Finally got 4G, but data suddenly through the roof?

[Shish]

Hi guys

O2 switched on 4G in Newcastle yesterday, and it's pretty cool speedwise.  Finally!

But suddenly there's been a surge in my data usage for no apparent reason?

Last month, I kept wifi switched off as an experiment to see how much data I would use on 3G only.

It came to about 2.8 gb.  Higher than I was expecting, but my allowance is 5gb, so nothing to worry about.

4G was switched on here yesterday, and by coincidence, my billing cycle reset yesterday.

In a little over 24 hours, my phone has used over 500mb of data?

All my phone has done in that time is download 4 podcasts, update a few apps and run some Ookla speedtests...

I've installed Onavo Count to see if I can trace what's going on, but just wondered if anyone else had experienced anything similar?

Do you guys think I should call O2 and check with them?  Doesn't seem right.

Cheers

[Anonymous]

Have you looked at the data counter within your iPhone to see what's using it ?

Data usage on iPhone.
Settings - Mobile - shows each app usage at the bottom

[Shish]

Thanks BoB, I clean forgot about that 

I've reset the statistics on that page and I'll check back there.

Cheers 

[MI5 · Accepted solution]

You'll be amazed how much data running speedtests consumes, I was

[Anonymous]

Hope that clears things up.

Using 4g will not use more data but as it's quicker people will surf more using more data.

[Shish]

Bingo.  Speedtest at 50mb a pop.

Panic over.  Thanks guys 

[MI5]

Yep, I knew it

[Anonymous]

Awesome.