10 second consumption 10MB, is it normal?

The reason for the high traffic fee is very complicated.

First, if you use your mobile phone to visit websites abroad, such as logging in to Sina Weibo and viewing more than a dozen pictures of Weibo, the traffic will easily exceed a dozen MB. This is the reason for analyzing the recent complaints of international roaming users about "sky-high Weibo" and "sky-high QQ". At present, international roaming service is negotiated between domestic operators and foreign operators, and the tariff is affected by international settlement (the asking price of the other party), which is much higher than that of China. The sharp decline requires the long-term and arduous efforts of domestic telecom operators.

Secondly, downloading or watching mobile video continuously under the high-speed mobile phone network will also generate high mobile phone traffic. Although the Internet traffic fee has dropped from the earliest 0.03 yuan /KB(30 yuan /M) to the present 0./kloc-0 yuan /MB, down to the original 300%, it has produced a "sky-high traffic" that has never appeared before, because the network speed has been greatly improved. The earliest GPRS mobile phone Internet access in China is only 13.4 kbps in the case of single channel, and the hourly traffic is only about 5MB. Even according to the Internet access fee standard at that time-0.03 yuan /KB, it was only about 150 yuan per hour. At that time, the data content accessible through the mobile Internet was mostly text, and the traffic was very limited. At present, these illustrated web pages have a large amount of data. For example, the homepage of Sina News Center is fully displayed at about 1.4MB, which is almost impossible to access-will you wait 20 minutes to see the webpage? If you can't use it for free, there will naturally be no "massive" traffic and "sky-high" internet access fees. However, at present, under the fastest HSPA+ network of 2 1.6M, users can feel the download speed of more than 2MB per second, that is to say, they can download files exceeding 120MB per minute. Under the ideal situation of 10 minutes, users can download a high-definition blockbuster with the size of 1GB. Similarly, under the high-speed mobile phone network, watching mobile TV and mobile video is also clear and smooth. It is estimated that watching mobile TV online for 2 hours can consume 240M traffic. At present, the traffic charges in the package are relatively cheap, but the outbound fees in the package are relatively high, which is easy to generate high fees when downloading or watching videos continuously.

Third, some users report "sky-high traffic" without knowing it. There are also many reasons for this. First of all, with the popularity of smart phones, a large number of application software and email push need to rely on wireless networks to obtain and exchange data and information, which will generate online traffic when used. If the mobile phone is set to automatically update or automatically push mail, traffic will be generated without the user's knowledge. Secondly, many paid applications are large in scale. For example, the navigation software on iPhone exceeds 1G, and many games are hundreds of meters. If it is in the 3G network environment, downloading updates on mobile phones will generate high traffic. In addition, switching between WiFi and mobile network is also likely to cause certain traffic problems. For example, many users think that they use their mobile phones to surf the Internet in a free WiFi environment, but when they leave the WiFi area or the WiFi network is adjusted, their mobile phones will automatically switch to the mobile network, and many people are unaware of this change, resulting in a surge in traffic.

Fourth, mobile phone viruses and Trojans may also be the culprit. This year, more than 100 pieces of software have been embedded in the intercepted "King of Android Cheating" malware. Once the user accidentally downloads to the Android phone, the rogue software will open the root privilege for background networking, download the software for malicious promotion, and consume the user's Internet traffic fee.

Knowing the above situation, you need to know something about the consumption of traffic before you can make corresponding countermeasures:

Trick 1: Apply online and make good use of small traffic.

According to relevant experience, mobile phone chat saves the most traffic. If you just chat and don't send files, the online traffic of QQ or MSN will be about 30MB a month. The traffic of online games is not large, especially chess and card games, which is equivalent to mobile phone chat.

Weather forecast, online stock, online translation and traffic consumption are less than those of online games. According to the author's experience, even if these functions are used frequently, the monthly traffic is not easy to exceed 20MB.

There is not much traffic browsing the news. Using news reading software saves more traffic than watching news with a browser. For example, Netease news software on iPhone4, the offline synchronous traffic is only about 3MB, including about 100 text news and pictures. If you watch Sina News Center with a browser, you can only watch 3MB twice without considering the cache. Weibo is similar to news. The author used iPhone4 to visit Sina Weibo, and sent three messages of 140 in succession, with the traffic not exceeding 1KB. In addition, if you look at Sina Weibo 100, the traffic generated is only about 4MB. But seeing Weibo with bigger pictures or videos will bring more traffic.

To sum up, users make full use of the above small-size applications, and the monthly traffic consumption is generally around 220MB, which is equivalent to the minimum package traffic of iPhone.

Trick 2: Use it safely and be wary of traffic killers.

Before 3G, there will never be a traffic killer-the network speed is as slow as a snail, and high-traffic users can't breed. Now, under the incubation of high-speed Internet, the traffic killer is born.

At present, 3G mobile phones can watch HD videos online smoothly. So, when we were enjoying the high-speed pleasure, the first traffic killer came into being! According to estimates, with 220MB iPhone package traffic, you can watch about 2 hours of online video (code stream 256Kbps). It is equivalent to watching only one movie, and your package traffic is used up.

