Lesson 3

Complete the Lesson 3 Assignment that you saved to your course folder.

 

Project Connection

 

You are now ready to complete the first part of the project for this module. Open the Module 6 Project and start preparing to be moved!

 

Going Beyond

 

Many mobile phone plans have a base fee and then charge an overage fee if you go beyond a certain number of minutes, text messages, or data downloads. For example, the following are two plans for data usage for a smartphone.

 

 

Wireless data is billed according to the volume of data that is sent or received, not for the amount of time that you are connected. The following are estimates of the amount of data used for various activities on a smartphone.

• 1 e-mail (text only) = 0.022 MB
• 1 e-mail with word processor, spreadsheet, or slideshow attachment = 0.28 MB
• 1 e-mail with photo attachment = 0.293 MB
• 1 instant message (50 characters in length) = 0.024 MB
• 1 web page (based on average of top 25 most visited websites) = 0.171 MB
• 1 minute of streaming video = 1 MB
• 1 song (4 minutes in length) = 4 MB
• 1 application (average based on top 20 most popular downloads) = 4 MB

Are you paying for more data than you need? Are you downloading more than your plan allows and paying the price? Choosing the data plan that is best for you means determining approximately how much data you use per month.

 

Depending on how much you use your phone, you might first want to determine data usage per day or per week. You may be able to look at your last bill to determine your average monthly use. Then you can look at the different data plans that are available and find the plan that is best suited for you and your data needs.