I've downloaded 2 gigs of http://www.thinkbroadband.com/download.html last week and it still says
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I'm assuming Sprint doesn't care because its unlimited data but I do for e-peen ocd stroking!!! grgrrrrr
Let's just hope the delay is not because you were roaming at the time!
Sprint Data Roaming 2,568,128,852
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crakerjaks said:
I've downloaded 2 gigs of http://www.thinkbroadband.com/download.html last week and it still says
I'm assuming Sprint doesn't care because its unlimited data but I do for e-peen ocd stroking!!! grgrrrrr
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It doesn't show 4g data...
holob said:
It doesn't show 4g data...
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well ****.
nukedukem said:
Let's just hope the delay is not because you were roaming at the time!
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Wait, I can believe that data usage, has that happened to you or someone?
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Wait, I can believe that data usage, has that happened to you or someone?
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That would be pretty impressive, seeing that $152,461 makes no sense in a denomination of US currency.
rutter9 said:
That would be pretty impressive, seeing that $152,461 makes no sense in a denomination of US currency.
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are you just being nit-picky over the lack of .00 or do you really not understand how much money that is?
We've been over this before...there is no cap on ROAMING DATA with the evo. As far as it goes on their website, it's usually way under or way over.
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Wait, I can believe that data usage, has that happened to you or someone?
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When I was an accountant in Belgium, the new CEO brought his iPhone over from the states and put it on our Proximus business account. Let's just say that the use of 1 iPhone for less than a month doubled our phone bill for an account that had 70+ phones on it.
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We've been over this before...there is no cap on ROAMING DATA with the evo. As far as it goes on their website, it's usually way under or way over.
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Where did you get this information? I was under the impression that there is a 300MB/month limit on roaming data before they charge you. A Sprint rep posted the details in their forums.
Unlimited 3G and 4G
300MB roaming data limit without extra charge.
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Where did you get this information? I was under the impression that there is a 300MB/month limit on roaming data before they charge you. A Sprint rep posted the details in their forums.
Unlimited 3G and 4G
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That's for data cards.
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Where did you get this information? I was under the impression that there is a 300MB/month limit on roaming data before they charge you. A Sprint rep posted the details in their forums.
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It was in some thread last week that was fairly long. I thought we'd come down to the conclusion that only 3g laptop cards had the cap; phones don't on 3g.
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It was in some thread last week that was fairly long. I thought we'd come down to the conclusion that only 3g laptop cards had the cap; phones don't on 3g.
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Has anyone used more than 300MB roaming? Here is the post I was referring to. This Sprint employee says that EVO data is capped at 300MB roaming.
http://community.sprint.com/baw/thread/33866
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It was in some thread last week that was fairly long. I thought we'd come down to the conclusion that only 3g laptop cards had the cap; phones don't on 3g.
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I REALLY didn't want to get pulled into this discussion again, but I don't want to see forum members get screwed either. I've been going back and forth quoting the EVO-specific TOS with kris54241 on exactly this subject over here;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=755458
The 300mb roaming cap does come into play for the Evo, and Sprint has recently made it a priority to begin cracking down on those users (weather those 300mb roaming were a majority of usage or not). Some people have begun to see warnings in their bills.
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Where did you get this information? I was under the impression that there is a 300MB/month limit on roaming data before they charge you. A Sprint rep posted the details in their forums.
Unlimited 3G and 4G
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I don't believe they charge for over 300MB, but they do warn you. In the TOS & contract you signed in the beginning it says if a certain percent (can't remember) of your minutes are roaming or if more than 300MB data is roaming they have the right to terminate your service.
The actual terms of service for phones states that a "majority of your minutes or data usage may not occur off the Sprint network."
That means that technically, you could talk for 61 minutes - 30 on Sprint, 31 Roaming - and Sprint can term the service.
Also, you can download 3kb of data (yes, 3kb), 1kb on Sprint, 2kb Roaming - and Sprint can terminate your service.
Now, chances are you wouldn't even get looked at until you hit a GB or more of anything or a ton of minutes, but the way it's written, it's a simple majority... Pretty cool huh?
zcarman said:
The actual terms of service for phones states that a "majority of your minutes or data usage may not occur off the Sprint network."
That means that technically, you could talk for 61 minutes - 30 on Sprint, 31 Roaming - and Sprint can term the service.
Also, you can download 3kb of data (yes, 3kb), 1kb on Sprint, 2kb Roaming - and Sprint can terminate your service.
Now, chances are you wouldn't even get looked at until you hit a GB or more of anything or a ton of minutes, but the way it's written, it's a simple majority... Pretty cool huh?
