T-Mobile has decided to bring back unlimited 4G.
Source: http://m.yahoo.com/w/legobpengine/n..._host_hdr=news.yahoo.com&.intl=US&.lang=en-US
Just when I was considering switching to sprint for unlimited data. Well played T-Mobile.
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Here is T-Mobile official announcement.
http://newsroom.t-mobile.com/articles/t-mobile-unlimited-nationwide-4g-data
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Awesome. Since I be adding my kids my plan.
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It says there is no mobile hotspot feature with the unlimited data. If I root my phone, tether it, and use it for my internet connection at home anyways, is there anything they can/will do about it?
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It says there is no mobile hotspot feature with the unlimited data. If I root my phone, tether it, and use it for my internet connection at home anyways, is there anything they can/will do about it?
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Pretty sure they can and will. You should read their terms of service
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I would love to switch to an unlimited plan but T-Mobile doesn't have very good reception where I live.
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No they can only moniter your phone if you have the stock ROM on it...custom ROMs will let you tether problem free
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I currently have unlimited with 5gb of high speed. Does this mean I have to change my data plan? I hate the slow speed I get cause I use my 5gb pretty quickly. No cap would be amazing.
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I would switch to tmobile, but I don't think it will work very fast with my desire hd. any info would be good
That's funny because my moms GS2 is running a custom ROM and T-Mobile would direct her to a page telling her to upgrade to mobile hotspot.
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IXChicharitoXI said:
I currently have unlimited with 5gb of high speed. Does this mean I have to change my data plan? I hate the slow speed I get cause I use my 5gb pretty quickly. No cap would be amazing.
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Tell me about it, my 2gb worth of high speed data goes out the window within three to five days.
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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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http://bit.ly/igjFKz link for liberty1.5
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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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Is there a solution to data speed throttling? My speed is 1/4 what it's supposed to be. Someone please help!
Yeah, leave tmo and go to sprint, where though shall never get throttled
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sgtmedeiros said:
Yeah, leave tmo and go to sprint, where though shall never get throttled
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Yup
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Yeah, leave tmo and go to sprint, where though shall never get throttled
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+10. Why would you say unlimited 4g? Then it turns into hspa+ then 2gb of "unlimited data" then slow me down to 1G.? Wtf? I went to simple mobile after that.....then I went to sprint - where customer service is a plus. If your phone gets messed up you can go to a repair center to get it fixed n replaced. AND YOU GET REAL UNLIMITED 4G........DATA THROTTLE DOESNT EXIST IN SPRINT......#IMJustSaying
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+10. Why would you say unlimited 4g? Then it turns into hspa+ then 2gb of "unlimited data" then slow me down to 1G.? Wtf? I went to simple mobile after that.....then I went to sprint - where customer service is a plus. If your phone gets messed up you can go to a repair center to get it fixed n replaced. AND YOU GET REAL UNLIMITED 4G........DATA THROTTLE DOESNT EXIST IN SPRINT......#IMJustSaying
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As a sprint customer, yeah it is unlimited and not throttled but it is also the slowest.
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Rem3Dy said:
As a sprint customer, yeah it is unlimited and not throttled but it is also the slowest.
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+100000 it keeps getting worse and worse and I don't even have 4g in my area
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Sprint doesn't throttle their 3g data speed because it come pre-throttled already
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onasri15 said:
Is there a solution to data speed throttling? My speed is 1/4 what it's supposed to be. Someone please help!
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1/4 of your normal speed? your normal speed must be very sloooow.. when i get throttled, my speed gets reduced to 56kbps. my unthrottled speed averages from 5-7mbps. i solved getting throttled by changing my plan to 10gb data before being throttled. whats your data plan? maybe you need to raise it. btw, im with tmobile.
I went thru the same thing as a Sprint customer but I called n complained & they did some type of refreshing n viola I was gOod
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Please elaborate. I'm luxky if I get 200kbps down. 3g gata is so slow that it is pretty much useless.
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Sprint doesn't throttle their 3g data speed because it come pre-throttled already
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Very tru lol.. here in Miami their 4G reaches to about 3 mbps ... but I believe they aren't unlimited anymore ... the best 4G Ull get is there home town ... that's where Ull see speeds reach 10- 13 mbps
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Lol at people that say Sprint is the slowest. No problems here at all with their speeds
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Guys, you've made the mistake of assuming he's in the US...
OP: you've made the mistake of not giving us nearly enough info to point you in the right direction...
What model Nexus S?
Which carrier?
Which radio/baseband version? (Settings, About phone)
Sprint is fast depending on location at my place its going at 50KB/S then ramps up to 250KB/s two blocks down at the cinema
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Lol at people that say Sprint is the slowest. No problems here at all with their speeds
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I didn't say I had a problem with the speed. I simply stated the fact that Sprint is the slowest of the big four.
