Just destroyed my 5 gig limit, currently at 11.56gbs and still hitting 9-10 mpbs down/ 1.5-2.1 mpbs up. What's up I keep hearing about people being throttled and yet I passed my limit without any consequences. Currently on stock gingerbread 2.3.4.
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Screen shots please. I wanna take your word, but a few months ago i got throttled.
Forgive my doubts. Please present proof.
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How do I do screenshots without root. Ill do it for you
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pierrekid said:
Just destroyed my 5 gig limit, currently at 11.56gbs and still hitting 9-10 mpbs down/ 1.5-2.1 mpbs up. What's up I keep hearing about people being throttled and yet I passed my limit without any consequences. Currently on stock gingerbread 2.3.4.
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I've gone over 5GB a few times before and not been throttled either. It seems they only throttle if you consistently go over 5GB. But I think that you'll find more people who get throttled than not.
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you'd need to connect to your computer and use the SDK to take screen shots without root.
Heck if you don't want to take a screenshot by connecting to your PC just take a picture...wait, do people still use cameras?
I heard tmobile was planning on charging overage charges instead of throttling now? I remember seeing something on engadget about some changes.
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Athrun88 said:
I heard tmobile was planning on charging overage charges instead of throttling now? I remember seeing something on engadget about some changes.
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I thought that was just for the 200 mb plan. They advertise "unlimited data" too much to just get rid of it.
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Athrun88 said:
I heard tmobile was planning on charging overage charges instead of throttling now? I remember seeing something on engadget about some changes.
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I thought that was just for the 200 mb plan. They advertise "unlimited data" too much to just get rid of it.
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Yes, they're only going to start charging overages on 200mb plans, which aren't even for smartphones anyways. I think they're trying to crack down on people with smartphones who get in on the 200mb plan then just deal with the EDGE-like speeds because they save a lot of money with it.
There's a cap on how much they can charge you on overages too, I think it caps at $30 from what I've heard.
wth I got throttled! after going 41 MB over 2GB limit -.- I used to get 7-9 Mbps on downloads. now I get 0.05 Mbps. Its almost unusable!
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wth I got throttled! after going 41 MB over 2GB limit -.- I used to get 7-9 Mbps on downloads. now I get 0.05 Mbps. Its almost unusable!
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why "wth"? Its pretty clear that they say they throttle after 2GB on new plans Not sure why you're caught by surprise lol.
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why "wth"? Its pretty clear that they say they throttle after 2GB on new plans Not sure why you're caught by surprise lol.
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well these guys said they didnt. lol. thats why i said "wth"
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well these guys said they didnt. lol. thats why i said "wth"
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If you have a grandfathered 10GB or 5GB plan, you're much less likely to get throttled unless you consistently go over 5GB.
New, 2GB plans are explicitly worded to be throttled at exactly 2GB.
I'm on the old 10gb plan and wasnt throttled for my last 3 billing cycles where I went over 5gb.
However I was on rooted 2.2 froyo then updated to rooted rom gingerbread 2.3.4 and now Im throttled to damn dialup. It was good while it lasted.
Yeah they got me the day before my billing cycle started over! Lol It actually wasnt that bad but i dont suggest any downloads. I did alot of downloading last month.
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Last billing cycle, they didn't throttle me. I got up to 9gb of data.
Now I'm capped at 57kbps till the end of my cycle. It ****ing sucks.
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Fermbiz said:
Last billing cycle, they didn't throttle me. I got up to 9gb of data.
Now I'm capped at 57kbps till the end of my cycle. It ****ing sucks.
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I've been in the same position. Yes, it does suck, 'specially when you're going SLOWER than dial-up.
And 57kbps? When I got throttled, I only got 8kbps.
That's T-Mobile's way of saying F*CK YOU.
Their capping is terrible. Atleast give us a 1Mb instead of just giving us dial up speeds. Lol.
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Their capping is terrible. Atleast give us a 1Mb instead of just giving us dial up speeds. Lol.
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it does suck, but at least tmobile tells you when it will happen and doesn't deny doing it. *cough* sprint.....
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Their capping is terrible. Atleast give us a 1Mb instead of just giving us dial up speeds. Lol.