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This is incorrect. It no longer matters weather a majority of usage is in-network. Check out my link above for details.
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Thanks for this good friend that let everyone know (bmvik) I called At&t and they had to set up a featured code completely different than any other phone available right now excluding the Atrix. I was getting a 300 to 500 upload on my phone and sometimes even 50 to 60kbps. As soon as I finished talking to the Rep I was getting more than 1.1Mb ALWAYS (I made 30 tests) So please! Everyone! Call At&t and get this fix! This is why the phone is capped! Because none of the Reps and online orders tell you to do this!
http://www.speedtest.net/android/33873049.png HERE IS THE PROOF!
EDIT: I was getting this. http://www.speedtest.net/android/33851047.png
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Thanks for this good friend that let everyone know (bmvik) I called At&t and they had to set up a featured code completely different than any other phone available right now excluding the Atrix. I was getting a 300 to 500 upload on my phone and sometimes even 50 to 60kbps. As soon as I finished talking to the Rep I was getting more than 1.1Mb ALWAYS (I made 30 tests) So please! Everyone! Call At&t and get this fix! This is why the phone is capped! Because none of the Reps and online orders tell you to do this!
http://www.speedtest.net/android/33873049.png HERE IS THE PROOF!
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I know this is the Atrix forum but I got my Inspire in the store and I watched the rep put the correct code on my account and it was still capped. ATT even come out and said the Inspire didn't have HSUPA... It wasn't until I rooted and flashed a different ROM that I got full upload speeds. I think what made the biggest difference was using a different APN..but I'm still checking that out some more.
Fixter said:
Thanks for this good friend that let everyone know (bmvik) I called At&t and they had to set up a featured code completely different than any other phone available right now excluding the Atrix. I was getting a 300 to 500 upload on my phone and sometimes even 50 to 60kbps. As soon as I finished talking to the Rep I was getting more than 1.1Mb ALWAYS (I made 30 tests) So please! Everyone! Call At&t and get this fix! This is why the phone is capped! Because none of the Reps and online orders tell you to do this!
http://www.speedtest.net/android/33873049.png HERE IS THE PROOF!
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What proof is this? Your upload is still 0.23Mbps.....
clubtech said:
What proof is this? Your upload is still 0.23Mbps.....
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I'm downloading stuff at 200 - 250Kbps so... 1.99 is 2Mb so I'm think its on par.
Fixter said:
I'm downloading stuff at 200 - 250Kbps so... 1.99 is 2Mb so I'm think its on par.
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No, in the picture you have attached the upload is only 0.23Mbps...i.e. 230kbps which is super slow and is not HSUPA.
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I'm downloading stuff at 200 - 250Kbps so... 1.99 is 2Mb so I'm think its on par.
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but where does it show that your uploads went up?
Umm...
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but where does it show that your uploads went up?
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he must've copied and pasted a wrong picture in
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he must've copied and pasted a wrong picture in
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Yeah. I was. Thanks.
I called AT&T, and if by feature code you mean they want to charge you $45 a month for the teathering plan, ya that's what they told me I had to do to get correct speeds.
No thanks. I'm keeping $30 Smartphone Personal Unlimited.
I'de like to know for real what can fix the upload speed. Why would I want to pay more for something an iPhone 4 gets gratuitously?
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I called AT&T, and if by feature code you mean they want to charge you $45 a month for the teathering plan, ya that's what they told me I had to do to get correct speeds.
No thanks. I'm keeping $30 Smartphone Personal Unlimited.
I'de like to know for real what can fix the upload speed. Why would I want to pay more for something an iPhone 4 gets gratuitously?
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WTF are you talking about? :S I didn't had to pay anything. Smartphones and 4G phones have different settings in the Antennas, they must be reprogrammed and put the correct code in it. The Rep should have asked you for your EMEI. At least mine knew what it was doing.
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WTF are you talking about? :S I didn't had to pay anything. Smartphones and 4G phones have different settings in the Antennas, they must be reprogrammed and put the correct code in it. The Rep should have asked you for your EMEI. At least mine knew what it was doing.
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WTF I'm talking is what the guy told me. I'm under no illusions that he knew what he was talking about.
I activated the phone on the website with the IMEI and the Sim Number. Is that sufficient?
I'm afraid if I call back I'll get some other stupid story.
I don't want to loose the $30 unlimited data but this guy was trying to tell me I'de need the $45 (tether) plan to get the full speed. Stupid I know.
-James
Can you tell us what this feature code is? The actual code?
