Database Users

What does your data usage look like?

Sprint Data
Used
4,732,869KB/ Unlimited
21 days into my current period.
What about everyone else?
Evo users only please.
To See your usage: Login to sprint.com then go-to "My Account" and then click the "See all usage" link.
This is not a see how much data you can rack upthread, it's merely to see what people have been using. Please do not go download a ton of huge files to boost your data for this. -.-

4,123,742KB/ Unlimited
Since I activated about the 15th of last month lol
That was with a lot of tethering though

michaelvibe said:
4,123,742KB/ Unlimited
Since I activated about the 15th of last month lol
That was with a lot of tethering though
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I haven't even been tethering and I don't watch youtube videos, but I do like to listen to pandora on my phone while mowing so that is probably where most of my data comes from.

Tilton53 said:
I haven't even been tethering and I don't watch youtube videos, but I do like to listen to pandora on my phone while mowing so that is probably where most of my data comes from.
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That is a massive chunk of data for just streaming Pandora, though I guess other things on the phone use data to *doh*
Guess all of that little usage adds up haha, most of mine was done in a roaming area as well, hope I don't get a nasty E-mail

michaelvibe said:
That is a massive chunk of data for just streaming Pandora, though I guess other things on the phone use data to *doh*
Guess all of that little usage adds up haha, most of mine was done in a roaming area as well, hope I don't get a nasty E-mail
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XD
Well I have 6 acres of land I mow, so that's close to 30+ hours of streaming music.
So
192kps * 1800 minutes = 2531.250MB -- More or less. :3
And I did use skype for a few hours on my phone too, was neat really and worked well over 3G. XD

Im looking at a lil under a gb for half of my billing cycle

Used
7,464,836KB/ Unlimited
I'm not really sure why I've used so much. Average use really. Some video, some music, a lot of application downloads, email, etc.
2 more days until it resets.

When my data was working without cutting out every two megabytes, I blew threw 5.4gb in 22 days between all the rom downloads and apps and such. Plus all my browsing was exclusively on the phone. My laptop got like zero use.

Granted, this is from my palm pre days (just got my evo last friday) but I expect similar usage (prolly more.... actually) and there were months I would go over 10gb/mo. Most of that is from ampache (well, amdroid and lullaby on the evo). (fyi ampache is a private music server you can run to stream all your music). I had tethering available on my pre, but i almost never used it. streaming music was the biggest cause.

2.6GB with 17 days remaining

336.327kb 16 days left

220,149KB with 5 days left since 07/04/10.
But this can't possibly be right. I downloaded just yesterday about 600MB of data on Xbox Live and is not showing up on here..
I'm exclusively using my 4G as my only internet source..

i looked at my data usage, 71,744 and thought it was way low. then i see i have 29 days left! hahaha

495 MB with 11 days left. Looks like I am a lightweight compared to some of you guys.

96.6gb as of yesterday when my bill cycle closed. Kinda suprised me. Would of hit a hundred easily if my computer wouldnt of crashed a few days ago, would of finished downloading my torrents.

605,502kb on my first bill. But my Evo is my only sourse of internet for my PC. Im constantly teathered if Im home.

9 days in, 1.8Gig down. Funny, because I don't think I use that much. Then again...I like to multi-task =).

oOflyeyesOo said:
96.6gb as of yesterday when my bill cycle closed. Kinda suprised me. Would of hit a hundred easily if my computer wouldnt of crashed a few days ago, would of finished downloading my torrents.
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awesome, just awesome.

oOflyeyesOo said:
96.6gb as of yesterday when my bill cycle closed. Kinda suprised me. Would of hit a hundred easily if my computer wouldnt of crashed a few days ago, would of finished downloading my torrents.
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WOW...you alomost use 100gb a month?
Mine 4gb with 22 days left.

oOflyeyesOo said:
96.6gb as of yesterday when my bill cycle closed. Kinda suprised me. Would of hit a hundred easily if my computer wouldnt of crashed a few days ago, would of finished downloading my torrents.
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YOU WIN !!

