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Has anyone been able to switch to a 4G unlimited data plan (in the NYC area)? If so, details please. I'm having issues.
There is no specific "4g" plan, it's all just considered the data plan. If you want unlimited though, you can easily get the medianet $10/$15 plan as your phone is not one AT&T provides. You'll get all the benefits of "4g" a.k.a. HSPA+.
rAmO1984 said:
There is no specific "4g" plan, it's all just considered the data plan. If you want unlimited though, you can easily get the medianet $10/$15 plan as your phone is not one AT&T provides. You'll get all the benefits of "4g" a.k.a. HSPA+.
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Seriously? I thought there was a 4g unlimited plan, along with an iPhone unlimited plan, and 3G smartphone unlimited plan.
Anyway, I have the iPhone unlimited plan and thought I could upgrade to the 4G one just to get faster speeds.
I'm currently getting the H+ signal and maxing at 3.3 Mbps download but averaging at 2 Mbps. I thought I could go faster...
There's no separate plan, its all the same data plan. Do some tests at night to check faster download speeds when the network is not so congested.
rAmO1984 said:
There is no specific "4g" plan, it's all just considered the data plan. If you want unlimited though, you can easily get the medianet $10/$15 plan as your phone is not one AT&T provides. You'll get all the benefits of "4g" a.k.a. HSPA+.
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Just wondering, what's the difference between the $10 plan and the $15 plan? Never got a straight answer as to the differences of them.
rwc3b said:
Seriously? I thought there was a 4g unlimited plan, along with an iPhone unlimited plan, and 3G smartphone unlimited plan.
Anyway, I have the iPhone unlimited plan and thought I could upgrade to the 4G one just to get faster speeds.
I'm currently getting the H+ signal and maxing at 3.3 Mbps download but averaging at 2 Mbps. I thought I could go faster...
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Dude, that is just our area, highest I've ever hit is 6.5/7 (and that was once, ever). It'll get better as we get different modems too.
The $10 is for the ones who pay the $30/month family unlimited messaging plan, otherwise it's $15.
Will I at least be able to get regular 3g speeds or do they throttle you even more?
Bad. Very, very, very, very bad.
I work for a retailer and I sell a hell of a lot of T-Mobile. You will be down to edge and from then on, it's pretty unusable. Their HSPA+ is brilliant in my area. It rivals the speeds of VZW's LTE here... But running on 2G is horrible. If you're on a classic plan and can afford to shell out another $10 a month, I'd just go for the truly unlimited data without any throttling. I mean, that's if you don't feel that 2 GIGs of HSPA+ is enough.
I'll be going with their $30/mo plan with 5gb of 4g data. You have to really try to go over 5gb of data lol
spitefulcheerio said:
I'll be going with their $30/mo plan with 5gb of 4g data. You have to really try to go over 5gb of data lol
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If you're spending $30/month it's unlimited now. There is no throttling on that plan. Th only 5GB plan they offer is $35 and that gives you the mobile hotspot feature. So, you should be good either way! I love the anti-throttle that they have going on. Definitely worth the extra $10 over the 2GB plan if you ask me.
morejaylesswar said:
If you're spending $30/month it's unlimited now. There is no throttling on that plan. Th only 5GB plan they offer is $35 and that gives you the mobile hotspot feature. So, you should be good either way! I love the anti-throttle that they have going on. Definitely worth the extra $10 over the 2GB plan if you ask me.
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Hate to burst your bubble but if you read the fine print on the $30 Monthly 4G it says first 5GB up to 4G speeds.
http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/monthly-4g-plans
found out that they throttle you to 2g speeds.
kzoodroid said:
Hate to burst your bubble but if you read the fine print the on the $30 Monthly 4G it says unlimited data up to 5GB max.
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Really? I'm going to check that when I get in to work today. I've read the fine prints on our new "TRULY UNLIMITED" brochures and the new contracts and I don't recall reading anything about that. I wouldn't put it past big magenta, though. Seriously.
I do know that the old contracts read something about "To provide a good experience to the majority of our customers (blah blah blah) up to 5GB." At our meeting a few months back about this, we were all told to make sure we're switching customers off of their grandfathered unlimited data plans that had the 5GB cap and move them to the newer ones.
Then again, I'm at a retailer that does VZW and AT&T as well, so I could be misinformed when it comes to that. I'm definitely going to have to look into it more.
kzoodroid said:
Hate to burst your bubble but if you read the fine print on the $30 Monthly 4G it says first 5GB up to 4G speeds.
http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/monthly-4g-plans
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Monthly4G plans are prepaid. Truly Unlimited Nationwide 4G is only offered on postpaid accounts. Assuming the OP is talking about a postpaid Truly Unlimited Nationwide 4G account, then there is no (advertised) throttle. As described here:
http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/Packages/ValuePackages.aspx
"There are no limits, no overages, no worries—you never have to keep track of how much data you use."
