The topic pretty much says it all. What is the moat outragous data usage you have used or that you have seen some one use? Just for sh! t's and giggles i would like to see some screen shots of the most outrageous data usage ever recorded. You think any one has a screen shot of using over 60gb? Well i would like to find out if any one has stomped the 100gb's in a month barrrier! Thanks guys and girls for entertaining me on a tuesday morning
Its impossible in Toledo. 3g speeds < dial IP and no 4g. When I'm in Cleveland next month I'm going to go crazy to make up for sprints inferiority. (Speeds are fast 1+mbit/s 3g and 10+ 4g there)
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Isn't it not allowed for you to reach that high on Sprint? I am not sure I am still on T-Mobile but plan on switching to Sprint today in a few hours as well as getting this phone. I just want to make sure... we can tether and our data is UNLIMITED with no throttling/slowdown speeds after a certain amount of GB used right? Because I also saw they offer a 5GB hotspot package... I use my phone for tethering/hot spot for my xbox live.
(Sorry for hi-jacking) your thread btw.. most I've seen was 5GB used, so this kind of took my by surprise.
well it depends were you live really, the 3G speeds suck atleast for me i dont reach 1mb down and in 4G it depends were you are as well i have gotten as much as 15 mb down and i live in Austin TX
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Good Lord... I don't see how NORMAL use can end up sucking up that much data.
Sure, if you're watching Netflix for 6 hours a day... But why anyone would prefer watching movies on a PHONE on a daily basis is beyond me.
Are you people torrenting or something?
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You're part of the reason why Sprint will end unlimited data plans, it's only a matter of time.
I've done 15-20gb a month for a few months on end, no tethering. Lots of streaming while surfing and/or downloads. Also big on remote desktop and vpn for remote media consumption at work...
... Now that it's all been moved to my work computer I average 4-7gb.
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wtf were you doing????!!!?!?!?!?
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wtf were you doing????!!!?!?!?!?
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Porn.
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You're part of the reason why Sprint will end unlimited data plans, it's only a matter of time.
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For using the unlimited data, which he pays for, in an unlimited manner?
My first modem was 1200 baud. 120 characters per second. That was over 20 years ago.
My point? Data consumption only goes up. Power users are always bumping into the limits of the technology. That seems unreal now, but, so didn't a 9600 baud modem at one point. In a few years grandmothers will routinely hit 50gb a month.
The carriers won't get any of my sympathy until the spectrum is literally saturated....a limitation of physics.
So carriers are allowed to sell unlimited service that isn't actually unlimited, over sell their under provisioned bandwidth... All measures of an intangible product of which there is no limit.... There is peak oil but no "peak data" (inb4 heat death of universe/2)... And these are the "good guys" in this game..... Over selling and under-providing an unlimited resource (as unlimited, but not really...?) that is guaranteed to only be consumed in an infinitely increasing manner at an exponential rate and HE is the bad guy!?
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Ever wonder how much it actually cost the provider for all this data? Maybe it's next to nothing and it's all one big propaganda. I find it hard to believe AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile is non profitable if they don't limit bandwidth. It's just how they use to charge an arm and leg for sms. I really think it comes down to how times are changing carriers use to bill/make money for talk time, then there's a big shift to sms, so they try to bill for sms. Now big money is on data. I mean ok it's wireless data but in the end the tower is still connected to a landline. So my home internet I'm free to have unlimited for $50 a month on FIOS let's say, and it's ok that I use 100GB/month easy so why not on a cell phone that I'm paying an equivalent for if not more. Even comcast internet has a 250GB cap and their monthly charge is like what 29.99, so how come a wireless data package isn't offering an equivalent? So it goes thru the tower then data is just through a land connection afterwards.
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Blah blah blah cry my a fkn river goodie two shoes.. For instance this is at least 2 or 3 bills together cause I'm behind first off. So everything is stacked. Actual month is not nearly that high. And second, I pay for my unlimited data and tethering plan. So fk off..
I know there are people far using more data than even what I have pictured whether or not tethering.
We all have it on our plans, you worry about how you use your phone, not mine.
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Blah blah blah cry my a fkn river goodie two shoes.. For instance this is at least 2 or 3 bills together cause I'm behind first off. So everything is stacked. Actual month is not nearly that high. And second, I pay for my unlimited data and tethering plan. So fk off..
I know there are people far using more data than even what I have pictured whether or not tethering.
We all have it on our plans, you worry about how you use your phone, not mine.
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Wait, so having unlimited data isn't really unlimited? I ask this because my previous post was kinda ignored and you here mention that your paying for tethering plan?
Yes you have to pay for tethering unless you root.
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Yes you have to pay for tethering unless you root.
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Ah, alright I plan to root anyways. Ok I was just worried that switching from tmobile to sprint would of been a fail on my part. :S thanks!
