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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 they also have the iphone and some other android phones (fairly outdated at this point)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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Using SGS2 on an AT&T dumbphone plan. Chime in please!

Have SGS2...(again!).
I set up my account on phone with AT&T. Getting my Similar card tomorrow. Have a dumbphone 'Razor's plan.
Told I've read of a number of folks with cheaper dumbphone plans.
Would really to hear of your experiences on it...specifically data speed performance....especially if you've used BOTH smartphone and dumbphone arrangements with ATT on this device.
Thanks very much.

Also!...the dumbphone plans have 'unlimited' data (s'why I'm trying this vs the 4G I'd be capped at)..
I know I have to use data with caution, but do you think that 4G total could be used (worst case) without red flags going up with the ATT 'Man'? !

I'm on $50 att gophone plan and so far so good. I've been using it for a week now...
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wootek76 said:
I'm on $50 att gophone plan and so far so good. I've been using it for a week now...
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Where are you? Get data speeds consistent with 4g?..3-6M's?

I'm on the $15 unlimited plan, and been on 4G plan as well. Both times same speed, around 1-4 Mbps around Seattle area.
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Been on a At&t dumbphone plan for about a year with no problems from at&t
(I was using the Samsung vibrant before my S2)
I get about 2-6mps depending where im at. I've gotten up to 7mps in Dallas, Texas when i go to visit

Elite GunnerX said:
Been on a At&t dumbphone plan for about a year with no problems from at&t
(I was using the Samsung vibrant before my S2)
I get about 2-6mps depending where im at. I've gotten up to 7mps in Dallas, Texas when i go to visit
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What kind of monthly data do you accumulate?
Thanks

I had the dumbphone unlimited $15/mo plan briefly OP and I can tell you that it works.
I went back to the unlimited smartphone $30/mo b/c I was grandfathered after practically imploring them to put me back on it b/c they kept (at&t csr) that I had been warned that if I switched to the dumbphone unlimted plan I would never be given a chance to be put back on the smartphone unlimted.
But anyways, it does work and at one point I got like 7.3Mbps down which is real HSPA+ speeds faster then HSPA+ 7.2, which the GSII is capable in theory of HSPA+ 21 so even on the medianet dumbphone unlimted plan I think with enhanced backhaul you'll be able to get wonderful data speeds on a dumbphone plan on your Galaxy SII.

rockky said:
What kind of monthly data do you accumulate?
Thanks
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1 to 2 gigs a month! I try and stay under the radar

rockky said:
Where are you? Get data speeds consistent with 4g?..3-6M's?
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No, not at all. When I run the speedtest.net it only shows .30mbps but when I'm using the phone it gets the job done so I can't complain... I think it's the best bang for the bucks...

chestvrg said:
I had the dumbphone unlimited $15/mo plan briefly OP and I can tell you that it works.
I went back to the unlimited smartphone $30/mo b/c I was grandfathered after practically imploring them to put me back on it b/c they kept (at&t csr) that I had been warned that if I switched to the dumbphone unlimted plan I would never be given a chance to be put back on the smartphone unlimted.
But anyways, it does work and at one point I got like 7.3Mbps down which is real HSPA+ speeds faster then HSPA+ 7.2, which the GSII is capable in theory of HSPA+ 21 so even on the medianet dumbphone unlimted plan I think with enhanced backhaul you'll be able to get wonderful data speeds on a dumbphone plan on your Galaxy SII.
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what modem?

Hmm... I. Don't really mind paying the extra bucks if the internet use is better...ie: something about the 4G plan that actually enhances 4G connection lol!
Kind of thinking it's not. It's just about $ for Att.

I go over 5gigs a month with my data package. Im using the old iphone 2g plan that can eventually be upgraded to the unlimted 30 plan. Been using dumbphone plans for 4-5 years with no issue.
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rockky said:
Hmm... I. Don't really mind paying the extra bucks if the internet use is better...ie: something about the 4G plan that actually enhances 4G connection lol!
Kind of thinking it's not. It's just about $ for Att.
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But the truth is it doesn't
Best thing is try out for urself and see if you find any difference.
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kirdroid said:
But the truth is it doesn't
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Some people who've moved to a 4G plan said it improved speed. Others have said it hasn't. It seems pretty inconsistent. With AT&T's network itself being inconsistent, it's really hard to say if there's a true difference using different APNs and a full 4G plan. Once the Attain comes out we can see what its users are getting as a comparison of what's possible.

