So the big question going through every iPad owners mind right now is do I need unlimited internet on my iPad or is 2GB enough? If you have not purchased bookmark php your iPad by midnight on June 6th than you will have the option of either the 200MB data plan for $14.99 a month or the 2GB data plan for $25.00 a month, but for iPad owners who purchased before June 6th you also have the option of unlimited internet for $29.99 a month provided that you lock that in by midnight on June 6th and you must maintain the unlimited plan in order to remain eligible.

Gone is the flexibility that AT&T touted at the iPad’s debut allowing us to go from unlimited, 25oMB or no internet at all month to month at will, with no contracts. So what to do? Do you need unlimited internet or will 2GB suffice? For many iPad users it’s too soon to tell. If you’ve only had your iPad a few days or weeks do you have a full grasp on just how much internet you’ll average per month? Probably not.

2GB is actually quite a bit of data for example I’m a very heavy data user on my iPhone and use approximately 500MB a month and after comparing with my bookmark php friends I was the heaviest iPhone data user by a lot. So I think the new data plans will be good for many users. That is, until you start watching video.

According to AT&T 2GB of data will get you the following:

Sending/receiving 10,000 one-page text emails and 1,500 one-page emails with an attachment, viewing 4,000 Web pages, uploading/downloading 500 photos to social media sites, and (only) 200 minutes of standard-quality video watching a month

Gizmodo did some real life testing and came up with :

YouTube: When we watched a , 2MB was used; so if 2GB is 2048MB, one could theoretically watch 17 hours of programming on YouTube before using up all your bandwidth for the month. This assumes you do NOTHING else on your iPad that eats up bandwidth.

Netflix: When we watched an episode of Netflix () running 21:54, 55MB of bandwidth was used; so, let’s say 22min is 55MB, bookmark php then Netflix consumes 2.5MB for every minute of streaming video watched. Therefore:

• A half hour TV show (~22min.) on Netflix would consume 55MB of data
• An hour-long TV show (~43min.) on Netflix would bookmark php consume 110MB of data
• An hour-long movie on Netflix would consume 150MB of data
• An hour and a half movie on Netflix would consume 225MB of data
• A two-hour movie on Netflix would consume 300MB of data

** In total, you could watch 13.65 hours of programming on  before using up all your bandwidth. This assumes you do nothing else on your iPad that month to eat up your bandwidth.  (And remember: the average American  per month alone.)

ABC App: We watched an episode of Better Off Ted, running 25:41 with ads used 97MB. For simplicity’s sake, let’s average it out to 26min and 100MB. That’s ~4MB/minute.

• A half hour TV Show on ABC streaming would consume an estimated 100MB
• An hour-long TV Show on ABC streaming would consume an estimated 200MB

** In total, you could watch 10.24 hours of programming on ABC Streaming App before using up all your bandwidth. Again, this assumes you do nothing else on your iPad that month.

I see the iPad as a media consumption device. Keyword: consumption. And if you also plan on using the iPad to watch videos than I suggest you get on the unlimited plan now while it’s still available. The good news is after a few months if you don’t feel like the extra $5 a month for unlimited is worth it you can always downgrade to the 2GB plan. But if you’re not on the unlimited plan in time you’ll miss out for good.

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