In another thread someone mentioned using NTM (Network Traffic Monitor)to monitor one's total Internet usage for a given period of time, usually one month.
I ran it for 8 hours yesterday just to get an idea of how much my traffic is. Over those eight hours it averaged out to 92.3 Mb/hour. Based on how I use the web it would take me 9 days to reach the 10Gb limit that Verizon charges $80 for. Even worse, StraightTalk's $45/month "unlimited" calls, emails, texting and data plan (which by all accounts is throttled to dialup speeds after 2.5Gb is consumed) would last me less than 2 days!
Supposedly, Sprint claims that they offer true unlimited plans. A family plan (two phones) would cost me $189/month. For that I could surf, email, watch online TV or movies, nation wide calls, chat or text to my heart's desire on a 5Mb/s bandwidth. If I lived in France I could get all of that at 40Mb/s for $30/month. It just goes to show you what happens when the providers collude and the FCC becomes their sock puppet.
I ran it for 8 hours yesterday just to get an idea of how much my traffic is. Over those eight hours it averaged out to 92.3 Mb/hour. Based on how I use the web it would take me 9 days to reach the 10Gb limit that Verizon charges $80 for. Even worse, StraightTalk's $45/month "unlimited" calls, emails, texting and data plan (which by all accounts is throttled to dialup speeds after 2.5Gb is consumed) would last me less than 2 days!
Supposedly, Sprint claims that they offer true unlimited plans. A family plan (two phones) would cost me $189/month. For that I could surf, email, watch online TV or movies, nation wide calls, chat or text to my heart's desire on a 5Mb/s bandwidth. If I lived in France I could get all of that at 40Mb/s for $30/month. It just goes to show you what happens when the providers collude and the FCC becomes their sock puppet.
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