Who her has slingbox? - Xoom General

How much bandwidth does it take? Using on the Xoom and having the 3G w/ 3GB plan, I am a bit hesitant on it.
That in itself is $35.00 on top of having the Samsung Galaxy S w/ unlimited data for $30.00 and having a line for my wife with $30.00. It sort of add up ahahah
damn verizon. Got no loyalty to long time customer. They killed VIP benefit, nerf the NE2 and going to kill NE2 soon...blah.
On a different note....
Anyone know if and when Xoom upgrade to LTE, would it be usable once AT&T/Tmobile goes LTE?

i don't know about slingbox but if your galaxy is unlimted why not root it and tether it to your xoom I have a wifi only and I use wireless tethers bluetooth pan to get online on mine

No 4G on Galaxy , but isn't bluetooth Tether slow?

The data usage would depend in ur picture quality settings. Streaming will most definately eat up ur data plan. You should tether your galaxy anyways. Unlimited 3g is better than 3GB of 3g
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metalhed32 said:
The data usage would depend in ur picture quality settings. Streaming will most definately eat up ur data plan. You should tether your galaxy anyways. Unlimited 3g is better than 3GB of 3g
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Agreed, I've already ripped through about 3/4 of my 1GB allotment for the month, by letting a friend at work watch the baseball game yesterday.
My wife received a 'buzzer' type of email from VZW stating I had crossed the 1/2 way point for my data usage this month.....
Wifi is realy the only way to stream for long periods of time.
Cheers,
Hatxtrick

I have a slingbox and it will push to what ever your weakest link is. If your upload is 512k then there you have it. Mine is 2mb upload so it will use all of it as long as I have at least 2mb download. Yes that will eat your data alive. I only run the sling over WiFi. Works great though.

i have a slingboxhd myself. wifi streaming rocks. 3g is nice too but the quality is only as good as your data speeds as it adjusts the quality with your bandwidth.

I have a slingbox that I access with my Evo and Xoom. I average 5gb on Wimax every month. Luckily its covered on Sprint. You will definetely need the unlimited plan
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AT&T to throttle unlimited data users soon *news*

