The limit of downloading data using wireless networks has always been a tricky issue, since the operator’s side have always used the excuse that if they leave rates flat without limitation, users will misuse their networks by using it to “go with your namely, that evil plan. From the standpoint of the consumer, who pays at the end of the month, the limitations have always been a nuisance.
If there is any user who gives the data well using 3G networks is clearly the iPhone, more for longevity than anything else, because the new Android and smartphones that have come in the last year, also come with data rates . But the iPhone is early and so must use a flat rate data, a requirement of Apple from operators. How much an average user spends per month? According to Orange in the UK, an average user of the iPhone fails to download 200MB a month.
200MB are many megabytes if you’re on a cellphone, obviously if you’re on your laptop or desktop, the 200MB will melt in minutes because you have more access to more heavy downloads or services such as video streaming. This data comes after the Orange iPhone tariff from 10 November will be revised in the UK, its data rate will be on 750MB. To compare, in Spain the two rates has movistar download limit put in 200MB, 1GB and 3GB (of course these last two are very expensive rates.
Either way, this limit of 200MB on a mobile is not an exaggeration, I have a rate of 200MB and I think I even had time to spend any month this whole download bandwidth. Even months that go on a trip and you have to connect using tethering, nor is it a data-consuming as it may seem basic tasks like surfing (at that speed …), upload a photo and blogging.
