Windows Phone 7 Eats Your Bandwidth Alive

[universalremonster]

I've had the Samsung Focus since launch day and have never broken 100MB out of my 200MB limit. But since Paul Thurrot says it happens it must be true and is a widespread bandwidth epidemic. I once had a 1st gen iPod Touch that I found in my cupboards eating my Ramen.. report on that...It's on par with this article.

 

[woshitudou]

For one guy's claim to make the news like this it has to be a bogus Windows7 phone scare.

 

[zaho0006]

I also have had a focus since release. I use it daily for browsing and navigation (never download anything unless on wifi) and have never broken my 200 MB

 

[belardo]

That is SURE a lot of data to be moving over the air. Cant be good for the battery either.

MS... doing stuff in the background again....

 

[house70]

phones are getting more online features... at the same time telcoms deploy capped data plans more and more. Is this some sort of scheme designed to fleece the customers, or am I just being paranoid?

 

[mykem]

I have a Windows HD7 phone... a very nice upgrade from a Droid X. People who haven't used it have no place to knock it. It has exceeded my expectations from day 1.

 

[guardianangel42]

The fix is actually rather easy. Turn off feedback in the settings > System > Feedback menu, turn off Connect with Zune in the Settings > Applications > Music + Video menu, and use a WiFi connection whenever possible.

You might also have to turn off Live Tiles for the people hub but since I don't have a facebook account I don't know how to do that.

 

[Guest]

the feed back option has a check box that says use mobile data connect to send feedback. this option is unselected by default. so unless you change it the send feedback for wp7 will only use wifi when available.

 

[Griffolion]

Blah blah blah WP7 is rubbish

Blah blah blah some obscure unfounded insult to microsoft

That's basically what i read whenever toms does a WP7 article.

 

[Compulsive1]

My wife has an LG Windows 7 phone and had barely any usage on her 200MB plan until last week when all of a sudden every night at 1:11 am the phone started sending 120 to 150 MB of data over 3G- even though the phone was at home on wi-fi network. There is something else going on.

 

[gogogadgetliver]

BULLCRAP. I know a dozen people or more with WP7 and nobody has this problem. Someone is making up this "bug" story to cover their tracks because they got caught surfing too much porn.

 

[gogogadgetliver]

[citation][nom]house70[/nom]phones are getting more online features... at the same time telcoms deploy capped data plans more and more. Is this some sort of scheme designed to fleece the customers, or am I just being paranoid?[/citation]
Paranoid...but just about this. If this is a bug (doubt it) then it's an inadvertent one. Telcoms are indeed trying to fleece you though.

 

[dgingeri]

you've got to admit, sending that much info without the knowledge of the user is pretty suspicious.

 

[NoCaDrummer]

Maybe he's discovered the first [of many, I'm sure] Windows mobile (WP7) viruses. That could surely explain the jump in data use.

 

[misry]

[citation][nom]Griffolion[/nom]Blah blah blah WP7 is rubbishBlah blah blah some obscure unfounded insult to microsoft...[/citation]

Apple crapple doom and gloom. My Penis is bigger than yours.

(Finished it for ya.)