Thanks
Fixter said:
Thanks for this good friend that let everyone know (bmvik) I called At&t and they had to set up a featured code completely different than any other phone available right now excluding the Atrix. I was getting a 300 to 500 upload on my phone and sometimes even 50 to 60kbps. As soon as I finished talking to the Rep I was getting more than 1.1Mb ALWAYS (I made 30 tests) So please! Everyone! Call At&t and get this fix! This is why the phone is capped! Because none of the Reps and online orders tell you to do this!
http://www.speedtest.net/android/33873049.png HERE IS THE PROOF!
EDIT: I was getting this. http://www.speedtest.net/android/33851047.png
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Can you tell us what this feature code is? The actual code?
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feature code is HSDPPB ..... its unlimited data for HSPA + devices
the prior feature code is still in the system, it is 30/mo and unlimited, its just not for HSPA+ devices. If you had that unlimited before, you can be grandfathered in, but to get provisioned correctly for higher speeds you need to have new HSDPPB in place of older feature, I cant recall the actual code letters.
So I have the $25 2GB plan. Will I be able to get this? Or is this for only people who have had the unlimited?
Thanks again.
bmvik said:
feature code is HSDPPB ..... its unlimited data for HSPA + devices
the prior feature code is still in the system, it is 30/mo and unlimited, its just not for HSPA+ devices. If you had that unlimited before, you can be grandfathered in, but to get provisioned correctly for higher speeds you need to have new HSDPPB in place of older feature, I cant recall the actual code letters.
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There are 2GB plans and 4GB plans and unlimited. But you can only get new unlimited feature code on your account if you already have unlimited smart phone data feature .
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The rep was misinformed. There is such a thing as higher upload speed if u have a laptop dock, and it requires tethering plan. but it has nothing to do with that u need to have new feature on your account for your new 4G device to function properly on the network.
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bmvik said:
The rep was misinformed. There is such a thing as higher upload speed if u have a laptop dock, and it requires tethering plan. but it has nothing to do with that u need to have new feature on your account for your new 4G device to function properly on the network.
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Let me get this straight, so upload speed is limited if you don't have teathering?
Seems to be what I'm seeing.... I set up the "phone" APN on my nexus one... and sure enough, it limited it to just about 384k... with the wap.cingular APN I could reguarly hit 1.6Mbit upload.
This is interesting indeed. And evil. iPhone users don't have to pay extra for upload speed.
And I did get the correct feature code added to my account. Upload is crap.
-James
jmacdonald801 said:
Let me get this straight, so upload speed is limited if you don't have teathering?
Seems to be what I'm seeing.... I set up the "phone" APN on my nexus one... and sure enough, it limited it to just about 384k... with the wap.cingular APN I could reguarly hit 1.6Mbit upload.
This is interesting indeed. And evil. iPhone users don't have to pay extra for upload speed.
And I did get the correct feature code added to my account. Upload is crap.
-James
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The "phone" apn shouldn't limit your upload as that is what the iphone4 uses for its HSUPA enabled connect. I did just try that APN on the N1 I have and i got 1.1mbit on the upload. I will note that i currently have the iphone unlimited data package on my line though.
Somebody please make an APN without the proxy settings and post some speedtests. This has to be an untouched (unrooted) device that is currently not getting HSUPA speeds too btw.
My "phone" APN on the Atrix has no proxy set. It is getting about .15 to .20 upload.
When I put the sim into the Nexus One, with the "phone" apn I see the same upload.
Yesterday before I was reprovisioned, using the "wap.cingular" apn with no proxy I could regularly hit over 1mbit.
AT&T is throttling. Maybe not for one person, but they are in my market, Salt Lake City.
I just tested the 2 god damn iPhone 4's on our account yesterday and they around 1mbit up consistently.
-James
by the way, downloads are consitently over 2mbit.
The picture explains itself ....shame on tmobile lol
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This is nothing new, my friend.
No look at my bill cycle date and the date in the notification bar and time
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aside from the screwup on TMo's end for not starting off the billing cycle the day of (in your case), I find it ironic the message beneath your data usage. Today they sent me a txt with the same msg, put it like this it took me 5 min to download the 3.5mb file that is tweetdeck. shame. all that tethering internet crap caught up to me this month :'(
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No look at my bill cycle date and the date in the notification bar and time
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Ah, I see. I think Tmobile's hours of operation are on pacific time here in the states. Another hour and forty-five minutes and you should be good.
Shaul305 said:
aside from the screwup on TMo's end for not starting off the billing cycle the day of (in your case), I find it ironic the message beneath your data usage. Today they sent me a txt with the same msg, put it like this it took me 5 min to download the 3.5mb file that is tweetdeck. shame. all that tethering internet crap caught up to me this month :'(
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Same here I wish there was no cap why is there tethering with a cap, illogical, tmo= fail but still cheaper than att
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Alkaloid said:
Ah, I see. I think Tmobile's hours of operation are on pacific time here in the states. Another hour and forty-five minutes and you should be good.