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it does suck, but at least tmobile tells you when it will happen and doesn't deny doing it. *cough* sprint.....
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Its not a cap. Its a throttle. And would you rather have a 5GB throttle or a 2GB cap with overages? Because those are your 2 options, and if I were you I wouldn't complain too much about having a throttle. Believe it or not, unlimited data is pretty much done for in the US.
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Its not a cap. Its a throttle. And would you rather have a 5GB throttle or a 2GB cap with overages? Because those are your 2 options, and if I were you I wouldn't complain too much about having a throttle. Believe it or not, unlimited data is pretty much done for in the US.
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Yea that's what I meant , was reading something about capping on home internet on OCN but yea I guess it is better than the cap from at&t and verizon but then at&t did buy tmobile so I wonder what will happen.
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Okay so ive read topics where tmobile will slow down your speed if you go above 5gb in data usage. Well i went above that (im at 5.3gb) 2 nights ago and its only my 2nd week into my billing cycle. This is because i tether my xbox to play live, i give people wifi for their laptops etc. So my question is, do they really slow you down? My speeds are H connections and havent slowed down at all. And why give people phones and they pay for unlimited data only to have it slowed down if they exceed an x amount and have them pay an EXTRA $15 for an added tether feature?
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Id say consider yourself lucky your speed hasn't been "choked" down a little. Its all part of TS you agreed to when you signed up.
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Okay so ive read topics where tmobile will slow down your speed if you go above 5gb in data usage. Well i went above that (im at 5.3gb) 2 nights ago and its only my 2nd week into my billing cycle. This is because i tether my xbox to play live, i give people wifi for their laptops etc. So my question is, do they really slow you down? My speeds are H connections and havent slowed down at all. And why give people phones and they pay for unlimited data only to have it slowed down if they exceed an x amount and have them pay an EXTRA $15 for an added tether feature?
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First of all, XBL through your cell? Seems odd...
Back on topic...
the 5GB cap will roll out in the next month or so it isn't effective immediately.
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Okay so ive read topics where tmobile will slow down your speed if you go above 5gb in data usage. Well i went above that (im at 5.3gb) 2 nights ago and its only my 2nd week into my billing cycle. This is because i tether my xbox to play live, i give people wifi for their laptops etc. So my question is, do they really slow you down? My speeds are H connections and havent slowed down at all. And why give people phones and they pay for unlimited data only to have it slowed down if they exceed an x amount and have them pay an EXTRA $15 for an added tether feature?
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5GB cap applies to new contracts and customers start with T-Mobile, pre-existing customer have the 10 GB cap with throttling.
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i give people wifi for their laptops etc.
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F that. The only time I've done that is when I've been traveling and needed access and someone else needed access as well. Otherwise, pay up.
The people I give wifi to is like my family. I don't give random people wifi.
And believe it or not hspa+ speeds on the g2 is way quicker than my actual internet
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But thanks everyone for your input
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when you get throttled down, you'll know it. every time i hit 5 gigs, i get slowed down. it's been happening to me ever since the nexus one. i haven't heard of the 10 gig thing, but the 5 did happen to me. when it did happen on the nexus one for me, it would still show 3g. but i'll get edge speed only, and it's a pain. but you can surf regular web stuff just fine. it's the videos that'll kill ya. i haven't hit 5 gigs on the g2 yet and not planning to. but hey, at least they throttle you down instead of charging you extra per mb.
I think it has begun. A couple days ago I received a text from tmo saying my speeds would be slowed through the remainder of the billing cycle. I have always been a heavy user and used to tether my Nexus every night at work. I am only at about 6Gbs this billing cycle so I hardly think it is excessive. I hit 14Gbs a couple months ago and never got this message.
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when you get throttled down, you'll know it. every time i hit 5 gigs, i get slowed down. it's been happening to me ever since the nexus one. i haven't heard of the 10 gig thing, but the 5 did happen to me. when it did happen on the nexus one for me, it would still show 3g. but i'll get edge speed only, and it's a pain. but you can surf regular web stuff just fine. it's the videos that'll kill ya. i haven't hit 5 gigs on the g2 yet and not planning to. but hey, at least they throttle you down instead of charging you extra per mb.
