Snails - Response on Threads Part 3

[Flowersoul]

Fly by!!! Hope to get back a bit later!!!

 

[FranC]

Hiya,Gracie

 

[tiburonfirst]

Just got it Friday. Site says I have 1.077gb left.

well, that sounds some better even though using almost 1/2 gb in 2 days seems high. but you said you left it on pretty much constantly while you were trying to get your keyboard to work.

 

[FranC]

Yup I did.I blame that for it. Stupid laptop.

 

[tiburonfirst]

frannie, i got 2gb for the us cellular hot spot. i turn it on every evening at around 5 till i sign off at 9 because my unlimited verizon gets so slow around that time. and i use it when vz really acts up during the day. i never have gone over 2 gb yet.

 

[FranC]

In a month?

 

[tiburonfirst]

yup ...................

 

[TomCatt]

All those pics that FranCy posts?

 

[AttyPops]

There's your answer, ATTY!!!

1.5GB of data TRANSFER... not a "speed" spec at all.

Yeah, we covered that already. But, to my credit, I qualified my response due to ambiguity.

Anyway Fran, if you have 1.077gb LEFT, you only used about 1/2 (0.5) gb of your 1.5 gb. So was it LEFT or was it USED?
Careful, find out if any unused purchased bandwidth carries over...it may not. So don't buy in a panic!
Prolly depends on the plan. Sounds like you're safe with your 3.0 gb for the month.

 

[FranC]

yup ...................

So why did I use that much??

 

[FranC]

All those pics that FranCy posts?

LOL Catt. I didn't post any pics. Couldn't log into the forum.

 

[tiburonfirst]

So why did I use that much??

no idea, frannie - let's give at&t the benefit of the doubt and see how much you use the coming weekend. don't run any updates while you're connecting with the hot spot or watch videos. stay out of kent's thread. some of those gifs use a lot of data.

 

[tiburonfirst]

~~~~ @ catt and meandering toward geoff - upper 90s again

 

[FranC]

I don't watch vids as a rule. Didn't know about Kent's though.

 

[tiburonfirst]

any thread with lots of animated gifs or large pics will eat into your allowance real quick .............

 

[Sgt. Pepper]

any thread with lots of animated gifs or large pics will eat into your allowance real quick .............

talking about eating. what's for dinner tonight tibby?

 

[FranC]

any thread with lots of animated gifs or large pics will eat into your allowance real quick .............

No posting pics either I guess.

 

[SilverBear]

Yeah, we covered that already.

You did???

??? Speed?
Fast. Fast for wire-connected too. I get about 30 MB (megabit) download speed with connected cable modem internet connection. So if your wifi is 1.5 GB, that's fine for anything. Chances are there's another bottleneck somewhere and you don't really get that speed, or that it's 1.5 MB not GB.

Even 1.5 MB is fast enough for ECF-ing. Video would stutter a bit at 1.5 MB but 1.5 GB is 1000 times faster than 1.5 MB.

So check your letters.
How does it seem? Maybe try a youtube vid.
Basically, even though the WiFi repeater/hot-spot can talk to your computer fast, doesn't mean you get to the internet fast. But all your local computers would talk to each other very fast. The 1.5 GB may be the LOCAL speed, not the internet connection speed. But IDK what your service is like. If it's a phone service connection to the net, maybe 4G???? That would be about the top-end for 4G and would be (sounds) $$$ pricey. But IDK. I need more info.

 

[tiburonfirst]

you gotta read on, bear!

starting supper .............

 

[FranC]

Again???????????