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Wait, so having unlimited data isn't really unlimited? I ask this because my previous post was kinda ignored and you here mention that your paying for tethering plan?
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Sorry, yes having unlimited is unlimited using data on the phone.
Using the paid hotspot app it is not unlimited.
Root and wifi teether is unlimited because data usage registers as on device usage.
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Then switch carriers, your money is your vote not your whining
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Then switch carriers, your money is your vote not your whining
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That doesn't make sense.
He should switch carriers because customers abuse the system?
Huh?
I dont know how to post a picture of the usage from my sprint account page.
But anyways, last month I moved into my apartment where I didnt have internet yet (Comcast) so I was using my Sprint connection for the whole month.
For that month October - November I did
3G Data - 6 GB
4G Data - 47 GB
That data was from tether to XBox Live - Tethering to PC
The 3G Data was when I was mobile such as at work ect when then I was downloading music and movies at work to my phone and then copy over to my pc to watch ect...
So 53 GB total for that month...
PS: From looking at my signature you can see that I had the bandwidth in my area to achieve that. 10Mbps is about 1MB/s
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I just got a letter in mail from sprint...I use a rooted phone for hotspots evedently if I don't stop they will terminate my account. Well I'm not stopping they can lose a customer but has anyone else got this
you probably used WAAAAY too much data....
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Yea I use about 10 thru 20gigs a month have before droids were even around. I use sprint phones cuz unlimited data and always hack or root them. There's no hi speed available in NY area at all no DSL no cable. O well
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I just got a letter in mail from sprint...I use a rooted phone for hotspots evedently if I don't stop they will terminate my account. Well I'm not stopping they can lose a customer but has anyone else got this
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Honestly I'm glad they're clamping down on abuse of unlimited data.
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Honestly I'm glad they're clamping down on abuse of unlimited data.
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So you can get something other than what's advertised?
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So you can get something other than what's advertised?
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Its advertised if you pay for the official hotspot you will get 5GB of data for the hotspot. And just regular cell data would be unlimited.
Read fine print in contracts.
As the op said he is rooted and tethering 10-20gigs of data???? Come on that's clogging up w/e local tower he is using. To me if your going to be tethering that much its only fair to pay extra.
EDIT: I just remembered reading something about tiered tether plans now. I'll see if I can find the article about it.
http://www.technologytell.com/gadge...changed-now-include-2gb-for-20-or-6gb-for-50/
Its always been 5gb limit and now they have 2gb and 6gb limits. So sounds like op is SOL when it comes to using 10-20 gb a month. Especially using a non-official tethering app.
Using 10-20 gigs of data per month pretty much says "Hey come look at me and dig though my account!!!!"
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They cannot know you are rooted nor tethering. So... yeah. They are just taking assumptions. I can download 20gigs without tethering on stock using 4g.
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You should read contracts before signing... it says if you are using a massive amount of data (not in those exact words) your data could be throttled or cut completely... unlimited still has limits I guess...
That's allot a porn...in unrelated news when's the last time you've seen the sun?
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They cannot know you are rooted nor tethering. So... yeah. They are just taking assumptions. I can download 20gigs without tethering on stock using 4g.
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I use about 30 gigs a month, and I use boost mobile, they called and asked why i was using so much data, I said youtube ^.^ they said ok and uncapped my data usage, guess ima lucky one.
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That's allot a porn...in unrelated news when's the last time you've seen the sun?
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They cannot know you are rooted nor tethering. So... yeah. They are just taking assumptions. I can download 20gigs without tethering on stock using 4g.
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Aye. I easily average 12 gigs a month just streaming Google Music and regular browsing without any tethering. I've hit ~22 gigs a few times doing this, but 95% of that usage was from streaming.
No letter or calls from Sprint over here.
data=data
Not really adding anything that hasn't already been said, but regardless of what Sprint puts in their TOS, data=data. It shouldn't be any business of Sprint's whether I'm doing that streaming audio/video to one device, or tethering it to another device to do the same thing. They sold us a device that can do virtually anything that most laptops can do so I don't see how them punishing users that use the device to the fullest is good business.
For the record, Sprint's 3G service here in Toledo sucks so bad that I don't think I could use that much data if I tried, but based on what I'm paying for the plan, I should be able to use my 'unlimited' data plan however I see fit.
Just my 2 cents.
Pls excuse my noobage, but what is tethering? Is it the same as me using my home wifi network?
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Not really adding anything that hasn't already been said, but regardless of what Sprint puts in their TOS, data=data. It shouldn't be any business of Sprint's whether I'm doing that streaming audio/video to one device, or tethering it to another device to do the same thing. They sold us a device that can do virtually anything that most laptops can do so I don't see how them punishing users that use the device to the fullest is good business.
