Just wondering how much data do people use every month?. Verizon's planning on tiered data plans so for me its gonna suck I use at least 6gb of data a month
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torikorocks said:
Just wondering how much data do people use every month?. Verizon's planning on tiered data plans so for me its gonna suck I use at least 6gb of data a month
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Do u use tethering a lot? I hardly use tethering and try to use wifi whenever I can but I still usually wind up with about 2gb of data each month. I figure if I didnt use wifi I would be up to about 5-6
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Just don't change your plan... It is regulated that they have to Grandfather plans that will in turn be less of a service to the customers. If you don't change your plan, they can't change your data.
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@SysAdmin-x. I stream lots of videos and radio when I'm out of the house so I can't use wifi. I use tether sometimes. Also I should be using wifi when I'm at home but I always forget about it lol.
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@DroidTh3ory. I forgot Verizon grandfathers plans. That's good news.
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Tethering is my main source of broadband. I use about 15gb per month
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owenbeals said:
Tethering is my main source of broadband. I use about 15gb per month
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likewise. hope verizon don't charge me.
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Tethering is my main source of broadband. I use about 15gb per month
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You never get overage charges from Verizon? I have heard that over 5GB that they start throttling back, and supposedly would charge people.
Sys... Never been charged extra... If I ever do ill raise cain because I bought an UNLIMITED plan, they do throttle which was noticeable on stock, but the apex untether patch really does seem to work quite well.
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I've never been charged extra either. But they do throttle you but I've accually never noticed it.
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I've never been charged for overage either. I've had my data plan for a few years now so I guess I'm grandfathered in. I have noticed ever since iPhone 4 came out on Verizon the 3g has been awfully slow. I used to get under 100ms ping with about 2 megabit download speeds. Now the pings are over 500 Ms and speeds arent even hitting 1megabit. Pretty unacceptable considering how much we pay for these devices and data plans. They need to get their **** together.
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I've never been charged for overage either. I've had my data plan for a few years now so I guess I'm grandfathered in. I have noticed ever since iPhone 4 came out on Verizon the 3g has been awfully slow. I used to get under 100ms ping with about 2 megabit download speeds. Now the pings are over 500 Ms and speeds arent even hitting 1megabit. Pretty unacceptable considering how much we pay for these devices and data plans. They need to get their **** together.
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overage? how can u get charged for overage and you have unlimited data plan?
do you have the link to Liberty 1.5?
How can I test to see how fast my 3g network is?
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overage? how can u get charged for overage and you have unlimited data plan?
do you have the link to Liberty 1.5?
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http://bit.ly/igjFKz link for liberty1.5
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overage? how can u get charged for overage and you have unlimited data plan?
do you have the link to Liberty 1.5?
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I've heard u can get charged because unlimited isnt truly unlimited with carriers...
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I've heard u can get charged because unlimited isnt truly unlimited with carriers...
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I think they can but they chose to just throttle your internet so they don't lose buisness
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I tested my 3g I get around 850Kbits/s download and about 500Kbits/s upload. Is this a good speed?
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I only use about 500MB but I use wifi at home and when I'm out to eat as most restaurants have wifi these days.
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9.6 gb here. No overcharge and no throttle
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Just did a 3g speed test and it's getting better. I use the speedtest.net app. Ping - 379 Ms down - 1.31 mbps up - .35 mbps. So it's better but still nowhere near the 3g speeds we pay for. I'm in Montana on Verizon. I think they throttled everyone up here so their network would handle the new load from the iPhone 4.
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Free T-Mobile MSG: You have used over 5 GB of data this month. Your data speed has been reduced for the rest of your billing cycle per the terms of your plan....<---is this a good thing or bad thing LOL
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Free T-Mobile MSG: You have used over 5 GB of data this month. Your data speed has been reduced for the rest of your billing cycle per the terms of your plan....<---is this a good thing or bad thing LOL
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How could it possibly be good? You're being throttled back to EDGE speeds for the rest of your billing period.
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How could it possibly be good? You're being throttled back to EDGE speeds for the rest of your billing period.
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Oh nooo sum em gots to be done about that
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Oh nooo sum em gots to be done about that
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You cant do anything about it, you will be stuck on slow 2G speeds till your next cycle.
