How much internet data do you use every month
@Ineeddentures (7186)
May 5, 2025 8:59am CST
The question is how much internet data do you use every month?
And also when a provider says unlimited do they really mean it is unlimited.
Yvonne and I both use a provider called Smarty and as far as I can tell my package is unlimited, and it seems to mean unlimited.
I looked to see if there is a small print with " fair usage" mentioned anywhere
But there isn't
So it means
Unlimited date
Unlimited tethering via usb or hotspot
Unlimited calls
Unlimited texts
My record for a month was 320Gb of Data
1209 minutes of calls
And 3020 texts.
Of the 320GB - 300 GB was hotspot tethered.
We don't have home broadband and use the phone hotspot for laptop and smart TV.
The cost is £20 monthly
Sounds alright, doesn't it.
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@Shivram59 (43029)
• India
6 May
I can use 2 GB everyday; but I don't use that much. I lack time I spend most of my free time on mylot and on Sanskrit learning videos.It costs me just around 400+ rupees or around 3.55 USD for it.
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@Shivram59 (43029)
• India
9 May
@Ineeddentures 
No; I'm not a nylot addict. Of course; I come here everyday; but spend a little time here. I don't want to expose my eyes to screen for hours. Most of my screen time is spent on learning Sanskrit.
No; I'm not a nylot addict. Of course; I come here everyday; but spend a little time here. I don't want to expose my eyes to screen for hours. Most of my screen time is spent on learning Sanskrit.1 person likes this
@Ineeddentures (7186)
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8 May
You are a Mylot addict my friend.
There are far worse addictions.
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@Ineeddentures (7186)
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9 May
@Shivram59
I have not really had the time to be here very much of late.
Is Sanskrit quite easy to learn?
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@abhi_bangal (6411)
• Ahmednagar, India
29 May
I think you don't have a home broadband, that's why your usage was that high - 320 GB, out of which nearly 300 GB was spent for watching TV, I guess.
Anyway, I never reached that far. May be mine was 100 GB at the most. But that was only for one laptop. No other device apart from that. And these 100 GB came along with my daily work of article writing. So I always feel, I used more than what I mostly do.
£20 for one month makes it around ?2300. But you are getting truly unlimited data, unlimited calls, etc. So I bet you have got quite an excellent deal.
But have you checked and compared other data plans of other providers?
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@abhi_bangal (6411)
• Ahmednagar, India
30 May
@Ineeddentures OMG... You are using GBs and GBs of data. For God's sake, spare something for me, or the whole data of the entire world would soon get over 
Seems like data is cheaper there than what it is here. But I didn't compare. Just assuming.
Seems like data is cheaper there than what it is here. But I didn't compare. Just assuming.1 person likes this
@Ineeddentures (7186)
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30 May
@abhi_bangal
Data should be cheap.
It costs absolutely nothing to send over the networks.
I do use a lot , but that's why people here buy unlimited packages
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@Ineeddentures (7186)
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29 May
We don't have home broadband.
The phone hotspot is so much easier.
And cheaper.
I have checked and compared every deal out there.
I even got my wife 200GB data and unlimited calls and texts for £12 per month
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@snowy22315 (191967)
• United States
5 May
Mine is unlimited. I don't"t worry about how much I use for Internet, TV or phone. I am glad those days are over about stressing over data
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@snowy22315 (191967)
• United States
5 May
@Ineeddentures I used to run out of internet often when I had satellite, and the first company I had would slow down your data so much after that it was unusable.
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@Ineeddentures (7186)
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5 May
I know what you mean lol
I recall making phone calls and stressing if I got put on hold that I would run out of what was very expensive call time
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@Ineeddentures (7186)
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5 May
@snowy22315
Yes indeed.
When they throttled it here it was almost as slow as the old dial up
@allknowing (148514)
• India
6 May
Mine has a restriction of 2GB a day and it lasts for a certain number of days
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@Ineeddentures (7186)
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9 May
@allknowing
It really does demonstrate how differently you and I use the internet.
I can use 2GB in an hour.
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@TheHorse (228152)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 May
@Ineeddentures Thank you. Honesty is the best policy.
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@Ineeddentures (7186)
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5 May
Yes indeed.
I recall the days on here 20 years ago when we awarded a best response prize lol
So on this post I think you have it,
Well done you.
