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Im sure most peeps know this but tmobile does in if fact throttle your 3g service if you go over 10mb here is the text I got today.
(Free T-Mobile msg: Your usage has reached the data threshold for your rate plan this month. Your speed has been reduced for the rest of this billing cycle.)
Anyway just FYI in case people didnt know.i called and argued about paying 30 bucks a month to be throttled down.they said when u go over you switch from 3g to edge.thanks ping33tx
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Take it you ment 10gigs.
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ping33tx said:
Im sure most peeps know this but tmobile does if fact throttle your 3g service if you go over 10mb here is the text I got today.
(Free T-Mobile msg: Your usage has reached the data threshold for your rate plan this month. Your speed has been reduced for the rest of this billing cycle.)
Anyway just FYI in case people didnt know.i called and argued about paying 30 bucks a month to be throttled down.they said when u go over you switch from 3g to edge.thanks ping33tx
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it's 10gb not 10mb. and that's a reasonable limit before throttling. there are other threads on this as well.

Does this count for downloading 10mb apps and stuff? I have not been throttled down and thought this was only a myth...10gb is a lot to go through a month for me anyway though
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Nope the chat rep said 10mb.now that person might have made a typo im just saying what was typed
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What are you doing on your phone that you need 10GB of data?
This is not new news. It's been like this for months.

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Nope the chat rep said 10mb.now that person might have made a typo im just saying what was typed
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lol. then everyone on this forum would be throttled on their first day of their billing cycle every month....
it's 10gb. been that way for a long time.

Well being a shift worker at a refinery n working nite,netflix comes in handy to make 12hrs go by been doing it for months n months n never got this text until today
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Well being a shift worker at a refinery n working nite,netflix comes in handy to make 12hrs go by been doing it for months n months n never got this text until today
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There you go!

As I am new to android/smartphones, can anyone tell me if there is any easy way to check your current data usage to see where you stand?

Yeah that might be,but the way I see it if your paying 30 bucks a month for unlimited then it should be just that.Hell my dsl is faster n cheaper lol and use ten times what I use on the mobile..Oh well just passing along,some peeps might not know.just trying to help
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Yeah that might be,but the way I see it if your paying 30 bucks a month for unlimited then it should be just that.Hell my dsl is faster n cheaper lol and use ten times what I use on the mobile..Oh well just passing along,some peeps might not know.just trying to help
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Hell your DSL is not the same as wireless. 10GB on a cellular network is a lot.

Yep ur correct on that.despite that moral of the story is if ur paying for a product you should be able to get that product.Right?
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Yep ur correct on that.despite that moral of the story is if ur paying for a product you should be able to get that product.Right?
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this has been discussed thoroughly in other threads....
but, basically, you are still receiving the product (unlimited web access, which is the same cost even if there isn't 3g in your area), just at a slower speed. a lot of cable and dsl companies do the same thing and their networks aren't as impacted by heavy bandwidth usage.

The dumb part is 10gig's isn't much anymore, some apps/games download 80-100 megs worth of stuff.
Not only that but last I checked the Samsung Vibrant comes with mobile TV app does it not?
So whats the point of having apps that are going to eat up data, are only good when they have 3g and we only have 10gigs or use or that?
It makes me sick every time I see ATT's dumb as use our internet commercial and don't state it's a 250 meg and 2.5 gig plans.
Tmobile isn't very far from being in the same boat because they give you a phone with mobitv and advertise the screen and playing movies and then expect you to not use it (and the data cell line to it) to stream videos/movies/shows?
Same thing for Win7, etc..
ALL these phones now are capable of pulling 100's of gigs of data in a month, yet they want us to accept a neutered phone with only 10 gigs of worthy access at descent speeds.
And no edge isn't worthy, might as well not have a data connection for anything other than checking email or getting tweets because it's way to slow.
So either go back to selling just dumb phones, or they need to expect people to be using more data.
I just don't see the point in living in this internet data based world and having all these damn cell phone companies refuse to allow us to enjoy it by not offering a true unlimited internet 3g connection to our phones.
And it's not the data pipe, or the usage thats a bull**** argument because the following companies offer unlimited internet through cell towers for laptops/home computers verizon/virgin mobile/sprint and sprint offers unlimited 3g to their 4g phones.
So no it's not about them "coping" with us the evil eaters of all the bandwith. If that was the case nobody, not one company could offer true unlimited 3g/4g but it is out there just not for the vast majority of the companies/options and you have zero options if you are GSM only like me which sucks.