BarryH_GEG said:
Some people who've moved to a 4G plan said it improved speed. Others have said it hasn't. It seems pretty inconsistent. With AT&T's network itself being inconsistent, it's really hard to say if there's a true difference using different APNs and a full 4G plan. Once the Attain comes out we can see what its users are getting as a comparison of what's possible.
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No need to wait for the attain to test the data speeds, the Infuse and Atrix are already H+ devices.

chestvrg said:
No need to wait for the attain to test the data speeds, the Infuse and Atrix are already H+ devices.
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Someone already posted that putting an Infuse SIM in an SGS2, side-by-side, the SGS2 got faster speeds (for them). I'd guess the radio and APN's are going to be different in the Attain. Maybe we can learn some stuff from its settings once it comes out since it'll be optimized for AT&T's network. Including some of the *#X#* settings.

[Leak] Sprint reportedly removing Unlimited Data on Hotspot w/no grandfathering

From Engadget:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/21/sprint-reportedly-capping-its-mobile-hotspot-plans-october-2nd/
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according to a leaked employee memo uncovered by SprintFeed, October 2nd is the dreadful date in which all unlimited plans (sorry Sprintsters, there's no grandfathering) will be given a limit of 5GB, and any overage will be charged five cents per MB. It appears that only phones will be affected, leaving tableteurs safe for now. So if you're currently using the hotspot feature, enjoy the last few solid days of sweet downloading while you can.
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According to the leaked memo, Sprint says that traffic generated on the phone is still unlimited, but using the built-in hotspot will now be limited. I wonder how this will affect people using wifi tether (who don't have a Hotspot plan to being with). Does wifi tether pass off tethered traffic as phone traffic? I mean, there shouldn't be a difference. Packets are packets...unless they do deep packet inspection and look at the browser strings.

Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.

Use a VPN when you use wifi tethering so they can't peek into your traffic, problem solved.

These could just be rumors. I don't think sprint would of gone thought all that trouble in there commercials bragging about unlimited DATA, with examples of other CARRIERS with DATA caps. I don't there will be a cap...

5GB cap on 3g/4g? How is that possible if they can't track 4G usage since 4G isn't through them? is it possible the can now?

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According to the leaked memo, Sprint says that traffic generated on the phone is still unlimited, but using the built-in hotspot will now be limited. I wonder how this will affect people using wifi tether (who don't have a Hotspot plan to being with). Does wifi tether pass off tethered traffic as phone traffic? I mean, there shouldn't be a difference. Packets are packets...unless they do deep packet inspection and look at the browser strings.
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just got off the phone with a Supervisor from the Sprint Customer Relations team where the supervisor said that they are not planning to discontinue the "Unlimited" Data hence the reason they are charging the $10 dollar Premium data, so that they can continue to provide the unlimited data services to its Subscribers.
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thlinx said:
These could just be rumors. I don't think sprint would of gone thought all that trouble in there commercials bragging about unlimited DATA, with examples of other CARRIERS with DATA caps. I don't there will be a cap...
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I see some of you are still in denial that unlimited data is going to last forever.

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

brownhornet said:
I see some of you are still in denial that unlimited data is going to last forever.
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Not denial... it just does not make any sense that Sprint would sacrifice its last network feature this fast. Remember, they took away SP and all the perks with it, the last reason why anyone would stay on sprint is precisely the unlimited data usage. Sure their prices are lower compared to the other telcos (and not by much) but keep in mind that many complain about extremely low speeds and lack of coverage in many areas.
Removing the unlimited data plan would mean that they are no longer competitive when compared against the other telcos... their lower price would not be incentive to anyone to keep/open a contract with them and it implies they would promptly align their prices with the pricing of the other telcos little after, basically being one more in the bandwagon.
Until I receive an official letter from them informing me of this change I wont believe it.

