Question about 35 dollar plan

[froghat]

I'm getting this plan mainly to stream music and radio. I notice after 2.5 gigs worth of data they slow speeds down. 2 questions:

1) I drive a truck 3 days a week and I wanna know how many hours I can stream a day to stay at the top speed for the month. So, basically how many hours can I stream a day if I use it 12 days a month?

2) When they slow the speed down, will the stream even work or will it sound like crap?

Anyone have any experience with this? Thanks!

 

[LoganH]

It all depends on the phone that you will be using because all of the phones battery life is variable. The speeds will slow down when you hit 2.5 GB but it shouldn't effect it too terribly it might take a little longer to connect and get gong but it should be fine after that.

 

[mogelijk]

It all depends on the phone that you will be using because all of the phones battery life is variable. The speeds will slow down when you hit 2.5 GB but it shouldn't effect it too terribly it might take a little longer to connect and get gong but it should be fine after that.

Actually, I doubt the battery will be a big issue as, if you are going to use your phone a lot in your car/truck it would be stupid not to have a car charger.

Audio streaming uses about 60 MB/hr. I think you would have a lot of problems trying to stream every day for 12 hours (12 hours x 22 workdays/month x 60 = 15.84 GB/month.

Though my bigger question is where you travel. If you travel between cities, you may find your biggest problem is losing data or poor data connections in rural areas. If you remain in a city with strong coverage, you may not have that problem -- and it won't be a problem at all with an Evo V 4G if the city you are in has 4G (4G is unlimited at this time).

 

[Zx5]

You also may want to consider getting a micrSD card, ripping some CD's and putting songs on your own playlists/that won't use up any data.

 

[euphan1555]

Actually, I doubt the battery will be a big issue as, if you are going to use your phone a lot in your car/truck it would be stupid not to have a car charger.

Audio streaming uses about 60 MB/hr. I think you would have a lot of problems trying to stream every day for 12 hours (12 hours x 22 workdays/month x 60 = 15.84 GB/month.

Though my bigger question is where you travel. If you travel between cities, you may find your biggest problem is losing data or poor data connections in rural areas. If you remain in a city with strong coverage, you may not have that problem -- and it won't be a problem at all with an Evo V 4G if the city you are in has 4G (4G is unlimited at this time).

You always give great answers but you might want to read what he asked again.nowhere did he say he works 12 hours a day or 22 days in a month.

 

[JDubTrey]

You always give great answers but you might want to read what he asked again.nowhere did he say he works 12 hours a day or 22 days in a month.

I started to comment on that as well, but at 60MB per hour, even 12 8 hour days is like 6GB....which far exceeds the 2.5 we supposedly are throttled at.

...but yeah, the OP only said 3 days a week.

 

[Petrah]

I'm getting this plan mainly to stream music and radio. I notice after 2.5 gigs worth of data they slow speeds down. 2 questions:

1) I drive a truck 3 days a week and I wanna know how many hours I can stream a day to stay at the top speed for the month. So, basically how many hours can I stream a day if I use it 12 days a month?

2) When they slow the speed down, will the stream even work or will it sound like crap?

Anyone have any experience with this? Thanks!

I strongly recommend you do not get Virgin Mobile if you travel. You will be without data over half of the time.

My boyfriend and I did some major traveling by car across the USA last year for our vacation, and I had no data connection 95% of the time. Seriously, do not get VM USA if you travel. If I knew you in real life, I would attempt to talk you out of it till I was blue in the face.

 

[harvickchick]

Depends on where you travel I think. I drove all across the i40 and I had service almost everywhere.

But anyways, I've always felt like I've used a ton of data and I've never noticed being throttled at all.

 

[tuller]

If you haven't already done so, the first thing I would do is to check the coverage maps for the routes that you'll be driving. Can't tell if you are already VM customer or not...

 

[Petrah]

Depends on where you travel I think. I drove all across the i40 and I had service almost everywhere.

But anyways, I've always felt like I've used a ton of data and I've never noticed being throttled at all.

Tacoma Washington (had service) through Montana (no service) through South Dakota (no service) through Minnesota (no service) through the corner of Wisconsin (no service) to Illinois (sporadic service till I got to the burbs of Chicago where I had solid service).

From Chicago to the bottom tip of Illinois I had service till roughly around the border where I lost service completely. Kentucky (no service) through Tennessee. I had service in Memphis only. Mississippi (no service) to Louisiana, spotty service in New Orleans during Mardi Gras but after New Orleans there was no service. Texas (very spotty) through New Mexico (spotty) through Colorado (no service till Denver, after Denver no service) through Nebraska (no service) through Iowa (no service) through Illinois (no service till the burbs of Chicago).

I do not recommend VM USA (Sprint) to anyone who travels. My boyfriend had Verizon at the time and never lost service unless we were way up in the mountains. And even then he only lost service for a short time.