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Free T-Mobile MSG: You have used over 5 GB of data this month. Your data speed has been reduced for the rest of your billing cycle per the terms of your plan....<---is this a good thing or bad thing LOL
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You should try cskigen's throttle patch and see if it works. Its posted somewhere in the royalglacier thread. Ivr got it on my phone but I havent gone over 5 gb this month yet so im curious to know.
I wonder if its from flashing a diff radio bcuz I never went over 5gb
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I guess I just have good luck... Never got that message, and for this month Im sitting on 6.37GB. I did however get a call from the ISP the other day. Basically they wanna know what Im using to eat 2TB+ a month.
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ESKIMOn00b said:
I guess I just have good luck... Never got that message, and for this month Im sitting on 6.37GB. I did however get a call from the ISP the other day. Basically they wanna know what Im using to eat 2TB+ a month.
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I'm pretty sure if you have a grandfathered data plan before they began throttling at 5gb you don't have a cap at all. How long have you had your data plan?
Edit: I'm pretty sure it was a T-Mobile CSR that said in here there is a checkbox on your account for throttled or not and if you had a plan before they began throttling at 5gb they didn't throttle you.
No telling, I've been with tmo since the powertel days. Im paying 20.00 for "unlimited android web" on the 3000 minute promo plan.
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For the first time ever I hit 2gb in one month and then tmobile throttled my speed down to something between edge and 3g...
just for a tip to anyone out there, if you have wifi at home then use wifi while you are at home. I am only throttled from 17th-19th (new billing cycle) but it sucks bad...
That's a bummer. I'm stoked that I have Wi-Fi at home AND work that I tap into. I rarely have to use my data so I don't have that fear of going over. I hope that I never get into a situation where this happens.
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Mog said:
For the first time ever I hit 2gb in one month and then tmobile throttled my speed down to something between edge and 3g...
just for a tip to anyone out there, if you have wifi at home then use wifi while you are at home. I am only throttled from 17th-19th (new billing cycle) but it sucks bad...
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I also had the displeasure of being throttled last month. I make it a point to turn on WiFi when I'm at home so that it doesn't happen again. This sucks, considering a lot of apps are using large amounts of data these days. :/
Its only a 2 gig limit for newer customers right? Us oldie customers still get up to 5 I hope!
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Just an idea for those who haven't considered, you can use apps like Tasker or AutomateIt (free) to automatically turn on wifi when at home using location-based triggers and things like that.
u guys think u had it bad,, i used two gigs of data withing a week of my bill cuz i had to tether to my laptop. so im stuck with this like edge **** for the rest of the month...
Your 2 gig cap is the data feature you have, you can upgrade it to a 5 gig cap if you pay $10 more a month, or you could go with the outrageous 10gig cap for an extra $40 a month on top of what your paying now, wifi is your best bet. Throttled speeds are around 50-100kbps, but hey it beats overages any day
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Your 2 gig cap is the data feature you have, you can upgrade it to a 5 gig cap if you pay $10 more a month, or you could go with the outrageous 10gig cap for an extra $40 a month on top of what your paying now, wifi is your best bet. Throttled speeds are around 50-100kbps, but hey it beats overages any day
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Ok so what if I just have the unlimited grandfathered that I have had for the past five years? Is it now magically just a 2 gig limit instead of the five it always used to be?
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Ok so what if I just have the unlimited grandfathered that I have had for the past five years? Is it now magically just a 2 gig limit instead of the five it always used to be?
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On the same boat as u. I've had internet for about 4-5 years now.
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I thought I read something about not being grandfathered in, once you upgrade to an android/data plan. And top it off, they weren't even mentioning that you would not be grandfathered in. where's our tmo reps? chime in plz
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tmo sucks ?
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I thought I read something about not being grandfathered in, once you upgrade to an android/data plan. And top it off, they weren't even mentioning that you would not be grandfathered in. where's our tmo reps? chime in plz
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maybe this is the beginning of how tmo will suck when att takes over ?
I got the txt yesterday, but haven't been throttled. its near my cycle to restart, so how much data doesn't even show on mytmobile. called customer service, they couldn't tell me if I was throttled....
verizon here we come (5 of us)
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I thought I read something about not being grandfathered in, once you upgrade to an android/data plan. And top it off, they weren't even mentioning that you would not be grandfathered in. where's our tmo reps? chime in plz
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Well I haven't touched a thing on my account since the garbage data plans went into effect FOR that reason. So hopefully nothing has changed. I have been very careful cause I knew they would pull a fast one if I so much as took visual voicemail or something off lmfao.