I think 10gb is very far considering at&t gives you 2gb for 25 and then charges you more if you go over that

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I think 10gb is very far considering at&t gives you 2gb for 25 and then charges you more if you go over that
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Yes and I could offer to chop off only a pinky instead of your whole hand so thats better as well right?
Don't think so, if the cell companies want to make use of the airwaves that are limited, they should be forced to offer a unlimited internet package on all their services.
Same for home phone companies, if they want to offer phone service they need to offer dsl to all their customers, and have a unlimited package.
It's just tiring to see commercial after commercial showing this and that on the internet and you have to go to virgin mobile to be able to get unlimited 3g for a home connection. And they only charge me 10 bucks more than the cost for the internet on my phone.
So no I don't think it's to unreasonable to ask for unlimited 3g on my vibrant when you consider I pay about 80 bucks a month, and I use about less than 1 hour of talk time, only a few hundred text so the only real thing they are providing me in quantity for 80 bucks is internet and they can't even do that "right".
Honestly it hardly effects me because I don't have 3g where I live, but I do travel to 3g areas so I don't want to have that slow down.

I got a message telling me my connection was throttled as well. Problem is I haven't been using my phone. I checked my usage on the t-mobile website and it claimed my phone used a gigabyte while I was sleeping. At various points my phone seems to do a few hundred megabytes at random. This has been happening the last few days, which corresponds to the time that the gmail application stopped syncing on my phone. Is this a common problem?

Virgin Mobile/Sprint is giving unlimited 3G away for a few reasons
- Subscriber additions
- Underused EV-DO network (soon to be overloaded with unlimited usage+Evo/Epic; it's already happening) There isn't enough bandwidth to go around. Two people streaming YouTube constantly is enough to bring your overall data through put below 1Mbps where it was probably 2Mbps before.
- Subscriber additions, Sprint is hurting for them.

Very well spoken thats been my whole point to start with
I think 10gb is very far considering at&t gives you 2gb for 25 and then charges you more if you go over that
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Yes and I could offer to chop off only a pinky instead of your whole hand so thats better as well right?
Don't think so, if the cell companies want to make use of the airwaves that are limited, they should be forced to offer a unlimited internet package on all their services.
Same for home phone companies, if they want to offer phone service they need to offer dsl to all their customers, and have a unlimited package.
It's just tiring to see commercial after commercial showing this and that on the internet and you have to go to virgin mobile to be able to get unlimited 3g for a home connection. And they only charge me 10 bucks more than the cost for the internet on my phone.
So no I don't think it's to unreasonable to ask for unlimited 3g on my vibrant when you consider I pay about 80 bucks a month, and I use about less than 1 hour of talk time, only a few hundred text so the only real thing they are providing me in quantity for 80 bucks is internet and they can't even do that "right".
Honestly it hardly effects me because I don't have 3g where I live, but I do travel to 3g areas so I don't want to have that slow down.
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Join me in sticking it to Aussie telcos for overcharging!