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I believe they can (not saying they will) throttle you for the month following as well, if they feel you (and others like you) are impacting the quality of service for others.
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Same here I wish there was no cap why is there tethering with a cap, illogical, tmo= fail but still cheaper than att
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To be fair, T-Mobile isnt charging for tethering (from what I know) and it still has unlimited access whereas other companies charge you more for going over or simply has a hard cap
Just to add to this post.
Tmobile changed their "unlimited" to a soft cap at 5GB last fall.
But people like me on the old grandfathered 19.99 BIS plan (yes my BIS works perfectly with my Samsung Vibrant). Aren't grandfathered plans like mine; isn't the soft cap on old users like me at 10GB? instead of 5GB.
I never even reach 1GB on a a good month even with tethering on the Vibrant. But I don't tether that much.
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I believe they can (not saying they will) throttle you for the month following as well, if they feel you (and others like you) are impacting the quality of service for others.
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Please do not spread further misinformation on this.
Only Verizon has stated they'll do this. T-Mobile never once said that they would do that. They never have done that.
d0es removing the cap procedure with providing different APN still works ? if yessss screw you tmo ;P hope u wont catch me doin it tho pp
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To be fair, T-Mobile isnt charging for tethering (from what I know) and it still has unlimited access whereas other companies charge you more for going over or simply has a hard cap
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Is not actually unlimited,because when they throttle you pages hardly ever load,the phone is good just for making call and sending text,other than that is completely worthless.
They actually throttle you so hard to 56KB because it is actually the best workaround to actually stop you from using your data,without actually and completely stopping your connection,and they can still claim that it still is unlimited.
Now they are advertising here the Vibrant 4G,with bells and whistles as a 4G phone capable of blazing fast 21MB connection on their 4G HSPA+ network all in very big letters.
And when you read the incredibly small and almost unreadable letters it say HSPA+ 4G no available in Puerto Rico..
And some how their adds are not misleading.
aneftp said:
Just to add to this post.
Tmobile changed their "unlimited" to a soft cap at 5GB last fall.
But people like me on the old grandfathered 19.99 BIS plan (yes my BIS works perfectly with my Samsung Vibrant). Aren't grandfathered plans like mine; isn't the soft cap on old users like me at 10GB? instead of 5GB.
I never even reach 1GB on a a good month even with tethering on the Vibrant. But I don't tether that much.
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I totally agree. I first used to get a text saying I hit the 10gb limit then it changed to 5gb. I'm on the g1 plan. Tethering is also not the only culprit. I download mixtapes (for promotional use only) to the phone. I stream. Some of the newer games have some big files to download. Why use wifi I paid for unlimited no quotes web.
reuthermonkey said:
Please do not spread further misinformation on this.
Only Verizon has stated they'll do this. T-Mobile never once said that they would do that. They never have done that.
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Actually tmobile does state it in the fine print if you look at it.
eltormo said:
Is not actually unlimited,because when they throttle you pages hardly ever load,the phone is good just for making call and sending text,other than that is completely worthless.
They actually throttle you so hard to 56KB because it is actually the best workaround to actually stop you from using your data,without actually and completely stopping your connection,and they can still claim that it still is unlimited.
Now they are advertising here the Vibrant 4G,with bells and whistles as a 4G phone capable of blazing fast 21MB connection on their 4G HSPA+ network all in very big letters.
And when you read the incredibly small and almost unreadable letters it say HSPA+ 4G no available in Puerto Rico..
And some how their adds are not misleading.
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Deja vu.
LoL. I went into the myaccount app and tried to set an alert for data. It said due to the fact I have an unlimited data plan I can't use this feature. So the app thinks just like me.
duboi97 said:
The picture explains itself ....shame on tmobile lol
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They did that to me once. Throttled me less than 24 hours until my cycle renewed. Like less than a day matters, apparently it does to them though. Tmo FTW!
Edited, when throttled, it was my experience that turning on edge only data was much faster than the throttled 3g. It seems they don't throttle the edge side, just the 3g data.
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Actually tmobile does state it in the fine print if you look at it.
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Where in the fine print does it say that they're going to cap you for your *next* billing cycle as well?
Br1cK'd said:
They did that to me once. Throttled me less than 24 hours until my cycle renewed. Like less than a day matters, apparently it does to them though. Tmo FTW!
Edited, when throttled, it was my experience that turning on edge only data was much faster than the throttled 3g. It seems they don't throttle the edge side, just the 3g data.