Wireless tether

Which wireless tether will work on a rooted glacier? Is thee a way to patch the stock one to work with out the added fee?
Scott Xavier- mind hacker

http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list
I'm using 2.0.5-pre13 off this list and it works flawlessly, but I imagine any 2.0.2 or 2.0.5 would work.

Im using 2.05 pre 11. Works great.
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myrdhyn said:
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list
I'm using 2.0.5-pre13 off this list and it works flawlessly, but I imagine any 2.0.2 or 2.0.5 would work.
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+1 on this version

When did they decide to start charging with the built in tethering? Is there going to be some sort of notification if you use it?

I don't think they are actually doing anything specif as far as charging or disabling the stock setup. They have stated that they will be monitoring data usage (don't know if they could tell the difference between tethering and device only connections).
Therefore, if you are running up the gigabytes through tethering (or bit torrent downloads, etc.), they may take action (I would guess like limiting your connection to 2G).
I am still using my stock tethering, and will be watching my TMo statements carefully.

I normally hit about 8-10gb a month since I use it as my primary internet. I don't p2p, but I do watch Hulu which uses up a whole lot of data. I've been warned via text that I've used more than my share, but I was only throttled down for a day. It was terrible. I was running a speed test and it was consistently under 100kbps the entire day.
I've been using stock tethering.

Tmobile tech super states that when you start tethering, it won't work you have to cal then up and activate it on your account. the app uses a server port that is monitored and blocked.
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drzodiac said:
Tmobile tech super states that when you start tethering, it won't work you have to cal then up and activate it on your account. the app uses a server port that is monitored and blocked.
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If that is the case, then using a generic Google tethering app with a different port could fix it.
However, mine worked fine yesterday with the stock app, and have not been able to try it today yet.

skyungjae said:
I normally hit about 8-10gb a month since I use it as my primary internet. I don't p2p, but I do watch Hulu which uses up a whole lot of data. I've been warned via text that I've used more than my share, but I was only throttled down for a day. It was terrible. I was running a speed test and it was consistently under 100kbps the entire day.
I've been using stock tethering.
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holy bandwidth abuse batman...8-10gb a month is ridiculous.
When I went into the store to buy my HD2 on launch day, the rep and I were talking about tethering. He said he did it on his Cliq when he needed to and at the time I used to use it on my MT3G when I needed it.
He showed me a photocopy of a bill that someone brought in complaining about...Tmobile finally got tired of this dbag abusing the privilege and charged him .20 per mb for everything over 5gb...the bill was like $1100.00. Even back in March, he told me that they would be tightening up on data usage and tethering because of the HDPA+ rolling out. T-Mobile is not into the business of supplying people with dirt cheap home internet.
He looked at my past and current usage and said I was totally safe. I stream Pandora/Slacker for 8 hours a day 5 days a week...tether occasionally if im on the road or at a hotel that does not offer free wifi...and moderately browse the internet just like everyone else. I have only managed to hit 3gb usage in a single month once...and that was on vacation in Cali when my wife was using my connection to upload vacation photos to facebook.
I know it may impact a few honest people...but I think T-Mobile should charge every customer who exceeds the 5gb cap...maybe people like you could give the rest of us a price break on our plans

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..not true, it work with unlocked phone with at&t so it does not go thru any server of such.
drzodiac said:
Tmobile tech super states that when you start tethering, it won't work you have to cal then up and activate it on your account. the app uses a server port that is monitored and blocked.
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agentaaron said:
I know it may impact a few honest people...but I think T-Mobile should charge every customer who exceeds the 5gb cap...maybe people like you could give the rest of us a price break on our plans
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Um...throughout much of 2009, I was going through 3-4gb per month on my G1...with no tethering and no torrent action.
I hope to move on to the myTouch 4G now that I'm out of contract, but suspect I'll probably break the 5gb mark often when running on that speed...maybe not by much, but it'll happen. If they think I need to be throttled (who are they? the TSA?!) and want to charge me extra for my *normal* mobile usage, consistent with my two previous years' use then I may, sadly, have to use WiFi more often...