Hey all,
I am starting a movement against Australian telcos for ripping us off, making us pay mega-inflated prices for phones, and giving us low quotas of data for huge amounts of money. Who's with me on this one? I mean, I pay $50 a month on Telstra, for $450 of calls and texts, and just 200mb of data. I also payed $728 for my Desire. I mean, seriously? I'm sick of being ripped off, and now it's time to make our stand!
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wow I thought Canada was bad. That is outrageous. Could be worse though we used to pay something like $25 for 7 mb of data and that was only within the last four years.
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Zaslav said:
wow I thought Canada was bad. That is outrageous. Could be worse though we used to pay something like $25 for 7 mb of data and that was only within the last four years.
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I know. It's getting to the stage now where I feel I should just switch to prepaid. Also in Australia, you can't get an unlimited data plan, despite the fact that we have plenty of bandwidth to spare, especially on Telstra, which was one of the first networks in the world to have HSPA+, which we cannot take advantage of because of our extremely low data quotas.
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I know. It's getting to the stage now where I feel I should just switch to prepaid. Also in Australia, you can't get an unlimited data plan, despite the fact that we have plenty of bandwidth to spare, especially on Telstra, which was one of the first networks in the world to have HSPA+, which we cannot take advantage of because of our extremely low data quotas.
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I'm in Canada and I'm going pre-paid.
To REALLY stick it to them (or at least minimize their profits, LOL), I'm hoping to find some way to turn WAP into a data connection.
There's a provider here, that is an MVNO using the Bell network, that offers no data plans but DOES support unlimited mobile browsing for $10 per month.
Has anyone ever set up any proxy that could convert WAP browsing to data ?

You're on one of the worst providers for value for money though. You can pay $29 on virgin mobile to get the same amount, or $49 for $300 of calls and 2GB. They're getting slowly better, but still not good enough I think. The trouble is, we're one of the only countries that still has data limits on a lot of our home internets still, so if they allowed unlimited on mobile, everyone would tether straight away.

Best phone company?

Which phone company in your opinion is the best with its "unlimited" data plans? I have tmobile and it is fustrating whne they slow my phone down but I heard that verizon is worse! I know sprint is really unlimited but it goes at 3g speeds which is slow compared to the other companies. So in your opinion which is the best???
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Which phone company in your opinion is the best with its "unlimited" data plans? I have tmobile and it is fustrating whne they slow my phone down but I heard that verizon is worse! I know sprint is really unlimited but it goes at 3g speeds which is slow compared to the other companies. So in your opinion which is the best???
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May be better put in an XDA general thread rather than a specific device thread. You're going to find lots of international users and T-mobile users in here so there's going to be a lack of info or a bias towards T-mobile.
As far as the USA goes, T-mobile and Sprint are the only two with unlimited data. AT&T has been on tiered 2GB plans for a long time, and Verizon has tiered as well. So its like this:
Sprint: Unlimited, literally. Use as much 3G/4G as you want
T-mobile: Unlimited to 5GB (if you're grandfathered) or 2GB if you're a new customer. After 5GB (or 2GB, plan depending). You get throttled to EDGE for the rest of the month, but no overages.
AT&T: 2GB cap. Overages for using more for 2GB. Can add another 2GB with a tethering package.
Verizon: Tiers. 2GB, 5GB, 10GB. Overages for using more than your cap.
So unless you like the phones on sprint, T-mobile is your best situation considering you can never get charged overages, just get slowed down. And the cap before you get slowed is higher than the others. Not to mention that a non-contract T-mobile plan is $30 cheaper per month than AT&T or Verizon w/ less data. Of course where you live plays a large factor too. T-mobile is known to have a smaller coverage area, but generally fast speeds when you do have coverage because of the quick HSPA+, and much fewer users per tower.
Sucks, but its the way it is here.

Id like to add to this thread, if u have a wireless router at home turn on your wifi when u r home. I got throttled once and it sucks, ever since then I wifi when at home.
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And if only the carriers here in Canada would actually realise that they are raping customers... maybe we could get great data plans... 35$ just for 1gb and 5$ extra per mb used if I go over... Like REALLY?
It's almost worth having a number from Europe with unlimited everything for 65$....

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And if only the carriers here in Canada would actually realise that they are raping customers... maybe we could get great data plans... 35$ just for 1gb and 5$ extra per mb used if I go over... Like REALLY?
It's almost worth having a number from Europe with unlimited everything for 65$....
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Yea I've heard Canadian carriers are horrible on price and features, even worse than the USA In some ways. We're both way behind the rest of the world when it comes to cellphone carriers and competition.