just stumbled across this, we may have to watch our tethering habits fella's
http://thecasualgeek.tumblr.com/post/8241532886/at-t-to-begin-throttling-unlimited-data-users
Sounds good to me, the top 5% heaviest users probably account for 30%-40% of data used across the entire mobile network in a month.
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Yeah, I can see it being an issue when people use a tethered phone as their primary internet service. I never go over the 2gb limit and I have unlimited.
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Welcome to Canada...
I use 2gig on average and I can't say I tether. Always on the market, netflix, Pandora etc. I also use QIK with my wife and kids. Wish they could make a Facetime app so I can call their Iphones though. Tango is aweful lately but QIK is pretty good.
Thats exactly wat tmobile does
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So basically the people who AT&T considers "abusing" their wireless network will be affected only. Not a big deal to me. Seems to me AT&T just needs to add more hotspots and problem solved.
"Typically what puts someone in the top 5 percent is streaming very large amounts of video and music daily over the wireless network, not Wi-Fi. "
Here's a better idea. Remove all the iPhone ****** users and problem solved.
IPhone users automatically equal tier plan death to carriers. It's truly game over whenever Sprint gets the iPhone...
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I'd rather have throttled unlimited data vs a 2gb cap with possible overage charges.
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I have yet to go over 2gig in a month anyway, I added tethering for my tablet which bumped it to 4gig at $45, still haven't went over 4. I don't mind paying even though I can tether free, since they are going to charge me $10 bucks for each gig over anyway. wish we would get 4G speeds where i live tho
The issue is how do they calculate the "heaviest users"?
Possibilities.
Assumption: throttling starts at 5gb
1. If i have unlimited plan and use about 6gb.
2. If i have a tethering plan and i use 6gb.
Scenario #1, i am ok with. 6gb using just a phone is a hell of a lot. i have hit 4gb once and that was when i left wifi off all month.
Scenario #2 would piss me off. Part of getting the tethering plan is because you will be using large amounts of data. In essence they are saying, we dont care. I bet ther only users that will be affected are the people who tether, and that is utte bull****.
Either way, we dont know when the throttling starts because AT&T doesnt release data usage stats.
Well this sucks for me. I do 10+GB a month. My record was in the mid 40s. I do a lot of tethering. And a lot of P2P with that tethering.
well I'll just have to upgrade my home internet
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Maroon Mushroom said:
Well this sucks for me. I do 10+GB a month. My record was in the mid 40s. I do a lot of tethering. And a lot of P2P with that tethering.
well I'll just have to upgrade my home internet
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that's what they are trying to stop -.-
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Here's a better idea. Remove all the iPhone ****** users and problem solved.
IPhone users automatically equal tier plan death to carriers. It's truly game over whenever Sprint gets the iPhone...
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I would like to know the logic to this. We have both and it's the Androids that seem to leach the most data. My wife was never over 200mb with her iPhone or Surround, but she's had 2 Inspires (warrantied once for this reason). They leached data straight out of the box. Her Inspire averages 900mb.
She is almost always home on wifi, and our house is an Edge-only area.
The iPhone doesn't do anything more to a network than the Androids. It only got the label of network killer because it was the first truly powerful smartphone they released. It was also so much of a hit, it pulled in dumb phone users who never thought of getting a smartphone.
The current line of Androids are just as fast, and faster, than the iPhone4. They stream HD video, and are uncorked from the box. I cant even download a podcast if it's over 20mb while on my i4.
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I would like to know the logic to this. We have both and it's the Androids that seem to leach the most data. My wife was never over 200mb with her iPhone or Surround, but she's had 2 Inspires (warrantied once for this reason). They leached data straight out of the box. Her Inspire averages 900mb.
She is almost always home on wifi, and our house is an Edge-only area.
The iPhone doesn't do anything more to a network than the Androids. It only got the label of network killer because it was the first truly powerful smartphone they released. It was also so much of a hit, it pulled in dumb phone users who never thought of getting a smartphone.
The current line of Androids are just as fast, and faster, than the iPhone4. They stream HD video, and are uncorked from the box. I cant even download a podcast if it's over 20mb while on my i4.
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Both AT&T and Verizon have complained about network overload issues after taking on the iPhone. They like the money that the phone brings in, but then cry poor that their networks are suffering.
Verizon was doing just fine with their Android lineup.
They thought they could handle the iPhone and show up AT&T with their network. Now they are just known as victim #2.
Sprint is now the new favorite on different message boards. Guarantee if they take on the iPhone, it will be tiered data death for them too.
Just one of my MANY reasons why I hate Apple...
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I don't like this at all. I tether on very rare occasions. But I have a 2 hour bus commute and half hour bike ride to and from work 5 days a week. During that time I am almost always streaming video or music, whether it be from hulu, Netflix, Pandora, Google Music etc...
My billing cycle ends on the 3rd. I just checked what my usage for July has been. In July I had a week off from work. Even with that week off and using wifi every minute I'm at home im still at 6.8gb. This worries me. I'm not abusing the data service, I'm just using it in my daily routine. I don't know if that amount of data could potentially throttle me but it would sure suck if I if it did.
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I still have my Unltd Data from way back 09, so this sort of blows for me, but AT&T has a business to run, I guess.
Nice corporate guru responses. The "top 5%" is gonna be anyone over 2gb, since that amount was put in place by the company as 95% of AT&T's customers using less than that. At least other carriers throttle to new unlimited plans, at&t doesn't even offer this anymore. All they are doing is rewarding dumb people who think a smartphone makes them smarter while curbing technological advances in streaming music and video.
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I wonder if I'll be affected by this.. I don't tether at all and sometimes i hit 20gb. I'm on netflix often, play my pocket legends, vendetta online and download some movies/anime. I have unlimited data.
Im probably going to leave at&t for sprint sometime next year. I never go over 2gb a month and I couldn't imagine how slow my connection would be if they started throttling my data usage. I live in Destin FL and I have seen no improvements going from an aria to an atrix network speed wise. The other day I was at work and a guy there constantly ridicules me for paying nearly $200 a month when he pays 45 on boost.. my argument was the network speed... so we downloaded some large images. Streamed some videos from youtube and on every occasion his samsung galaxy prevail would download nearly twice as fast on boosts 3g vs my atrix's "4g" ... and he has unlimited everything. Yet still my atrix speedtests are better than our work phones which are on verizon's 3g.
I think, as at&t customers especially ones that are loyal to them pay entirely too much money for sub par network performance .. the only thing they have going for them is being able to browse and use voice on the network..
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Sprint and tethering?