The second traffic killer is the online map. According to the test, the speed of map traffic is not lower than that of network video, or even worse. It took the author only a few minutes to navigate (satellite mode) and went out 10MB. But online maps don't eat traffic continuously, and they don't feel as fast as online videos. If it is not satellite mode, but map mode, it will save some traffic.

The third traffic killer is P2P download software such as BT, Thunder and Electric Donkey. Worst of all, they are uploaded and downloaded. So in the same movie, the traffic generated by BT may be 120% of that of online video, or even more than 150%. This is determined by the design principle of P2P download software, which not only improves the download speed, but also sacrifices a lot of traffic resources. Of course, not all P2P software is a traffic killer, and only downloading software based on P2P principle can. Some chat software, such as QQ, also adopts P2P design principle, but it is a small consumer of traffic.

Downloading or updating applications directly on mobile phones may also produce traffic killers. The size of mobile phone application software varies greatly, ranging from a few hundred K to a few tens or hundreds M. For example, if the navigation software exceeds 1.5G, it is best to look at the size in the software introduction before downloading or updating the application software on the mobile phone, and then make a decision according to the remaining traffic.

For these traffic killers, the coping strategies are: appropriate use, not abuse. For example, online videos can be watched for a few minutes occasionally at critical moments (such as live news, etc.). ), but it is best not to exceed half an hour-it is estimated that by this time, the battery of the mobile phone will soon be exhausted. Using online maps, you don't need much traffic to search for various services nearby. As long as you don't wander around the map, you can generally bear the traffic consumption. BT and the like will resolutely "quit". A friend connected the iPhone to the computer for BT download, and soon "exploded" the traffic.

Trick 3: Plan traffic and make good use of international roaming.

It is understood that the causes of "sky-high Weibo" and "sky-high QQ" are mostly due to the high cost of international roaming. The first "sky-high Weibo" came into being when roaming in Russia.

At present, the lowest roaming fee for overseas data of Unicom users is 0.005 yuan /KB in the United States and South Korea, and the highest is 0. 12 yuan /KB in Egypt, Lebanon and Togo. Looking at 100 Weibo, the traffic is generally around 4MB. According to the highest standards, roaming charges may cost more than 480 yuan.

At present, roaming charges are affected by international settlement, which is much higher than domestic ones, and it is easy to form "sky-high" traffic charges. To effectively avoid "sky-high price", we should be like the SMS reminder sent by operators: "Please turn off data roaming when you are abroad to avoid using data services such as email, MMS and web browsing to generate expensive roaming fees." When you have to use it, you'd better turn it off after use.

When roaming abroad, remind yourself at any time: small households with traffic consumption may also become banknote killers!

Trick 4: Do your homework and use free traffic skillfully.

Not all traffic charges, and some traffic charges information fees instead of traffic fees.

At present, there is no traffic charge for MMS and MMS mobile newspaper. Because the billing method of short messages is followed, operators only charge information fees by article, and no longer charge internet traffic fees.

There are some similar functions, such as using 3G? WAP listens to or watches Unicom's mobile music and mobile TV, and there is no charge for the traffic generated.

Unicom introduced two special billing units "M" and "T" when 3G network was opened, and all services marked with "M" or "T" will no longer charge traffic fees. However, if the mobile phone terminal (such as iPhone) does not support it, or because of user settings and other reasons, the designated APN is not used when accessing these services, so that the traffic statistics device cannot "select" these traffic, the traffic fee will still be charged.

It should be reminded that the above-mentioned "free traffic fee" is limited to China, and there is a traffic fee for roaming abroad.

Trick 5: verify the traffic situation with software and hardware.

Nowadays, many smart phones have traffic statistics functions, such as iPhone4. In "Settings-General-Elapsed Time", you can view the usage of "Cellular Network Data", including the traffic sent (uploaded) and received (downloaded), and restore statistics at the beginning of each month, then you can view the traffic usage in real time.

Note that both upload and download traffic are charged, so the traffic consumption figure provided by the operator should theoretically be equal to the sum of two figures. Sometimes there may be some differences between the two because of different statistical methods (but the standards are the same), but they will not be different by several times.

If you want to feel more at ease, you can also install third-party traffic statistics software. If one set is not correct, you can download two more sets. After a period of observation and understanding, users can master the general traffic rules of various services and know fairly well when using them.

Trick 6: explore yourself and be aware of it.

Under normal circumstances, operators will regularly remind customers of traffic usage through SMS and other means, and the reminder period varies. For example, Unicom's default reminder period is one week, and users can send a short message "ATTX" to 100 10 instead of reminding by day.

Theoretically, the period of traffic statistics can reach less than one hour. In other words, traffic reminders can be done once an hour, but can you stand it? At present, in principle, operators will not send reminders to users before 8 o'clock, also to prevent harassment to users. Moreover, such high-frequency reminders may also affect users' normal short message service.

In fact, it is best for users to check the traffic regularly and actively. After all, the money is your own. On this basis, users can also take the initiative to go to the online business hall, mobile phone business hall or send text messages to check traffic.