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And if only the carriers here in Canada would actually realise that they are raping customers... maybe we could get great data plans... 35$ just for 1gb and 5$ extra per mb used if I go over... Like REALLY?
It's almost worth having a number from Europe with unlimited everything for 65$....
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Geez, man I feel for you bro! How awful!
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As long a your at a place with sprint 4g your good with sprint
Plus tons of paces have wifi so its not much of a problem
Plus sprint usa kind of not as expensive as the other carriers
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Yea to me I do like sprint and tmobile the only problem is the speed that you get from sprint is nowhere near as fast as tmobiles my gf has sprint and my phone is faster than hers even when they slow mine down! That's really slow!
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I think "true" unlimited data is going to soon be extinct. Even Sprint will eventually change their ways. The rise of data-hungry smartphones is a reality on a finite amount of spectrum. Getting throttled is always preferable to overages, and this is why AT&T sucks (among other reasons).
Oh and T-Mobile is going to start overages as well, at least on their lightest data plan. Not sure how many of us Android geeks would start up this kind of plan, but there it is. Source----> http://www.tmonews.com/2011/08/t-mobile-changing-200mb-data-plan-away-from-throttling-to-overage/

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Oh and T-Mobile is going to start overages as well, at least on their lightest data plan. Not sure how many of us Android geeks would start up this kind of plan, but there it is. Source----> http://www.tmonews.com/2011/08/t-mobile-changing-200mb-data-plan-away-from-throttling-to-overage/
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There was a thread on this the other day. This is only for the 200mb plan, which you wouldn't even want to touch on a smartphone. Its meant for featurephones and super low end android phones.

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May be better put in an XDA general thread rather than a specific device thread. You're going to find lots of international users and T-mobile users in here so there's going to be a lack of info or a bias towards T-mobile.
As far as the USA goes, T-mobile and Sprint are the only two with unlimited data. AT&T has been on tiered 2GB plans for a long time, and Verizon has tiered as well. So its like this:
Sprint: Unlimited, literally. Use as much 3G/4G as you want
T-mobile: Unlimited to 5GB (if you're grandfathered) or 2GB if you're a new customer. After 5GB (or 2GB, plan depending). You get throttled to EDGE for the rest of the month, but no overages.
AT&T: 2GB cap. Overages for using more for 2GB. Can add another 2GB with a tethering package.
Verizon: Tiers. 2GB, 5GB, 10GB. Overages for using more than your cap.
Sucks, but its the way it is here.
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T-mo has a 10gb data package as well now. kind'a expensive IIRC though, I just stuck with my grandfathered 5gb plan... it's never an issue for me and I occasionally stream Netflix via PS3/Wii using wifi tether.
utilize wifi whenever possible and download files to your pc if you're at home/work then transfer them rather than using the phone directly.

I have the 200 mb plan. Rarely go over. I live in an E area. Rarely do i get to a 4G area. I was told when i went with t-mobile after centennial sold out to att that i would have 3 G . NOT. So i uses wifi whenever I can.

That's also a problem I don't have access to wifi neither do I have a home computer so I have to rely on my phones internet for mostly everything and it gets frustrating when my phone is slow
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That's also a problem I don't have access to wifi neither do I have a home computer so I have to rely on my phones internet for mostly everything and it gets frustrating when my phone is slow
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Well that's your own issue. Your phone's 3G connection isn't meant to be used as a home internet connection, and you really can't expect to use it in that way. The days of unlimited, unthrottled 3G are coming to a close, and you really need to think about that.
The prices for data are WAY higher per GB for 3G anyway, and you'd be better off buying a home cable/DSL connection even if you could use 3G unlimited.

Buying an (UK) O2 GS III today - will it be I9300?

Hi everyone,
This is my first thread on XDA dev forum, I have tried a search but this is rather a specific question I think.
I am today going to go and upgrade to a Samsung Galaxy SIII with O2. I am bound to O2 because I get discount having a very good friend who works there and to be honest they have been a great network for me so wouldn't change anyway (even though EE are rolling out 4G).
The question is, will I be getting a non-LTE or LTE version of the GSIII? I'm assuming its the I9300 (non-LTE), if that is the case will I hope I won't regret not having the 4G capability as O2 are planning on rolling out 4G in 2013 iirc. I get HSDPA on my sensation in most places which is plenty fast in my opinion and I don't use a great deal of data because I have wifi @ home/work. Is there anything I might be missing by not having 4G?
Cheers
Alan

You will get the I9300 from O2 at the moment..
As stated in previous posts, the data caps are just not going to make 4g that worthwhile yet in the UK. I'm usually the first to feel downhearted when a new thing comes out and I can't have it as I'm stuck on 2 year contract, but I ain't fussed about 4g.
My Internet is fast enough for doing daily things away from home, at home I have wifi, so downloading things is done at home, plus I have a 2gb allowance on my phone for my data.
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02 is the worst for data in the UK it seems. 1GB lol
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The LTE version also has double the RAM ammount...

