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[Q] Tmobile Bandwidth Limit

Hello Everyone, I am currently with Tmobile and I have my G2 rooted and I love it. I use the portable hotspot feature quite a bit at work so I'm signed up for tmobiles "unlimited" internet on my phone. However Once I hit 5gb bandwidth for the month I received a text message saying that I had hit the 5gb cap for the month and for the duration of the pay period I would still have internet since I'm signed up for "unlimited" but I would have a reduced speed... Let me tell you right now its very reduced. So my first question is, do you guys have this problem? and my second question is, which service providers don't have this lame cap? My friend is on Sprint currently and he's used 12GB bandwidth so far this month and can still use his 4G speed which would be nice. So I may go with Sprint however I'd like to keep my options open so do you guys know if Verizon or At&T have the cap as well? Also what kind of phones would you guys suggest with the two? Preferably I'd like to fix the problem with Tmobile however I don't see that happening because when I went in the store they said I was already at the most internet /month.

Currently the only 2 providers that dont have a cap AFAIK are sprint and verizon. ATT used to have one, but was taken away back when the first ipad came out and now they only offer 2gb and charge you 10 dollars a gig over that. Sprint phones arent all that great right now ,probably the best phone on sprint right now IMO, would be the epic 4g. Verizons best phone is the thunderbolt, which ironically isnt for sale yet, but it will this month. they also have the iphone and some other android phones (fairly outdated at this point)
You got to remember that verizon is more expensive than t-mobile. Sprint is fairly expensive too and their 4g phones require an extra 10 dollar fee for bs reasons. If you want the unlimited data youre going to have to pony up the cash.
If i was you i would wait for the dual core phones to come to those carries, the droid bionic for verizon and who knows what for sprint.
Ps. I heard that verizon is throttling the top 5% of its users. I read it in engadget but alas, i dont have that carrier/problem so i havent looked into it.
Hope i helped a little
Edit: forgot to mention that if you want 4g you have to make sure that you are in an area that has the 4g specific for that carrier. Your friend has 4g on sprint so that means youre at least in a wimax (sprint 4g) area.
Verizon has a different 4g (LTE) that might not be in your area at this point in time.
Also sprint has 3 4g phones, t mobile has 3 and verizon has only 1 and it isnt even out yet.
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Nice break down.
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personally with the price per month my wife and i are paying for tmobile i would never leave.
best way to do it is to have 5 member family plan... cheapest way at least.

A T-Mobile tech support rep told me that he was told in a recent meeting that they were going back to the 10 gig cap. He said a date wasn't mentioned...who knows if this is true or not, I'm just sharing what I was told.

That was amazingly helpful and I have a lot to consider now. I do have it pretty nice with Tmobile right now because we have a 5 family member plan and if there is a prospect of 10gig coming out then I will probably wait it out. And if the new phones come out and I still want to change then I will. Thank you so much for your help!

There is a way to defeat the throttle. I've never hit the cap myself so haven't tried it. Five year old data plan with 10gb? Limit. But for root users it involved removing 3 files from the radio? Try searching the dev threads. I do remember that T-mo was the only carrier that this would work with. The throttle takes place on your device.

kgold708 said:
There is a way to defeat the throttle. I've never hit the cap myself so haven't tried it. Five year old data plan with 10gb? Limit. But for root users it involved removing 3 files from the radio? Try searching the dev threads. I do remember that T-mo was the only carrier that this would work with. The throttle takes place on your device.
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I was under the impression that method no longer worked. If I'm wrong, please correct me.
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dynamikd said:
I was under the impression that method no longer worked. If I'm wrong, please correct me.
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Nope, my bad. I'm wrong on this one. Good luck!

