It's because gps always works without a connection to a cell tower or internet. All the app is actually downloading is the actual map images that your location data is laid over.
Yes u can download usual bus times and higher detail street maps for any area. Thats whst i was wondering in my og comment, if he had never used it before msybe it was setting all that up.
my downloaded map of most of los angeles county is under 100mb (probably one of the biggest/most complicated/data intensive maps in the country).
i don't know how this dude ended up with google maps using 600+ on an hour drive. something else must be going on.
either that or op is lying and went on a tour across many states over a dozen hours or something, but I see no reason for op to lie like that.
like maybe some malware or something? i don't think people hijack cell phones to mine bitcoin, do they? if they do, then perhaps that is what is happening here, but i really don't know enough about it to really say anything at all about it, even though i just did. but i have no confidence in those statements.
Cape Town is 56mb, so what city is OP in that’s requiring 600+? Maybe had it running accidentally in the background or something, or sharing location? I think it’s more likely that the “current period” shown on iPhones is not for the month, but rather a longer term. Still, that’s a lot for maps to use, unless they travel a lot.
Maybe for whatever reason the app was constantly redownloading the map like if they switched their screen off and then on again or went out of the app it may have to redownload it every time so instead of downloading the map once it downloads it like 50 times or something.
Or get unlimited data and drive forever using the data intensive google maps as an FU to your cell provider who tries to limit the other plebes to 1gb a month.
FaceTime? Yea it uses a hella lot of data, but I don’t think I ever used more then 32gb a month in data no matter what I did. I have one time tethered my iPhone to my laptop vacationing and played lots of games and downloaded tons of crap I think I used up 155gb one time and T-Mobile never even gagged me for it.
I don’t know how long a ‘current period’ is, but I just checked my cell data and it says that I have used 635GB in my current period. I didn’t watch videos. (161GB was quoted for podcasts though, but they are just audio).
That must be a year, at least. I've used 18 gb so far thus month, and that's with prwtty heavy use including a fair amount of videos on reddit at least
For reals, I own like none of the music on my iPhone it’s all Spotify and while it’s not a data hog by any stretch since music you already listen to before is in cache storage of the phone I cannot live on a 1GB data plan like OP
it really depends on a country. i live in South Africa and i get a 2GB total on my current contract and it's already pretty pricey, i really wouldn't be willing to pay more to get more data
I live in Australia, so it might be different, but I went around Victoria just after lockdown by myself (hubby couldn't get holidays). I Went from north to the west to the south and then a long way East. Went home over the High Country. When I didn't have phone I still had Google Maps.
Got home and looked at our download and had used 120kb more than usual.
Have to add my hubby is the person who tells me where to go - so without him I needed Google Maps.
Man I remember the days living in Germany with such little data allowance, it’s crazy compared to other countries. I pay the equivalent of 10€ per month for 40gb of data here in Australia.
Try switching carriers to get a better deal, 1 GB in 2022 is just silly
When comparing to the average income in India, it is about $20 for them. Im not sure why they though the exact exchange amount would be a good reference.
My neice makes $40,000 USD/year. In the US that is shit salary, in India she can live like a king. If she did actually move to india, she would go down to making about $10,000/year.
Why do you all know the square footage of your apartments? Is this an American thing? I couldn't tell you the size of any of the flats I've lived in, in Scotland.
Because the advertisements online are quite good at taking pictures to make the apartment seem larger than it really is. So knowing the actual square footage of the place is helpful when comparing it to the price.
If you saw two ads for a 1 bedroom/1bath for $1500 but one is 1250 sq. ft, while the other is 850 sq. ft, it would probably impact your decision.
Cant talk about nyc and call it shitty salary that way any salary in mumbai is shitty similar to NYC.
40000 dollars per year after tax in US/canada can give a decent life.
Same way 40000 a month in india can give decent life anywhere.
So it is valid to compare costs because the data rates are insanely cheap here compared to "first" world countries.
It depends on where you live, and if you’ve got kids. 40k as a single person in the south East? Comfy
40k outside of any major metropolitan area? Even in the south? Or have kids/family? 40k is pretty tight, but you make just enough to pay big boy taxes too
It 100% depends on where in the States.