The curse of the iPhone.
Sprint will eventually (in 2012) get rid of unlimited. Once the "revolutionary" phone drops on Sprint they will be waiting to gain subscribers, lock them in, and change. Bait and switch style.
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gqstatus0685 said:
The curse of the iPhone.
Sprint will eventually (in 2012) get rid of unlimited. Once the "revolutionary" phone drops on Sprint they will be waiting to gain subscribers, lock them in, and change. Bait and switch style.
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I feel you on that! Kinda shopping around just in case that happens

gqstatus0685 said:
The curse of the iPhone.
Sprint will eventually (in 2012) get rid of unlimited. Once the "revolutionary" phone drops on Sprint they will be waiting to gain subscribers, lock them in, and change. Bait and switch style.
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If they drop unlimited (Witch is dumb on their part & greed) I am getting a tablet & a old school flip phone.
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Besides it looking bad for them to be plugging their unlimited data and then pull it, are there numbers to look at so we can see what percentage of the subscriber base does more than 5Gb of data?

Chillax people, the unlimited HOTSPOT data is going away, not the unlimited phone data. Most people on this forum are rooted and get this for free anyway so it will have no affect. It is an omnimous sign though.

pho75 said:
Chillax people, the unlimited HOTSPOT data is going away, not the unlimited phone data. Most people on this forum are rooted and get this for free anyway so it will have no affect. It is an omnimous sign though.
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Seems pretty premature of you to evey say that the hotspot data is going away without any notice yet from sprint.
In short, the sky is not falling, everyone continue on with business as normal.

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Besides it looking bad for them to be plugging their unlimited data and then pull it, are there numbers to look at so we can see what percentage of the subscriber base does more than 5Gb of data?
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6 days into my new bill, already used 7gb of data. Granted its 3g, not tethering, but with smart phones its definitely easy to surpass 5gb. Sprint will eventually get rid of unlimited data and switch to caps like the other carriers. Even the ceo or whatever of Sprint, Dan hesse, fortold of a day in which cell phone plans would be priced on data usage, not minutes. That day is quickly coming.
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It's super easy to get up to 5gb of data. If you don't use WiFi. Flash a few Roms, watch some YouTube, view news everyday you're easily pushing 5gb's.
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6 days into my new bill, already used 7gb of data. Granted its 3g, not tethering, but with smart phones its definitely easy to surpass 5gb. Sprint will eventually get rid of unlimited data and switch to caps like the other carriers. Even the ceo or whatever of Sprint, Dan hesse, fortold of a day in which cell phone plans would be priced on data usage, not minutes. That day is quickly coming.
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Reason I think he made that comment is they want to start using voip which would use data not minutes which if they switch to all data and drop the minutes they will be the first which others have said should be done as well least that's my guess and some others why else would they team up w Google for Google voice
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So this new sprint "law" will NOT affect rooted ppl? Are you guys positive they have no control over this?
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And also if they decide to control they "unlimited" plan on smartphones we should be able to get out of their contract right?

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So this new sprint "law" will NOT affect rooted ppl? Are you guys positive they have no control over this?
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And also if they decide to control they "unlimited" plan on smartphones we should be able to get out of their contract right?
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If you have the hotspot hack, you shouldn't be affected, but if you're paranoid you can always use tether apps from the market. They cannot control that. I have used the tether app for a long time with no consequences.
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Verizon doing away with unlimited data, forcing tiered data

Just read that this summer all current Verizon users who are grandfathered into unlimited 3G will be forced to switch to tiered shared data plans. Exact words were "Verizon will have no problem making money" off the plans. I have been grandfathered to unlimited data. And not that I use a lot what I don't like is that the price of data is about to get considerably more expensive and I for one am already extremely unhappy with vz and this just further makes Mr want to tell Verizon to shove it up their a$$ when my contract ends next January. Thoughts anyone?
http://www.droid-life.com/2012/05/1...going-away-all-users-pushed-onto-shared-data/
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Wow, guess I will be sticking with my Xperia Play for quite some time. My fiance has a Razr, so our 4G unlimited needs are covered. If Verizon is doing crap like this then they need to understand they are not a "telephony" service anymore. All I need is an IP address assigned to me and let me pay $5-$10 per GB I use per line.