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I have no issues here with sprint speed. I live in Tampa and I run it against my bosses bionic. I pull almost the same speed as lte and on par with my wifes att 3g LG optimus 3d
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speedy2slow said:
I have no issues here with sprint speed. I live in Tampa and I run it against my bosses bionic. I pull almost the same speed as lte and on par with my wifes att 3g LG optimus 3d
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Lol please provide evidence of you pulling "almost" the same speed as Verizon lte...
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Lol please provide evidence of you pulling "almost" the same speed as Verizon lte...
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LTE means nothing if coverage is low. Matter of fact, Wimax is theoretically proven to be faster than LTE. Don't know why people think LTE is so great.
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Just try the different radios/baseband versions! I noticed a big difference between them! You can see the upload/download speed with "network speed" or sth!
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LTE means nothing if coverage is low. Matter of fact, Wimax is theoretically proven to be faster than LTE. Don't know why people think LTE is so great.
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Theoretically? When has 'theoretical speeds" actually reflected REAL WORLD conditions?
#justsayin'
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I'm looking for a pay as you go network that has good service and good phones, I'm so over paying 90$ a month on my 4g and getting 3g and alot times even 1x I dont think its worth it! I would switch to att or verizon but I'm barely making it as is, so any recommendations for a new network
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Nothing?
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Check out boost mobile. They got shrinkage plans and are on the Sprint network. They just got the EVO Design 4G and the Samsung Galaxy II 4G.
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I think I might do Verizon, its 50 bucks for unlimited everything I just need to find the right phone.
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BigSmoke53 said:
I think I might do Verizon, its 50 bucks for unlimited everything I just need to find the right phone.
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Seems like a good deal, but it depends on the phones haha
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I think I might do Verizon, its 50 bucks for unlimited everything I just need to find the right phone.
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I'm callin' BS on that quote. Fifty buck for unlimited EVERYTHING on the most expensive carrier in the US. No way...
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I'm callin' BS on that quote. Fifty buck for unlimited EVERYTHING on the most expensive carrier in the US. No way...
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Before you try and call me out, how about you use that search button. Yes for 50 bucks you get unlimited everything. Calls, text and mobile web. Sounds like everything I need.
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BigSmoke53 said:
Before you try and call me out, how about you use that search button. Yes for 50 bucks you get unlimited everything. Calls, text and mobile web. Sounds like everything I need.
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Yup haha
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Yup haha
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The 50 dollar one doesn't include data though, the other 80 dollar package offers 1gb of data. I don't need data for awhile do the 50 one would work well for me.
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I'm on my hacked og using boost. Its on the standard plan, $50 unlimited. The real Android plan is $55 but since my donor wasn't android I cut it down. Had it 3 months, and in 3 more it will be $45. It's a hard plan to beat for the money.
But I can say, I looked at the new evo and just like sprint ...they wanted an extra $10 a month for service. Wtf man, that would bring it to $65....
I'll stick to my same donor and flash something new at some point
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I'm on my hacked og using boost. Its on the standard plan, $50 unlimited. The real Android plan is $55 but since my donor wasn't android I cut it down. Had it 3 months, and in 3 more it will be $45. It's a hard plan to beat for the money.
But I can say, I looked at the new evo and just like sprint ...they wanted an extra $10 a month for service. Wtf man, that would bring it to $65....
I'll stick to my same donor and flash something new at some point
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Sounds like a good deal, hows the service?
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jrollercoasters said:
I'm looking for a pay as you go network that has good service and good phones, I'm so over paying 90$ a month on my 4g and getting 3g and alot times even 1x I dont think its worth it! I would switch to att or verizon but I'm barely making it as is, so any recommendations for a new network
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I don't know which market you are on but I'm in LOs Angeles where Sprint SUCKS makor a$$. I am waiting for November to hit and kick Sprint goodbye.
Metropcs is stronger than Sprint in the LA area and offer a phone like LG Motion. It's a decent phone and if not, they are adding new phones every month.
U can check boost mobile and virgin mobile. They r not that expensive. Metropcs is a option 2 but it sucks in my area.U may be aviable to flash ur current phone to use with boost,virgin or metropcs. I've seen treads about how to do it.
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I don't know which market you are on but I'm in LOs Angeles where Sprint SUCKS makor a$$. I am waiting for November to hit and kick Sprint goodbye.
Metropcs is stronger than Sprint in the LA area and offer a phone like LG Motion. It's a decent phone and if not, they are adding new phones every month.
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I live in ventura so pretty close to you and yea I know when I'm in LA I get 1x
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Last week I paid a guy 79.00 to flash my Sprint Evo to Straight Talk. Now I only pay 45.00 per month unlimited everything and utilize Verizon 's network. 3g speeds are so much faster. You are cautioned to stay around 2gb per month in data though.
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taadow1030 said:
Last week I paid a guy 79.00 to flash my Sprint Evo to Straight Talk. Now I only pay 45.00 per month unlimited everything and utilize Verizon 's network. 3g speeds are so much faster. You are cautioned to stay around 2gb per month in data though.
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I was thinking of switching to straight talk, is it good?
