quantumrand]

From what I understand, their fair usage policy doesn't cut off your internet when you hit the cap, but instead just slow it down to a crawl. I could be wrong on this though.

As for the original question, 4GB would be difficult to reach if all you're doing is browsing the web. If you're streaming music over Pandora continuously or watching a lot of streaming video (YouTube and the like), then it could be possible to reach 4GB in just a few days. It really depends on your usage tendencies. Best thing to do is to get a bandwidth monitor like NetSentry or 3G Watchdog to get an idea of how much bandwidth you use with your general browsing patterns.

 

[SamIam]

From what I understand, their fair usage policy doesn't cut off your internet when you hit the cap, but instead just slow it down to a crawl. I could be wrong on this though.

As for the original question, 4GB would be difficult to reach if all you're doing is browsing the web. If you're streaming music over Pandora continuously or watching a lot of streaming video (YouTube and the like), then it could be possible to reach 4GB in just a few days. It really depends on your usage tendencies. Best thing to do is to get a bandwidth monitor like NetSentry or 3G Watchdog to get an idea of how much bandwidth you use with your general browsing patterns.

Oh, I see...thanks.