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Your right at last they don't charge you extra but if they did, that would be against the law because if we pay for unlimited, we pay to use unlimited. So they can't charge extra for going over a certain amount
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T-Mobile just started recently to throttle the downspeed. However, at least that's what is announced, you should receive a text message informing you about the throttling.
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/14/warning-heavy-users-t-mobile-just-now-turning-on-data-throttli/
Just received my txt because of tethering on my mytouch slide!
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Just received my txt because of tethering on my mytouch slide!
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What text?
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Oh you don't know? Tmobile send you a nice txt message when you hit your 5 gig limit. My only issue is that I'm pretty sure I didn't hit the limit. I'm going to have to check my usage.
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dynamikd said:
Oh you don't know? Tmobile send you a nice txt message when you hit your 5 gig limit. My only issue is that I'm pretty sure I didn't hit the limit. I'm going to have to check my usage.
After you got that text did you notice a slow down in speed?
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In all honesty I did not. I even ran a speed test after I received the txt to verify and I was still pulling the usually speeds for my area.
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In all honesty I did not. I even ran a speed test after I received the txt to verify and I was still pulling the usually speeds for my area.
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Nice!
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http://www.tmonews.com/2010/10/t-mobile-data-plans-revamping-november-3rd/
Good read if you want the low down.
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@ddgarcia05 That was a good read indeed.
@mftek That txt through me off because I have tethered on my device before and never once received any sort of notification from Tmobile about it.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052064
Wouldn't that be cool for the nexus!!
is your S capped? I have the AT&T version (i9020a) and after updating to 2.3.4, I am no longer capped. Had uploads of around 1mb
Seriously I have the T-Mobile version but I use Simple Mobile and ya I get capped after 2 gigs
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is your S capped? I have the AT&T version (i9020a) and after updating to 2.3.4, I am no longer capped. Had uploads of around 1mb
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Has nothing to do with 2.3.4 update the radio in 2.3.4 update probably improved your speeds
he is Talking about your speed being throttled after going over monthly bandwidth limit
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Seriously I have the T-Mobile version but I use Simple Mobile and ya I get capped after 2 gigs
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Really...Ive gone well over my 2GB every month since last Sept when i joined tmoble it even shows my data in red on my account and Ive never gotten throttled
I have the Sprint Nexus S 4G.
What is this "cap" or "throttle" you speak of? ;-)
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I have the Sprint Nexus S 4G.
What is this "cap" or "throttle" you speak of? ;-)
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Lol! but my bill is only 60 a month haha
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Lol! but my bill is only 60 a month haha
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Lol! but my bill is only 46 a month ( unlimited everything + nav) hahaha
I'm on T-Mobile and they just caped my data after supposedly going
Past the 5gb limit its some bull****
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I'm on T-Mobile and they just caped my data after supposedly going
Past the 5gb limit its some bull****
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I got the "dreaded" throttle sms after going over 5GB (on T-Mo obviously)and my speeds have not been throttled as of yet..(However, I got the message on the 17th and my billing cycle ends today (the 19th)so...)
I'm always going over the 5gb limit and my phone gets throttled -_- (T-Mobile)
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Lol! but my bill is only 46 a month ( unlimited everything + nav) hahaha
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Rofl! But my bill is only 18 a month ... golly, isn't this game fun!
So apparently not only does tmobile reduce speed when you go ever your max speed they charge you $1.99 per MB i think or i dont remmber but wth? when did that change? a couple of months ago i went over my 2GB and all i got was slow internet, now they actually charged me. any1 else know about this?
This change was only supposed to affect people who began new contracts/even more plans after that date in august or whenever. I called to confirm and it should not affect you if you began your contract earlier, it should only throttle your speed as you said. I would call customer service to get it cleared up.
They shouldn't charge you per MB on any 2GB smartphone plan. Only throttling applies AFAIK.
Per MB charges should be on dumbphone plans and plans like the 500mb/month allotment.
Well originally my plan was the unlimited and I changed it to the 2GB and when I called tmobile they said they charge by the MB.
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Well originally my plan was the unlimited and I changed it to the 2GB and when I called tmobile they said they charge by the MB.
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that can't be right....
You answered your own problem. You switched from unlimited, which consists of 2gb fast and unlimited throttled, to a 2gb plan. So anything over 2gb is in excess of your plan.
