How mobile network data speeds work ?anyway to cheat it ? - Networking

In the morning i get 10mb + pretty constant
in the evenings i do one speed test around a 1mb i could do one 10 minutes later bit later 2mb then 15 minutes later 10mb
anyway to get the speed to stay 10mb do i connect to a different node or something every time or is the speed just loads balanced between loads of nodes. Essentially want to know if there is any way to trick the network so i can get the 10mb constantly in the evenings?
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no u cannot

Think of it like dsl. the more people the slower it goes.
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Not possible!

topcat07 said:
In the morning i get 10mb + pretty constant
in the evenings i do one speed test around a 1mb i could do one 10 minutes later bit later 2mb then 15 minutes later 10mb
anyway to get the speed to stay 10mb do i connect to a different node or something every time or is the speed just loads balanced between loads of nodes. Essentially want to know if there is any way to trick the network so i can get the 10mb constantly in the evenings?
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There's a whole thread to Three. I think they are the exception with their filtering. Most US carriers just have overloaded towers in big cities so you don't get good speeds (except T-Mobile, and maybe Sprint in some areas) usually. Also they may do QoS so the postpaid customers get more priority then the prepaid and the prepaid is over the MVNOs.

This really sucks :banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:
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What did you expect?
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What did you expect?
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Around what they advertised as realistic speeds of 10mb on dc-hsdpa. But to be honest would be happy with a steady 3-4mb. Don't think that is unrealistic surely?
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topcat07 said:
Around what they advertised as realistic speeds of 10mb on dc-hsdpa. But to be honest would be happy with a steady 3-4mb. Don't think that is unrealistic surely?
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LOL - that was sarcasm; not a real question. Unlimited data? Sure but we'll throttle the hell out of you if you use too much. Yep I am a true cynic when it comes to the carriers. They will always have fine print and an excuse.
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Tmoble throttle? Lol

Throttled at 5.02 gigs or so my account app says...then I get the text from tmoble @6.82 gigs .......now im at 8.43 gigs and still going strong lol....4 days till new cycle and the throttle still hasn't caught up to me...weird but good
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Shortbus-Driver said:
Throttled at 5.02 gigs or so my account app says...then I get the text from tmoble @6.82 gigs .......now im at 8.43 gigs and still going strong lol....4 days till new cycle and the throttle still hasn't caught up to me...weird but good
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wish I'd been that lucky 64kbps sucks
I thought they started throttling at 10GB ??
They throttle at 5gb on older data plans and 2gb on newer ones. Someone forgot to flip a switch lol
Im glad someone forgot lol
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Shortbus-Driver said:
Throttled at 5.02 gigs or so my account app says...then I get the text from tmoble @6.82 gigs .......now im at 8.43 gigs and still going strong lol....4 days till new cycle and the throttle still hasn't caught up to me...weird but good
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I love it, same thing happens to me. Don't take advantage thought.
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I've found tge throttle in good coverage areas is minimal I go from like 5mbps to 4mbps... Barely noticeable...
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Message!!

Free T-Mobile MSG: You have used over 5 GB of data this month. Your data speed has been reduced for the rest of your billing cycle per the terms of your plan....<---is this a good thing or bad thing LOL
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tgary said:
Free T-Mobile MSG: You have used over 5 GB of data this month. Your data speed has been reduced for the rest of your billing cycle per the terms of your plan....<---is this a good thing or bad thing LOL
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How could it possibly be good? You're being throttled back to EDGE speeds for the rest of your billing period.
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How could it possibly be good? You're being throttled back to EDGE speeds for the rest of your billing period.
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Oh nooo sum em gots to be done about that
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tgary said:
Oh nooo sum em gots to be done about that
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You cant do anything about it, you will be stuck on slow 2G speeds till your next cycle.
tgary said:
Free T-Mobile MSG: You have used over 5 GB of data this month. Your data speed has been reduced for the rest of your billing cycle per the terms of your plan....<---is this a good thing or bad thing LOL
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You should try cskigen's throttle patch and see if it works. Its posted somewhere in the royalglacier thread. Ivr got it on my phone but I havent gone over 5 gb this month yet so im curious to know.
I wonder if its from flashing a diff radio bcuz I never went over 5gb
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I guess I just have good luck... Never got that message, and for this month Im sitting on 6.37GB. I did however get a call from the ISP the other day. Basically they wanna know what Im using to eat 2TB+ a month.
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ESKIMOn00b said:
I guess I just have good luck... Never got that message, and for this month Im sitting on 6.37GB. I did however get a call from the ISP the other day. Basically they wanna know what Im using to eat 2TB+ a month.
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I'm pretty sure if you have a grandfathered data plan before they began throttling at 5gb you don't have a cap at all. How long have you had your data plan?
Edit: I'm pretty sure it was a T-Mobile CSR that said in here there is a checkbox on your account for throttled or not and if you had a plan before they began throttling at 5gb they didn't throttle you.
No telling, I've been with tmo since the powertel days. Im paying 20.00 for "unlimited android web" on the 3000 minute promo plan.
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Anyone notice 3g bandwidth limiting ?