For the record, Sprint's 3G service here in Toledo sucks so bad that I don't think I could use that much data if I tried, but based on what I'm paying for the plan, I should be able to use my 'unlimited' data plan however I see fit.
Just my 2 cents.
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I'm on nothing but 3G using that much bandwidth per month. 4G is ~400miles away from me.
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Pls excuse my noobage, but what is tethering? Is it the same as me using my home wifi network?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tethering
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Not really adding anything that hasn't already been said, but regardless of what Sprint puts in their TOS, data=data. It shouldn't be any business of Sprint's whether I'm doing that streaming audio/video to one device, or tethering it to another device to do the same thing. They sold us a device that can do virtually anything that most laptops can do so I don't see how them punishing users that use the device to the fullest is good business.
For the record, Sprint's 3G service here in Toledo sucks so bad that I don't think I could use that much data if I tried, but based on what I'm paying for the plan, I should be able to use my 'unlimited' data plan however I see fit.
Just my 2 cents.
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It wouldn't matter if they didn't offer tethering for $30 a month. It has been said many times that computer tethered packets are different than android packets so Sprint can tell who is just using youtube all month on their phone and who is tethering if they really want to.
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It is illegal to use your phone as a modem (tethering) without a tethering plan according to Sprint terms and conditions under data usage. In other words it is theft of services.
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Actually it is. It is illegal to use your phone as a modem (tethering) without a tethering plan according to Sprint terms and conditions under data usage. In other words it is theft of services.
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This +1000.. I mean let's face it, if we don't have wifi available, we are going to tether... but that doesn't change the fact that it says right on sprints policies or whatever that tethering costs extra money.. not paying said money for tethering is stealing... your paying for data to go to your phone, not through your phone to whatever you may be tethering to... so really, its exactly like stealing hbo or whatevr... I can very easily tap into my neighbors cable instead of paying for my own, but that doesn't make it legal.. I have tethered and will continue to if my wifi ever goes out, but I also won't complain if sprint cuts my service for breaking contract and tethering without paying... so really tethering without paying is stealing and if you get caught you should be reprimanded for it... so if you're going to tether, don't use 50 gigs a month and sprint won't care!!!
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Actually it is. It is illegal to use your phone as a modem (tethering) without a tethering plan according to Sprint terms and conditions under data usage. In other words it is theft of services.
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Very true. They just manage to ignore that minor inconvenience when advertising "unlimited" data, and don't really offer unlimited data for authorized tethering.
FWIW - I'm firmly in the middle.
Minor amounts of tethering should be tolerated, but using a phone as your sole (or primary) access for internet service without a tethering plan is straight up abusive.
I'd never heard of it b4 this thread, thanks for all the info fella's
Don't think it's summat I would do as it seems to much like stealing, plus my isp throttles the **** outta my broadband
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I called account services today to see how much ETF would be for me and my wife. They said i would have to pay $650 for both lines. I told them how bad service was in my house (100KBS download) and they did the unexpected. I will no ETF fee!!!!! All i have to do is send them my sprint phones(NS4G, Galaxy Nexus). As soon i hung up and my data kicked back on i had email from sprint explaining no Charges as long as i send the phone back within 2 weeks of cancelling and they even gave me a shipping label. I couldnt be happier. Now the question is who do i switch to??
TMobile Prepaid
$30 : 100 minutes, 5GB 4G Data, Unlimited Text/MMS
Yeah what the above said. Buy a Galaxy Nexus at the play store for $349 and with that plan, and watch yourself save hundreds a year.
How in the hell did you manage that! They didn't try to offer you a airwave (or whatever it's called) first?
Guess I'll have to give it another go...
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Straight talk , I used 7gigs last month , 45 bucks unlimited if u know how to use your data you can work them I've heard of some using 10 gigs easy
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Nice work! Yea, I'd go prepaid.
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Nice work! Yea, I'd go prepaid.
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lucky go tmo on sept 5 unlimited back
I have been debating on doing this for a few months now. Sprint reliability has steadily decreased in my area over the past several months and I am about fed up with it. Good to hear you were able to get out ETF free.
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Check out the prepaid options.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1455014
I have to throw Verizon in the mix as well. Verizon has pretty much the best nationwide coverage (3G and 4G) out of any carrier but you will pay for it.
I had AT&T for a year and half before Verizon and their coverage was/is no where near Verizon's. Most of the area where I live is still on Edge with AT&T and I just had 4G LTE show up on my phone the other day (Verizon is testing 4G in our area and is supposed to be fully up and running shortly).
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I have to throw Verizon in the mix as well. Verizon has pretty much the best nationwide coverage (3G and 4G) out of any carrier but you will pay for it.
I had AT&T for a year and half before Verizon and their coverage was/is no where near Verizon's. Most of the area where I live is still on Edge with AT&T and I just had 4G LTE show up on my phone the other day (Verizon is testing 4G in our area and is supposed to be fully up and running shortly).