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You answered your own problem. You switched from unlimited, which consists of 2gb fast and unlimited throttled, to a 2gb plan. So anything over 2gb is in excess of your plan.
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Wait what? They have no speed plans. Its unlimited bandwith, 2GB bandwith and 200MB bandwidth. Idk if you have seen any tmobile ads but one of their main things when I got my contract renewed was there's no extra charge like at&t or verizon does, they just throttle ur internet.but idk I have to bring my mytouch 4G in for replacement and get it cleared up then.
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From my understanding they only charge you for going over if you're on the 200MB plan.
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Why slow down the internet?
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Why slow down the internet?
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That's how T-mobile chooses to control how much data people use. Rather than cap or charge overages, they just slow you down after a certain point.
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You answered your own problem. You switched from unlimited, which consists of 2gb fast and unlimited throttled, to a 2gb plan. So anything over 2gb is in excess of your plan.
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This sounds right, but I wasn't aware that T-mobile had a capped 2GB plan? That would have a lot of confusion with the "Unlimited" plans that just slow down at 2GB.
I would much rather have the throttle then an mb/$ after 2gbs.
Hit it once, had it for 2 days... it sucked lol.
Now I turn on wifi when at home and don't even get close to 2gigs
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From my understanding they only charge you for going over if you're on the 200MB plan.
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This.
I went to the store and this is what they told me. I guess the person on the phone was wrong. Lol.
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This.
I went to the store and this is what they told me. I guess the person on the phone was wrong. Lol.
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Not surprised. Unless you get 3-4 levels deep into CS reps, you can't trust that info lol.
I have unlimited everything sprint and I hope they aren't going to start **** like this on my plan. I use internet alot and I don't want its slowed down
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I have unlimited everything sprint and I hope they aren't going to start **** like this on my plan. I use internet alot and I don't want its slowed down
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Sprint is already going to start capping WiFi tethering plans to 5GB, and has said that throttling connections in the future is not off the table.
It'll happen eventually. Probably after they get flooded with customers when the iPhone comes to their network. Happened to AT&T and Verizon.
I don't even know what wifi tethering is, I use the mobile hotspot..... Which I'm paying an extra $30 for!
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I don't even know what wifi tethering is, I use the mobile hotspot..... Which I'm paying an extra $30 for!
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Yeah. That's wifi tethering. And they're going to start capping the data you use there to 5GB.
If you're on XDA, how are you NOT rooting and tethering for free????
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I don't even know what wifi tethering is, I use the mobile hotspot..... Which I'm paying an extra $30 for!
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I love the wifi tethering. I use it to give wifi to my friends and we play street fighter4 on our itouches against each other.
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That's bull****, why would they do that when I'm paying $30 extra
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That's bull****, why would they do that when I'm paying $30 extra
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I honestly don't know how I even got it, all I know is that its there and its free
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/245561/sprint_delays_4g_lte_rollout.html
The good news, if one can take seriously any statements coming from Overland Park, KS., is that Sprint will support 4G through 2015. This, of course, like the terms of our contracts, is subject to change at any time for any reason. I guess the $1.5 billion "Investment" in Clear, anticipated legal fees and class-action payouts in light of the C.I.Q. melt-down, and not-to-be-realized data mining profits have taken their toll.
Have you forgotten some old proverbs:
Honesty is the best policy
Cheaters never prosper
The cover-up is worse than the crime
How about trying a new one,
Our customers can handle the truth.
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The LTE uncertainty is why I am holding off on an upgrade till at least late 2012.
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The LTE uncertainty is why I am holding off on an upgrade till at least late 2012.
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It's why I'm switching to Verizon after the first of the year. They already have working 4g that gets 20mbps down.
My warrant officer has an HTC jet stream on at&t running lte 26+ down speed test I'm planning on switching it honestly isn't that expensive for what I need
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The network upgrade is proceeding as planned they just wont have the devices until the second half of 2012.
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It's why I'm switching to Verizon after the first of the year. They already have working 4g that gets 20mbps down.
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And to add to that they just purchased a large amount of spectrum to use for lte. I'm 90% going to switch to Verizon when my contract ends next October. Unless sprint pulls something really good out of their ass..