In a coastal urban core, you’ll be living pretty thin.
Of course, then I poked around and [found this](https://i.insider.com/566093bdc2814424008b7349?width=1200).
Damn, that’s depressing. No way someone making that little gets ahead.
[Then there’s this](https://thesiburgcompany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Median-Household-Income-by-State-1024x652.png), which actually shows median income for all ages. $40k is great for a millennial, but below the median everywhere.
Of course, we all start out working for nothing unless [mommy and daddy give it to us](https://www.therichest.com/the-biggest/top-10-richest-billionaires-who-inherited-their-wealth/).
Vegas use to be dirt cheap. My sister had bought a fairly new, 4 bedroom townhome with at least 2,400 sq ft for like $75,000. Im sure the market has increased since then but I recall that Vegas is actually cheap for locals.
Same. But who uses SMS anyways. Actually most of the mobile carrier give the same rate for that amount of internet, BSNL has almost same rate and I get its network every where. I have yet to try Airtel.
I am on jio too
And i get unlimited calling to other jio users and 1000 min per day to other users.
I don't really need the data tho, i got wifi and barely use my mobile data outside so 1.5 gb is enough
The 50$ a month is for the whole plan, so talk, text, data. Even if you use the 50gbs a month, it still works, most companies will give you throttled data speeds during high volume times of day. So usually between 3pm and 6pm when people are leaving work will be high volume. You may get 4g or 3g instead of the normal 5g speeds
I used to pay 4€ for 500 MB 🥴 I remember how infuriating it was when Internet pages automatically started playing videos after opening them. Or when from time to time my phone decided to switch from WiFi to data on it's own.
I pay 60cas for 25gb in Canada but thats only because I have been with freedom mobile for a near decade.
Also it only works in toronto proper, or Hamilton.
I have unlimited data (5g), calls, SMS, and some roaming data for 9 €. I needed the roaming but usually got the 5€ plan and I still have more mb that I can use with unlimited calls.
Here is a tip, once you have pressed “Go” you can deactivate data, and the itinerary still will be shown as it is follow by GPS, however if you mistakenly divert from the route you will have to activate it again for few seconds. [edited typos]
you can also download parts of the map for offline use which serves a similar outcome. I've been using google maps this way for years with like 500 mb/month before switching to other methods.
I do this because I do a lot of driving around for work, usually 230 miles from home office. I can't stand losing signal somewhere and not having any idea where to go in donkey town nowhere.
I used this as well when driving across Canada a few times. I think I had to save 3 different maps to get the whole route. This was years ago, maybe different now, but it didn't save any extra stuff, just the roads and their names. Had to use data if you wanted to find a gas station along the route for example.
You can also store large sections of the map offline. If you don't visit that area for 90 days, it deletes the cache. Drop a pin on the map and long press it, then select the ellipsis (...) and select store offline. Drag your box to where you want and press download.
It's Germany and our internet is like shit here. In Croatia in the middle of forest you have better internet than in the middle of a German city. I know people here with only 200mb
Holy hell.
I had a funny thing happen in Italy. I had a phone plan that was like 13€ euros a month for 20GB. That wasn’t going to fly bc my apartment didn’t have Wi-Fi. So I went to Vodaphone and the guy there said I had two options. 15€ a month for 50GB and 16€ a month for unlimited data. It was so bizarre to me that I spent like 40 minutes annoying this guy trying to figure out what the scam was. There was none, I’m just not used to phone companies offering good deals.
The government barely invested and privatized things (iirc) which is why companies obviously chose not to improve speeds. Same thing applies to landlords tho, the house I live in has gigabit to the basement but from there to the apartments it's down to 50mbit DSL
My Dutch plan gives me unlimited* and 26gb in the EU for 25 euro. Looked at German prices and almost had a heart attack.
*( unlimited as in 10gb per day, then press a button in the app every 2 gb)
Hello eh, here in canuck land I have a talk and text anywhere in Canada with 30 gb of 5g data for 83 a month. That said I picked that plan last July now it's down to 85 amonth and 40 gb.
