I just moved. And now my only internet is my phone. This is my first month going over 2gb. My usage so far is like 3GB and change.. Now it seems when making large downloads my 3g will flicker between blue and grey as if its downloading then resting then downloading again. And I have not had a tether speed above 300 Kb/s in a week. I was getting 700Kb/s steady.. Also notice that sometimes 3g will now turn off completely then turn back on, which breaks my tether forcing me to restart it. Is Verizon declaring war on me?
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They are throttling your bandwidth because you're over your 2 GB limit.
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Disneycast25 said:
They are throttling your bandwidth because you're over your 2 GB limit.
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I'm locked into the unlimited data package, does that still apply?
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neh4pres said:
I'm locked into the unlimited data package, does that still apply?
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they might know you're tethering because i was at 4+ GBs of data used, and i don't tether. and i wasn't throttled at all.
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they might know you're tethering because i was at 4+ GBs of data used, and i don't tether. and i wasn't throttled at all.
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Damn.. I'm on miui and glitch.. You think they can tell by how i'm using it? .. Wonder if there is a way around it.
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I can't believe you cab get those kinds of speeds, I rarely get above 150Kb/s dl. No matter what radio it's always like that...
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markmm24 said:
I can't believe you cab get those kinds of speeds, I rarely get above 150Kb/s dl. No matter what radio it's always like that...
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it depends on of what your looking at is being measured in bits or bytes. im talking kilobits.. If you tether and use a program like utorrent to download something it will be measured in kilabytes which 150 kilobytes is fast for 3g
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http://phandroid.com/2011/10/07/hit...ata-plan-and-you-may-be-throttled-even-on-4g/
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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.
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Tethering is my main source of broadband. I use about 15gb per month
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You never get overage charges from Verizon? I have heard that over 5GB that they start throttling back, and supposedly would charge people.
Sys... Never been charged extra... If I ever do ill raise cain because I bought an UNLIMITED plan, they do throttle which was noticeable on stock, but the apex untether patch really does seem to work quite well.
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I've never been charged extra either. But they do throttle you but I've accually never noticed it.
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I've never been charged for overage either. I've had my data plan for a few years now so I guess I'm grandfathered in. I have noticed ever since iPhone 4 came out on Verizon the 3g has been awfully slow. I used to get under 100ms ping with about 2 megabit download speeds. Now the pings are over 500 Ms and speeds arent even hitting 1megabit. Pretty unacceptable considering how much we pay for these devices and data plans. They need to get their **** together.
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I've never been charged for overage either. I've had my data plan for a few years now so I guess I'm grandfathered in. I have noticed ever since iPhone 4 came out on Verizon the 3g has been awfully slow. I used to get under 100ms ping with about 2 megabit download speeds. Now the pings are over 500 Ms and speeds arent even hitting 1megabit. Pretty unacceptable considering how much we pay for these devices and data plans. They need to get their **** together.
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overage? how can u get charged for overage and you have unlimited data plan?
do you have the link to Liberty 1.5?
How can I test to see how fast my 3g network is?
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overage? how can u get charged for overage and you have unlimited data plan?
do you have the link to Liberty 1.5?
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overage? how can u get charged for overage and you have unlimited data plan?
do you have the link to Liberty 1.5?
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I've heard u can get charged because unlimited isnt truly unlimited with carriers...
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I've heard u can get charged because unlimited isnt truly unlimited with carriers...
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I think they can but they chose to just throttle your internet so they don't lose buisness
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I tested my 3g I get around 850Kbits/s download and about 500Kbits/s upload. Is this a good speed?
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I only use about 500MB but I use wifi at home and when I'm out to eat as most restaurants have wifi these days.
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9.6 gb here. No overcharge and no throttle
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Just did a 3g speed test and it's getting better. I use the speedtest.net app. Ping - 379 Ms down - 1.31 mbps up - .35 mbps. So it's better but still nowhere near the 3g speeds we pay for. I'm in Montana on Verizon. I think they throttled everyone up here so their network would handle the new load from the iPhone 4.
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Throttled at 5.02 gigs or so my account app says...then I get the text from tmoble @6.82 gigs .......now im at 8.43 gigs and still going strong lol....4 days till new cycle and the throttle still hasn't caught up to me...weird but good
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Throttled at 5.02 gigs or so my account app says...then I get the text from tmoble @6.82 gigs .......now im at 8.43 gigs and still going strong lol....4 days till new cycle and the throttle still hasn't caught up to me...weird but good
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wish I'd been that lucky 64kbps sucks
I thought they started throttling at 10GB ??
They throttle at 5gb on older data plans and 2gb on newer ones. Someone forgot to flip a switch lol
Im glad someone forgot lol
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Throttled at 5.02 gigs or so my account app says...then I get the text from tmoble @6.82 gigs .......now im at 8.43 gigs and still going strong lol....4 days till new cycle and the throttle still hasn't caught up to me...weird but good
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I love it, same thing happens to me. Don't take advantage thought.
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I've found tge throttle in good coverage areas is minimal I go from like 5mbps to 4mbps... Barely noticeable...
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My speeds used to be through the roof on AT&T(5+ Mbps down and 3+ Mbps up)(compared to what it used to be less than 3 down and less than one up), now it has crashed to almost nothing.(.80 down and 1 up
How can i telll if im being throttled?
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everyone is getting rid of unlimited data plans, cept sprint, you can thank the iPhone for that.
But im on a 2gb plan not unlimited
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its just the usual ATT network.
did you check at peak times? I get 1mbps normally then 5 mbps at non peak times.
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its just the usual ATT network.
did you check at peak times? I get 1mbps normally then 5 mbps at non peak times.
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Fixed with a build.prop edit
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I noticed recently my net was extremely slow. I ran a few tests and never get above 600kbps. When I was on cm7 i got up to 3mbps. Anything I can do?
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I noticed recently my net was extremely slow. I ran a few tests and never get above 600kbps. When I was on cm7 i got up to 3mbps. Anything I can do?
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Where are you from?
I had to use DEFY BASEBAND SWITCHER to get my 3G working.
Dont use it if you have 3G, but this must cause of your carrier. (I think)
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I noticed recently my net was extremely slow. I ran a few tests and never get above 600kbps. When I was on cm7 i got up to 3mbps. Anything I can do?
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i agree with jouse its probably your carrier, i did get an increase in speed but it was never that low, it was like between .8 and 1.5 mbps stock to atleast 2.5 mbps cm7 though I don't think its an issue of not having 3G cuz EDGE doesn't go that fast
It used to be much faster. its weird Going back to cm7 so i'll get the speed back anyway. Thanks guys.
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It used to be much faster. its weird Going back to cm7 so i'll get the speed back anyway. Thanks guys.
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I using 2 sim cards from Claro Dominicana, I pay around US$ 0.64 for 24 hours of internet. Very CHEAP!!
With one of the sim cards I use, I just get 256kbps, I dont know why its limited like that... the other one gets all 3G speed (up to 6 mbps at nights) , both of them are 3G and I dont why that happens.
Check if your carrier limits the usage of the 3G speed.
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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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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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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