Well Tmo finally saw what we were doing in data throttling and it did work realllly well..but all good things come to an end.
I have however managed to "defeat" throttling by....staying under the 5GB. Through wifi surfing. I have wifi at home and at work and those are the two places you find me . Simple.
But its a DAMN SHAME because I never rode wifi before because HDSPA is faster than wifi. Takes me twice as long to download a CM nightie on wifi.
Tmo has got to smarten up. Still they're still my favorite compared to the others.

androidcues said:
But its a DAMN SHAME because I never rode wifi before because HDSPA is faster than wifi. Takes me twice as long to download a CM nightie on wifi.
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Your broadband connection being shared via wifi must really be slow for HSDPA to be faster. What is it, DSL?
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I agree,your broadband connection via wifi must really suck. I get an average of 13gb down & just under 3 gb up. Some day's I'll get a little over 15gb down. You should probably get a new router.
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Anyone still have Unlimited 3G...?

Just a quick question to all you 4G phone users out there. I'm looking forward to the Evo 3D when it's out. As you can see, I'll be coming from a CDMA Hero. I'm on the Simply Everything plan with Unlimited 3G, but was told that if I were to get any of the new 4G phones that I'd have to change to a plan that's Unlimited 4G with the 5GB/mo. capped 3G, regardless of whether or not I live anywhere near a 4G area or not.
My question is this. Are there any of you out there that have a 4G phone, are in an area with no 4G coverage, and are still on a plan with Unlimited 3G, or are we all going to be forced to change over to a 4G/3G plan, even though 4G may not roll out to our specific areas any time soon?
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You will not have to change plans. You will only be required to change plans if you have a plan that does not include unlimited data. 4G coverage is depended on if your phone has an antennae that will receive the signal. An extra $10 monthly fee is required for everyone which began on January 31st, 2011.

I don't think that's accurate. My 3G data is definitly not capped at 5GB/month. I've heard that applies to mobile broadband cards not phones.
^ Shift Faced

I've never used UNDER 5 gigs a month, and I've never had a 4G signal in the entire time I've owned my Shift. Used 12gigs my first month (had a 7gig download just to update World of Warcraft on a new PC) and Sprint could care less.
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Yeah the cap is only for 3g/4g internet cards, not phones.

I came from a hero to my shift and still have my unlimited 3g
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Thanks tons guys. That's a relief to hear. So, pretty much I'll just have to pay an additional $10/mo. then. I can dig that.
I do wonder why that differs from mobile broadband though, but that's a question for another forum I think. lol

johnequickiii said:
Thanks tons guys. That's a relief to hear. So, pretty much I'll just have to pay an additional $10/mo. then. I can dig that.
I do wonder why that differs from mobile broadband though, but that's a question for another forum I think. lol
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I can confirm too. Came from the Hero to the Shift, stayed on the same plan. Unlimited data, doesn't matter if it's 3G or 4G. And yes, they tack on the extra $10 a month when you re-up your contract.

johnequickiii said:
I do wonder why that differs from mobile broadband though, but that's a question for another forum I think. lol
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The cap is to deter people from using wireless cards as a replacement to a home connection.

Bye bye att hello t mobile

After being completly disappointed by att over and over again I finally jumped ship to t mobile. I picked up their dual core phone the g2x. Vanilla android is what I was after and I finally got it. Having dual core
Is nice too. My atrix was nice but g2x is just as nice. I know about the merger and eventually ill be back with att but at least ill be grandfathered in to unlimited everything. Screw u att!! I just wanted to thank everyone for all the hard work they put in to making the atrix great. Good luck with the bootloader
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Cool beans man. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

cool story bro

See ya once this merger goes through

I miss my nexus one that I had on att. Wish that was dual core
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Smallsmx3 said:
After being completly disappointed by att over and over again I finally jumped ship to t mobile. I picked up their dual core phone the g2x. Vanilla android is what I was after and I finally got it. Having dual core
Is nice too. My atrix was nice but g2x is just as nice. I know about the merger and eventually ill be back with att but at least ill be grandfathered in to unlimited everything. Screw u att!! I just wanted to thank everyone for all the hard work they put in to making the atrix great. Good luck with the bootloader
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Good luck I switched from T-mobile to AT&T in February. I was constantly on EDGE with my MT4G because of the bad coverage in my area but I really liked T-mobile....but at the end it is all about speed and coverage.