Hey everyone, I just bought my EVO 4g and the main reason I bought it was because of sprints unlimited data. However, after I bought it, sprint lady tells me they charge extra for tethering. If I run cm7 and use the tethering app, will they catch me?
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I have never heard of anyone being penalized by Sprint for tethering with a rooted phone before but that does not mean it has not happened. I do use tethering once in a while when I am away from home and need data to my laptop. If you are not going crazy (don't run bittorrent on a tethered phone) then you are probably ok. You do have "unlimited" data (what ever that means) but if you start using more than 10GB a month you may attract attention.
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Hey everyone, I just bought my EVO 4g and the main reason I bought it was because of sprints unlimited data. However, after I bought it, sprint lady tells me they charge extra for tethering. If I run cm7 and use the tethering app, will they catch me?
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Search through the threads, this question has been asked many times before and see if its worth it to you... Its worth it to alot of other members in here... So root and tether away if you like but dont over do it and enjoy or give Sprint $30 a month and dont worry about a thing... The Choice Is Yours!
i tether all the time. no issues.....so far
Yep pretty much just don't go crazy and you should be fine.
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Hey everyone, I just bought my EVO 4g and the main reason I bought it was because of sprints unlimited data. However, after I bought it, sprint lady tells me they charge extra for tethering. If I run cm7 and use the tethering app, will they catch me?
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You have unlimited web surfing, email, and pictures. Running up excessive amounts of data by downloading or uploading movies, hosting video games, non-stop usage of a video camera, as well as tethering are all violations of your contract.
Sprint cares more about excessive data usage (whether you are paying for tethering or not) than who is tethering without paying for it, because too much data running through the system affects service. Tethering is just running data to your computer from your phone. They charge the $30 because if they did not, more people would use their phones as their primary internet and run up enormous amounts of data (I DON'T THINK SPRINT AGREES WITH THE 235GB CAP PER MONTH THAT COMCAST ALLOWS). The people who have been flagged by Sprint were all using large amounts of data, and quite a few were actually paying for tethering.
I tether exclusively...i download torrents, music, and everything...been doing it since June 4th 2010...no problems! Tether on friend!
I never paid the $30/month and I tether 15-20GB every month. Never had any problems with Sprint.
I also have an employee discount and only have to pay $60/month. Not bad.
I'm a light tetherer but a heavy data user. I use 6-10gb monthly and I have since I started my sprint contract 4 months ago. Just keep down your roaming as sprint allows only 300mb of off network roaming.
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It's just important to be responsible about it.
There's nothing wrong with tethering once in a while when it's necessary, there is something wrong with using it as your home internet connection and not paying the extra fee.
It's important to understand that when you abuse the system you're not just hurting us, you're hurting yourself. Why? Because you encourage Sprint to go the route of others. And if they do that, you won't have the option.
Ive EASILY tethered on 4G 100+GB since May. Ofcourse, 4G is ABSOLUTELY unlimited no matter what. I dont think they monitor 4G as much as 3G, since the 4G comes from Clear, really. I dont tether 3G much at all. But yea, tether away....just dont do anything illegal.
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Hey everyone, I just bought my EVO 4g and the main reason I bought it was because of sprints unlimited data. However, after I bought it, sprint lady tells me they charge extra for tethering. If I run cm7 and use the tethering app, will they catch me?
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Sprint store employees try to sell sprint's $30 a month hotspot and will tell you that is the only way to tether. I do not have this service, and I tether like a madman and have never been charged. I've used PDAnet, wifi tether, and the cm7 built in hot spot option. You have no need to worry, tether away.
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Sprint store employees try to sell sprint's $30 a month hotspot and will tell you that is the only way to tether. I do not have this service, and I tether like a madman and have never been charged. I've used PDAnet, wifi tether, and the cm7 built in hot spot option. You have no need to worry, tether away.
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I have tethered as well and had no issues. Mainly use it only when I need to if there isn't any wifi options when I am not at home or work.
I use a program called PDANet.
Search Android Market, Free App
If you are by 4g when you tether then knock yourself out. They don't monitor 4g at all so u can do whatever. But if you use 3g they track the amount of data but its still unlimited. Just like everyone else said. Don't go crazy with the 3g and you will be in the clear.
P.s. I tethered while out of town for a month in a very good 4g area. Easily used 40+ gigabytes of data during that month (torrents and whatnot) and nothing. No message, no extra charge. Zilch. So if your in 4g ur in the clear as far as I'm concerned.
Edit: btw I use the wireless tether app that's available in the market
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I use PDAnet and Wifi tethering..PDAnet has to versions a free version and a paid version. the free version you cant view security enabled sites..but I found a way your the paid version...but Wifi tethering is the easiest way to go!!
Use pdanet from the android market as well great app ease of use for noobs from what I hear works alot better tethering 4g than my actual time Warner providers internet access do a speed test you'll see the results if your in a decent 4g area
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If you are by 4g when you tether then knock yourself out. They don't monitor 4g at all so u can do whatever. But if you use 3g they track the amount of data but its still unlimited. Just like everyone else said. Don't go crazy with the 3g and you will be in the clear.
P.s. I tethered while out of town for a month in a very good 4g area. Easily used 40+ gigabytes of data during that month (torrents and whatnot) and nothing. No message, no extra charge. Zilch. So if your in 4g ur in the clear as far as I'm concerned.
Edit: btw I use the wireless tether app that's available in the market
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Thanks for the info, there's a wimax tower literally around the corner from my apartment, so I'm planning to use my new epic 4g touch to tether extensively, but I was worried about them scolding me I don't plan to use 3g much at all since 4g coverage is pretty good.