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02 is the worst for data in the UK it seems. 1GB lol
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T-mobile doing unlimited LTE data for £21 a month at the moment... A mate of mine just signed up...

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T-mobile doing unlimited LTE data for £21 a month at the moment... A mate of mine just signed up...
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Unlimited being 3gb fair use by any chance?
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T-mobile doing unlimited LTE data for £21 a month at the moment... A mate of mine just signed up...
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£21 just for the data?
id rather have unlimited HSDPA (soon to be DC-HSDPA) for free included in my Three phone contract

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02 is the worst for data in the UK it seems. 1GB lol
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512MB on Vodafone in UK my friend. By no means is O2 the worst. Furthermore, to add insult to injury, Vodafone reps TOLD me I don't need more than 512MB. Who the fsck are they to tell me how much data I need??
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Does that mean the new LTE version on Orange/Everything Everywhere would be a Quad core version with 2gb of ram and LTE?
Wonder what the exact spec will be when its released. My guess it will probably be a SGH-I747 version for the UK.

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Its the £31 plan which is on offer... Currently reduced to £21...
I'm on the 3 mobile "the one plan" which is truly unlimited... The T-mobile deal is open to interpretation but its certainly worth potential users giving them a call to clarity.

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id rather have unlimited HSDPA (soon to be DC-HSDPA) for free included in my Three phone contract
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No... Not just for the data lol See post above..
Im on that "3" plan myself as it happens and I do abuse it

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No... Not just for the data lol See post above..
Im on that "3" plan myself as it happens and I do abuse it
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T-Mobile have fair usage policies and don't include tethering I'm on three one plan no fair usage and I can tether all I want.
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T-Mobile have fair usage policies and don't include tethering I'm on three one plan no fair usage and I can tether all I want.
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Yeah you may be right.... Does sound to good to be true.... And you could burn some serious data with LTE..
I've very happy with "the one plan" from 3 myself....
Will be interesting to see how LTE goes in the UK going forward though... "If" someone comes out with an unlimited LTE package inc teathering we could see people binning their home broadband and landlines altogether.

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512MB on Vodafone in UK my friend. By no means is O2 the worst. Furthermore, to add insult to injury, Vodafone reps TOLD me I don't need more than 512MB. Who the fsck are they to tell me how much data I need??
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if you have been with them for a while they will be looking at your past usage, this will be based on that. I use web access all the time and rarely go over 350 meg as I dont watch videos that often. What they are suggesting is that 512 is more than most users need.

I`m also on the "One Plan" on 3, great to have unlimited internet, and the other allowances in the contract are perfect for me to, just a shame I can`t get a signal most of the time when I am at home lol

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Im on that "3" plan myself as it happens and I do abuse it
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Im pretty sure that plan isnt 4G its just the Full Monty Plan from T Mobile.
4G will be handled by EE which users will have to upgrade to.
As far as i can see there is NO pricing data for EE 4G out yet.

I9300 S3 on O2
Hi
I got my SGS3 with O2.
The data amount i have is 1GB per month which i have never used all up and i would consider myself a heavy data user, its been plenty fast for me and always a reliable connection unless i go to Tottenham Hot Spur Games where there so many people packed in one space that theres no data signal. O2 have released an Android app which lets you track your data, SMS, telephone usage and bills and whils a bit finnicky to set up once going it does its job ok.
My only gripe with it when i got it was that the boot up and shut down screen would show O2s bubble logos which peeved me off as well as the useless bloatware they supply, fortunately a stock BTU firmware solved this and those have disappeared.
Other than that i have been satisfied with using my SGS3 on O2 and cant wait till official JB firmware is released.
BTW for those who don't like Tottenham (AKA Arsenal Fans), I don't support either team nor am i into football, i just work nearby and each time theres a game it wreaks havoc on the phone signals.

