Re: Telstra iPhone data usage

2010-10-05 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Andrew, I found that with my iPhone sat on my desk, connected through my home wireless network, it still was clocking up 3G data (not huge amounts but ongoing) - I ended up switching off 3G and I suspect I will just leave 3G switched off until I actually want to access something when not in a

Re: Telstra iPhone data usage

2010-10-04 Thread Robin Belford
I like Quota as an app for my iPhone but you can use Telstra's own page to check your usage in detail. https://es.telstra.com/MobileDataUsageMeter/index.jsp?theme=tb#Usage robin On 04/10/2010, at 5:56 PM, Brian Risbey wrote: There is an app for that, 3G Usage, might help to monitor things.

Re: Telstra iPhone data usage

2010-10-04 Thread Daniel Kerr
Hi Andrew Do you have email set up? If so, have you gone and changed the checking of it from Push to Manual. If it's set to Push, then it's checking it all the time!! You can check in:- Settings - Mail, Contacts, Calendars. I generally have Fetch New Data set to Off. Then click on Fetch New

Telstra iPhone data usage

2010-10-04 Thread Andrew Schox
Hi all, I have had a Telstra iPhone 4 for five days, and got a message today saying I'd used 93% of my 1.5GB data plan. Previous to this I had a 1.5GB Optus data plan which I never exceeded in two years. My data usage has been probably less than what I usually used on Optus as I have

Re: Telstra iPhone data usage

2010-10-04 Thread Brian Risbey
There is an app for that, 3G Usage, might help to monitor things. Brian Sent from my iPhone On 04/10/2010, at 17:39, Andrew Schox and...@perthfootankle.com.au wrote: Hi all, I have had a Telstra iPhone 4 for five days, and got a message today saying I'd used 93% of my 1.5GB data plan.

Re: Telstra iPhone data usage

2010-10-04 Thread Andrew Schox
Hi Daniel, I do use mail, and had push set to on. I had set the fetch schedule to Manually, which I thought protected me, since I never get any mail unless I click the check mail button in mail. Cheers, Andrew On 04/10/2010, at 9:00 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Andrew Do you have email

Re: Telstra iPhone data usage

2010-10-04 Thread Adam Hewitt
I have two accounts setup on my phone and both are set to push and receive a lot of email every day. I have never gone over 200MB of data usage in the 18 months I have had the phone...making my 1GB of data seem pointless. Adam Sent from my iPhone On 05/10/2010, at 9:01 AM, Andrew Schox

Re: Telstra iPhone data usage

2010-10-04 Thread Martin Hill
Telstra charges the first month of usage after signing up on a pro-rata basis so if your data contract began only a few days before the monthly billing period ends, Telstra only gives you a few days worth of data quota. This means even though you may have 1.5GB for a whole month, if you sign