Why not wait on the Sensation?

i went to tmobile the other day and played with the g2x i personally didnt like it so i stayed with the atrix maybe with the sgs2

have fun roaming on ATT EDGE when not right next to a T-MO tower. That's what my fiance's phone always did. Even though T-MO's 3G (erm, 4G) is faster, ATT has better coverage of 3G... especially for those who travel a lot

Have fun with your "unlimited data"
Unlimited data - including 2 GB of high speed data (after 2 GB, data speeds will be reduced for the remainder of that billing cycle)
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http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/plans/...=Even-More-Unlimited-Talk-Text-Unlimited-Data
Your data session, plan, or service may be slowed, suspended, terminated, or restricted if you use your service in a way that interferes with or impacts our network or ability to provide quality service to other users, if you roam for a significant portion of your usage, or if you use a disproportionate amount of bandwidth during a billing cycle. You may not use your plan or device for prohibited uses.
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Your Data Plan is intended for Web browsing, messaging, and similar activities on your device and not on any other equipment. Unless explicitly permitted by your Data Plan, other uses, including for example, tethering your device to a personal computer or other hardware, are not permitted.
Examples of prohibited uses include but are not limited to: (a) server devices or host computer applications, including continuous Web camera posts or broadcasts, automatic data feeds, automated machine-to-machine connections or peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing applications that are broadcast to multiple servers or recipients, “bots” or similar routines that could disrupt net user groups or email use by others or other applications that denigrate network capacity or functionality; (b) as a substitute or backup for private lines or dedicated data connections; (c) any activity that adversely affects the ability of other users or systems to use either T-Mobile’s services or the network-based resources of others, including the generation or dissemination of viruses, malware or “denial of service” attacks; (d) accessing, or attempting to access without authority, the information, accounts or devices of others, or to penetrate, or attempt to penetrate, T-Mobile’s or another entity’s network or systems; or (e) running software or other devices that maintain continuously active Internet connections when a computer’s connection would otherwise be idle, or “keep alive” functions. For example, you cannot use a Data Plan for Web broadcasting, or for the operation of servers, telemetry devices and/or supervisory control and data acquisition devices.
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You're going to be so free, I'm not sure you'll know what to do with yourself.

Peace out sugar balls.
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jkrohn said:
Have fun with your "unlimited data"
http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/plans/...=Even-More-Unlimited-Talk-Text-Unlimited-Data
You're going to be so free, I'm not sure you'll know what to do with yourself.
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Ah hahahaha. T mobile users always prattle on and on about their unlimited data. When I had tmobile, I couldn't stand that. At least verizon only throttles the top 5% of the data users
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Smallsmx3 said:
After being completly disappointed by att over and over again I finally jumped ship to t mobile. I picked up their dual core phone the g2x. Vanilla android is what I was after and I finally got it. Having dual core
Is nice too. My atrix was nice but g2x is just as nice. I know about the merger and eventually ill be back with att but at least ill be grandfathered in to unlimited everything. Screw u att!! I just wanted to thank everyone for all the hard work they put in to making the atrix great. Good luck with the bootloader
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Just imagine if everyone did this on their way out.

Talk about a bunch of haters.
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Smallsmx3 said:
Talk about a bunch of haters.
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Well you're the not the first or last person who is going top post about your unlimited data lol. Or who leaves att for tmobile
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Smallsmx3 said:
After being completly disappointed by att over and over again I finally jumped ship to t mobile. I picked up their dual core phone the g2x. Vanilla android is what I was after and I finally got it. Having dual core
Is nice too. My atrix was nice but g2x is just as nice. I know about the merger and eventually ill be back with att but at least ill be grandfathered in to unlimited everything. Screw u att!! I just wanted to thank everyone for all the hard work they put in to making the atrix great. Good luck with the bootloader
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Awesome bro. Thanks for tellin all that just about everyone needs to know.