I just moved. And now my only internet is my phone. This is my first month going over 2gb. My usage so far is like 3GB and change.. Now it seems when making large downloads my 3g will flicker between blue and grey as if its downloading then resting then downloading again. And I have not had a tether speed above 300 Kb/s in a week. I was getting 700Kb/s steady.. Also notice that sometimes 3g will now turn off completely then turn back on, which breaks my tether forcing me to restart it. Is Verizon declaring war on me?
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They are throttling your bandwidth because you're over your 2 GB limit.
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Disneycast25 said:
They are throttling your bandwidth because you're over your 2 GB limit.
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I'm locked into the unlimited data package, does that still apply?
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neh4pres said:
I'm locked into the unlimited data package, does that still apply?
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they might know you're tethering because i was at 4+ GBs of data used, and i don't tether. and i wasn't throttled at all.
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times_infinity said:
they might know you're tethering because i was at 4+ GBs of data used, and i don't tether. and i wasn't throttled at all.
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Damn.. I'm on miui and glitch.. You think they can tell by how i'm using it? .. Wonder if there is a way around it.
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I can't believe you cab get those kinds of speeds, I rarely get above 150Kb/s dl. No matter what radio it's always like that...
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markmm24 said:
I can't believe you cab get those kinds of speeds, I rarely get above 150Kb/s dl. No matter what radio it's always like that...
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it depends on of what your looking at is being measured in bits or bytes. im talking kilobits.. If you tether and use a program like utorrent to download something it will be measured in kilabytes which 150 kilobytes is fast for 3g
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Solavei???

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.
MrObvious said:
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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Nickdroid86 said:
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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Post Your HTC One 2G,3G, LTE speedtest

I haven't seen a thread on this yet post your speedtest location and carrier
Here is mine HSPA+ in my very small town that's only had 3G for about a year and a half recently it has went from an average of 3megs to this.
I'm on ATT
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This is with 1 bar on lte on a location that is not officially supported (that's why I had 1 bar only)
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This,on 3G.
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Those are slow is be pissed hope you aren't paying for highspeed data lol
I got a friend with a sprint ONE and he hasn't got over 3mpbs on lte lol how are these company's selling lte when they don't have anything close my 3g is faster than sprints lte lmao
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Hsdpa
Lte
Oklahoma ,US
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My plan is limited to 50 MBit/s. LTE speed tested is 52 Mbit/s Down and 49 Mbit/s UP. First time LTE user, I'm happy . Haven't tested 3G speeds.
(Finland)
EE 4G.
The 3G is around 8mb down and 3 up.
ac3kill said:
Those are slow is be pissed hope you aren't paying for highspeed data lol
I got a friend with a sprint ONE and he hasn't got over 3mpbs on lte lol how are these company's selling lte when they don't have anything close my 3g is faster than sprints lte lmao
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Sprint sells out cause there unlimited data. But, that data drags turtle balls. Lol
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Love at&t speeds! Unlimited plan here still too
luckylui said:
Sprint sells out cause there unlimited data. But, that data drags turtle balls. Lol
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Yea but I'd rather be unlimited than not lol. Im still grandfathered on my att unlimated plan
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I got Vodafone in the Netherlands and 4G isn't really rolled out yet, just a few few places..
But no 4G icon..
Rogers first one was more central so it was higher
Second one is by my house so more typical ...rogers lte is fast for sure
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io53 said:
My plan is limited to 50 MBit/s. LTE speed tested is 52 Mbit/s Down and 49 Mbit/s UP. First time LTE user, I'm happy . Haven't tested 3G speeds.
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I'm apparently not limited to 50 Mbit/s, it was just the speed test app that sucked. This is with speedtest.net . Too bad the test finishes so fast that it does not reach full speed, especially upload. Is there any way to increase the test time?
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io53 said:
I'm apparently not limited to 50 Mbit/s, it was just the speed test app that sucked. This is with speedtest.net . Too bad the test finishes so fast that it does not reach full speed, especially upload. Is there any way to increase the test time?
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I never use anything other than speedtest.net lol usually the others suck. There's no way to increase time
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Wow, you guys get some great speeds. Im not getting anything past 38-40 here.
io53 said:
I'm apparently not limited to 50 Mbit/s, it was just the speed test app that sucked. This is with speedtest.net . Too bad the test finishes so fast that it does not reach full speed, especially upload. Is there any way to increase the test time?
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your latency sucks. should be around 50 ms for lte. maybe if you choose another node?
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your latency sucks. should be around 50 ms for lte. maybe if you choose another node?
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Node might not help that. On my hone connection in North Carolina my latency choosing a sever that is 30 min away is 35. But if I choose a server in Washington D.C. my latency is 5 lol
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millicent said:
your latency sucks. should be around 50 ms for lte. maybe if you choose another node?
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The high latency is because the only node on speedtest with great speed here in Finland is as almost as far away from me as it can be
It's limited to this speed...but unlimited data.
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Lte is roughly 6megs down with 2 up! Dayton Ohio
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