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I use a ton of data so ATT or Verizon isn't an option. I'm fine with my evo through most of 2012 until the LTE phones come out. I'm confused about some of the posts in here though. Sure, 20mps is awesome....but doesn't that mean you just hit the cap sooner?
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I use a ton of data so ATT or Verizon isn't an option. I'm fine with my evo through most of 2012 until the LTE phones come out. I'm confused about some of the posts in here though. Sure, 20mps is awesome....but doesn't that mean you just hit the cap sooner?
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No, its just how much data you can pull in chunks. Whether you download a 100mb file at 500kb/s or 25Mb/s , its the same amount of data, you'll just get it faster at 25Mb/s.
I wish I was getting 500kbps lol I live in the Indy area and can't get ****
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No, its just how much data you can pull in chunks. Whether you download a 100mb file at 500kb/s or 25Mb/s , its the same amount of data, you'll just get it faster at 25Mb/s.
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Since vz data is not unlimited you actually do hit the cap faster. I know if i had 4g or lte i would be jammin on that data!
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Since vz data is not unlimited you actually do hit the cap faster. I know if i had 4g or lte i would be jammin on that data!
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If that's how they're operating, they're literally robbing you.
Sprints data is unlimited. Verizon and att have a capped plan. You get x amount of data for x amount of money. If you go over you pay. I like sprint. I live in a rural are and roam off a verizon tower. I still dont hit the data roaming limit and only the voice roaming limit once. And i have 9 lines on two plans.
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Yes but our unlimited data means nothing if you can't get any data to begin with I love sprints plan but hate their service right now its unfortunate since I'm generally happy except for my data speeds
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I get sweet speeds on WiMax and good speeds on 3G. I'm sticking with Sprint since I routinely use more than 5GB of data each month. Every month a bit more. Soon I'll be over 6GB/mo.
Although, all bets are off if they don't get the Galaxy Nexus by Feb.
How much data does an average person used in a month? For all carriers?
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It's why I'm switching to Verizon after the first of the year. They already have working 4g that gets 20mbps down.
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And their highest data plan can be used up in 30 minutes at that speed lol
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It's why I'm switching to Verizon after the first of the year. They already have working 4g that gets 20mbps down.
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Wait until there is network congestion and lets see the speeds then. Currently in Indianapolis I have way better 3G speeds then version does and no caps and 4G though not official as it's still under Clear but it's 11Mb down all day..
When Sprint launched 4G in St. Louis and Chicago the speeds were a lot faster then they are now that there is more users on the network. Also faster the speed the faster you will hit their cap and the faster you will be complaining because you have to pay the overages.
$30 a month for 2GB vs. $10 a month for unlimited. The numbers don't lie but like the old saying goes a fool and his money are soon parted.
I've used different radios and all that I'm by no means a noob my friend don't get me wrong if I could I would stay but unfortunately I'm at my best 1mbps and I only get that late at night during the day when I'm up 200k at best its maddening
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Dont feel so bad guys, some people have it worst. My best download speeds most of the time is around 48kbps on a good day I'll be at 129kbps
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Switching to verizon in feb when contract is up.
So I've searched and can't find the thread about being throttled and what some people have changed their apn settings to. I am being throttled and want to try some of them, this super slow connection is making me frustrated and my phone useless. I download tops 60Kb. Wtf :x
Not happening. T-Mobile wised up to the APN mod, and now, even after changing the APN, you're still throttled if you go over your limit.
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So I've searched and can't find the thread about being throttled and what some people have changed their apn settings to. I am being throttled and want to try some of them, this super slow connection is making me frustrated and my phone useless. I download tops 60Kb. Wtf :x
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Tmobile searched before you. Lol
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Not happening. T-Mobile wised up to the APN mod, and now, even after changing the APN, you're still throttled if you go over your limit.
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really?
when did they wise up?
Few months ago.
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Not trying to be a jerk or an instigator here but, did you not read your contract first? I have a 2gb limit on my 4g service and have yet to exceed it. I manage my bandwidth just like it's money and I understand that going over will result in painfully slow speeds. So, instead of looking for a way to circumvent the agreement you made, which TMO is holding up on their end, why not be more careful with what you have and maybe even upgrade your plan? Just saying.