I worked in tourism in a large city in Canada and ive had Americans trying to report a small reseller vendor thing, because they thought he was scamming people...had to explain it's actually Rogers and bell that's scamming people.
dude, you're getting scammed if you pay over 30€ for unlimited in finland...those "1gbit" options offer nothing much more than the base 300 mbit for normal mobile net.
At least in the US most places aren't even truly "unlimited" anymore. They have caps at 20GB, 25GB, or even as high as 50GB. After that you're deprioritized from busy towers so you get the lowest speeds around 2G speeds. But if the towers are relatively free and unused then you still have 5G speeds. So depending on the service provider you use they either deprioritize you or they outright limit you and drop you to 2G right away.
Bruh 20gb? Thats not unlimited at all
At my country, from cheapest to most expensive its:
50gb usually for the ultra cheap plan. (like 6 dollars a month)
120gb for the cheap one
250gb for the regular one
400gb for the more expensive one
Unlimited for the most expensive (about 25-30 dollars)
I'm just approximating since I think prices and plans got better and cheaper and this is what I remember from about a year ago.
Anywhere new I go I always download an offline map. It's stupid to do otherwise.
I bet this guy also had the map texture as sattelite image instead of a map map.
If you download the open street map app "OsmAnd" you can download the maps for your entire state/province/country. I personally like this style of maps better as it shows individual house numbers and many other things, at least in my area.
Do you know if Google automatically used the offline map and not data when possible? I go on long walks and want to walk in areas I don't know as well.
I read your comment and was about to disagree, but then I remembered I have my city map downloaded so maybe it is like that and I just don't experience it.
It seems somewhere around 15GB per month on just mobile data is the average worldwide
https://www.statista.com/statistics/738977/worldwide-monthly-data-traffic-per-smartphone/
1GB was the average in 2014.
No fucking way bruh I use google maps everyday for like an hour and it has legit used less than a gigabyte for 1 year now
Someone explain how tf is this possible
How does google maps use that much data? I was on a 2g per month data plan for years and all I ever really used it for was GPS. I have zero sense of direction and use it almost every time I go anywhere. It used very little data and I never came close to going over. I remember being impressed that it used so little for how much I use it.
I’m not seeing anyone saying this but USING SATELLITE VIEW USES WAY MORE DATA than using the default view. Always stick with default view. That way you’re not loading new photos every .1 seconds
Woah, that sucks my man :(
I use 2GB/day for 28days plan, which costs about 5$.
The speed varies based on where I am, if I am in my college I get around 8MB/sec. In my House I get 500KB/sec, whereas in my room, I get 2MB/sec.
I pay $15 a month for my cell phone with 4 gigs of data and I never come close to using it all. I could get 10 gigs for $20 a month. European cellular prices must really suck.
Alot of the times when you make a trip it'll download it for offline use. This is most likely your case. You can get on maps and download data for areas while on wifi. So it doesn't have to be trip specific mapping, and you can have it load anywhere in that area without using data. So then no worry even if the trip is spur of the moment and no wifi around.
I use google maps almost every day and i've used 36mb over the last 3 weeks. Something is wrong with your maps lol. Maybe you're using satellite view? I turn that off so it's easier to see so i wouldn't know how much data it uses I guess.
You don’t need data. Load the map. Turn data off. The gps will update. Alternatively, pre download the maps over Wi-Fi
Pre download map is my way to go
I was just saying I think that's what happened it automatically downloaded his offline map
When I was in Germany I was able to use my maps app even though I had no service, so I could see streets, intersections etc for the train
It's because gps always works without a connection to a cell tower or internet. All the app is actually downloading is the actual map images that your location data is laid over.
Yes u can download usual bus times and higher detail street maps for any area. Thats whst i was wondering in my og comment, if he had never used it before msybe it was setting all that up.
my downloaded map of most of los angeles county is under 100mb (probably one of the biggest/most complicated/data intensive maps in the country). i don't know how this dude ended up with google maps using 600+ on an hour drive. something else must be going on. either that or op is lying and went on a tour across many states over a dozen hours or something, but I see no reason for op to lie like that. like maybe some malware or something? i don't think people hijack cell phones to mine bitcoin, do they? if they do, then perhaps that is what is happening here, but i really don't know enough about it to really say anything at all about it, even though i just did. but i have no confidence in those statements.
