So I see a lot of people going with the T-Mobile 5 GB 100 minute plan and was wondering..
What happens when you eat up all 5 gigs of bandwidth? Do they turn you off, charge you , or throttle you and if so what are the throttled speeds?
Thanks in advance !
I've never hit 5gb myself in the past, but you get throttled. Looking at or below EDGE speeds.
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I've never hit 5gb myself in the past, but you get throttled. Looking at or below EDGE speeds.
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I don't expect to hit it either I just was wondering "thanks" bud
Here in the UK (if your not from here that is) when you go over the 5gb they start charging you for every mb you go over by. I have a sim plan that has unlimited data 600 mins and 5000 text. I used around 6-7gb on a busy month but mostly use about 3-4gb so I'd say 5gb is plenty.
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It's unlimited. They just drop you to 2G/EDGE when you hit 5GB.
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http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/1763109-I-ve-just-been-throttled!
The signal is Edge but its slower, only 5-7k/s. I used to have the 200mb unlimited plan and went over to see how fast it was, it is unusable for just about everything since everything ends up timing out before they load. It is just fast enough to keep apps that use a little data (like weather) from breaking.
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Got the following text message this morning:
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.
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Sure enough, i'm now getting 96 kbs down / 105 kbs up.
I wasn't aware there was such a threshold on the Android unlimited data plan. I sure don't remember seeing that in the fine print.
Rather annoying that I didn't know this was coming.
I can't say anything about the fine print although I assume there would certainly be some information about the cap but I wish state or federal government would go after telco's who keep claiming unlimited while actually have a cap set.
It's not so bad in your case where I guess it is still unlimited, just throttled, but in Canada if we go over our "unlimited" amount we actually get charged per kb.
Now perhaps if Tmo said it is unlimited 3G data it could be even more frustrating.
Well how much data have you used?
That's a normal T-Mobile thing. Any of the other 3 carriers will shut you off and/or bill per KB.
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RogerPodacter said:
Well how much data have you used?
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This ^
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T-mobile has a fair usage clause. Basically unlimited means that you get to use what the "average" data usage is from all of tmo's data users. If you go over that, you still get data free but you get throttled. It is to help keep the network from being overloaded. Also Tmo doesn't charge you for tethering like every other carrier and I would assume that by getting that message you have been tethering all month.
I have used about 3gigs of data on Tmo and never had that issue come up. You must really be sucking down some data. Be thankful you are not on one of the other carriers. They would have hit you with a huge tethering bill and the associated data charges!
As far as I know the softcap is 5GB.
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wow. I checked my account with t-mobile and I had used a whopping 10 gb this month! (I usually average about 4 gb but for the last week I let a coworker with an iPhone 4 tether off my line, and between us, we were sucking up over 1/2 a gig a day.)
No more data for you iPhone dude.
On the bright side, my billing cycle ends in a couple of days.
Wow, I'm really happy to see 5GB is the softcap! I just hit 1GB and started getting really worried. All this tethering to my PS3 for Call of Duty is adding up lol.
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I use about 1GB a month...I'll never reach 5GB, but good to know I have some room to spare Definately, Tmob is the best for data compared to the other carriers.
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Got the following text message this morning:
Sure enough, i'm now getting 96 kbs down / 105 kbs up.
I wasn't aware there was such a threshold on the Android unlimited data plan. I sure don't remember seeing that in the fine print.
Rather annoying that I didn't know this was coming.
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YESSSSSSSSSS!!!! I LOVE T-Mobile for doing this to the ones that abuse the fair usage of the network! T-mobile made me a happy man today
I thought the cap was 10gb. If the OP used 10gb like he said, then it seems 10gb is the cap.
Why did the OP have an iphone tethered to him? Makes no sense!
The Android "plan" for T-Mobile has a 10GB softcap. Not the 5GB softcap.
The throttling is to 50kbps for the rest of the billing-cycle but it looks like there's a bit of give on the throttling.
Cheers,
Kermee
worker1 said:
Why did the OP have an iphone tethered to him? Makes no sense!
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Because the iphone has less bars in more places?
I don't get it. If there's a cap then it's not unlimited. If it's not unlimited why is T-Mobile allowed to advertise it as that?
Mokurex said:
I don't get it. If there's a cap then it's not unlimited. If it's not unlimited why is T-Mobile allowed to advertise it as that?
