CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) -
4G has already arrived here in Cincinnati.
And it's true
what they say, you can really tell a difference in how fast images and web
pages download on your smartphone.
But soon we could be shelling-out more money
for this faster service.
A new study by Cisco predicts our monthly cell phone bills
will increase by about $40 a month in the next four years thanks to 4G.
That's
because, by then, Americans are expected to use 6.2 gigabytes of data each
month.
That's a huge amount of data usage when you realize that we only consume
about 750 megabytes of data each month on our phones now.
The reason for the surge is simple: The faster the
connection, the more data people want. Streaming video, downloading music, and
surfing the web all become a lot more enticing when your smartphone can handle
it all with ease.
How can you save money?
Cisco recommends logging your phone onto a WiFi network at
home and at work if you can. More and more people are doing it, Cisco says, now
that we have to pay by the gig.
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