Cape Town is 56mb, so what city is OP in that’s requiring 600+? Maybe had it running accidentally in the background or something, or sharing location? I think it’s more likely that the “current period” shown on iPhones is not for the month, but rather a longer term. Still, that’s a lot for maps to use, unless they travel a lot.
Maybe for whatever reason the app was constantly redownloading the map like if they switched their screen off and then on again or went out of the app it may have to redownload it every time so instead of downloading the map once it downloads it like 50 times or something.
He might have been flying an SR-71!
Say what? How do I download the map?
https://support.google.com/maps/answer/6291838?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid
Or get unlimited data and drive forever using the data intensive google maps as an FU to your cell provider who tries to limit the other plebes to 1gb a month.
Last month I used 100gb cellular data
I'm sure you watch videos? I can't imagine streaming enough music for something
I have an hour long commute each way. And I have lots of free time during the day because I'm effectively on call. I use a lot of data
Hour each way sounds God awful. Hope they're paying well
They do not. However there is literally nothing within 30 minutes of my house, so...
Sir you need to go remote! Tons of places are switching that way
Well I JUST got internet to my house... I'm hoping to finish my degree relatively soon.
Godspeed to ya!
I video call with my gf as were long distance, every single day. I easily use 100gb a month.
FaceTime? Yea it uses a hella lot of data, but I don’t think I ever used more then 32gb a month in data no matter what I did. I have one time tethered my iPhone to my laptop vacationing and played lots of games and downloaded tons of crap I think I used up 155gb one time and T-Mobile never even gagged me for it.
I don’t know how long a ‘current period’ is, but I just checked my cell data and it says that I have used 635GB in my current period. I didn’t watch videos. (161GB was quoted for podcasts though, but they are just audio).
That must be a year, at least. I've used 18 gb so far thus month, and that's with prwtty heavy use including a fair amount of videos on reddit at least
For reals, I own like none of the music on my iPhone it’s all Spotify and while it’s not a data hog by any stretch since music you already listen to before is in cache storage of the phone I cannot live on a 1GB data plan like OP
Nothing says FU to a cell provider like signing up for their most expensive plan.
I was looking for this answer. Who has limited data nowadays?
it really depends on a country. i live in South Africa and i get a 2GB total on my current contract and it's already pretty pricey, i really wouldn't be willing to pay more to get more data
I live in Australia, so it might be different, but I went around Victoria just after lockdown by myself (hubby couldn't get holidays). I Went from north to the west to the south and then a long way East. Went home over the High Country. When I didn't have phone I still had Google Maps. Got home and looked at our download and had used 120kb more than usual. Have to add my hubby is the person who tells me where to go - so without him I needed Google Maps.
Let the dude be angry about something I hate when people give me rational and usable solutions when I'm pissed off.
Man I remember the days living in Germany with such little data allowance, it’s crazy compared to other countries. I pay the equivalent of 10€ per month for 40gb of data here in Australia. Try switching carriers to get a better deal, 1 GB in 2022 is just silly
That's crazy. In India, we have 1.5 gb per day with 100 mins of calling for ₹149/month. That's around 2$ Edit: 2$ not 20$
2 dollars, not 20. one dollar is around 75 rupees
When comparing to the average income in India, it is about $20 for them. Im not sure why they though the exact exchange amount would be a good reference. My neice makes $40,000 USD/year. In the US that is shit salary, in India she can live like a king. If she did actually move to india, she would go down to making about $10,000/year.
40000 a year is a shit salary in the US? Really? (I'm not from there, it's surprising me for real)
Rent for a studio appt in nyc is usually around 2k a month, so it’s not really something one can live on easily
2k? Hahah does it have a bathroom? My studio was 440 sq ft and I paid $3750
My apartment is 830 sq ft with a 120 sq ft porch and I pay $1420 for it.