thepza said:
Um...throughout much of 2009, I was going through 3-4gb per month on my G1...with no tethering and no torrent action.
I hope to move on to the myTouch 4G now that I'm out of contract, but suspect I'll probably break the 5gb mark often when running on that speed...maybe not by much, but it'll happen. If they think I need to be throttled (who are they? the TSA?!) and want to charge me extra for my *normal* mobile usage, consistent with my two previous years' use then I may, sadly, have to use WiFi more often...
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I have never come close to touching 5gb...and I use what I think is a lot of data.
...I would bet I use a lot a home, but I do pull some torrents and lots of netflix, hulu, and PS3 content.
As I said in my previous post...I constantly stream music, at least 8 hours a day. I tether for I would say 2-3 hours a week (casual web browsing), and use the hell out of the phones browser and other data services such as Ustream (live podcasts and such)
Here is a screenshot of my current data usage for this month (only two days to go on this cycle)

Same here not even close
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I have never come close to touching 5gb...and I use what I think is a lot of data.
...I would bet I use a lot a home, but I do pull some torrents and lots of netflix, hulu, and PS3 content.
As I said in my previous post...I constantly stream music, at least 8 hours a day. I tether for I would say 2-3 hours a week (casual web browsing), and use the hell out of the phones browser and other data services such as Ustream (live podcasts and such)
Here is a screenshot of my current data usage for this month (only two days to go on this cycle)
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Why not use the stock one? They aren't doing anything to prevent us from using it
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Which wireless tether will work on a rooted glacier? Is thee a way to patch the stock one to work with out the added fee?
Scott Xavier- mind hacker
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Well, I use my tethering for Hulu, Youtube, browsing, and chatting. On occasion I'd download a ROM update. Since I do that pretty much daily, I'm sure that's why I ring up such high GB usage. It's probably mostly Hulu. I've been throttled down, but as I mentioned before it lasts about a day after getting the text.
Here's what I got for this month:

I've had tmo for about 9 years, they have never throttled me once... I don't go over 5gb every month, but easily more than half the year. I use it for school work on my laptop, stream slacker and Pandora, stream from my server at home, navigation.
Basically I use it all I want, never worry about anything, and tmo treats me fairly, that's why I'm still with them after all this time.
That's with WiFi use at home
The only reason i use WiFi at home is for the speed bump, my mt4g gets 16mbps down 16mpbs up on my WiFi
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I've been using tmo for ages too. Last month was the first time I got the text warning me for going over 5GB. I was around 9GB's when it was sent to me. This current billing cycle is the first time I was throttled down.
I'm going to cut out streaming video and see how my usage is next month.

AT&T top 5% data users?

Alright, I woke up this morning to a email from AT&T saying I'm in the 5% this month.
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This is the data that I have used.
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Is anybody else getting these emails at such a low amount of data use?
It's pretty stupid to say that you're at the 5% when you're only at 5 gigabytes, last month I used 20 gigabytes and didn't get anything.
Also please don't respond if you're just going to say "you can start using wifi." Well I can't, because this is my only way online where I live.

I just hit 8GB when i received the email.

Yeah, they also sent me a text about an hour ago saying,
" AT&T Free Msg: Your data usage this month is in the top 5% of users. Use Wi-Fi to help avoid reduced speeds in future bill cycles. Visit www .att. com/dataplans. "
This is kinda pissing me off now.