[Q] How's your data? Not happy w/TMO

So I've had my SGS III on tmobile about two weeks (Bought 6/28) And I've already hit my data cap at 5.2gb with 2gb from Play Music alone.
I just got off the phone with retentions and they told me 2 things:
1. ETF is $200 (so I could theoretically sell the phone here or on ebay for $300-600, or I still have 3 days to return the phone to walmart.)
2. There's nothing they can do for me, aside from charge me full price for the $65/mo 10gb "unlimited" data. I could not get the $10 off for 24 months either. I pay $108/mo after fees for unltd. everything. (Ha ha!)
So, Sprint users, how is your data? I'm seriously considering dumping tmobile this week for sprint, I can't do this throttling BS for two years.
And Tmo users, have *you* hit your cap yet? how quickly?
I've only hit my cap once with my 5 gig data plan since I switched over to T-Mobile from Sprint last year. I had Sprint for 4 years and boy does their data speeds suck. Yeah their data speed may be unlimited but you'll be stuck with dial up connections compared to to T-Mobiles hspa
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So I've had my SGS III on tmobile about two weeks (Bought 6/28) And I've already hit my data cap at 5.2gb with 2gb from Play Music alone.
I just got off the phone with retentions and they told me 2 things:
1. ETF is $200 (so I could theoretically sell the phone here or on ebay for $300-600, or I still have 3 days to return the phone to walmart.)
2. There's nothing they can do for me, aside from charge me full price for the $65/mo 10gb "unlimited" data. I could not get the $10 off for 24 months either. I pay $108/mo after fees for unltd. everything. (Ha ha!)
So, Sprint users, how is your data? I'm seriously considering dumping tmobile this week for sprint, I can't do this throttling BS for two years.
And Tmo users, have *you* hit your cap yet? how quickly?
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I haven't hit my cap yet but I don't stream much, I have used 2 gb in almost 2 weeks that's for sure, also new YouTube app held since it downloads the videos in wifi, sprint if is good where you live is great but if is not you will definitely prefer to pay more for tmobile, I used to have sprint but loading YouTube videos sucks now, compare to two years ago, if you are in one of the cities that is getting sprint soon I would definitely recommend it to
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So please explain to us all how it's T-Mobiles fault? You obviously know what your usage habits are. You should know if 5GB a month won't be enough for you. I download apps, play online games, watch YouTube, surf the net, etc.. 2GB a month works well for me. So obviously if you use that much data it's on you and not on them. Upgrade to the highest plan and quit complaining.
No one's fault but your own, sorry.
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So please explain to us all how it's T-Mobiles fault? You obviously know what your usage habits are. You should know if 5GB a month won't be enough for you. I download apps, play online games, watch YouTube, surf the net, etc.. 2GB a month works well for me. So obviously if you use that much data it's on you and not on them. Upgrade to the highest plan and quit complaining.
No one's fault but your own, sorry.
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+1 This
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Seriously, it's like you think you're entitled to unlimited. You chose T-Mobile over anyone else, and chose their 5GB plan. Why are you so surprised that you'd have to pay more for more unthrottled data?
Cool story bro!
Powered by the SGSIII
How can you even use 2 gigs from Play Music in two weeks?!? Are you using it 24/7?
Hahaha!!!!!!!! Go to verizon lol they will sell you all the high speed you need. I just switched from Verizon to tmobile. Verizon charges $60/ month for 1gb and tmobile charges $25/month for 5gb.
I couldn't be happier. If you need to stream that much use fm radio or wifi or.. Pay more money.
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OP,
Why aren't you using wifi for large items?
I averaged 2GB data & 5GB wifi /mo on TMO....and that 2GB was surfing whenever I wanted and streaming pandora/google music for hours everyday..
Okay, then switch to sprint.. there's nothing we can do here..
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I'd say switch to sprint and hop on their unlimited. Lots of people complain about slow speeds (which compared to other carriers they are) but I 've never had a problem streaming Netflix and other videos while tethering and hopefully their quick with the lte rollout. I've been with sprint 11yrs and never had a problem