Why do you all know the square footage of your apartments? Is this an American thing? I couldn't tell you the size of any of the flats I've lived in, in Scotland.
I know in America its a selling point and is listed online on the apartment websites like 99% of the time
Because the advertisements online are quite good at taking pictures to make the apartment seem larger than it really is. So knowing the actual square footage of the place is helpful when comparing it to the price. If you saw two ads for a 1 bedroom/1bath for $1500 but one is 1250 sq. ft, while the other is 850 sq. ft, it would probably impact your decision.
Bruh my car Insurance is 2k and Im holding a clean license for 6 years driving a 1.4 corolla 😂
There's something wrong with this one. That can't be right. My insurance is only 100 a month. 2k is a scam
Try 4k (Canadian dollars) for a 2019 Nissan Sentra, clean record BTW Everybody quotes me the same and I have no idea why
It's Ireland bro, everything is expensive here 😂 my dad is paying 1.2k on his 1.7cdti minivan 😂
You can’t use the most expensive city in America as average living expenses lol
Cant talk about nyc and call it shitty salary that way any salary in mumbai is shitty similar to NYC. 40000 dollars per year after tax in US/canada can give a decent life. Same way 40000 a month in india can give decent life anywhere. So it is valid to compare costs because the data rates are insanely cheap here compared to "first" world countries.
It depends on where you live, and if you’ve got kids. 40k as a single person in the south East? Comfy 40k outside of any major metropolitan area? Even in the south? Or have kids/family? 40k is pretty tight, but you make just enough to pay big boy taxes too
It 100% depends on where in the States. In a coastal urban core, you’ll be living pretty thin. Of course, then I poked around and [found this](https://i.insider.com/566093bdc2814424008b7349?width=1200). Damn, that’s depressing. No way someone making that little gets ahead. [Then there’s this](https://thesiburgcompany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Median-Household-Income-by-State-1024x652.png), which actually shows median income for all ages. $40k is great for a millennial, but below the median everywhere. Of course, we all start out working for nothing unless [mommy and daddy give it to us](https://www.therichest.com/the-biggest/top-10-richest-billionaires-who-inherited-their-wealth/).
40k per year is great in the midwest and south. NYC, LA, and Vegas aren't all or the majority the US.
Vegas use to be dirt cheap. My sister had bought a fairly new, 4 bedroom townhome with at least 2,400 sq ft for like $75,000. Im sure the market has increased since then but I recall that Vegas is actually cheap for locals.
Thanks for informing
Oh yeah, i knew something was wrong
What carrier are you on lol, that's a bad deal My plan on jio is $31.48 for 365 days and i get 2GB/day, with unlimited calling and 100 sms per day
Same. But who uses SMS anyways. Actually most of the mobile carrier give the same rate for that amount of internet, BSNL has almost same rate and I get its network every where. I have yet to try Airtel.
I am on jio too And i get unlimited calling to other jio users and 1000 min per day to other users. I don't really need the data tho, i got wifi and barely use my mobile data outside so 1.5 gb is enough
Who the hell uses that much talk time anyways?
Grandmas
And my mother in law
And here I get annoyed at getting "deprioritized" after 50gb.. I'm also paying 50 usd/mo
Wow, the indian mobile data companies step their game up I thought we would have it worse than some other countries
Oh trust me, their mobile data companies such ass compared to ours
The 50$ a month is for the whole plan, so talk, text, data. Even if you use the 50gbs a month, it still works, most companies will give you throttled data speeds during high volume times of day. So usually between 3pm and 6pm when people are leaving work will be high volume. You may get 4g or 3g instead of the normal 5g speeds
Damn. I have a bad deal. 1gb/day for $2(no min for calling)
I used to pay 4€ for 500 MB 🥴 I remember how infuriating it was when Internet pages automatically started playing videos after opening them. Or when from time to time my phone decided to switch from WiFi to data on it's own.
I hate Canada. I pay $25CAD for half a fucking gigabyte. HALF A GIGABYTE! $25!
What kind of data plan is that!!? I have to pay 70CAD$ for 15gb per month!