There ought to be some sort of audit on this.. I doubt 5g is in the top 5%

AdamOutler said:
There ought to be some sort of audit on this.. I doubt 5g is in the top 5%
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Apparently, anything over 4GB puts you into that category now. Two of my friends who have AT&T got that message and only use around 3-4GB a month.
Way to go AT&T, control your customers and take away their freedoms and what they pay for.

dang 4gbs? what do yall do on a phone to acheive that?
I get to 4gb when streaming video (wink)

At&t does this to try lessen the stress on their network.
They also use this as a scare tactic when users use "free" online services...

At&t should have at least said "Anybody over 2gb, will be throttled."
I highly doubt they even looked at how much data gets used per month before putting this into effect, it's like they just tossed out anything over 2gb as the 5%.

2Gb Warning
I got the message this morning and checked my data usage and it was 2.1GB

I used 13.2GB last bill and I never got the msg.

dang how do people reach so much data use?

I don't know, but The guy I know who works for the big red thinks I used alot of data.

donsh00tmesanta said:
dang how do people reach so much data use?
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Pandora, netflix, downloads, etc.
It's not hard to go over 2gb in a day... or even a few hours, without tethering.

After years of using AT&T I have never once had data throttled while averaging about 5 GB a months for the past year. still waiting for AT&T to say something because its like that on both my line and my wife's line where we use a combined 10GB a month.

I got the message this morning at 2.1Gb. Funny thing is, my download speeds have actually gotten better. I used to average 2-3Mbps down, 1-1.5 up, but after 3 speed tests, I'm running 4.5-5.5 down, .75 up. Throttle my upload speed all they want, I really don't care. But I'm definitely loving this new download speed. I don't know if this has anything to do with the Cingular 410 APN I'm using on my Galaxy Nexus.
Still, I find it ridiculous that AT&T is allowed to implement this kind of system without a means of releasing their tracking methods. Using the "top 5%" is such a asinine method of choosing who to throttle. IF they went ahead and just told grandfathered customers they would throttle past a particular GB, akin to what t-mobile is doing, it would make a lot more sense. Now, we have users stating they have reached anywhere from 2-13 gigs saying they have been placed in the "top 5%". I'm filing a complaint with the BBB petitioning AT&T to give us more information on how they distinguish who is in the top 5% of data consumption and to give us a better way of tracking our data usage compared to the others placed in the top 5%.

I've gotten the message for the past couple of months. They now say they will throttle at 5gb. Either we need to come up with a work around like tmo guys did on cm7 or I'm switching to sprint. Been with them for yrs now and I used 10 to 25 gb on my old dumb phone razr.
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boborone said:
or I'm switching to sprint. Been with them for yrs now and I used 10 to 25 gb on my old dumb phone razr.
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thats not even possible on that phone lol
and btw good luck with sprint.
enjoy the 75-200kb/s downloads
which is what im getting on the crappiest network, lots of dropped calls etc
im looking at verizon or tmo right now

PC Jona said:
thats not even possible on that phone lol
and btw good luck with sprint.
enjoy the 75-200kb/s downloads
which is what im getting on the crappiest network, lots of dropped calls etc
im looking at verizon or tmo right now
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Yes it is possible. Why you say no? I do at least 150+ on my phone now. Always used lots of data, always will.
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boborone said:
Yes it is possible. Why you say no? I do at least 150+ on my phone now. Always used lots of data, always will.
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And because of this we will always be throttled lol. Like that's just excessive in my opinion
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MWilkenson said:
And because of this we will always be throttled lol. Like that's just excessive in my opinion
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I haven't had cable or internet for about 4 yrs now. My phone is my source for tv, movies, news, games, ect.
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Just got my Sprint contract terminated for "illegal tethering"

Been with them for 12years and had the same number. Trying to move to another carrier. It sucks because they only gave me till next week to port my number or I LOSE IT. Looks like I'm going to get a rinky dink phone until I can get a upgrade. Going to miss my Evo This number is on everything so I must do it. My business will suffer if I don't get this number.
I was up in arms but I am a firm believer in karma and I did tether and got caught so WTF am I going to do. In the letter it said you are "using it as a modem and tethering with out a tethering plan".
Just wanted to ask, can they really tell, or is it just data usage they are going by.

do you mind me asking what ROM and what tethering app you were using?
Sorry man, that totally blows. How much data did you blow through? I remember people getting letters after going through a few hundred Gigs a month.