I had a look at a friends LG 2x, and while it was quick, the quality of the handset was pretty poor.
Loads of users reporting dust under the screen as well
Good luck with it

Honestly I could care less about unlimited data. I. had unlimited data with att
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Smallsmx3 said:
Honestly I could care less about unlimited data. I. had unlimited data with att
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Good. Cause now you don't have it anymore
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I'm still within my 30 return with att. Can't decide to go back to T-Mobile or not. Might grab that 3000 minutes plan promo for $160 a month. Didn't have any complaints with them when I was with them. But I have no complaints with att so far either.
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If you use At&t, I need a minute from you

We have bunch of thread about Throttle Data. If you don't like getting throttle please sign this petition and spread the word in our xda community. We need to get more people sign this petition faster so we can resolve the issue. And tell At&t to F*** Off because i hate when I pay for unlimitated data and only get about 3.5 to 4 GB with full speed. SO PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION HERE.

Honestly speaking, will this really do anything? At&t reserves the right to throttle or stop your data service as they see fit. Shady and screwed up, I know, but it is defined in the contract we signed when we all got service from them.

My data isn't throttled, but I don't actually use more than 3GB a month.

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Well we know how these companies tend to suck our hard earned money.
We have to sign a contract and still limit our usage.
I suggest move to another network which have a better data plan from AT&T.

This wouldn't do anything. It's obvious no one likes data throttling.

vbansal said:
Well we know how these companies tend to suck our hard earned money.
We have to sign a contract and still limit our usage.
I suggest move to another network which have a better data plan from AT&T.
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Move to T-mobile Switched from ATT and not regretting. Everything unlimited for the same price I paid at ATT for only 500 mins and 2 GB plan

The Big red did the same to me.Not even 2gb, but .7gb! I am not sure if I can sign being on the big red/ AT&T 15 unlimited non-smartphone plan.

profipix said:
Move to T-mobile Switched from ATT and not regretting. Everything unlimited for the same price I paid at ATT for only 500 mins and 2 GB plan
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doesnt TMO throttle you too?

Yes they do. Sprint is the only one that does not.

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doesnt TMO throttle you too?
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Only if you don't have a grandfathered plan. I've never been throttled on TMo. I routinely use over 10GB of data per month including tethering.

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We have bunch of thread about Throttle Data. If you don't like getting throttle please sign this petition and spread the word in our xda community. We need to get more people sign this petition faster so we can resolve the issue. And tell At&t to F*** Off because i hate when I pay for unlimitated data and only get about 3.5 to 4 GB with full speed. SO PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION HERE.
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Are you guys kidding me?
In Germany every provider only guarantees for 300MB - 1GB without being throttled to 64kbit/s while the plan states "unlimited"
You can get 4GB from T-Mobile if you pay extra...

well you can always change apn and have hspa+ speed on At&t better than sprint and t-mobile.

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well you can always change apn and have hspa+ speed on At&t better than sprint and t-mobile.
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That only works if your device actually has the bands for T-Mobile and AT&T packed in there. Software can't change hardware.

Well i have skyrocket which is similar to t989 so when i get throttle i change my apn.
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That only works if your device actually has the bands for T-Mobile and AT&T packed in there. Software can't change hardware.
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cajunflavoredbob said:
Only if you don't have a grandfathered plan. I've never been throttled on TMo. I routinely use over 10GB of data per month including tethering.
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Person said switch to tmobile.. cant get grandfathered data.
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ngocdao said:
Person said switch to tmobile.. cant get grandfathered data.
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T-Mobile does have 5GB and 10GB options that now include FREE TETHERING! Yes, you're still throttled after the 5 or 10GBs of data. But.....5GB for 30$ including tethering beats AT&T easily. 10GB for 60$ including tethering as well.... (referencing classic plan pricing here) is not bad either.
Only Verizon ATM beats it with Their double data promo (example: 10GB for 5GB price of 50$). That's a promo, not everyday pricing either.
Oh, yeah....NO TETHERING INCLUDED on Verizon either.....
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Whatever works better for you then hey, more power to you but ..you get what you pay for... and quality > quantity for me.. hehe
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Whatever works better for you then hey, more power to you but ..you get what you pay for... and quality > quantity for me.. hehe
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I have no quality issues with T-Mobile. Fast HSPA+ speeds plus four bars (68-72dBm). I'll admit outside major metropolitan areas T-Mobile is lacking, but for the majority of us living in those major metropolitan areas....T-Mobile is the better deal.
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Person said switch to tmobile.. cant get grandfathered data.
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The person I responded to only asked about data throttling. You can grab a promo plan from them anyway that includes tethering, just as babydoll suggested.
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I have no quality issues with T-Mobile. Fast HSPA+ speeds plus four bars (68-72dBm). I'll admit outside major metropolitan areas T-Mobile is lacking, but for the majority of us living in those major metropolitan areas....T-Mobile is the better deal.
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I've never had issues with them either. They cover most of my routes in South Louisiana to my customers' homes. They've recently expanded their 3G coverage as well. I was pretty excited to see be able to stream last.fm again in some out of the way places.