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How do you get to edge I knew how to in my cliq and mytouch slide but not this phone.
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How do you get to edge I knew how to in my cliq and mytouch slide but not this phone.
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Settings - wireless and networks - mobile network - network mode.
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Where in the fine print does it say that they're going to cap you for your *next* billing cycle as well?
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My mistake, misread the post you quoted lol.
Just got a text from T-Mobile with "due to your high data usage we are slowing your speed for the rest of this billing cycle." I am a daily data user, on $30 "unlimited" data plan, and just a day ago downloaded and began using the Netflix app and have streamed 8 movies over hspda. Whoops. Should've used Wi-Fi. Sucks that T-Mobile is throttling their data now. May all here be duly warned. Had no idea T-Mobile was engaging in the same BS that other Co's were already committing.
Anyone else saddened by this crappy policy?
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Have you done a speed test to see what it is now?
maybe they just slowed you down to hsdpa or something.
orangekid said:
Have you done a speed test to see what it is now?
maybe they just slowed you down to hsdpa or something.
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Yup, just ran 7mb test on mobilespeedtest.com and got:
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Of course this is still way better than 3g was.
Maybe I should just suck it up, and stop whining.
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blhd2 said:
Yup, just ran 7mb test on mobilespeedtest.com and got: View attachment 598105
Of course this is still way better than 3g was.
Maybe I should just suck it up, and stop whining.
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If that's being throttled.... I'm moving back to Sactown.
I'm still on the $25 Mytouch 3g plan so I don't think they can throttle me. Used more than 3gb already this month and that's before I installed Netflix. I'm testing it heavily on purpose to see if I get throttled. Will post back if I get a dreaded text about it.
digiholic said:
If that's being throttled.... I'm moving back to Sactown.
I'm still on the $25 Mytouch 3g plan so I don't think they can throttle me. Used more than 3gb already this month and that's before I installed Netflix. I'm testing it heavily on purpose to see if I get throttled. Will post back if I get a dreaded text about it.
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Sorry to tell you but if you go over the 5GB soft cap you will get throttled unless you are grandfathered from a old truly unlimited plan, if you are lucky you and I suggest never changing anything on your plan or you will forever lose your granfathered statis.
At the OP sorry you did not know about the 5GB soft cap. But it is mentioned in the T&C's plus if you go to the T-Mobilr forums by going to t-mobile.com>Support tab>Forums you can find a butt load of threads on this topic, and I mean a butt load of them.
anyone on Simple Mobile ?here ??
heard the unlimited data plan is good..but you exceed the limit...and they block you or somthing...and so False advertising....
blhd2 said:
Yup, just ran 7mb test on mobilespeedtest.com and got: View attachment 598105
Of course this is still way better than 3g was.
Maybe I should just suck it up, and stop whining.
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how can you get you get more than 7.2meg using hsdpa ? you sure that wasnt on wifi ?
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how can you get you get more than 7.2meg using hsdpa ? you sure that wasnt on wifi ?
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Not really sure but the most I ever got when I ran the 7mb test is:
From my bedroom. I do have a cel tower within 1 mile from there though.
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T-Macgnolia said:
Sorry to tell you but if you go over the 5GB soft cap you will get throttled unless you are grandfathered from a old truly unlimited plan, if you are lucky you and I suggest never changing anything on your plan or you will forever lose your granfathered statis.
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I expect to get throttled, but I'll never know 100% until it's tested. If they don't then yeah... I won't change anything with my plan. Was planning on staying off contract maybe anyway since my two years is almost up.
T-Macgnolia said:
Sorry to tell you but if you go over the 5GB soft cap you will get throttled unless you are grandfathered from a old truly unlimited plan, if you are lucky you and I suggest never changing anything on your plan or you will forever lose your granfathered statis.
At the OP sorry you did not know about the 5GB soft cap. But it is mentioned in the T&C's plus if you go to the T-Mobilr forums by going to t-mobile.com>Support tab>Forums you can find a butt load of threads on this topic, and I mean a butt load of them.
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Do you know when this took effect?
I've been on tmobile for almost 2 years and wondering how old of a plan you had to have.
blhd2 said:
Yup, just ran 7mb test on mobilespeedtest.com and got: View attachment 598105
Of course this is still way better than 3g was.
Maybe I should just suck it up, and stop whining.
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dude, you're getting 10megs down?
most people on WiMax don't get speeds like that, I wouldn't worry about it if I were you, you can stream just fine any movie you want on 10mb down, lol. If that's throttling I am not worried at all.