Been tethering my EVO's for a couple years. First my EVO 4g with my laptop, now my "retired" 4g with my EVO 3d. I watch netflix and surf the web on my 4g. No problems yet. So...just how much data have you been using?
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alaman68 said:
do you mind me asking what ROM and what tethering app you were using?
Sorry man, that totally blows. How much data did you blow through? I remember people getting letters after going through a few hundred Gigs a month.
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I'm using Derp 3d and I'm using wireless tether for root. In March I used 109gb and in April I used like 102gb. I use Hulu plus and I think thats the's reason. I've been doing it for 2 years with netflix, my pc and video games but just got hulu 3 months ago, and now this. SMH.

Most users don't use that much on a cable/dsl connection, let alone wireless.
I'd agree with sprint, that is excessive.
Just get the cheapest prepaid setup you can find until you figure out where you're going to move to.

inflewence said:
I'm using Derp 3d and I'm using wireless tether for root. In March I used 109gb and in April I used like 102gb. I use Hulu plus and I think thats the's reason. I've been doing it for 2 years with netflix, my pc and video games but just got hulu 3 months ago, and now this. SMH.
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Yea, that sucks. You were terminated more for the excessive data use than for tethering. Everyone who I know of who had their contracts cancelled for tethering were also using large amounts of data. They likely would have got you even if you were paying for it, as were many of them. They just used the tethering excuse to try and make an example.
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"can they tell?" interesting question... Did you use HTC DEV to root your phone and can Sprint track downloaded apps (wireless tether) from the market? They could probably track those and put 2 and 2 together.
your data usage is very high and noticeable.

inflewence said:
I'm using Derp 3d and I'm using wireless tether for root. In March I used 109gb and in April I used like 102gb. I use Hulu plus and I think thats the's reason. I've been doing it for 2 years with netflix, my pc and video games but just got hulu 3 months ago, and now this. SMH.
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That is why you got cancelled. Is that all 4g data? Because if it is 3G, even at 1MB, it would take you 12 days of constant downloading to get to 109GB of data.

alaman68 said:
"can they tell?" interesting question... Did you use HTC DEV to root your phone and can Sprint track downloaded apps (wireless tether) from the market? They could probably track those and put 2 and 2 together.
your data usage is very high and noticeable.
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I used unrevoked when it was first available, and I didn't download it off the market. I agree it was excessive. Probably why I'm not too upset more concerned with my number I guess.
tgruendler said:
That is why you got cancelled. Is that all 4g data? Because if it is 3G, even at 1MB, it would take you 12 days of constant downloading to get to 109GB of data.
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gpz1100 said:
Most users don't use that much on a cable/dsl connection, let alone wireless.
I'd agree with sprint, that is excessive.
Just get the cheapest prepaid setup you can find until you figure out where you're going to move to.
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That's what I'm planning to do thanks. Just found out I can port my number to prepaid then to another carrier. Someone just gave me a net10 phone. Funny compared to my Evo but got to do what I got to do for now. I was just about to get the 4g lte too, but was waiting for it to be rooted LMAO!!

Wish I had 4G
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why not use boost and flash evo to b able to use on there?

inflewence said:
I'm using Derp 3d and I'm using wireless tether for root. In March I used 109gb and in April I used like 102gb. I use Hulu plus and I think thats the's reason. I've been doing it for 2 years with netflix, my pc and video games but just got hulu 3 months ago, and now this. SMH.
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As said above that is really excessive so most likely it's not more of a They found out but more of a Using Way to much data and so they cut off your data.. Now as how they found out.. Most likely they assumed that its basically impossible to use that much data on a Phone no matter how hard you try.. But most likely it's labeled "illegal tethering" For the fact that if you have unlimited data then they have no real reason to cancel your contract other than for illegal tethering if you don't have tethering on your contract.

