Anyone using mostly 3G?

[Summer]

Hi, I will be getting my new iPad2 in about another week. Can't wait. I live in a rural area and do not have wifi at home so I will mainly be using AT&T 3g. I was wondering if anyone else is mostly using 3G. I'm wondering how much that will really end up costing me in a month.

Thanks,
Summer

 

[Loraco]

I do I have wifi but I mostly use 3G I only use wifi if I have to!

 

[DontUnderstandMyIpad]

It really depends on your usage.

When I was using only 3G for 2 month, I ended up using 15GB/month, though that included tethering.

For browsing the web 1GB/month would be my min., 3GB/month with radio streaming and the occasional news show and everything above depending on how much video is streamed.

 

[Summer]

Thanks for the replies.

 

[k7lvo]

I do I have wifi but I mostly use 3G I only use wifi if I have to!

Just curious, but why do you prefer 3G when wifi is available? Or, am I misunderstanding your comment?

 

[Loraco]

Just curious, but why do you prefer 3G when wifi is available? Or, am I misunderstanding your comment?

Because it seems to run slow when I have both on so I just use the 3G and I pay for it monthly so so I use it! I travel a lot so I need it!

 

[Tim SPRACKLEN]

I'm the same - I have WiFi at home but I live in a rural area so my ADSL broadband is slow but, by good fortune, I have a 3G basestation on a hill within sight of my house, so I get a better data rate and, since I'm on an unlimited plan, I use 3G whenever I can.

What drives me **crazy** though is the iPad's insistence that it won't download movies, apps or video of greater than 20 MB over 3G. So I have to leave my movies downloading overnight at a fraction of the speed I could get with 3G.

Tim

 

[k7lvo]

Okay, understood. In fact, as I type this I have the wifi disabled because the "high speed" network supplying the hotspot is practically at a standstill.

Tim, I think that limitation is to protect AT&T's network from even more overload. .