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Esevw said:
So I've searched and can't find the thread about being throttled and what some people have changed their apn settings to. I am being throttled and want to try some of them, this super slow connection is making me frustrated and my phone useless. I download tops 60Kb. Wtf :x
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I'm hitting 75kbs... oh yeah, you're jealous.. But yeah, first time I ever got throttled and it happened after 5 days but yeah, I'm too cheap for faster than 2GB
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bobpantsspongesquare said:
Not trying to be a jerk or an instigator here but, did you not read your contract first? I have a 2gb limit on my 4g service and have yet to exceed it. I manage my bandwidth just like it's money and I understand that going over will result in painfully slow speeds. So, instead of looking for a way to circumvent the agreement you made, which TMO is holding up on their end, why not be more careful with what you have and maybe even upgrade your plan? Just saying.
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Agreed with various points that you touched on. However, I believe that T-Mobile "abuses" (for lack of a better word) of their throttling system. I get that after 2, 5 or even 10 GB of data T-Mobile reserves the right to limit the bandwidth throughput of specific users but to cap speeds at speeds slower than dial-up is just pathetic.
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WiFi
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Some of us don't have that luxury because of one of two reasons or both:
A) High-speed internet is not available in the area
B) High-speed internet is rather inaccessible (economic-wise)
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UntamedDeviance said:
I'm hitting 75kbs... oh yeah, you're jealous.. But yeah, first time I ever got throttled and it happened after 5 days but yeah, I'm too cheap for faster than 2GB
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iLeopard said:
Agreed with various points that you touched on. However, I believe that T-Mobile "abuses" (for lack of a better word) of their throttling system. I get that after 2, 5 or even 10 GB of data T-Mobile reserves the right to limit the bandwidth throughput of specific users but to cap speeds at speeds slower than dial-up is just pathetic.
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I agree that the speed at which TMO drops it's users to is quite horrific however, you do agree to the terms. That said, I'm seeing posts stating speeds around 70kbps. That would be a blazing 14kbps faster than dial-up. Where's the problem?
bobpantsspongesquare said:
Not trying to be a jerk or an instigator here but, did you not read your contract first? I have a 2gb limit on my 4g service and have yet to exceed it. I manage my bandwidth just like it's money and I understand that going over will result in painfully slow speeds. So, instead of looking for a way to circumvent the agreement you made, which TMO is holding up on their end, why not be more careful with what you have and maybe even upgrade your plan? Just saying.
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I used to have the 5gig plan but decided to switch to the 2 gig to save a bit of cash but apparently I use allot more data then I thought. And also I do connect to wifi when I'm at home.
Yea I agree to that TMobile is slowing down the data after the cap way too low. It basically almost makes my phone useless and they should atleast give us a bit more bandwidth.
5gb. I've used 4.15 and my bills do on the 9th. I've never been throttled and from the looks of it I don't ever wanna be.
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Guys you are pretty naive if you think Tmo would increase the data throttle speed. It's to get you to upgrade to more data.
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And that's why soon enough am going to cancel my data plan with them and go straight with wifi.. going to get me a portable mobile hotspot connect.. something I can put in my pocket and use...data plan is not tied to contract..
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i must have doing a great job managing my data lately then, because around january/february i was catching pure hell with going over my 5GB data limit then i remembered about the apn trick started using that and didnt have any more problems going over my limit since then *Shrugs*
Turn off data when not using it. Disable auto sync. If on ICS rom, check the data monitor.
2GB should be enough, just have to manage it better
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bobpantsspongesquare said:
Not trying to be a jerk or an instigator here but, did you not read your contract first? I have a 2gb limit on my 4g service and have yet to exceed it. I manage my bandwidth just like it's money and I understand that going over will result in painfully slow speeds. So, instead of looking for a way to circumvent the agreement you made, which TMO is holding up on their end, why not be more careful with what you have and maybe even upgrade your plan? Just saying.
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Its not so cut and dry. . I get throttled at the end of my cycle every month. I exceed my 5 gig and it happens. That's not the problem. The problem is it makes your data unusable. So slow that nothing works and that is B.S.
Unless this doesn't work anymore, you can at least switch it to EDGE so that you can get at least that once you are throttled.