Shizbazki said:
Hi
I got my SGS3 with O2.
The data amount i have is 1GB per month which i have never used all up and i would consider myself a heavy data user, its been plenty fast for me and always a reliable connection unless i go to Tottenham Hot Spur Games where there so many people packed in one space that theres no data signal. O2 have released an Android app which lets you track your data, SMS, telephone usage and bills and whils a bit finnicky to set up once going it does its job ok.
My only gripe with it when i got it was that the boot up and shut down screen would show O2s bubble logos which peeved me off as well as the useless bloatware they supply, fortunately a stock BTU firmware solved this and those have disappeared.
Other than that i have been satisfied with using my SGS3 on O2 and cant wait till official JB firmware is released.
BTW for those who don't like Tottenham (AKA Arsenal Fans), I don't support either team nor am i into football, i just work nearby and each time theres a game it wreaks havoc on the phone signals.
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That was a close one, lol

Cheapest data plan for Nexus 7 hspa+?

Who has the cheapest data plan for the Nexus 7 with 3g? Thank you
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Who has the cheapest data plan for the Nexus 7 with 3g? Thank you
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It would be helpful to know where you are located, as Providers are going to vary depending on location..
In the US, most Wireless Providers have done away with "Data Only" plans.
If you are in US, You can get a Data Only plan from AT&T but that will not be cheap, at $50 for 5GB.
But if you walk in the store asking for a Data Only plan they will probably say you're out of luck.
You will have to ask/tell them you need a New SIM+Plan for a Mobile Hotspot Device (MiFi Thing)
That is the only way to get a Data Only plan through AT&T.
T-mobile, depending on who you speak with instore, and how dumb they are. Will sell you a Tablet Data Plan.
But you will probably have to lie and say you have one of their tablets (Galaxy)
And I believe the Nexus 7 is going to be release buy T-mobile anyways, though it will more than likely not be unlocked. (And I personally do not buy locked devices)
There is Straight Talk, which is $45 unlimited everything (Although you won't need Voice or Text, but will have unlimited Data for cheap)
You probably going to have to go with a "PrePaid" service that runs on GSM networks.
And don't rule out Voice/Text just yet, It's still unknown whether the Nexus 7 modem will support Voice/Text or not. It could, and they ability just be locked/excluded from the framework.
I myself will be going with StraightTalk as its the cheapest for unlimited Data. A SIM w/ Voice+Text service will still work, even though Data is all that will be used.

I was in the UK last week and got a data only sim card thru 3 UK for my galaxy nexus so I could get around. It was only 30 quid for 3 gb of data. And I got the card out of a vending machine at the airport, so maybe you can get something similar in the states.

I've been looking at a few 3G data plans and it seems like most of us would burn through them like nothing. Would upgrading your cellular data plan and activating (if not already have) tethering be another option? I recently got a 2gb increase + tether for an extra $10/month. I don't think the extra 6gb package was but another $10 more.

In Germany you can get at E-Plus 100 MB high-speed traffic for 5 Euro. 1 GB for 10 €....

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I've been looking at a few 3G data plans and it seems like most of us would burn through them like nothing. Would upgrading your cellular data plan and activating (if not already have) tethering be another option? I recently got a 2gb increase + tether for an extra $10/month. I don't think the extra 6gb package was but another $10 more.
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Tethering would depend on your Wireless Provider... Most Providers block Tether Apps (unless you root) But if they have a Tether ("Data Share") option, then its possible to tether the Nexus 7 to your cell phone, without your Provider penalizing you. But then why buy the 3G Model, instead of paying $50 less for the WiFi only version?

