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In reply to the discussion: Verizon to disconnect unlimited data customers who use over 100GB/month [View all]BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)18. Some of the "phones" are really "phablets"
a slightly-bigger-than-a-phone but smaller-than-a-tablet thing (6"+). And often do so on a plane (if it is downloaded on the device) or in a hotel with crappy cable channels, or perhaps as a passenger in a car on a long-distance trip and streamed (particularly those with kids but with no portable DVD player).
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Verizon to disconnect unlimited data customers who use over 100GB/month [View all]
NWCorona
Jul 2016
OP
Maybe a short YouTube video, but if I am going to watch a movie, I will do it on a
still_one
Jul 2016
#26
I chromecast movies from my phone to a large screen tv. Lots of people do.
DisgustipatedinCA
Jul 2016
#54
Chromecast is a data killer too! I couldn't believe my usage when I first got it
NWCorona
Jul 2016
#17
Residential use should be limited to 1.5Mbs - Nobody needs more than T1 speeds
snooper2
Jul 2016
#65
Actually a lot of options. T-Mobile, Sprint, even under the right bundled package AT&T,
still_one
Jul 2016
#28
Why I only use my phone to make and receive calls. Occasionally I use the camera
hobbit709
Jul 2016
#8
Verizon probably would win; however, I believe that a case can be made that at the time we chose the
24601
Jul 2016
#62
I'm not with Verison. I don't have a smartphone (yet) Thinking about it. Flip phone forever.
YOHABLO
Jul 2016
#33
My favorite smartphone feature is the Kindle App, basically it's a bunch of books with me
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2016
#40