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Wish I had 4G
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Meeeee Toooooo!

Wow, I hope you didn't come here looking for sympathy. That's ab-so-****ingly-lutely excessive. And we wonder why we can't have nice things! lol
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If I can figure out from your few posts here that your real name is EDITED TO PROTECT PRIVACY and you're from EDITED AGAIN TO PROTECT PRIVACY, I don't see why sprint couldn't figure out that you're tethering. Thing is, I tether too, but I keep my usage below 5 Gigs a month, so no red flags are never raised, hence no investigations.
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gotmypanicshoes said:
why not use boost and flash evo to b able to use on there?
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Didn't know I could do that, thanks!
vwgtiturbo said:
Wow, I hope you didn't come here looking for sympathy. That's ab-so-****ingly-lutely excessive. And we wonder why we can't have nice things! lol
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Not looking for a shoulder to cry on just was wondering.
indagroove said:
If I can figure out from your few posts here that your real name is bad idea and you're fromxxxxxxxxx, I don't see why sprint couldn't figure out that you're tethering. Thing is, I tether too, but I keep my usage below 5 Gigs a month, so no red flags are never raised, hence no investigations.
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And what does any of that **** have to do with if they can see me tethering or not. Ain't like I'm posting **** on Facebook....hey I'm tethering on my evo illegally. Like dude said above I think it's just the data issue but they can't say that, because I have unlimited data.

inflewence said:
I'm using Derp 3d and I'm using wireless tether for root. In March I used 109gb and in April I used like 102gb. I use Hulu plus and I think thats the's reason. I've been doing it for 2 years with netflix, my pc and video games but just got hulu 3 months ago, and now this. SMH.
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Damn!!! They probably think your hosting a porn website!

inflewence said:
Didn't know I could do that, thanks!
Not looking for a shoulder to cry on just was wondering.
And what does any of that **** have to do with if they can see me tethering or not. Ain't like I'm posting **** on Facebook....hey I'm tethering on my evo illegally. Like dude said above I think it's just the data issue but they can't say that, because I have unlimited data.
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Unlimited Data is not "Unlimited Everything"
According to your Sprint terms and conditions, you have unlimited email, pictures, internet surfing and messaging, as well as NON-CONTINUOUS streaming of videos, downloading, and online gaming.

ReapersDeath said:
Damn!!! They probably think your hosting a porn website!
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LMAO I know.
To Tell the truth it's illegal and I did it, not much I can say or am going to say. My girlfriend is a lawyer and asked if I wanted to go that route. No because I feel stupid trying to fight something I did although I get free legal service it seems like a waste of time.
Am I pissed I got no more free internet....hell yeah LOL what do you think. I'm not rich but not hurting for money either, so in hind sight it seems not worth it lol. I guess with Hulu wither I paid for the hotspot service or not it wouldn't have made much of a difference. Tommorrow I'm getting 4g unlimited internet from clear which is probably what I should have done in the first place.

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Damn!!! They probably think your hosting a porn website!
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Lmao everytime man.

Unlimited Data Usage?

I was just wondering what some of yall are using in data each month and how much is spent tethering?

About 10gb. 95% tethering.

This is what I have so far. My cable got cut off so I've been using my chromecast to watch netflix. Wonder if I'll get in trouble lol
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I use between 20 and 40 each month, used > 80 one time. Almost all tethering, a little Netflix and a little Amazon Prime video. Apart from a few dirty glances I've gotten from Verizon reps, there's been no trouble at all. Plus, If you live in an area with Band 4, it's often faster than most home Internet providers.