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Just read that this summer all current Verizon users who are grandfathered into unlimited 3G will be forced to switch to tiered shared data plans. Exact words were "Verizon will have no problem making money" off the plans. I have been grandfathered to unlimited data. And not that I use a lot what I don't like is that the price of data is about to get considerably more expensive and I for one am already extremely unhappy with vz and this just further makes Mr want to tell Verizon to shove it up their a$$ when my contract ends next January. Thoughts anyone?
http://www.droid-life.com/2012/05/1...going-away-all-users-pushed-onto-shared-data/
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So far it claims that this wont effect 3g users until they upgrade to a 4g phone, I have an upgrade but I will not be using it EVER unless an xplay2 comes out ! Which could be never. But I had a feeling this would happen eventually. I seriously think the part about "making money off of data plans" is crap. They claim they want to push people into using more data, thats kinda crazy the actually claim this ya know. Like Gee thanks Verizon their basically saying " we cant wait to bank people on data plans"

I read about this.
They are doing away with unlimited, but they are introducing "shared data". I personally use about 200mb a month. So if they do 2GB for $30 SHARED (any phone and any tablet) then I'll be very happy.
I would prefer to use my smartphones without a data plan and only voice and wifi if I could do that.
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So if we just buy on ebay used phones and swap sim cards we shouldn't be affected? They said you will be forced to tier "upon upgrading". The best thing to do is wait a few weeks before this goes into effect and but the best 4g phone they have and that will get you two more years of unlimited lte
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I think that Verizon is going to find out that they could have made more money if they had kept unlimited data and raised the price of data by a few dollars. As of right now, they are forcing many users to lower their data plan and use less data because it is all they can afford. This means that they won't get much more money than before and the customer will get less data overall. Is that what they really want? If they want people to move over to tiered then they need to start updating their phones on time or even at all, and go out and get the best phones on their network. That way people will want to upgrade because the new phone is irresistible.
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This move has me thinking when some sort of Xperia Play 2 maybe comes out I will just buy an unlocked one and go on AT&T who is getting way better, as long as they support unlocked phones on what will be 4GLTE by then. Hopefully I can get an unsubsidized plan, for cheaper, and I can tell Big Red to suck a fattie, on principal.

There's one word to explain my emotions right now about this: f*ck. I use over 2GB a month with PDANet and Barnacle Tether. I need mah dataaaaaa!!!!
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The only reason I'm still with verizon instead of, say, AT&T is because I've got unlimited data. I use AT&T uVerse for home internet, so I can get a wireless deal. If I'm going to be forced to pay for tiered data, then I'm going to go to the cheapest place that has it for the most data. Not sure if its AT&T or not, but I'm going to start looking.

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This move has me thinking when some sort of Xperia Play 2 maybe comes out I will just buy an unlocked one and go on AT&T who is getting way better, as long as they support unlocked phones on what will be 4GLTE by then. Hopefully I can get an unsubsidized plan, for cheaper, and I can tell Big Red to suck a fattie, on principal.
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I have an unlocked r800a 4g that at&t said they would activate if I choose to leave Verizon (which they pushed me on while they had me on the phone )
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The only reason I'm still with verizon instead of, say, AT&T is because I've got unlimited data. I use AT&T uVerse for home internet, so I can get a wireless deal. If I'm going to be forced to pay for tiered data, then I'm going to go to the cheapest place that has it for the most data. Not sure if its AT&T or not, but I'm going to start looking.
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I agree. Its been a thought of mine for awhile now I guess. I love my Play and wouldn't mind a 4g one and At&t really isn't that bad. Verizon isnt "exactly" being a loyal provider ..
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Yeah I was with Cingular, then 2 months later they officially became AT&T, and was with them for 4 years, I had bought an unlocked phone after my contract phone died and stayed on a month to month plan, Then I moved to Utah where all my family is, moved so my kids can be around their cousins, and about 6 months here switched to VZ, bought a droid 2 global (f...u.... Moto) and noticed that my data speeds from AT&T were around 1-1.5mbps, VZ here is horrible. I have never gotten faster then 250kbps. This mixed with their bs pricing and lousy service, both hardware, and firmware related, and now the data tiered..... yup I am going to walk into a VZ store grab a VZ flyer stick it down my pants, wipe, and stick it on the door handle. Sorry for the rant, just have a lot of anger with VZ. I'm paying $30 a month for terrible data, I can barely do GPS sometimes. Rant done