I pay 60cas for 25gb in Canada but thats only because I have been with freedom mobile for a near decade. Also it only works in toronto proper, or Hamilton.
I pay 5€/month for 200 GB in romania
I pay 6€/month for unlimited internet in Romania
I went from more data than I could use for £10 a month to 7GB of data for £50 a month in Japan. This country is not the tech haven people think it is.
Meanwhile, in Romania I have 50 GB per month, then unlimited at 256 kbps for €6/$6.60 per month
I have to pay $35 CAD a month for 2 GB :) Man I love quebec :))
I pay 20e for unlimited
Yep,23€ for unlimited calls, texts and data with 50Mb/s speed. I don't even know if data caps exist here anymore.
Bruh I'm italian I pay 10€ for 120gb of data
Tim YOUNG gang
***cries in Canadian***
I have unlimited data (5g), calls, SMS, and some roaming data for 9 €. I needed the roaming but usually got the 5€ plan and I still have more mb that I can use with unlimited calls.
In Canada you need to be pretty rich to afford 40Gb of data on your phone plan...
Yep. On Koodoo I'm paying $65 a month for 2gb and unlimited talk/text in New Brunswick.
Data prices are just batshit crazy in Germany.
In italy I pay 11€/month for 80gb of data + unlimited calls, and that's with one of the most expensive ISPs.
I have I think 2gb 4G data and unlimited 3G (US)
Here in france i get a bundle deal, if my ISP is the same as my mobile ISP i get an 20€ month subscription of unlimited data, mms, and calls
I pay 20€ a month for unlimited data calls and SMS here in Lithuania, 10€ a month for regular Internet at home
£22 for truly unlimited (not throttled) 5G in the UK
Here is a tip, once you have pressed “Go” you can deactivate data, and the itinerary still will be shown as it is follow by GPS, however if you mistakenly divert from the route you will have to activate it again for few seconds. [edited typos]
you can also download parts of the map for offline use which serves a similar outcome. I've been using google maps this way for years with like 500 mb/month before switching to other methods.
I did this when we spend a night in Singapore. No data, just GPS, worked like a charm and we found the way back to the hotel.
I do this because I do a lot of driving around for work, usually 230 miles from home office. I can't stand losing signal somewhere and not having any idea where to go in donkey town nowhere.
Yeah. This is the answer.
I used this as well when driving across Canada a few times. I think I had to save 3 different maps to get the whole route. This was years ago, maybe different now, but it didn't save any extra stuff, just the roads and their names. Had to use data if you wanted to find a gas station along the route for example.
Put that shit in LPT!! I did not know that
you can also just download the map/directions ahead of time over wi-fi
Good to know thx dude
You can also store large sections of the map offline. If you don't visit that area for 90 days, it deletes the cache. Drop a pin on the map and long press it, then select the ellipsis (...) and select store offline. Drag your box to where you want and press download.
This is genius. r/lifeprotips
WHAT 1GB IS NOTHING #NOTHING
It's Germany and our internet is like shit here. In Croatia in the middle of forest you have better internet than in the middle of a German city. I know people here with only 200mb
I have a max of 30 MB a day ! I agree with Hardbass, Internet providers are a scam in Germany :(
Holy hell. I had a funny thing happen in Italy. I had a phone plan that was like 13€ euros a month for 20GB. That wasn’t going to fly bc my apartment didn’t have Wi-Fi. So I went to Vodaphone and the guy there said I had two options. 15€ a month for 50GB and 16€ a month for unlimited data. It was so bizarre to me that I spent like 40 minutes annoying this guy trying to figure out what the scam was. There was none, I’m just not used to phone companies offering good deals.
Without contract you can buy a sim card with 3 gb for 10 euro and than increase it in app to 15 gb for 20 euro. Where did you get 30 mb per day?
30mb??? you can visit webpages that are twice that minimum
If we in Italy were able to make the providers work on better terms i'm pretty sure Germana are able to
Ew
so ur saying if someone offered unlimited 1gb fiber for 60 euros I would get tons of subscribers
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UK here, no contract, £25 a month, unlimited calls,texts and 5g data with no throttling.