You may want to consider a bigger microsd card if you are streaming so much data. As far as speeds go, it all depends on market. Ask around at work and see if anyone has sprint, if they do, see if they will do a speed test for you. I know for a fact that in my area, sprint has the worst 3g out of any of the big 4. When i had them i averaged less than 100kb down. I've also seen people hit 1.5 mbps in other areas on a regular basis. YMMV.
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You may want to consider a bigger microsd card if you are streaming so much data. As far as speeds go, it all depends on market. Ask around at work and see if anyone has sprint, if they do, see if they will do a speed test for you. I know for a fact that in my area, sprint has the worst 3g out of any of the big 4. When i had them i averaged less than 100kb down. I've also seen people hit 1.5 mbps in other areas on a regular basis. YMMV.
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Yeah, after I realized that I'd lose the "4G" with the one on t-mobile waiting for sprint to roll out LTE in orlando, I think the best way to do this is trim down my music library and keep it on an SD, and just use play music to push new songs
I'm just frustrated that t-mobile calls it unlimited at all. It's a lie in itself because the service is limited in one way or another, it's not fair to still call it unlimited just because it's not limited in the way it usually is. :laugh:
sprint................suckkkksssssss! Had the service for 4 days and it was painful with roaming, pathetic speeds. Tmobile is insane in my area with their 3g+ I get consistent 15mbs down and 3mbs up. learn to find wifi and use it. wifi is our friend.
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I'm just frustrated that t-mobile calls it unlimited at all. It's a lie in itself because the service is limited in one way or another, it's not fair to still call it unlimited just because it's not limited in the way it usually is. :laugh:
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But they don't call it unlimited 4G access anywhere I've seen. They call it, quite clearly, unlimited data with xGB of high speed data. And they deliver exactly on that promise.
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So please explain to us all how it's T-Mobiles fault? You obviously know what your usage habits are. You should know if 5GB a month won't be enough for you. I download apps, play online games, watch YouTube, surf the net, etc.. 2GB a month works well for me. So obviously if you use that much data it's on you and not on them. Upgrade to the highest plan and quit complaining.
No one's fault but your own, sorry.
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++++1 On this. I consider myself an average to moderate user when it comes to data. I use the WIFI only at my house, and I have a 5 GB data plan. I have yet to pass 2GB of usage since switching from Sprint 3 months ago. On another note, I average 17MB down and 3MB up in my area, which is faster than my own internet service provider, and on Sprint I would average around 700KB down and 300KB up. Good luck switching to Sprint.
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Yeah, after I realized that I'd lose the "4G" with the one on t-mobile waiting for sprint to roll out LTE in orlando, I think the best way to do this is trim down my music library and keep it on an SD, and just use play music to push new songs
I'm just frustrated that t-mobile calls it unlimited at all. It's a lie in itself because the service is limited in one way or another, it's not fair to still call it unlimited just because it's not limited in the way it usually is. :laugh:
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Your frustrated...uh huh..sorry but I'm frustrated reading this post...They call it unlimited 2 gb, 5 gb.. there's a reason for the number after the unlimited, also read the fine print it says they throttle your speeds... In the future you should really try to read the fine print and ask questions like why is the unlimited 2gb cheaper then the unlimited 5 gb... Make sure YOU don't make the same mistake again in when you actually buy something important with financing like a car or house...
Op I say check in your area and see if sprint has good coverage and good network speed in your area before making any moves. I live in Miami and still have my e4gt since I rely on wimax and it isn't a big upgrade difference with the s3, here's some speed test I took a few days ago using wimax
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I rather get an average of 9-11mbps and highs 13-14mbps on a good day and have unlimited then to have 20-60mbps and have a data cap but that's just me lol, the speeds I get now is good enough to browse, play hd YouTube videos with no problem, and tether with good speeds too.
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Go Smart mobile on Nexus 4