Anyone Running Their Nexus 4 On AT&T MediaNet?

I've been running phones on medianet unlimited for over 7 years now. In the past I saw threads where the original Nexus and Nexus S were detected by AT&T and were forced to use smartphone plans. Before purchasing this phone I wanted to check if this version of the Nexus was also detected as a smartphone. I've been using an international galaxy Note for a year on the $10 medianet plan and was hoping the Nexus 4 could also work on medianet.
Thanks

No, sorry
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There are some that are using medianet with their smartphones.. You need to change the apn settings to whatever they are for medianet.. If I run by the forums with the information I will post it here for you.
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N!ghtgold said:
There are some that are using medianet with their smartphones.. You need to change the apn settings to whatever they are for medianet.. If I run by the forums with the information I will post it here for you.
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I think the question is not in th APN used, but if AT&T recognizes IMEI number as smartphone - if it does, it will force data plan on you.
I've been usin Nokia phones for several years across the family and haven't paid more than $10/month for unlimited internet...
Wonder if the same trick will work with Nexus 4...
Anyone n the know - could you please post?

when I get my N4, I plan on switching to medianet $15/month unlimited data. Hopefully they wont recognize the IMEI

Medianet plan does not work with nexus 4..just came from att store..and rep put medianet plan for me..but when i got home..i recived text from att that i have smartphone.

Been running MediaNet all day on my N4, got a smartphone prompt on my GNex a few times...a quick call into customer service fixes it right away.

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Been running MediaNet all day on my N4, got a smartphone prompt on my GNex a few times...a quick call into customer service fixes it right away.
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That's great! I was wondering if you could report here occasionally for a few weeks to keep us updated on whether you still have medianet or if you got switched. Would be much appreciated!
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foehammer92 said:
That's great! I was wondering if you could report here occasionally for a few weeks to keep us updated on whether you still have medianet or if you got switched. Would be much appreciated!
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Will do, I am sure that even if they change it I will be able to get customer service to change it again. Never had a problem with them questioning me.

i call att and got medianet back...does anyone if it runs on HSPA+? any APN setting for it?

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i call att and got medianet back...does anyone if it runs on HSPA+? any APN setting for it?
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I'm getting it using wap.cingular
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I'm getting it using wap.cingular
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you mean default apn? well that work fine for me too but i am not sure if its HSPA+ or not..
i watch transformer with out any problem.

pbpatel1981 said:
you mean default apn? well that work fine for me too but i am not sure if its HSPA+ or not..
i watch transformer with out any problem.
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It is, you can find it by going to settings>about phone>status and look under mobile network type.
If your connection is idle it will say HSPA:10 but fire up Pandora or any music service and check, it will say HSPA:15

Just ordered the gn4 for the gf, hopefully the dumb phone data plan will still work for it

Yeah definitely hoping this will not get flagged and continue working. The phone has amazing specs and is dirt cheap. Definitely much cheaper than the HTC One X and has pretty much the same specs but for half the price.