Why is anyone replying with helpful info. OP posted about as useless of a post as you could and most of you rush to be mister helpy helpy.
OP, turn your freaking TV on or go to your local shopping district and find out yourself you lazy ass.
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slimdizzy said:
Why is anyone replying with helpful info. OP posted about as useless of a post as you could and most of you rush to be mister helpy helpy.
OP, turn your freaking TV on or go to your local shopping district and find out yourself you lazy ass.
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No I think useless post of week goes to you.
Anyone find a decent pay as you go plan?

https://buyasession.att.com/sbd/Common/ShopRatePlans.action
This or the TMO 5Gb/100min $30/month would be the cheapest options.
For me, I think i'll give the ATT plan a try since they have far more reliable coverage in rural TX.

slimdizzy said:
Why is anyone replying with helpful info. OP posted about as useless of a post as you could and most of you rush to be mister helpy helpy.
OP, turn your freaking TV on or go to your local shopping district and find out yourself you lazy ass.
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WOW! Who bit instead of sucked your **** this morning? You sir win the Gigantic Spoon award, 1st place for stirring up **** for no reason!

In Germany it´s "Netzclub.com". Free 100mbit´s with HSPA+. After 100mb you´ll get a flaterate with 64 kbits

For UK readers of this thread, there is a "Free mobile broadband in exchange for 'watching' ads" service called Samba.
I've clocked up 812mb so far.

slimdizzy said:
Why is anyone replying with helpful info. OP posted about as useless of a post as you could and most of you rush to be mister helpy helpy.
OP, turn your freaking TV on or go to your local shopping district and find out yourself you lazy ass.
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No reason to flame the OP, if u don't have anything nice to say don't say it. Assholes. Why dont u go post useless posts somewhere else:thumbdown:? Any updates on this btw?
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im in london, im already on 3g or £15 i get
300 any network minutes
3000 txt messages
all-u-can-eat internet for 30 days:victory::victory::victory:

I was thinking of selling my new 32 gb for the new nexus 7 32GB 3G, but i have root on my current phone, so i plan to tether, or use my freedom pop hot spot.
I would recommend freedom pop if people have service by their home or commute to work. they offer a free 500 mb a month plan, and all you have to pay for is a hotpot, which is also fully refundable when you no longer want the service. If you want more data they offer some decent pricing plans, and its monthly fees no commitments.
I live in Boston and i get great service with the hotspot.

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I would recommend freedom pop if people have service by their home or commute to work. they offer a free 500 mb a month plan, and all you have to pay for is a hotpot, which is also fully refundable when you no longer want the service. If you want more data they offer some decent pricing plans, and its monthly fees no commitments.
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That's heavily debatable. There are numerous horror stories about how it's basically impossible to get your "deposit" back from this company. In fact, I don't think anyone has ever been successful in that endeavor.

I see several mentions of tether. I thought ATT could detect this now, or is that just the tether apps?

If only there was a way for free 3g
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Solavei is great for nexus 7 3G tablet
I have a nexus 7 3g tablet and i use Solavei in the dallas area.
I rooted and have texting, and havent figured out calls yet.
They use t-mobile and its been great service, and you have a chance to make money if you tell people with the social MLM if you choose to.
Data speeds average around 4-6mbs depending on where you are, coverage is pretty much full everywhere.
Alot of people think its a scam, but its a really is a cheap great service.
the website to signup is solaveis.net
$49/month for unlimited text, data, calls

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That's heavily debatable. There are numerous horror stories about how it's basically impossible to get your "deposit" back from this company. In fact, I don't think anyone has ever been successful in that endeavor.
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o im surprised, every problem i have ever had has been fixed and with really good customer service. Well then i guess YMMV with freedompop then
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naterfi said:
I have a nexus 7 3g tablet and i use Solavei in the dallas area.
I rooted and have texting, and havent figured out calls yet.
They use t-mobile and its been great service, and you have a chance to make money if you tell people with the social MLM if you choose to.
Data speeds average around 4-6mbs depending on where you are, coverage is pretty much full everywhere.
Alot of people think its a scam, but its a really is a cheap great service.
the website to signup is solaveis.net
$49/month for unlimited text, data, calls
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yea i heard of this company, this would be interesting.
Also straight talk $45 deal is interesting as well. same concept, but you can choose att or T mobile sim. i heard this works well. But the unlimited data is really only about 2 gb give or take 1 gb