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unlimited data, not unlimited 3g/H as it turns out
I gave iPhone guy access so he could setup his new iphone4, also demo facetime and hd youtube (which he can't do over 3g). I suspect he abused the connection since my data usage more than tripled those days...
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I don't get it. If there's a cap then it's not unlimited. If it's not unlimited why is T-Mobile allowed to advertise it as that?
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It is still unlimited. Just throttled. 10 gigs is more than generous.
yeah it is unlimited but to keep network congestion down after you use a certain amount of data they slow you down. They don't charge you more though. The other carriers do a real nice tethering charge if you go over a certain amount, saying that you didn't pay to tether and you would never use that much data if you weren't. T-mo is awesome, believe it!
It could be worse. Some broadband providers are throttling users on their home accounts due to excessive bandwidth usage.
Is this true? 5 gig limit on data plan starting on the 16 of this month?
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The 5 GB limit has been around for a while. But they don't deactivate your service or charge extra if you go over, they just throttle your speed do you can't use data as fast.
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The 5 GB limit has been around for a while. But they don't deactivate your service or charge extra if you go over, they just throttle your speed do you can't use data as fast.
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The cap was 10 GB, actually. They didn't publish it anywhere but it was there, throttling users back.
There is no ban per say. It's a Cap, and there has been one for a long time.
Does it tell us how much of a decrease we'll see in speeds?
In Turkey, I used VodaFoneTR and after a 100MB limit they hit me with 15KB/s. And I was getting about 5MBPS before the cap. It wasn't too bad at all. Monthly data unlimited was 8TL which is about $5 usd. Very fair for the price.
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Hah, yeah it's real alright. Just a week after upgrading from my G1 I got a text from t-mobile saying I've reached the data limit for my rate plan. Which I think is bull**** since my contract should have been renewed right there and then, and there's NO WAY I used up 10GB in under a week.
I'll have a talk with customer service in a bit. Edge speeds down from hspa+ is a total kick to the balls.
they will be throttling down after 5 gig and also you will have to pay for tethering now as an extra feature which will cost 15 bucks a month, i work for tmobile and spoke to the vice president just yesterday when he came for a visit
Bbe1367 said:
they will be throttling down after 5 gig and also you will have to pay for tethering now as an extra feature which will cost 15 bucks a month, i work for tmobile and spoke to the vice president just yesterday when he came for a visit
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did you need to post twice?
Once it's rooted it will be a non-issue (paid tether anyway).
Is there anyway we can monitor our data usage? The myaccount apps from tmobiles doesn't give me the info.
sheek360 said:
Is there anyway we can monitor our data usage? The myaccount apps from tmobiles doesn't give me the info.
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You have to log into your account at T-Mobile as far as I know.
I have had internet since 2006, does it grandfather in the old unlimited rule? Or has this rule been around for quite some time?
Mog said:
I have had internet since 2006, does it grandfather in the old unlimited rule? Or has this rule been around for quite some time?
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Data is still unlimited, no changes there. The only change is that once you go over 5 GB of data transfer in a billing period, your maximum data speed is decreased to "EDGE speeds" (1 Mbit max, 400 Kbit typical) until the start of your next billing period. You should still connect with HSPA+ (if available), just without the HSPA+ speeds.
Per the T-Mobile contract, they are allowed to make speed changes "in order to improve service" and whether it's 10 GB (old value) or 5 GB (the new value) can be changed without it being a contract modification since they are still providing "unlimited" data service.
So, I was throttled last month for going over 5GB . But my New Billing Cycle Started Today & Im Still Throttled. I checked my account & it says over only used 10 MG. Any Ideas?
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how u know u are throttled??
I tried Speed Test & only hit 54 KB downloading. I tried watching a YouTube video, wouldn't load, surfing the web, Slow. Basically everything. The internet is just Slow. & I'm in a 3G area with good Coverage
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Seems like you can just call 611 and find out what's up.
Probably should call Tmo.
Why don't you change to another APN? I used to get throttle every month because I will go way over the 5GB cap. I started changing to a different APN after I receive the notification saying I'm going over the 5GB mark. I've been doing that for quite some time and I just recently change my data plan to 2GB instead because no need for me to pay an extra $10 a month for 5GB. Save money!
what do you change your apn FROM and TO?