I am done with Straight Talk. When it works, it works. But when it doesn't, it Sucks. And everyone knows how BAD their customer service is. I'm planning to switch to Go Smart mobile. Anyone use their service? And is it decent? I do ALOT of calls and messaging. But I barely use any data. Maybe 1gb a month from streaming music and navigation. I'm looking at their $35 plan. Any advice would be appreciated.
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it's owned by T-Mobile so just check their coverage map.
For the $35 plan you will still connect to 3G, but throttled to 2G-like speed @ 128kbps. I don't think you can stream and browse with that kind of speed. (You can do it, but it won't be fun).
The $45 plan is throttled down to 1Mbps.
I think the $30 plan is best if you only use WiFi. Other plans get throttled too much for my taste.
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This!!! x1000
It just works, flawlessly, all the time... It might cost a little more than ST/Net10, but it is worth it, and if you have any issues just walk into a local AT&T corporate store and they take care of it or their tech support/customer service is actually pretty good from the little I have had to deal with them.
The GoPhone plans don't seem so hot... $60 for 2GB of data on a smartphone is pricey for a prepaid plan. AIO Wireless is owned by AT&T and gives you 2GB for $55, but it's 2GB of high speed and unlimited throttled data.
If T-Mobile has decent coverage in your area then GoSmart would be worth a shot based on your usage. Music streaming would be fine on their faster plan, and even their slower plan should handle low-bitrate streaming.
Since it's prepaid and no contract, why not try it out and cancel after a month if you're unhappy?
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The GoPhone plans don't seem so hot... $60 for 2GB of data on a smartphone is pricey for a prepaid plan. AIO Wireless is owned by AT&T and gives you 2GB for $55, but it's 2GB of high speed and unlimited throttled data.
If T-Mobile has decent coverage in your area then GoSmart would be worth a shot based on your usage. Music streaming would be fine on their faster plan, and even their slower plan should handle low-bitrate streaming.
Since it's prepaid and no contract, why not try it out and cancel after a month if you're unhappy?
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AIO Wireless is throttled all the time, read carefully users who have switched, they limit to about 3MB/s, and their MMS is... ummm... questionable, at times.
Go Phone might be a little more spendy, but for the extra $5 or $10, it is worth it to me.
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AIO Wireless is throttled all the time, read carefully users who have switched, they limit to about 3MB/s, and their MMS is... ummm... questionable, at times.
Go Phone might be a little more spendy, but for the extra $5 or $10, it is worth it to me.
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As of September they increased the cap from 4Mbps to 8 Mbps. It's certainly not LTE speeds but that's faster than I ever got on AT&T's HSPA+.
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As of September they increased the cap from 4Mbps to 8 Mbps. It's certainly not LTE speeds but that's faster than I ever got on AT&T's HSPA+.
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Good to know that about AIO... I was unaware it changed.
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I used their service for a month, received excellent speeds - for whatever reason just as fast as I would on T Mobile LTE and never had reception problems. The issue for me was the data - I thought it would he throttled when you hit your cap but it just store working altogether. Of you know you can limit yourself it's worth ire bit otherwise I would suggest T Mobile prepaid.
There's always Solavei which I recently signed up for and find it to be the best deal! If you sign up before October 4th then your first month will be $29 (plus tax) and after that you'll pay $49 (plus tax) a month. You get 4gb of 4g data and then throttled to 2g speeds once over the 4gb. You also get unlimited text, mms and calling. SOLAVEI USES T-MOBILES TOWERS FOR DATA/TEXT/CALLS & ROAMS FREELY ON AT&T FOR TEXT/CALLS (NO AT&T DATA)!
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Thanks for all the helpful advice. I just don't want to hop prepaid carriers because I have to buy a sim card every time. And I only need data for gps use. Sometimes I stream but I'm always around wifi. 35 bucks for unlimited calls and texts seems like a steal. I don't mind 2g speeds.
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machoua said:
Thanks for all the helpful advice. I just don't want to hop prepaid carriers because I have to buy a sim card every time. And I only need data for gps use. Sometimes I stream but I'm always around wifi. 35 bucks for unlimited calls and texts seems like a steal. I don't mind 2g speeds.
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Good luck... Just remember if that fail or doesn't work out for whatever reason, GoPhone SIMs are free at any AT&T corporate store.
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acejavelin said:
Good luck... Just remember if that fail or doesn't work out for whatever reason, GoPhone SIMs are free at any AT&T corporate store.
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Ah. Thanks for the tip.
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How do you know if you're being throttled on Verizon with unlimited data?