Well I just ran another 7mb data only (not Wi-Fi) test from my bedroom and got:
Btw, I am running at wireless N on my home network when I watch Netflix though, ever since the over-lords texted me. I guess as long as they don't sock me with some sort of over-usage fees then I can't complain. Damned happy with the speeds I get on this GBX v12 rom on my HD2. Sad that HTC originally had a 4g+++ capable phone with the HD2 but dumbed it down so bad and saddled it with winmo 6.5. This phone could have been called the "First 4g Smartphone"....sorry Evo4g users.
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Sorry to disappoint you, but mobilespeedtest.com is known for its inaccuracies, and your speed tests prove it. The HD2 is limited to 7.2Mbps and that's a hardware limitation. Also, T-Mobile has been throttling for a while now, and it has been in the T&C for a long time, but they had not been enforcing it until a few months ago.
orangekid said:
Do you know when this took effect?
I've been on tmobile for almost 2 years and wondering how old of a plan you had to have.
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To be honest i am not super positive when the actual change from true unlimited data to soft capped unlimited data (am I the only one that that statement sounds wierd to?). I will see if i can find out his weekend though, so if you have not found it before then I will let you know what I find.
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true unlimited data to soft capped unlimited data (am I the only one that that statement sounds wierd to?)
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Talking like that will get you an executive job at T-Mobile.
blhd2 said:
Yup, just ran 7mb test on mobilespeedtest.com and got: View attachment 598105
Of course this is still way better than 3g was.
Maybe I should just suck it up, and stop whining.
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i get 1764 and i'm right outside dc.... i would think the network here would be fast
lbhocky19 said:
i get 1764 and i'm right outside dc.... i would think the network here would be fast
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It probably is fast. You could be in a bad spot with towers or there are so many users that the bandwidth is killed. Run speed tests all over and at different times and you will see it change quite a bit. I can run them back to back to back sitting in the same spot and varying speeds.
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It probably is fast. You could be in a bad spot with towers or there are so many users that the bandwidth is killed. Run speed tests all over and at different times and you will see it change quite a bit. I can run them back to back to back sitting in the same spot and varying speeds.
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True,
I ran a speed test and got about 1.5mb down, then ran one right after and it jumped to 4mb down. It depends on a lot apparently and I would not take one speed test to mean much.
inuyasha1999 said:
Sorry to disappoint you, but mobilespeedtest.com is known for its inaccuracies, and your speed tests prove it. The HD2 is limited to 7.2Mbps and that's a hardware limitation. Also, T-Mobile has been throttling for a while now, and it has been in the T&C for a long time, but they had not been enforcing it until a few months ago.
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I have been suspecting that mobilespeedtest.com wasn't accurate. Thanks for confirming and for the good info.
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blhd2 said:
I have been suspecting that mobilespeedtest.com wasn't accurate. Thanks for confirming and for the good info.
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You could try Open Signal or Network Test and compare results. Good for searching for towers and other goodies.
blhd2 said:
Just got a text from T-Mobile with "due to your high data usage we are slowing your speed for the rest of this billing cycle." I am a daily data user, on $30 "unlimited" data plan, and just a day ago downloaded and began using the Netflix app and have streamed 8 movies over hspda. Whoops. Should've used Wi-Fi. Sucks that T-Mobile is throttling their data now. May all here be duly warned. Had no idea T-Mobile was engaging in the same BS that other Co's were already committing.
Anyone else saddened by this crappy policy?
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You probably went over the 5GB/month limit for high speed.
Just received this letter from Sprint today. Has anyone else received this letter before?
I'm pretty sure you don't get unlimited roaming data. That's why they sent you that.
From cellblock D
It starts off by talking about a mobile broadband card. It's basically saying you're excessively roaming with it. There is a 5gb a month limit for cards and officially tethered phones. Put the phone/card into home only (no roaming) and if there's a setting, uncheck allow roaming data.
You don't get unlimited roaming....
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Stoutimous said:
Just received this letter from Sprint today. Has anyone else received this letter before?
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I received one about a year ago. Theses are the 2 main rules
1. You must use more sprint data than roaming data.
2. You cannot voice call while roaming for more than 800 minutes.
As long as you follow this you won't have any problems.
Note if you find yourself roaming while at home call tech support and they will send you a free "airave" (its a portable cell tower that just needs a internet connection) it works great
Good luck
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I would tell them to go f**k themselves
I have terrible sprint service in my area and when I called the 1855 number I told them I just wanted out of my contract and they waived the ETF and I am free now, I love sprint but if I can't use them then why stay with them?
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This was my account with 3 days left of July's bill...I forgot to screencap August, but I'm on track for exceeding this in September.