No answer? Lol i dont buy it.....ive changed mine before to the suggested from an older post.....never worked and like this thread the guy that claims it to work never replies back.....go figure
Well, it figures itself out. I'm not throttled anymore .. but I'm up to 4 gigs so ill be throttled again pretty soon. Only 6 days into my cycle. But Im going to sprint starting on Christmas. So I can get some true unlimited data.
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Its about time this happened. And hopefully other carriers will take notice.
http://www.geekosystem.com/man-wins-att-throttling-suit/
it's don't understandable to me
Unlimited is just eye candy to these people there is no such thing as unlimited. For instance I had a contract with orange on a wildfire s UNLIMITED data usage n my wife used it a lot for Facebook but we used our wifi not the data n yet we got a bill in for £100 regarding data. It's the same with isp providers. They say and I quote "truly unlimited downloads" Yeh u can download as much as you want but they put a limit on your speed if you download around 5gb a month I personally download around 5gb a day movies music ROMS kernels apk's. Why should we be punished for it? Kudos on winning the case as small as the outcome was
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i'd like to see them win over AT&T's legal dept
There never has been and never will be "Unlimited." It says unlimited data use, not unthrottled data use. They never agreed to not throttle data, just that they'll let you use as much as you want.
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Shawn said:
There never has been and never will be "Unlimited." It says unlimited data use, not unthrottled data use. They never agreed to not throttle data, just that they'll let you use as much as you want.
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Unlimited literally means not limited. Pretty sure throttling is an implicit form of limiting my data.
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GUImess said:
Unlimited literally means not limited. Pretty sure throttling is an implicit form of limiting my data.
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Total agree, no one give free, especially AT&T
Shawn said:
There never has been and never will be "Unlimited." It says unlimited data use, not unthrottled data use. They never agreed to not throttle data, just that they'll let you use as much as you want.
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Well now there is Tmobile unlimited data plan and so far this month I have used 45gb and still have speeds in the upper area of 8-12mbps
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It's unlimited data download, but on their terms. Nothing to see here, really.
Nice!
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waiting for this to happen to straight talk.I've hard too many stories of people getting kicked off their unlimited plan
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People that buy phones see unlimited and they are like hell yea. Sprint used to throttle me all the time so I switched over to T-Mobile and the data is faster with sprint the data was fast but if I downloaded a file I would lose signal for about 30 secs then would come back on.
How do you know if you're being throttled on Verizon on an unlimited data plan?
I am already at 5GB with my new GN3 because of video streaming.
Is there any way to censor/block throttling?
jamor414 said:
How do you know if you're being throttled on Verizon on an unlimited data plan?
I am already at 5GB with my new GN3 because of video streaming.
Is there any way to censor/block throttling?
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I average between 17 and 19GB per month on unlimited (without tethering) and have never noticed a slow down due to high usage.
jamor414 said:
How do you know if you're being throttled on Verizon on an unlimited data plan?
I am already at 5GB with my new GN3 because of video streaming.
Is there any way to censor/block throttling?
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Doubt they throttle at all, my friend from here uses 100+ gb of data month, never said he's been throttled.
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No throttle.
If I remember correctly... The FCC slapped Verizon with a $1M fine a while back for trying to charge limited users for tethering and trying to throttle speeds on their network. Because of the spectrum they use for LTE it isn't allowed by federal law and they signed agreements to that fact.
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I do about 60 gb a month and have not been throttled.
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This is awesome news. I won't hold back my streaming now.
The sharing of your GB usage really helps.
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Doubt they throttle unlimited but they try to get to lose it as best they can i had unlimited and when they switched over my phone they sneeked in a special step putting my number on a basic line temp so my data would be lost so i lost unlimited got it back i used 100+ a month because it was faster then my wifi they did not like that
If you have to ask this question, they're throttling you.
Only way to really know is to do speed tests randomly throughout the month to see what kind of speed you're getting.
no throttle.
did 116gb this month. record high for me. lol.
I notice certain places on the Web are slower than normal
I work from home and download big files which was at normal speeds up until just a few weeks ago
Now I cannot download big files because of how slow my connection becomes
People even on Verizon website notice
http://forums.verizon.com/t5/FiOS-Internet/Is-Verizon-throttling-speed-to-certain-sites/td-p/656487
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