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Okay guys I know getting throttled sucks but during this and last month I've had unlimited data! I mean truly unlimited no cap! I've have passed the 5Gb cap and have gotten the infamous text telling me my speed will be slowed. I've been experiencing this since I updated the leaked gingy from t-mobile I don't know if that's the case of my fortunate situation. Last month I used 10.2Gb(lol double checked dang that's a lot!) and right now I'm at 5.5Gb.I'm still at full speed with 18 or so days left on my billing cycle. Is anyone else experiencing this?
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Okay guys I know getting throttled sucks but during this and last month I've had unlimited data! I mean truly unlimited no cap! I've have passed the 5Gb cap and have gotten the infamous text telling me my speed will be slowed. I've been experiencing this since I updated the leaked gingy from t-mobile I don't know if that's the case of my fortunate situation. Last month I used 10.2Gb(lol double checked dang that's a lot!) and right now I'm at 5.5Gb.I'm still at full speed with 18 or so days left on my billing cycle. Is anyone else experiencing this?
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If your using the leaked gingerbread, then you are also on the 04.30 radio, which is the thing keeping you from being throttled. This has been confirmed by me and various other users on different roms, as far as I know it's the only radio that can defeat throttling.... somehow. But hey I'll take it
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If your using the leaked gingerbread, then you are also on the 04.30 radio, which is the thing keeping you from being throttled. This has been confirmed by me and various other users on different roms, as far as I know it's the only radio that can defeat throttling.... somehow. But hey I'll take it
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Really? Wow never heard about that!
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OMG!!!!! You saying that if I install this radio, i'll have TRULY unlimited data!?!?!?!
OMG OMG OMG!!! I'll be flashing ASAP!!
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OMG!!!!! You saying that if I install this radio, i'll have TRULY unlimited data!?!?!?!
OMG OMG OMG!!! I'll be flashing ASAP!!
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I wouldn't expect it to last too much longer, lol. But hey it works right now so get it while you can!
Edit: I would first test this toward the end of your billing cycle, there are scattered reports that this doesn't work for some people.
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There are people on all different radios that get the throttle text and never get throttled. It really seems like a roll of the dice no matter what radio your on now that you said the .30 doesn't work for all people. All the other radios work for some and not for others as far as throttling goes also.
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Oh no, I don't like reading this. I just joined Tmobile because their data plans are cheap and I THOUGHT they had unlimited 3G. I only bought 200MB of 4G thinking I'd be on semi decent 3G but now I'm screwed. Queue buyer's remorse...
I say keep the caps but offer an unlimited......
EX:
2gb $25
5gb $50
10gb $80
Unlimited $102 (BUT DO NOT THROTTLE!!!!)
Would that be suitable?
Unlimited shouldn't have trottling in the first place.
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Imo (Throttle to Edge speed after limit)
500MB $10
2GB $20
5GB $40
10GB $65
Unlimited $95
InferiorL3gion said:
Unlimited shouldn't have trottling in the first place.
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agreed
@nitrogen618 agreed too
That is my main problem with Tmobile, I have the unlimited plan but once I hit 5 gigs it becomes too slow to do anything
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That is my main problem with Tmobile, I have the unlimited plan but once I hit 5 gigs it becomes too slow to do anything
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5? I thought it was 2
I got my data plan right before they switched it to 2 gigs
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Same here
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Same here
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How slow does it get after passing the cap?
I'm on T-Mobile and you can actually get either a 200MB, 2GB, 5GB or 10GB plan. I have the 2GB one, as I have wifi access in the places I spend most of my time.
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How slow does it get after passing the cap?
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Between 1kbs and 5 kbs.... KBS! Ridiculous
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I think mobile devices will go the way of home communications/entertainment eventually - you will pay for the data plan and VOIP/Stream other services. $100/month for unlimited data + $50+ for phone its really getting high though
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I think mobile devices will go the way of home communications/entertainment eventually - you will pay for the data plan and VOIP/Stream other services. $100/month for unlimited data + $50+ for phone its really getting high though
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Le Sigh. Your right. I'm paying cable prices for something that I can carry around with me and get broadband speeds. I hope they just realize that data shouldn't be capped/throttled but Comcast hasn't been taught this lesson so I'm worried it won't sink in.