Monthly4G accounts will throttle to EDGE speeds after you use up your allotment of 4G (ex. "*First 5 GB at up to 4G speeds").
I wonder how T-Mobile's plans will shake up next year when they get rid of contract plans altogether and introduce LTE.
I went over my throttle limit once, when I move houses and didn't have broadband for a month. Throttle is slow.. Slower than edge. About the same speed as dialup.
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T-Mobile have this unlimited plan on prepaid phones and I have the exynos phone which I know that doesn't have 4g. But I also heard that it can work on any phone with 1900MH channel which I have. Is it possible to use this plan with unlimited data on my phone or not?
Just "upgraded" my wife's phone over on Verizon to the iphone6. they refused to allow her unlimited data moving forward. I have unlimited data and text grandfathered on my AT&T plans for my son and myself (I'm moving up from an S4 to a note 4 and he is moving up from an HTC One to a Note 4).
Anyone out there running into AT&T refusing to honor grandfathered unlimited plans for Note 4 upgrades?
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You can keep your grandfathered unlimited data plan as long as you want. If it's not giving you the option for unlimited data plan when doing the upgrade online you can call customer service and do upgrade over the phone or you can do your upgrade online and choose a different data plan but when you get the phone don't activate the phone yourself automatically on automated system, call customer service and have them delete the upgrade parked information and manually change IMEI and SIM card numbers
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Just saw a article yesterday that Verizon users with "Unlimited Data" grandfathered plans will now be truly unlimited and unthrottled. I will try to find the article and post it here. I have grandfathered Unlimited Data from ATT, so I HOPE they would follow suit and get rid of the throttling
http://www.google.com/url?q=http://...QQFjAA&usg=AFQjCNFvOhXIPB05PTKIGar9pNNE3x9kLg
http://arstechnica.com/business/201...-fcc-pressure-says-it-wont-throttle-4g-users/
I have a grandfathered unlimited data plan from Verizon. I have the 450 minute & 1K Message & $39.99 data plan for a total of $81.98. I've never once gone over my minutes in years so more than 450 isn't required.
The new unlimited everything plan is $85 and this includes Mobile Hot Spot (Needed now that FoxFi doesn't work on Nougat).
Has anyone made this switch? Is it as good of a deal as it seems? I wonder if this new plan is throttled or if it's the same as what I have now.
It's very much throttled unfortunately. In the fine print it says your internet speed will be de-prioritized after 22GB (meaning you'll be queued after other non-unlimited users), and the hotspot will only run on 3G which is basically worthless compared to 4G or WiFi.
If you are gonna switch, consider selling your plan on eBay, they're going for $1500-$1800 bucks. I'm never gonna get rid of mine.
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I have a grandfathered unlimited data plan from Verizon. I have the 450 minute & 1K Message & $39.99 data plan for a total of $81.98. I've never once gone over my minutes in years so more than 450 isn't required.
The new unlimited everything plan is $85 and this includes Mobile Hot Spot (Needed now that FoxFi doesn't work on Nougat).
Has anyone made this switch? Is it as good of a deal as it seems? I wonder if this new plan is throttled or if it's the same as what I have now.
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Speeds should be the same, throttling may happen if you "use over 22GB and are in a heavily congested area."
Hotspot should also be the same but it also applies to throttling at 22GB if it is congested.
Id go to Verizon and ask them what costs would be and if you'd save money by switching to the new plan.
You get 10gb of hotspot at 4G speeds then downgraded to 3G speeds (some users reported not getting downgraded to 3G or seeing differences after 10gb). I made the switch and have yet to notice any differences. I normally end up around 20-30gb used a month.
Also you don't get throttled you get de-prioritized in congested area, meaning someone would connect to the tower before you if over 22gb. And who know what is consider a "congested" area.
verizon unlimited plan, do you guys think this will be around come october? that is when my contracts are up on my to UL old plans....
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I have a grandfathered unlimited data plan from Verizon. I have the 450 minute & 1K Message & $39.99 data plan for a total of $81.98. I've never once gone over my minutes in years so more than 450 isn't required.
The new unlimited everything plan is $85 and this includes Mobile Hot Spot (Needed now that FoxFi doesn't work on Nougat).
Has anyone made this switch? Is it as good of a deal as it seems? I wonder if this new plan is throttled or if it's the same as what I have now.
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Bummed about FoxFi, and although it's not ideal tethering still works with grandfathered UDP. Check this out: https://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-s7-edge/help/tethering-nougat-t3568501