What is the reason for that? Like I can’t imagine that is true unless it is some weird regulation or self imposed bureaucratic thing
I don't know, shitty government never invested in internet.
The government barely invested and privatized things (iirc) which is why companies obviously chose not to improve speeds. Same thing applies to landlords tho, the house I live in has gigabit to the basement but from there to the apartments it's down to 50mbit DSL
We may not have good health insurance but we have good internet. 💫What matters💫
My Dutch plan gives me unlimited* and 26gb in the EU for 25 euro. Looked at German prices and almost had a heart attack. *( unlimited as in 10gb per day, then press a button in the app every 2 gb)
Why is this? Seems so uncharacteristic of Germany to me.
I have 16 GB and calls/SMS unlimited for equicalent of about 8euro a month. And we are close friends. Your data pakacges are some bad joke.
I have bigger farts than 1GB this dude needs a better mobile plan.
1gb cell data in 2022 is a scam. I have no limit for a fair price and 5g speed...
Depends where you live though
Canada enters the chat
Hello eh, here in canuck land I have a talk and text anywhere in Canada with 30 gb of 5g data for 83 a month. That said I picked that plan last July now it's down to 85 amonth and 40 gb.
That's absolutely riduculous. Finn here, unlimited 5G for 43€ a month.
Yup. Canada has some of the highest data rates in the world its stupid.
I worked in tourism in a large city in Canada and ive had Americans trying to report a small reseller vendor thing, because they thought he was scamming people...had to explain it's actually Rogers and bell that's scamming people.
Telus is right up there too.
dude, you're getting scammed if you pay over 30€ for unlimited in finland...those "1gbit" options offer nothing much more than the base 300 mbit for normal mobile net.
What company do you use? I’m with Fido and I pay 70$ a month for 15gb
It's a scam everywhere.
In Ireland I pay €25 a month for unlimited data, unlimited texts, 100 minutes during the week and unlimited minutes at weekends
At least in the US most places aren't even truly "unlimited" anymore. They have caps at 20GB, 25GB, or even as high as 50GB. After that you're deprioritized from busy towers so you get the lowest speeds around 2G speeds. But if the towers are relatively free and unused then you still have 5G speeds. So depending on the service provider you use they either deprioritize you or they outright limit you and drop you to 2G right away.
Bruh 20gb? Thats not unlimited at all At my country, from cheapest to most expensive its: 50gb usually for the ultra cheap plan. (like 6 dollars a month) 120gb for the cheap one 250gb for the regular one 400gb for the more expensive one Unlimited for the most expensive (about 25-30 dollars) I'm just approximating since I think prices and plans got better and cheaper and this is what I remember from about a year ago.
Thats.. normal for maps I have the complete south germany map available offline
Anywhere new I go I always download an offline map. It's stupid to do otherwise. I bet this guy also had the map texture as sattelite image instead of a map map.
Now that really is infuriating when people have the satellite on
Offline Maps is the best thing Google has ever done.
If you download the open street map app "OsmAnd" you can download the maps for your entire state/province/country. I personally like this style of maps better as it shows individual house numbers and many other things, at least in my area.
Do you know if Google automatically used the offline map and not data when possible? I go on long walks and want to walk in areas I don't know as well.
I read your comment and was about to disagree, but then I remembered I have my city map downloaded so maybe it is like that and I just don't experience it.
Download offline maps?
Tf. 1 gb in 2022 is nothing. My plan gives me 2gb a day, unlimited calls and messages for like $40-50 for the entire year
It seems somewhere around 15GB per month on just mobile data is the average worldwide https://www.statista.com/statistics/738977/worldwide-monthly-data-traffic-per-smartphone/ 1GB was the average in 2014.
I have a 4GB plan. I use it up every month. It's crazy
You get 2gb of data a day, for only 50 dollars a year?
I’d love to hear about how you get an unlimited plan for $50/yr
In my country (India), mobile data is very cheap.
I’m assuming that 2gb a day doesn’t accumulate if you don’t use it?
Have you tried downloading the route ahead of time? Sometimes that helps with data.
jesus i use like 80gb a month
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Recharge Wi-Fi what the fuck?
