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Q: Mail Drop Question

I have a friend who is concerned about the amount of data that would be used in downloading a video I sent via Mail drop. Does downloading the file use up vast amounts of monthly data allowance?

iPhone 6s, iOS 9.3.1

Posted on Apr 20, 2016 10:55 AM

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I understand now that you explained it further. If the recipient downloads the file to his device, it will use data, either Wi-Fi or cellular/mobile. If the file he downloads is 1 GB then he will use that much data. If he downloads over Wi-Fi it will not use cellular/mobile data. One option might be to find a public Wi-Fi and attempt to download that way but many public Wi-Fis limit downloads for obvious reasons. Don't know how large your file is but as an example Netflix uses about 1 GB of data per hour for each stream of standard definition video, and up to 3 GBs per hour for each stream of HD video.

Posted on Apr 20, 2016 2:12 PM

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  • by elcpu,

    elcpu elcpu Apr 20, 2016 12:34 PM in response to arihbc
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    Apr 20, 2016 12:34 PM in response to arihbc

    If by Mail drop you mean email, most email providers limit the size of attachments to about 20-25 MBs. Only small videos can be sent that way - if you try to attach a video larger than that the email provider will reject it. 25 MBs should not be a vast amount of his allowance but only he can answer that.

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    arihbc arihbc Apr 20, 2016 1:03 PM in response to arihbc
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    Apr 20, 2016 1:03 PM in response to arihbc

    I Appreciate your reply but this pertains to using mail drop to send large files that email won't handle. with mail drop I can drop a file like video up to 5G and it sends a link for download to the recipient. what I'm trying to find out is when the recipient clicks on the link to download it does the download take up data time?

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    elcpu elcpu Apr 20, 2016 2:12 PM in response to arihbc
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    Apr 20, 2016 2:12 PM in response to arihbc

    I understand now that you explained it further. If the recipient downloads the file to his device, it will use data, either Wi-Fi or cellular/mobile. If the file he downloads is 1 GB then he will use that much data. If he downloads over Wi-Fi it will not use cellular/mobile data. One option might be to find a public Wi-Fi and attempt to download that way but many public Wi-Fis limit downloads for obvious reasons. Don't know how large your file is but as an example Netflix uses about 1 GB of data per hour for each stream of standard definition video, and up to 3 GBs per hour for each stream of HD video.

  • by arihbc,

    arihbc arihbc Apr 20, 2016 2:28 PM in response to arihbc
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    Apr 20, 2016 2:28 PM in response to arihbc

    Perfect! Thank you so much! They have wifi so it should not be an issue!

  • by elcpu,

    elcpu elcpu Apr 20, 2016 2:36 PM in response to arihbc
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    Apr 20, 2016 2:36 PM in response to arihbc

    You are welcome....