I've never received any complaints from Sprint when regularly exceeding the 5gb "cap". I'm not even tethering!
mykie242 said:
This was my account with 3 days left of July's bill...I forgot to screencap August, but I'm on track for exceeding this in September.
I've never received any complaints from Sprint when regularly exceeding the 5gb "cap". I'm not even tethering!
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May I ask...WTF do you do to get 13GB of data through 3G? Are you constantly streaming videos, as in...constantly??!!
That's a ton of data!
hayzooos said:
May I ask...WTF do you do to get 13GB of data through 3G? Are you constantly streaming videos, as in...constantly??!!
That's a ton of data!
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Multiple email accounts, websurfing, streaming audio, and all pretty much continuously.
mykie242 said:
This was my account with 3 days left of July's bill...I forgot to screencap August, but I'm on track for exceeding this in September.
I've never received any complaints from Sprint when regularly exceeding the 5gb "cap". I'm not even tethering!
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Come on this is why our bills are going up!
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Don't those limits only apply to the mobile broadband cards and not on phones?
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Multiple email accounts, websurfing, streaming audio, and all pretty much continuously.
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How long does your battery last???? 5, 10 minutes???
I got the same letter. And I don't roam at all. I talked to Sprint, and they told me that, despite what the commercials say, they no longer have a plan with truly unlimited data. They all cap at 5 GB, even the Simply Everything plan. So if I don't cut back on my data usage, on my data intensive HTC EVO 3D, they have the right to terminate my contract.
Very odd, as of last November they changed to completely unlimited as long as you weren't roaming so I was told for Hotspot because I used to have it. Roaming obviously they still could complain. It sounds to me like you are getting some uninformed people (or they went backwards). I had the lady read to me over the phone the new contract statements and how it was unlimited for 3G and 4G.
xopher.hunter said:
Come on this is why our bills are going up!
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Because hes actually getting what he pays for?
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Jeremy_G said:
I got the same letter. And I don't roam at all. I talked to Sprint, and they told me that, despite what the commercials say, they no longer have a plan with truly unlimited data. They all cap at 5 GB, even the Simply Everything plan. So if I don't cut back on my data usage, on my data intensive HTC EVO 3D, they have the right to terminate my contract.
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Always take what "Sprint" says with a grain of salt. Often their people aren't on the same page.
They do have unlimited data, and if you're getting a letter it's likely because whether you realize it or not, you're either roaming or tethering.
Jeremy_G said:
I got the same letter. And I don't roam at all. I talked to Sprint, and they told me that, despite what the commercials say, they no longer have a plan with truly unlimited data. They all cap at 5 GB, even the Simply Everything plan. So if I don't cut back on my data usage, on my data intensive HTC EVO 3D, they have the right to terminate my contract.
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Yeah if this were true we'd get them for false advertising
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mykie242 said:
This was my account with 3 days left of July's bill...I forgot to screencap August, but I'm on track for exceeding this in September.
I've never received any complaints from Sprint when regularly exceeding the 5gb "cap". I'm not even tethering!
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Your roaming Data is well within roaming limits, that's 36MB worth of roaming, you're fine. Anyone bashing you for these numbers isn't reading carefully.
I have pulled around 8 gigs of 3g every month since 2008 and no letter yet. Make sure you aren't using unofficial tethering or bittorrent
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Hi Guys, this is my first post.
I am relocating to N.Y. from Europe for work and i am bringing my Galaxy Note with me of course.
I was not aware of the situation in U.S. with phone carriers and I am only beginning to grasp the things you have to suffer.
Could you please recommend me a plan. I have already contacted sprint and they refused to accept my cell phone. I am currently thinking of getting boost mobile unlimited but i can't find out if my phone is fully compatible with their service.
I have no credit history in U.S.. I would like at least 200' 100sms and a few GBs of data. Some minutes for calling landlines in Europe would also be great.
I would realy appreciate your help, feeling kind of lost in the open sea.
Thanks in advance (if the list is complete it could be a nice sticky)
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Your Note will only give you 3G on AT&T or AT&T MVNOs. You will only get Edge at best on TMo, and your phone won't work at all on Verizon or Sprint!
Regards,
Dave
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http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/cell-phone-plans/individual-cell-phone-plans.jsp
Get the 450 min package
http://www.att.com/shop/wireless/plans/data-plans.jsp
Get the 2gb package. And unlimited messaging.
The phone works great on AT&T with some pretty good speeds.
As foxmeister said ur only option to use full data is with ATT.
The best thing here is to get a prepaid 50 $ unlimited plan. It comes with unlimited everything. Including data.
However if u have a smart phone then u need another data plan. However ATT is never going to know u have a smartphone since the imei of european phones is not their list.
