Quote from: Beakernope, on the iPhone until now Unlimited meant exactly that.  Wife was hitting 1Gb some months at her old job because she was streaming (Not allowed really).  Weve recently moved her to a HD2, and shes still hitting it hard and managing 500Mb of so per month.  

Hmm, I was under the impression unlimited on all phones was the same as unlimited ISPs, unlimited within practical and fair usage, even if the cap was a hefty 2gb, its still a cap.

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Quote from: Beakernope, on the iPhone until now Unlimited meant exactly that.  Wife was hitting 1Gb some months at her old job because she was streaming (Not allowed really).  Weve recently moved her to a HD2, and shes still hitting it hard and managing 500Mb of so per month.  

Hmm, I was under the impression unlimited on all phones was the same as unlimited ISPs, unlimited within practical and fair usage, even if the cap was a hefty 2gb, its still a cap.

there is a fair use policy, but how do you prove fair use?

as I said earlier, I bet a lot of these high use people have their phones jailbroken & are either downloading torrents, etc. as well as maybe tethering their phone to a computer.

I dont understand why you would torrent on a phone. Surely you can get better speeds on a PC, and the kinds of people able to afford an iphone, with the knowledge to jailbreak the phone, are likely to have fast connections as it is?

Id have thought that if they reckon 500mb is about 60 youtube videos, when they put it like that, people on the train/bus that watch the videos on the go could likely rack up 500mb quite quickly Id have thought.

Quote from: zpyderI dont understand why you would torrent on a phone. Surely you can get better speeds on a PC, and the kinds of people able to afford an iphone, with the knowledge to jailbreak the phone, are likely to have fast connections as it is?

Id have thought that if they reckon 500mb is about 60 youtube videos, when they put it like that, people on the train/bus that watch the videos on the go could likely rack up 500mb quite quickly Id have thought.

no idea, but they also blamed people for streaming music, etc.

Quote from: zpyderI dont understand why you would torrent on a phone. Surely you can get better speeds on a PC, and the kinds of people able to afford an iphone, with the knowledge to jailbreak the phone, are likely to have fast connections as it is?

Id have thought that if they reckon 500mb is about 60 youtube videos, when they put it like that, people on the train/bus that watch the videos on the go could likely rack up 500mb quite quickly Id have thought.

buy an iPhone on PAYG, stick the SIM card in a Dongle after you activate it, stick the handset on ebay brand new still in its box.  Sorted for free, unlimited internet usage for 12 months.  

I dont get near my 500mb, and Im tethering, streaming spotify, Google Navigation and synching 3 email addresses.  Constantly.