Timuu-kun said:
I use between 20 and 40 each month, used > 80 one time. Almost all tethering, a little Netflix and a little Amazon Prime video. Apart from a few dirty glances I've gotten from Verizon reps, there's been no trouble at all. Plus, If you live in an area with Band 4, it's often faster than most home Internet providers.
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Well unfortunately we don't have band 4 in our lil hick town haha, maybe in another yr or 2!
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typically around 20-40, thought I do more than that some months.
I think an all time high was 120gb, but that was only once, I try not to use it that much. In another such thread one guy had a screenshot showing 700+gb used. Insane.

brex91 said:
typically around 20-40, thought I do more than that some months.
I think an all time high was 120gb, but that was only once, I try not to use it that much. In another such thread one guy had a screenshot showing 700+gb used. Insane.
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I had a screenshot right after I ordered my note3 that showed the first 7 days of my billing cycle with 393 GB of usage. None of this was tethered. I haven't actually done any tethering since I got my note 3 either.

brex91 said:
typically around 20-40, thought I do more than that some months.
I think an all time high was 120gb, but that was only once, I try not to use it that much. In another such thread one guy had a screenshot showing 700+gb used. Insane.
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Holy cow! That's crazy!!!
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bskarpa said:
Holy cow! That's crazy!!!
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Lol what was he doing? Providing the neighborhood service???
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rambo8987 said:
Lol what was he doing? Providing the neighborhood service???
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Sounds like it lol. The only thing I use my tethering for is my stuff like watching Netflix or if the home internet isn't working that great, or not working at all (in this case) I don't see what the big deal is with tethering. Back in the day we could and it was free but the internet wasn't really worth tethering cause it was so dang slow.
I would much rather watch a movie on my big screen and have surround sound then to watch one on my phone.
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Sounds like it lol. The only thing I use my tethering for is my stuff like watching Netflix or if the home internet isn't working that great, or not working at all (in this case) I don't see what the big deal is with tethering. Back in the day we could and it was free but the internet wasn't really worth tethering cause it was so dang slow.
I would much rather watch a movie on my big screen and have surround sound then to watch one on my phone.
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Please I hear ya. We paying for data so it's not stealing. I top out at 25mbs on time warner, but with the lte in my area I top out at 40-50mbs depending in the time of day. Making paying 40 to my isp pointless. The only issue I have is when tethering my xbox1 or ps4. My 360 and ps3 work fine. But with native tether or even market tethering apps, something trips the hot spot counter that reports how much tethering you've done back to tmobile. (I'm running a Verizon rom and have tried tmobile roms as well) I want to know how to fix the issue it ducks paying another 40 just for 2 game systems to play online
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The most I've ever hit was 48gb, and that was the month I had no internet because I was waiting for it to get installed in my new house. So I tethered all day everyday and Netflix/Hulu was our only form of TV sine I was also waiting for Dish to get installed.
Otherwise I average anywhere from 8-15gb each month.

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The most I've ever hit was 48gb, and that was the month I had no internet because I was waiting for it to get installed in my new house. So I tethered all day everyday and Netflix/Hulu was our only form of TV sine I was also waiting for Dish to get installed.
Otherwise I average anywhere from 8-15gb each month.
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I average around 14-18GB each month on my unlimited plan without tethering. I'm currently at 13.5GB with 7 days left in this billing cycle.

Big Cam said:
The most I've ever hit was 48gb, and that was the month I had no internet because I was waiting for it to get installed in my new house. So I tethered all day everyday and Netflix/Hulu was our only form of TV sine I was also waiting for Dish to get installed.
Otherwise I average anywhere from 8-15gb each month.
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Glad to see I'm not the only one who does this lol (only difference is I'm skimming by on bills and baby momma hasn't paid her child support (at all)so the tv was the first to go. At least I can still let my daughter watch Caillou)
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Between tethering for Netflix at work and playing games online. I average around 50-60 GB a month. Last month I think I hit around 85gb.... But that was because my wife lost her phone so I was constantly having my hotspot on for her as well as tethering my kids iPads.
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