Many people here are using non smartphone data plan with note with no issues.
However if u want a contract, then again get an iphone 4gs with att and sell the phone and use ur phone with that plan.
Since u dont have a credit history here, ATT will ask u to put in a 1000$ deposit, which they will refund u at the end of the 1st year.
drgopoos said:
However if u have a smart phone then u need another data plan. However ATT is never going to know u have a smartphone since the imei of european phones is not their list.
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I thought I saw in another thread some people complaining about having been found out. Was that about U.S. IMEIs or European ones?
When I go to the AT&T shop must I carry my phone with me to show it before they give me the unlimited plan?
Just don't expect much with AT&T in NY, they kinda suck. Lots of dead zones and dropped calls. I have an unlimited data plan with them but on Friday they told me that since I'm in the top 5% of data users they're going to slow down my connection.
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Just don't expect much with AT&T in NY, they kinda suck. Lots of dead zones and dropped calls. I have an unlimited data plan with them but on Friday they told me that since I'm in the top 5% of data users they're going to slow down my connection.
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how much data?
evoloution said:
I thought I saw in another thread some people complaining about having been found out. Was that about U.S. IMEIs or European ones?
When I go to the AT&T shop must I carry my phone with me to show it before they give me the unlimited plan?
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I am sure they will catch you if u use too much data.. may be like over 10gb every month.
U dont have to carry the phone with u.
Good thing about prepaid is that u can always stop using it without loosing much money.
I would consider prepaid as a temporary measure before u understand the coverage and stuff like that..
I think walmart has a plan .. again 50$ unlimited with no carrier specifcation.
This was discussed somewhere in Gnote forum too..
drgopoos said:
I am sure they will catch you if u use too much data.. may be like over 10gb every month.
U dont have to carry the phone with u.
Good thing about prepaid is that u can always stop using it without loosing much money.
I would consider prepaid as a temporary measure before u understand the coverage and stuff like that..
I think walmart has a plan .. again 50$ unlimited with no carrier specifcation.
This was discussed somewhere in Gnote forum too..
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I just checked, it is a T-mobile offer :S
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Your Note will only give you 3G on AT&T or AT&T MVNOs.
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This is from a Galaxy Note on AT&T.
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This is from a Galaxy Note on AT&T.
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Did u change any settings? Or u just replaced the sim card?
evoloution said:
Did u change any settings? Or u just replaced the sim card?
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That's standard HSPA data speeds. You'll see the DL speed go up to 11mb some nights depending on your area.
You don't have to change anything
amv13 said:
Just don't expect much with AT&T in NY, they kinda suck. Lots of dead zones and dropped calls. I have an unlimited data plan with them but on Friday they told me that since I'm in the top 5% of data users they're going to slow down my connection.
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I am in NY. i don't have issue with it. I got around 1.3-1.8M download speed. no dead zones for me.. where are you in New York ?
Upper East Side (10029). I hope signal is good there.
Off topic: is there a way to say thanks when using the app?
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amv13 said:
Just don't expect much with AT&T in NY, they kinda suck. Lots of dead zones and dropped calls. I have an unlimited data plan with them but on Friday they told me that since I'm in the top 5% of data users they're going to slow down my connection.
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crazy talk said:
how much data?
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There's a guy over at howardforums that got throttled for being "in the top 5%" of data users and he was only at 3GB.
crazy talk said:
how much data?
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I average about 3GB's a month and my high was 6.4GB in Oct.
I am on wifi most of the time and I don't use a ton of talk minutes, so I am using an AT&T GoPhone smartphone plan, $25.00/month for 500MB of data, $0.10 per talk minute.
http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/cell-phone-plans/pyg-cell-phone-plans.jsp?wtSlotClick=1-005ZH4-0-2
mashi said:
I am in NY. i don't have issue with it. I got around 1.3-1.8M download speed. no dead zones for me.. where are you in New York ?
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I'm in NYC. Live downtown work in midtown. I have dropped calls all the time and need to reboot my iphone a couple of times a day. I also spend a lot of time upstate (Catskills) and have little to no service up there with AT&T. And they've told me they have no plans to add cell towers.
Hey guys thanks for all the tips. I have been using AT&T gophone unlimited for 10 days. I don't do heavy internet usage but i can say that the data network is speedy and stable in Manhattan. I am not so satisfied with voice call quality and I have some dropped calls or phone takes for ages to connect.
Overall thanks for the help. AT&T worked out of the box and I almost make full use of the device. A strange difference from Europe is that in US data actually works better than voice.
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Ozidroid said:
This is from a Galaxy Note on AT&T.
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Is that prepaid or contract?
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