2nd month’s data Usage on Gee!

Well, I have just received my latest phone bill from Starhub. Surprisingly a big jump in the data usage from 19mb to 98mb. About 90% of the time, I use my phone to access the internet, even though I do have my own fixed line internet at home.

However, its still a far cry to the 50GB limit on Singtel’s latest data plan, which has an attractive $22 price tag. My friend that uses his 3G plan, accessing mainly on his laptop clocks a total of 6GB with daily usage of at least 2 hours. If you are using any mobile data plan, pls leave a comment of your data usage.

Thinking abt Singtel’s 512kbps mobile data plan ?

When you ask someone what do they consider before signing up for a data plan, they will always reply u the same answers. Typically, what u use it for, how much time u will spend on it and lastly the cost. At $22.42, I think its well worth the money to have some fun chatting, reading up blogs, surfing for information. I seriously dont think you can reach the 50GB limit. I clogged up only 19MB worth of data in the first month using the data plan. That is daily usage of surfing, IM and emailing. There is only so much free time in a day regardless if u r studying or working. and 19MB is WELL below the 50GB mark. I guess its for people who use a laptop and the phone as a modem that should be more concerned with the limit.

50GB = 50,000MB. Besides, my surf speed was never near the stated speed for the mobile plan and my phone cannot support that speed as well. With 50,000MB = 50,000,000KB and if u do some math given a above average connect speed of 50kb/s, e limit is about 280hours of online time, which works out about 10hrs/day in a month. But rem this is purely for mobile users, laptop users might clock alot more data frm bigger downloads.

Its easy to see that mobile data should become more popular, hence prices should continue to drop if u bundle w other related phone services. However, given e upcoming Wimax technologies, i wouldnt want to tie myself down and sign up for a 12month contract just yet.

First month’s Gee! data usage is in

My Starhub bill just came in not too long ago, and the data counter was at a low 19MB. So if u r wondering how much data u would be using when u sign up, just compare my usage patterns and data applications that I have installed on my Nokia phone.

I was quite surprised that I could not even choke up 1GB worth of usage on my Gee! plan. Currently I use my mobile phone as the platform which is probably the reason why the data usage is low since text and images r all lower resolutions. I do believe if u use a laptop as the platform, the data usage would increase at least ten-fold, if u r one such users, please leave a comment.