How much data is used when playing pandora on iphone?

passmetheducksauce
passmetheducksauce Posts: 211 Member
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question is straight forward. i plan to use internet radio when working out, primarily running on the treadmill. has anyone done this before? how much data is used per hour?

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  • n0ob
    n0ob Posts: 2,390 Member
    5-6 GB
  • oregonzoo
    oregonzoo Posts: 4,251 Member
    I've never had an issue with it. And I listen to it working out as well. I still use not even half of my data.
  • YoungDoc2B
    YoungDoc2B Posts: 1,593 Member
    Do you not have a wi-fi connection available?
  • GnaBean
    GnaBean Posts: 112 Member
    Google "Data usage calculator"
  • passmetheducksauce
    passmetheducksauce Posts: 211 Member
    my gym does not have free wi-fi. my data limit is 2gb per month so most likely not going to use pandora if data usage is more than that.
  • n0ob
    n0ob Posts: 2,390 Member
    my gym does not have free wi-fi. my data limit is 2gb per month so most likely not going to use pandora if data usage is more than that.

    I was just making that up...I'd actually guess 100-200 mb based on how much data mp3's are.
  • YoungDoc2B
    YoungDoc2B Posts: 1,593 Member
    If you used it for 1 hour/day, it would only add up to 1.76GB per month. Check it out:

    http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/splash/datacalculatorPopup.jsp
  • AllTehBeers
    AllTehBeers Posts: 5,030 Member
    I listen to pandora at work for 4 hours a day. That's how long my bluetooth's battery is good for. I'll use my 5 GB's in about 2 weeks so I'm guessing each 4 hour session uses 1/2 a GB.
  • GnaBean
    GnaBean Posts: 112 Member
    BTW, if you have Verizon as your carrier, and you do exceed your 2GB limit for the month, your monthly bill only increases by $10 for each additional GB. That's not unreasonable.
  • AllTehBeers
    AllTehBeers Posts: 5,030 Member
    BTW, if you have Verizon as your carrier, and you do exceed your 2GB limit for the month, your monthly bill only increases by $10 for each additional GB. That's not unreasonable.

    Is it still high speed?

    I would rack up a hundred extra dollars a month. With t-mobile, they slow your internet down to smash-your-head slow @ss internet, but I still hit 7GBs a month.
  • wolfpack77
    wolfpack77 Posts: 655
    Okay. Lets do a little math.

    A typical CD quality audio stream is 192kbps (192,000 bits per second). Sometimes it can go as low as 128, but we'll use 192 in this calculation, since most 3G carriers can easily sustain those data rates without interruption.

    So at 192,000 bps constant stream, thats...

    11,520,000 bits per minute (11.5 Mb)
    691,200,000 bits per hour (691.2 Mb)
    16,588,800,000 bits per day (16.6 Gb)

    Now, here's where a lot of people get confused. There is a difference between a bit and a byte. A byte consists of 8 bits. And carriers measure their caps in bytes. But as you can see, our data stream example above is in bits. So to get an accurate idea of how much goes against your cap in bytes, you must divide.

    691,200,000 / 8 = 86.375 MB

    So there ya go. Pandora uses about 86 MB per hour from your plan. Not including ads. lol :bigsmile:
  • Stinaa91
    Stinaa91 Posts: 199 Member
    I honestly use my apps all the time on my phone..I hardly ever use my wifi and im constantly on my phone. I never go over 2 GB.

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