Data usage

[urbanphilosopher]

As you may or may not know the Hero is available in the UK on a range of networks who offer varying fair usage limits on their inclusive internet access tariffs - from 500meg to 3gig it seems.

The question is how much data can you reasonably expect to use a month of the hero? Bearing in mind all its widgets, google maps, market downloads etc. I'm rather concerned that Orange's 500MB allowance is worryingly low. I could go with t-mobile's 3GB plan, but then I'd be stuck with their black version of the device.

Cheers.

 

[Mansn]

I'm on Vodafone who offer an "unlimited package". So far in the week since I've had my device I have only used 50 MB of data and I have been using the phone a lot.

You might want to read this post on the Vodafone forums about their "unlimited" policy: Free Internet On Friday? - Vodafone eForum

The good thing is that they won't automatically charge you for every MB you go over. Orange will start charging you at

 

[hoppy1986]

im on orange, i have the 500mb bundle, which i stupidly added a week after gettin my upgrade. in the first week i used around 250mb n i got charged a wopping

 

[james_d]

I have an unlocked Magic on Orange with the 500MB "unlimited" internet add-on. I do regular surfing on BBC News, Facebook, Google Maps etc. and have not gone anywhere near the limit. Like others I usually turn on WiFi when I get home and save any large downloading for then.

 

[urbanphilosopher]

An update to this if anyone is interested. I've spoken extensively to both networks and it seems orange are way behind t-mobile with regards to data.

Orange you can pay