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I'm on Cricket. $35 a month. Unltd talk and text. For data (3G) I worked on some settings and am basically piggybacking on a friends line. Hard to explain but if the interest stikes maybe I'll guide it soon.
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I was thinking of switching to straight talk, is it good?
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ST is very nice. I have no complaints. Better than Sprint.
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ST is very nice. I have no complaints. Better than Sprint.
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Hmm well I still have till june to decide, can I port my number over?
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Yes. I recommend watching the YouTube videos.
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for 4 years now I've been on medianet, using international Samsung phones, today I got a message .. guess we can cross unlimited and cheap data off our 'benefits of owning a i9300 on att'
AT&T Free Msg: This is a courtesy reminder that you have used 90% of your 3GB data plan allowance for the bill cycle ending on 10/12/12. Any overage is charged @ $10/1GB. Learn more at www.att.com/dataplans. Tip: Mobile Data is unlimited over Wifi.
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If you have been using media net for four years why are you on the 3 GB data plan, instead of the unlimited plan?
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ronj1986 said:
If you have been using media net for four years why are you on the 3 GB data plan, instead of the unlimited plan?
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That's because we paid a much lower rate of either $10 or $15 for unlimited data.
At&t won't let you keep your current plan if you buy an LTE phone. You must upgrade to an "lte" data plan, which are only offered with 300mb, 3gb, and 5gb limits.
not sure if you guys are understanding what I'm saying. I'm saying, out of nowhere they switched me over and started capping me all on their own
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See the thread in my signature, there is already a fix for it that worked for me.
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Dang - so do they have the IMEIs for the i9300s?? How'd they switch you over? Unless you're a really heavy user and they just figured that no phone on MediaNET should be consuming that much data as they're all dumb phones right?
So I'm on solavei, and I'm debating switching back to tmobile itself. Reason being I only get no more than 14.80 mbps, speed test goes that high and just stupid like it hit a wall. I'm using a t999 s3, do you think I'd get faster speeds on actual tmobile?
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The speed will be identical to T-Mobile if you switch. So you would be paying more for the exact same experience.
You don't believe it'll be any different since they only piggy back off tmobile?
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Get a T-Mobile SIM and get a $3 a day plan or the $30 5GB plan and see, or borrow someone's postpaid SIM.
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Get a T-Mobile SIM and get a $3 a day plan or the $30 5GB plan and see, or borrow someone's postpaid SIM.
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Good idea I'll do that.
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Curious who has actually tried solavei for a while, what was your experience?
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I read somewhere on xda that tmobile has a statement saying they make sure to take priority over other mvno companies.
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Just for future reference, I did a test today and can confirm a couple things. I did a few speed tests with my solavei SIM card sitting my phone in one spot, got about 380-1400 ping. Switched in a tmobile SIM using three truly unlimited plan and ping blew me away, it was constantly 80-99ish. As for down and up speed I was getting about 6-13 on solavei with about 1.5 up constant. And on the tmobile SIM I got about 10-14, but I expect faster once my phone number port is complete I was told to expect it being choppy. So far I notice a huge difference in use around town, as I was running errands all day.
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Also, even pegging out at 14.7 mbps (for some reason solavei doesn't let you go faster) I couldn't even watch a 2 minute YouTube video, now I can not only click hd version, but it doesn't keep buffering.
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Nobody interested? Ok..
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What APN are you using on Solavei?
I don't recall but it was a specific one that was sent to me via a automatic text from solavei. My number finally fully ported today and I'm seeing way bigger speeds, very happy I spend the extra $12 for tmobile truly unlimited plan. I can confirm solavei sets a max speed of about 14.7mbps, not bad but tmobile is noticeably better when actually using my data
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I don't recall but it was a specific one that was sent to me via a automatic text from . My number finally fully ported today and I'm seeing way bigger s, very happy I spend the extra $12 for tmobile truly unlimited plan. I can confirm sets a max speed of about 14.7mbps, not bad but tmobile is noticeably better when actually using my data
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Nick, I'm seeing Solavei speeds of up to 14mb/s too, which is personally plenty fast for me. When you consider that Tmobile's $50 plan slows down data speeds after 500mb, Solavei compares better
Solavei speed tests: http://www.4gmobileshare.com/solavei-speed-test/
I can see where you would think that, but a couple of things. Solavei is not just $49, the tax brings it to $58. So by that logic for $12 more you can get access to ALL tmobile towers, priority on your service, and no speed limits. Being a tech guy you wouldn't want to have a speed limit. The other thing is customer service, and not feeling like you're trying to be a part of a pyramid scam when you want to just sign into your dashboard abd pay your bill.
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Solavei is only a mvno, and they only piggy back towers, and at that, only some of the towers.
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Again, what APN are you guys using? I wonder if you changed APNs if it would improve?
I've used and tested every variation that was provided, including the dual apn's, but slavery sends an automatic apn setup through a special text message, which is what worked the best. I'm on T-Mobile note, but if you really want nee to get that apn for you, you can pay for the solavei plan, cuz I'm not doing that again lol.
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