How do you know if you're being throttled on Verizon on an unlimited data plan?
I am already at 5GB with my new GN3 because of video streaming.
Is there any way to censor/block throttling?
jamor414 said:
How do you know if you're being throttled on Verizon on an unlimited data plan?
I am already at 5GB with my new GN3 because of video streaming.
Is there any way to censor/block throttling?
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I average between 17 and 19GB per month on unlimited (without tethering) and have never noticed a slow down due to high usage.
jamor414 said:
How do you know if you're being throttled on Verizon on an unlimited data plan?
I am already at 5GB with my new GN3 because of video streaming.
Is there any way to censor/block throttling?
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Doubt they throttle at all, my friend from here uses 100+ gb of data month, never said he's been throttled.
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No throttle.
If I remember correctly... The FCC slapped Verizon with a $1M fine a while back for trying to charge limited users for tethering and trying to throttle speeds on their network. Because of the spectrum they use for LTE it isn't allowed by federal law and they signed agreements to that fact.
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I do about 60 gb a month and have not been throttled.
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This is awesome news. I won't hold back my streaming now.
The sharing of your GB usage really helps.
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Doubt they throttle unlimited but they try to get to lose it as best they can i had unlimited and when they switched over my phone they sneeked in a special step putting my number on a basic line temp so my data would be lost so i lost unlimited got it back i used 100+ a month because it was faster then my wifi they did not like that
If you have to ask this question, they're throttling you.
Only way to really know is to do speed tests randomly throughout the month to see what kind of speed you're getting.
no throttle.
did 116gb this month. record high for me. lol.
I notice certain places on the Web are slower than normal
I work from home and download big files which was at normal speeds up until just a few weeks ago
Now I cannot download big files because of how slow my connection becomes
People even on Verizon website notice
http://forums.verizon.com/t5/FiOS-Internet/Is-Verizon-throttling-speed-to-certain-sites/td-p/656487
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