216Monster said:
I have an unlocked r800a 4g that at&t said they would activate if I choose to leave Verizon (which they pushed me on while they had me on the phone )
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Att's "4G" Play isn't true 4G LTE. The next Play I'm sure will be but I've read rumors that ATT and others may not support unlocked phones on their 4G networks (which doesn't make sense at all, but I wouldn't be surprised). Guess we will see. We are 6 months to a year out from a new Play anyway, if it even happens.

216Monster said:
I have an unlocked r800a 4g that at&t said they would activate if I choose to leave Verizon (which they pushed me on while they had me on the phone )
I agree. Its been a thought of mine for awhile now I guess. I love my Play and wouldn't mind a 4g one and At&t really isn't that bad. Verizon isnt "exactly" being a loyal provider ..
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I came across a relatively new in box with all material Xplay AT&T 4G for $189 with free shipping, even though I still have about 9 months to go thinking if snagging that for when the time comes I can just use it on AT&T. Thats the other reason I dont care for VZ, CDMA, cant do voice and data which is retarded (I know its how the CDMA works) Plus with an unlocked AT&T phone when the wife and I go to China to visit family I can use it there on a prepaid sim card in China.

jgregoryj1 said:
Yeah I was with Cingular, then 2 months later they officially became AT&T, and was with them for 4 years, I had bought an unlocked phone after my contract phone died and stayed on a month to month plan, Then I moved to Utah where all my family is, moved so my kids can be around their cousins, and about 6 months here switched to VZ, bought a droid 2 global (f...u.... Moto) and noticed that my data speeds from AT&T were around 1-1.5mbps, VZ here is horrible. I have never gotten faster then 250kbps. This mixed with their bs pricing and lousy service, both hardware, and firmware related, and now the data tiered..... yup I am going to walk into a VZ store grab a VZ flyer stick it down my pants, wipe, and stick it on the door handle. Sorry for the rant, just have a lot of anger with VZ. I'm paying $30 a month for terrible data, I can barely do GPS sometimes. Rant done
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Thats pretty funny though I say you go for it and then be run like hell outa there to nearest att store with the flyer
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Att's "4G" Play isn't true 4G LTE. The next Play I'm sure will be but I've read rumors that ATT and others may not support unlocked phones on their 4G networks (which doesn't make sense at all, but I wouldn't be surprised). Guess we will see. We are 6 months to a year out from a new Play anyway, if it even happens.
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But its still 4g.. certainly can't be slower then vz 3g right?
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I came across a relatively new in box with all material Xplay AT&T 4G for $189 with free shipping, even though I still have about 9 months to go thinking if snagging that for when the time comes I can just use it on AT&T. Thats the other reason I dont care for VZ, CDMA, cant do voice and data which is retarded (I know its how the CDMA works) Plus with an unlocked AT&T phone when the wife and I go to China to visit family I can use it there on a prepaid sim card in China.
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Yea att 4g play has some perks I must say!
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216Monster said:
But its still 4g.. certainly can't be slower then vz 3g right?
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Supposedly ATT 3G is faster than Verizon 3G. Their "4G" right now is HSPA+ which is really more like 3.5G so its definitely faster. However the new 4G LTE, its like broadband speed. My Mother has a 4G LTE Droid Razr, its so fast that her data service is indistinguishable from WiFi from our cable connection.

jgregoryj1 said:
I came across a relatively new in box with all material Xplay AT&T 4G for $189 with free shipping, even though I still have about 9 months to go thinking if snagging that for when the time comes I can just use it on AT&T. Thats the other reason I dont care for VZ, CDMA, cant do voice and data which is retarded (I know its how the CDMA works) Plus with an unlocked AT&T phone when the wife and I go to China to visit family I can use it there on a prepaid sim card in China.
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Eh, the only reason that AT&T can do both voice and data at the same time is because of how their signal works. Those phones are always receiving two types of signal, so when you're on the phone, the data works at the same time, so long as you have adequate signal for that function.
Personally, the simultaneous voice and data isn't really a draw for me, as I can't think of when I'd ever need to use it. Besides that, it seems rude, at least to me, to be talking and surfing at the same time.

