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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.

owenbeals said:
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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thejamhole said:
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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qGa said:
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

qGa said:
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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SysAdmin-X said:
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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Message!!

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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tgary said:
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.

TeeJay3800 said:
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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tgary said:
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.

tgary said:
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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Tmobile and the damn data speed throttling

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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hd2brick said:
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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xsteven77x said:
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 ?
wilnotdie said:
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)

wilnotdie said:
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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SkullNBones19 said:
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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PaganAng3l said:
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!!

lawalty said:
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...

Throttle msg

I don't know if anyone else is getting this.. but I was just throttled yesterday, and I got the msg twice.. saying I have gone over 5gb of data and am now throttled for the reminder of the cycle. Today I get the msg again.. does anyone have an idea what's going on..ooh I do have the Throttle Reset apk installed and used it.. funny I had installed in from the begining of cycle and hope I didn't get throttled but no luck.. now I dialed #932# and noticed that the data reading was different from my T-Mobile account.
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jr_718 said:
I don't know if anyone else is getting this.. but I was just throttled yesterday, and I got the msg twice.. saying I have gone over 5gb of data and am now throttled for the reminder of the cycle. Today I get the msg again.. does anyone have an idea what's going on..ooh I do have the Throttle Reset apk installed and used it.. funny I had installed in from the begining of cycle and hope I didn't get throttled but no luck.. now I dialed #932# and noticed that the data reading was different from my T-Mobile account.
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I've never seen that message before, i've had tmo for quite some time and even went over 5GB before. I would turn on 2G, for a few moments, then return to 3G/4G, and speeds should be fine.

I just get upset when I hear you guys say I don't get throttled or when I get throttled I get a decent speed.. now am in new York city. I don't know where you guys are from but its just frustrating to see others get throttled to decent speed and others not getting throttled.. Damn feel like am missing out.. when I get throttled the most I get when I run speed test is 60kbs. Either from edge to 4g..as gas as network modes goes, I use 2g when am running Pandora, when surfing and downloading I use 4g.
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jr_718 said:
I just get upset when I hear you guys say I don't get throttled or when I get throttled I get a decent speed.. now am in new York city. I don't know where you guys are from but its just frustrating to see others get throttled to decent speed and others not getting throttled.. Damn feel like am missing out.. when I get throttled the most I get when I run speed test is 60kbs. Either from edge to 4g..as gas as network modes goes, I use 2g when am running Pandora, when surfing and downloading I use 4g.
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I'm in nyc too, but i've been going over since I first got my G1, do you have the premium data or the classic one? And I think they only throttle some people, b/c I would tether w/ my laptop and they didn't do anything.

Yes. The 5gb data plan...this is bull****..msg to you T-Mobile guy(those who work for t-mobile) who are here(Getting all our secrets and sharing it to tmobile). I'll choke you.. lol just kidding.
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Now am told by T-Mobile that throttled speed is affected by your location.. I guess if the towers ain't that crowded you might be in luck..
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Everyone gets throttled no matter who you are or where you live. Some get lucky and don't get throttled, some probably do not even use their web as much to go over the cap to get throttled or some just don't notice. I've gotten away without getting throttled after going over my gb cap a few times.
No matter what they are always going to get you.
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That's true. My theory is that there's still a glitch on T-Mobile server. I wanted to know those who didn't get throttled where are you located at.. am in nyc...
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jr_718 said:
That's true. My theory is that there's still a glitch on T-Mobile server. I wanted to know those who didn't get throttled where are you located at.. am in nyc...
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I'm in cali. I'm already 1.37gb over my 10gb data cap and I have not gotten throttled this month. My bill cycles tomorrow either way.
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See what I think is that if your new cycle is less than 24hrs, most times I don't think you get throttled.
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See what I think is that if your new cycle is less than 24hrs, most times I don't think you get throttled.
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Not true. When I used to be on the 5gb plan I used to go over it all the time. Usually pretty quick. Sometimes a week or 2 before mt bill cycle
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Well I guess sometimes.. and sometimes some people get lucky.
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coupetastic-droid said:
I'm in cali. I'm already 1.37gb over my 10gb data cap and I have not gotten throttled this month. My bill cycles tomorrow either way.
10 Gb?wtf? I only get 5 b4 I getchopped down.
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Mt4G on manny pacquiaos leftover roids,and gassed up wth tdj's miui.

How mobile network data speeds work ?anyway to cheat it ?

In the morning i get 10mb + pretty constant
in the evenings i do one speed test around a 1mb i could do one 10 minutes later bit later 2mb then 15 minutes later 10mb
anyway to get the speed to stay 10mb do i connect to a different node or something every time or is the speed just loads balanced between loads of nodes. Essentially want to know if there is any way to trick the network so i can get the 10mb constantly in the evenings?
This is three mobile uk

no u cannot

Think of it like dsl. the more people the slower it goes.
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Not possible!

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In the morning i get 10mb + pretty constant
in the evenings i do one speed test around a 1mb i could do one 10 minutes later bit later 2mb then 15 minutes later 10mb
anyway to get the speed to stay 10mb do i connect to a different node or something every time or is the speed just loads balanced between loads of nodes. Essentially want to know if there is any way to trick the network so i can get the 10mb constantly in the evenings?
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There's a whole thread to Three. I think they are the exception with their filtering. Most US carriers just have overloaded towers in big cities so you don't get good speeds (except T-Mobile, and maybe Sprint in some areas) usually. Also they may do QoS so the postpaid customers get more priority then the prepaid and the prepaid is over the MVNOs.

This really sucks :banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:
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What did you expect?
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What did you expect?
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Around what they advertised as realistic speeds of 10mb on dc-hsdpa. But to be honest would be happy with a steady 3-4mb. Don't think that is unrealistic surely?
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topcat07 said:
Around what they advertised as realistic speeds of 10mb on dc-hsdpa. But to be honest would be happy with a steady 3-4mb. Don't think that is unrealistic surely?
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LOL - that was sarcasm; not a real question. Unlimited data? Sure but we'll throttle the hell out of you if you use too much. Yep I am a true cynic when it comes to the carriers. They will always have fine print and an excuse.
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