Exactly How Big Is 5 Gig ???

[QDJSTEVEZ]

I'm hoping that the cerebrally gifted, tech oriented types of the forum (and I mean that in a reverent manner) can help me out. I've read about the Verizon Wireless 5 Gig limit and I'm wondering just how much 5 Gigs is.

Currently I like to listen to XM on my Q...circa 30 mins per day tops. I was thinking of getting a Sling box to watch a MLB game or two when I'm stuck with family or at work. I also wanted to tether my Q to my laptop until my building is WiFi-ed.

That being said, is a 5 GB limit likely to preclude me from undertaking such activities?

If there was a formula that would be helpful...such as
5 Gigs is = to x amount of hours streaming XM
or
5 Gigs is = to x amount of hours of sling box usage.
Also, is there any software out there that will monitor your (bandwith?) usage of a month?

Thanx so much. Best -Z-

[n99hockey]

not sure about the bandwith converter but if you go to your verizon account online it shows you how many KBs you have used so far...

[trent_duke]

Yeah, your account at Verizon will tell you how much data you are using via your phone. Just log in. Usually it is about a 5 day lag.

When tethering, the Verizon Access Manager will let you know how much data you are using. I used about 1G last month. Of course that is with basic surfing, chat rooms, IMs, emails, streaming of video clips and a few free software programs. When I had comcast modem I would stream Sirius about 20 hours a week. According to Verizon, an hour of streaming can run you about 100MB or in my case 2GB a week or 8BG a month alone. So needless to say I do not stream Sirius on my pc anymore .

But 5GB is alot if not streaming. Just watch your data...

Trent

[QDJSTEVEZ]

I s/w Verizon abot monitoring DATA usage.

They said it's free to check by dialing #DATA & hitting send.
I got a text message with more information than I ever wanted to know about my current, monthly usage.

[qnoob]

Originally Posted by QDJSTEVEZ

I s/w Verizon abot monitoring DATA usage.

They said it's free to check by dialing #DATA & hitting send.
I got a text message with more information than I ever wanted to know about my current, monthly usage.

Was the data usage stats up-to-date? Or how up-to-date were they? 5 days?

[SimpleBinary]

5 gigs is about |--------------| that much

[Stealth]

Originally Posted by SimpleBinary

5 gigs is about |--------------| that much

I thought is was about this |-----| big... see you learn something everyday

[My-Q]

Stealth, it all depends on the size of your Q.

[Stealth]

Originally Posted by My-Q

Stealth, it all depends on the size of your Q.

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[qnoob]

on my 1280x1024 17" monitor, my Q is this wide:
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and this long:
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