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How slow does it get after passing the cap?
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I wanna say they cut it in half but I never had that problem.
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OMG Are you serious?????
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Between 1kbs and 5 kbs.... KBS! Ridiculous
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I have T-mo and when I reach the cap it goes to edge speeds for me.
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I have T-mo and when I reach the cap it goes to edge speeds for me.
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What are edge speeds?
Like on Sprint 1xRTT is like 17KB/s (kilobytes)
Guys, capping is the goal, not the means. The whole idea is to annoy you into getting a more expensive contract and then only using a small part of it.
They fiddle with the limits until the most people switch up and they make the largest profit.
Anyway, paying per used amount is like going back to the days of WAP.
If only someone started a worldwide data-only network, sigh...
6gb was 30 dollars a month on rogers months ago...
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What are edge speeds?
Like on Sprint 1xRTT is like 17KB/s (kilobytes)
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Edge are AT&T 2G speeds...it is pretty miserable. I have the unlimited plan (throttled after 5GB). I am actually thinking of cutting down my data plan though, I have never gone over 1GB per month. Cell phones aren't allowed where I work and I keep wi-fi on whenever I am home and wherever I can have it on when I am out and about.
Just saw this. To those who are still on a non-shared data plan you can now use tethering apps as VZ was fines 1.25 million for blocking these apps from our phones last year.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/31/verizon-to-stop-blocking-tethering-apps-settles-with-fcc-for-1/
Suck it VZ!!
And while your doing that, release the fixed and fully working 2.3.4 for our freakin' phones............sigh
Good, other then their good cell service they've become another huge corporate company that pisses on their customers.
Yeah I use my hotspot option consistently. It would be a bad deal to lose free e-net.....lol
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Thanks, so are we saying tethering is now legal and moral?
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hatcyl said:
Thanks, so are we saying tethering is now legal and moral?
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Indubitably
Sssooooo....what does this mean for those of us on the standard 2gb a.month data plan?.....does it mean that I can actually USE tethering without haveing to pay another $20 a month on top of the data.......verizon is seriously one %#*&ed (self-censored) up company.
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Sssooooo....what does this mean for those of us on the standard 2gb a.month data plan?.....does it mean that I can actually USE tethering without haveing to pay another $20 a month on top of the data.......verizon is seriously one %#*&ed (self-censored) up company.
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If you're not on the family share data plan, and instead on their old 2GB plan, you can tether without incurring a tethering charge. You will, however, still incur the overage charges if you go over your 2GB.
I think this will be useful at airports . 3G for my laptop is a go instead of paying a high amount of money to access the internet. LOL Unlimited Data to the rescue!
T-Mobile has decided to bring back unlimited 4G.
Source: http://m.yahoo.com/w/legobpengine/n..._host_hdr=news.yahoo.com&.intl=US&.lang=en-US
Just when I was considering switching to sprint for unlimited data. Well played T-Mobile.
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Here is T-Mobile official announcement.
http://newsroom.t-mobile.com/articles/t-mobile-unlimited-nationwide-4g-data
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Awesome. Since I be adding my kids my plan.
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It says there is no mobile hotspot feature with the unlimited data. If I root my phone, tether it, and use it for my internet connection at home anyways, is there anything they can/will do about it?
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It says there is no mobile hotspot feature with the unlimited data. If I root my phone, tether it, and use it for my internet connection at home anyways, is there anything they can/will do about it?
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Pretty sure they can and will. You should read their terms of service
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I would love to switch to an unlimited plan but T-Mobile doesn't have very good reception where I live.
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No they can only moniter your phone if you have the stock ROM on it...custom ROMs will let you tether problem free
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I currently have unlimited with 5gb of high speed. Does this mean I have to change my data plan? I hate the slow speed I get cause I use my 5gb pretty quickly. No cap would be amazing.
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I would switch to tmobile, but I don't think it will work very fast with my desire hd. any info would be good
That's funny because my moms GS2 is running a custom ROM and T-Mobile would direct her to a page telling her to upgrade to mobile hotspot.
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I currently have unlimited with 5gb of high speed. Does this mean I have to change my data plan? I hate the slow speed I get cause I use my 5gb pretty quickly. No cap would be amazing.
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Tell me about it, my 2gb worth of high speed data goes out the window within three to five days.
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