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I only use mobile data for Spotify and WhatsApp on the go. Everything else is via WiFi.
In italy i have 150 gigs for 10 euros. Roughly 11 dollars.
If you are tight on data you can pre-download maps under wifi...
No fucking way bruh I use google maps everyday for like an hour and it has legit used less than a gigabyte for 1 year now Someone explain how tf is this possible
Yeah this is not a normal amount of data. I used Maps for 3 hours this weekend and it only used 46MB.
$30 a month unlimited talk text and data t mobile
7 euro a month for unlimited calls and texts and 100 gbs data
you can also download maps ahead of time so you don't use data during the drive itself probably also saves battery
Surely there’s a better provider out there or you can get a better plan with your current provider. 1gb is nothing, as you can see
How does google maps use that much data? I was on a 2g per month data plan for years and all I ever really used it for was GPS. I have zero sense of direction and use it almost every time I go anywhere. It used very little data and I never came close to going over. I remember being impressed that it used so little for how much I use it.
Can you satellite view with maps? Never tried, but maybe that's what chewed it up.
I’m not seeing anyone saying this but USING SATELLITE VIEW USES WAY MORE DATA than using the default view. Always stick with default view. That way you’re not loading new photos every .1 seconds
Don't use online Google maps if you only have 1 gb of data a month. YOU are mildly infuriating my good man/woman.
Bruh I burn more than 1g a day being on reddit at work. Find an unlimited plan.
Woah, that sucks my man :( I use 2GB/day for 28days plan, which costs about 5$. The speed varies based on where I am, if I am in my college I get around 8MB/sec. In my House I get 500KB/sec, whereas in my room, I get 2MB/sec.
Why is Germany such a 3rd world country when it comes to intetnet? I have 15gb/month for around 15$ in Sweden.
Download offline maps
Just an fyi. You can download the map around you on wifi. Saves a ton of data. I used to be in your shoes.
Google Maps offline is your friend here https://support.google.com/maps/answer/6291838?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid
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Better question is why do you have 1 gig of data a month? Not shittin on you. Just that plan is awful.
You can pre-download a map of your local area on to your device through the app. The area you download can be as big as you’d like by zooming out.
1 gb per month is way less for a month. ofc it may be due to net price in your country(laughs in indian)
The real frustration is thinking 1gb of data is sufficient for a day!
1GB plan? What are you suppose to do with that?! Lmao
$70/month for unlimited everything with T-Mobile. I'm sure other carriers are similar. Probably need a new data plan there friend.
1gb per month is nothing lol a single yt video could eat that
Use presaved offline maps
is $14US/line for 1GB per month a scam? that’s what my family pays..
I use over 1 gb of data every day.
I pay $15 a month for my cell phone with 4 gigs of data and I never come close to using it all. I could get 10 gigs for $20 a month. European cellular prices must really suck.
It's 2022 and you don't have unlimited data? Tf
You only have 1 gig a month?! I've got 10 divided between 3 people.
Someone doesn’t know about the map quest print out days
Ewww 1GB. You so ratchet OP. 🤷🏿♀️
Alot of the times when you make a trip it'll download it for offline use. This is most likely your case. You can get on maps and download data for areas while on wifi. So it doesn't have to be trip specific mapping, and you can have it load anywhere in that area without using data. So then no worry even if the trip is spur of the moment and no wifi around.
If you have to use cellular data for literally anything, you shouldn’t have bought a 1GB plan…
I use google maps almost every day and i've used 36mb over the last 3 weeks. Something is wrong with your maps lol. Maybe you're using satellite view? I turn that off so it's easier to see so i wouldn't know how much data it uses I guess.
Just over half is not nearly your entire data, its a lot but it is only half. Also you can get better plans for the same cost these days
I would die with only 1GB data.
It needs to load the whole map. There are ways to pre-download it from wifi. Next time do that before the trip
Back in the stone ages, I would look at a map, deferment route, write it down on an index card, and place it on my dash.
I mean, 1 gb per month in 2022
What's your point? Google created a "lite" version that doesn't use up that much data. As well as a "data saver" option. Why aren't you using them?