Rogue Leader said:
Supposedly ATT 3G is faster than Verizon 3G. Their "4G" right now is HSPA+ which is really more like 3.5G so its definitely faster. However the new 4G LTE, its like broadband speed. My Mother has a 4G LTE Droid Razr, its so fast that her data service is indistinguishable from WiFi from our cable connection.
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Oh . Well ty for the info! And my brother has a droid4 and vz 4glte is some quick stuff definitely!
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Verizon is only forcing you to a tiered plan when you get a new 3G or 4G phone. Otherwise, you can keep your unlimited data.
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savage24x said:
Verizon is only forcing you to a tiered plan when you get a new 3G or 4G phone. Otherwise, you can keep your unlimited data.
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Until they change that to
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Do we have any idea when this will take effect, or just "sometime this summer"?

[Q] Verizon 4G As Sole Internet

Hey Everyone,
I hope I'm posting this to the right section. Didn't exactly seem to fit in networking.
Anyway, for those Verizon users who are grandfathered into an unlimited data plan, as anyone used their 4G phone as their sole internet connection at home?
I ask because my internet went out this evening, and so I used the phone as a modem for about 3 hours. Couldn't tell the difference. In fact, the speeds may have been better. So I was wondering if I should cut off my Time Warner internet or if Verizon will start bugging me about my usage.
Thanks,
Steven

You will be happy to know that big red loves you so much that they have decided that unlimited data is no longer going to be available and will be updating you to a newer plan!
Sorry man...
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Stvnx7 said:
Hey Everyone,
I hope I'm posting this to the right section. Didn't exactly seem to fit in networking.
Anyway, for those Verizon users who are grandfathered into an unlimited data plan, as anyone used their 4G phone as their sole internet connection at home?
I ask because my internet went out this evening, and so I used the phone as a modem for about 3 hours. Couldn't tell the difference. In fact, the speeds may have been better. So I was wondering if I should cut off my Time Warner internet or if Verizon will start bugging me about my usage.
Thanks,
Steven
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Sadly I would say switch to sprint or some prepaid plan verizons gonna hurt soon
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Mother$%^#$%!

For sure ppl migrating from 3 to 4 g devices will lose it on a side note that probably means the new iPhones gonna be lte
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If you do any online gaming whatsoever the internet on these devices is useless to you. You would have such a high ping that the game play would be useless

why man why, you and you alone is why unlimited data is ending crap you , Beep and so on and so fourth.
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I have done it before and it works ok, but it will drop alot. Your speeds should be good. But yea unlimited data with verizon is ending.
I did the joke, becuase it seem's like a lot are trying to say that some one using more then 5,10,20,30gb is why unlimited data is ending, when really they just want more $.

4ktvs said:
why man why, you and you alone is why unlimited data is ending crap you , Beep and so on and so fourth.
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I have done it before and it works ok, but it will drop alot. Your speeds should be good. But yea unlimited data with verizon is ending.
I did the joke, becuase it seem's like a lot are trying to say that some one using more then 5,10,20,30gb is why unlimited data is ending, when really they just want more $.
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Haha - they won't grandfather you in but I still have unlimited data, just got a brand new S3 (yes, an S4 would be better but phones are so advanced now that these are evolutionary changes from one generation to the next. When the S5 comes out, I'll switch to the S4).

Stvnx7 said:
Haha - they won't grandfather you in but I still have unlimited data, just got a brand new S3 (yes, an S4 would be better but phones are so advanced now that these are evolutionary changes from one generation to the next. When the S5 comes out, I'll switch to the S4).
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Wow you dug up a year old thread. But when the S5 comes out I'd wait a couple months and buy an S5 for about the same price you'll spend on an S4 and have a current phone.
Just curious are you running your phone stock?