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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1310497">Couple of things:1. The &quot;average user&quot; uses LESS than 500MB of 3G data per month. I've written PLENTY of stories on this, take my word for it. The average is slowly creeping up and varies by region and by network, but the overall average is very, very low. Whether that's due to fear of overages or the ubiquitousness of wi-fi, I could not say.2. There is NO SUCH THING as &quot;true 4G&quot; yet. The term &quot;4G&quot; is purely a marketing term that currently covers three completely incompatible-with-each-other types of networks that promise varying speeds. Ischwarcz has it correct, &quot;true&quot; 4G when it arrives will offer 100mbps but that's a few years off at least. In the meantime, ALWAYS treat the words &quot;4G&quot; with *extreme* scepticism and assume it just means &quot;somewhat faster than 3G.&quot;PS. Phones are the worst about this -- some of them have 4G in their *name* and when you ask the company *cough*HTC*cough* they'll say it means that the phone will *continue to work* on a 4G network.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1310497"] Couple of things: 1. The "average user" uses LESS than 500MB of 3G data per month. I've written PLENTY of stories on this, take my word for it. The average is slowly creeping up and varies by region and by network, but the overall average is very, very low. Whether that's due to fear of overages or the ubiquitousness of wi-fi, I could not say. 2. There is NO SUCH THING as "true 4G" yet. The term "4G" is purely a marketing term that currently covers three completely incompatible-with-each-other types of networks that promise varying speeds. Ischwarcz has it correct, "true" 4G when it arrives will offer 100mbps but that's a few years off at least. In the meantime, ALWAYS treat the words "4G" with *extreme* scepticism and assume it just means "somewhat faster than 3G." PS. Phones are the worst about this -- some of them have 4G in their *name* and when you ask the company *cough*HTC*cough* they'll say it means that the phone will *continue to work* on a 4G network. [/QUOTE]

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