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@JudyEv (357178)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 May
@Ineeddentures 'My' Hunky Dory didn't come from David Bowie but thanks for the info.
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@Ineeddentures (7186)
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9 May
@JudyEv
You are most welcome Judy.
Not often I can add pop knowledge to any post
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@Ineeddentures (7186)
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8 May
Hunky Dory was a David Bowie album
Unlimited is great when it is unlimited and I take it yours is genuine unlimited.
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@kaka135 (14970)
• Malaysia
15 May
I have no idea how much Internet data we use every month. We have home broadband with unlimited data. My husband, my kids and I are online most of the time, and we play video games too, so I suppose we use quite a lot of data.
I think £20 for unlimtied "everything" is a good deal. Our unlimited data is just for the home broadband, it's around USD$33 per month. For mobile data, we pay separately, but not unlimited data, and only 5GB for hotspot, though we can make unlimited calls.
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@Ineeddentures (7186)
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15 May
Only 5GB for a HotSpot isn't that bad when you have wi fi at home with unlimited data.
I think the deal we get must be about the best in the UK.
@Ineeddentures (7186)
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21 May
Of course, 10 mega gets per second multiplied by 60 seconds.
I had never thought to calculate my usage like that
To be fair though my internet isn't the most stable and sometimes speeds do drop away a lot so it's difficult to guage
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@luisadannointed (7693)
• Philippines
20 May
I don't know we subscribe to one of the internet providers here and its unlimited.
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@Ineeddentures (7186)
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21 May
As long as it's unlimited it means we can do what we want without fear of getting cut off or having to buy an add on
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@Ineeddentures (7186)
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8 May
Unlimited is the best deal to get.
You never know when you might want to binge watch a box set of movies.
My internet provider app tells me how much I use but I have no idea why they do that when it's unlimited
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@Ineeddentures (7186)
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8 May
I noticed that watching High Definition Movies gobbles up the data.
One movie can be 5GB.
Broadband is so expensive and before we get that we would have to rent the phone line also.
So I think we will keep using the cell phones for our internet
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@ARIES1973 (11966)
• Legaspi, Philippines
5 May
I pay almost the same amount Php1500 (USD27.00) and I have unlimited internet. Phones, laptops, and TV are all connected to the wifi. I don't know how much GB we consume but I am satisfied with the service. We are 3 at the house and we are all working online.
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@Ineeddentures (7186)
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5 May
Prices have really come down a lot here recently as companies and providers compete to get our business.
Use of phone hotspots is replacing home broadband here quite a lot.
People pay about £20 here per month just to rent a phone line.
You get a really good deal.
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@ARIES1973 (11966)
• Legaspi, Philippines
6 May
@Ineeddentures Yes, it is indeed a good deal. Competition in business helps a lot in having a good service at a lower cost. Consumers benefited the most when there is competition.
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@Ineeddentures (7186)
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8 May
@ARIES1973
Competition is good.
A monopoly just lets the powerful company increase prices for us all.
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@Ineeddentures (7186)
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1 Jun
Speed is important.
My hotspot is only quick enough to connect to the smart TV or lap top but only one device at a time.
Gaming at a decent level is possible but only using the phone
I could get home broadband with a speed of 36mb/s at £20 per month but would be tied to a 2 year contract
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@porwest (102214)
• United States
10 May
@Ineeddentures And you as well. Onward and upward.
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@Ineeddentures (7186)
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8 May
Aye.
Lol
Nothing to do with my post at all.
Always good to see you Jim
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@wolfgirl569 (118435)
• Marion, Ohio
5 May
The best we can get is not truly unlimited. It slows way down after we use so much
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@Ineeddentures (7186)
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5 May
Ah yes
I wondered if that happened with this deal I get as it does seem to slow down a bit but maybe that's just my paranoia.
Only used 19GB so far in May as I have been really busy so it hasn't slowed down quite yet
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@RasmaSandra (86456)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
5 May
I do all of my Internet work on my laptop or my desktop PC. I am online many hours each day. The Internet is provided by AT&T and I have WiFir this amount is included in my rent,
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@Ineeddentures (7186)
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5 May
Wi Fi included in the rent is a great idea.
I am not online all that much
Most of the data I use is used watching films and sports.
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