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Will do, I am sure that even if they change it I will be able to get customer service to change it again. Never had a problem with them questioning me.
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Thanks for the info about calling customer service! What do you usually tell them? I just got flagged on my gnex and will getting my nexus 4 soon. Should I say something along the lines of "I don't have a smart phone."

azncber said:
Yeah definitely hoping this will not get flagged and continue working. The phone has amazing specs and is dirt cheap. Definitely much cheaper than the HTC One X and has pretty much the same specs but for half the price.
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AT&T doesn't seem to know this phone's a smartphone. When I switched my SIM from my Nexus One to the Nexus 4, my 2GB DataPro plan was removed and changed to whatever their dumbphone unlimtied plan was.
It was a pain in ass to get them to switch it back to a 2GB DataPro w/ LTE plan. Without the LTE plan, you don't have access to the HSPA+ APN, so you'll be limited to 1mbit downstream max. People have been getting ~3-5mbit (or higher I think) on the HSPA+ APN.

krhainos said:
Without the LTE plan, you don't have access to the HSPA+ APN, so you'll be limited to 1mbit downstream max. People have been getting ~3-5mbit (or higher I think) on the HSPA+ APN.
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Where'd you hear that the MediaNET cap is 1Mbps? AFAIK, it's 7Mbps. That's what the GSIII forums say. I can't even run Speedtest.net (says I'm getting 0.8KB/s...) so I can't verify, but I'm pretty sure I'm getting over 1Mbps. In fact, the Galaxy S came from still gets 400KB/s (~3.2Mbps) so I'm pretty sure that MediaNET goes above 1Mbps.

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Where'd you hear that the MediaNET cap is 1Mbps? AFAIK, it's 7Mbps. That's what the GSIII forums say. I can't even run Speedtest.net (says I'm getting 0.8KB/s...) so I can't verify, but I'm pretty sure I'm getting over 1Mbps. In fact, the Galaxy S came from still gets 400KB/s (~3.2Mbps) so I'm pretty sure that MediaNET goes above 1Mbps.
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I didn't hear that MEdiaNet was throttled, but I did experience something similar to your situation. While on "wap.cingular", Speedtest.net would act strange(9kbps downstream, ~1mbit up). I went to the store and got a new MicroSIM I couldn't get anything faster than 1Mbit. I called in, told them the Nexus 4 was an LTE phone so I could get provisioned for the HSPA+ APN's. They told me to power cycle (I just switched APN's from "wap.cingular" to "pta"), and I immediately saw 3Mbit.
So given this, I can only deduce that whatever plan I was provisioned for when I was taken off my 2GB DataPro was capped at 1Mbit. Given your findings, I'm concluding that anyone that had 3G service(MEdiaNet) before they rolled out HSPA+/LTEhad an unthrottled 3G service and anyone that gets it today gets throttled("Featurephone Data").
Also, the fact your Speedtest.net app is acting funny is usually a sign you're on the gimped plan that I got auto-switched to("Featurephone Data").
I can only guess and share my experiences -- since it seems the AT&T monster and their inner workings are far more complex then I gave them credit for. The same wap.cingular APN I was on, doesn't seem to be the same one those GS III guys are on.

Tbh, I don't really care for this thread. I can see that I'm getting HSPA+:15 when I use cellular data, and my transfer speeds are as good as they were with my old phone. I'm only paying $10 for almost 3G (US 3G is the worst 3G...), and ~400KB/s is fast enough for my usage. I can even streaming HD Netflix; I don't, but it's a good benchmark.
Also, the MediaNET plans are not monitored for consumption at all, so I have a true unlimited plan. When I first moved into a new apartment last October, Comcast was being stupid and couldn't get me internet for 3 weeks. I tethered for myself, my roommate, and all of our many daily guests. >10GB down during that time, at least 2GB up, and not a word from AT&T. Until AT&T gets a Nexus 4 variant, I'm not worried about my IMEI being recognized as a smartphone and automatically jacked up to an overpriced 2GB plan with faster speeds but marginal real-world benefit.
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I can only guess and share my experiences -- since it seems the AT&T monster and their inner workings are far more complex then I gave them credit for. The same wap.cingular APN I was on, doesn't seem to be the same one those GS III guys are on.
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There's something we can wholeheartedly agree on. AT&T, y u so evil?