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I moved from Tmo to VZW back in April and couldn't be happier. VZW has the best data coverage in America hands down, but as you correctly pointed out, you're going to pay for it. In the end though, it's a good value for your dollar if having reliable data at a decent speed damn near everywhere is important to you.
The straw that broke the camel's back with T-Mobile for me was when they limited data roaming on my plan to 100MB/mo and just cut it off at that without so much as the option of paying for overage. I travel to places where Tmo has no service. In those areas my phone would roam on AT&T, but streaming radio alone would eat up the 100MB roaming allowance. Screw that. I was a Tmo customer for 11 years.
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Verizon is a great deal for me an my wife, because both of our families and most of our friends are on it so we go through like 20 minutes per month. Otherwise, I would probably go prepaid. Just look up some coverage maps to make sure they work in the places you need it.
Wife and I were on Sprint up until January, then I got a letter in the mail saying I was roaming too much...When I called to ask about it I was somewhat annoyed because the wording of the letter was basically telling me they didn't want my business...upon asking them if I should take my business elsewhere we were released form our contract that we had just renewed 10 days before. On top of that we got to keep our phones, which we sold on Ebay (and Iphone that she had and an epic touch) Thank you Sprint...I will say they do have very nice customer service compared to Verizon, always willing to help and not sell you something.
Just my 2 cents...
Chris
You will pay for what you get. I had T-Mobile for a couple years worst service by far. They claim its 4g in Chicago area be lucky if I get 1Mbps down. Also dropped calls very several per day. I. Very happy with Verizon fast incredible internet faster than my home Comcast and never dropped not one call.
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Straight talk , I used 7gigs last month , 45 bucks unlimited if u know how to use your data you can work them I've heard of some using 10 gigs easy
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How do you get past the 2GB limitation? You edit the apn to remove the proxy settings right? Or am I completely off base lol?
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How do you get past the 2GB limitation? You edit the apn to remove the proxy settings right? Or am I completely off base lol?
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I'd read into the prepaid thread a bit. The 2GB limit isn't a hardline cap that they turn off your data at that point. Its more of a common wisdom that's been determined over time from people relaying back their monthly usage and experiences. There's nothing in Straight Talk's ToS that says they cut off at 2GB.
Depending on your market (# of ST users, market saturation, etc.) and usage that month, you may or may not be throttled at the 2GB-3GB range. I've heard lots of stories of people staying around 3GB just fine, and a few (but still some) reporting 5GB or more. It really is market dependent. YMMV for sure.
Is this the new thing? Making a new thread on leaving sprint? One of these was just made a few days ago...
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How in the hell did you manage that! They didn't try to offer you a airwave (or whatever it's called) first?
Guess I'll have to give it another go...
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I told them I don't have home internet so airrave would be useless. I also told them I had full bars just slow data speed.
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Is this the new thing? Making a new thread on leaving sprint? One of these was just made a few days ago...
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Not just Sprint. You'll see the same from carrier X to carrier Y. Then next week from Y to X. People just like to make threads.
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You will pay for what you get. I had T-Mobile for a couple years worst service by far. They claim its 4g in Chicago area be lucky if I get 1Mbps down. Also dropped calls very several per day. I. Very happy with Verizon fast incredible internet faster than my home Comcast and never dropped not one call.
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I'm in Chicago, I get over 4. So where do you live?
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Hey everyone! When. My contract is up with sprint I will most likely be leaving them for another carrier. I am leaning towards T Mobile because of their upgrade plans and good "4g" speeds.
What carrier would you move to and why? I live near Orlando Florida if that makes a difference. Thanks!
T-Mo cuz I am never going to ATT again and screw Verizon in their money hungry pig faces... I'll probably stay with Sprint tho, but it's between those two only for me.
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Already left sprint! Went to T-Mobile and it's been awesome so far.
Great speeds, cheap plans, good phone upgrade system, and they use gsm phones so if I ever get sick of them I can sim unlock and go with just about any carrier in the world.
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T-Mo cuz I am never going to ATT again and screw Verizon in their money hungry pig faces... I'll probably stay with Sprint tho, but it's between those two only for me.
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Already left sprint! Went to T-Mobile and it's been awesome so far.
Great speeds, cheap plans, good phone upgrade system, and they use gsm phones so if I ever get sick of them I can sim unlock and go with just about any carrier in the world.
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I have been testing t mobile for work, and we already have sprint. What a difference. I can't wait for my contact to end. My phone calls don't drop longer, the speeds are 4 times as fast... T mobile is a good option IMO.
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My contract is getting terminated on the 3rd of September. I am going over to AT&T. I love their customer service, and where I live they have great service. My biggest concern is where I work. That could be anywhere from Alaska up to New York at any ship building yard and sometimes a few miles off shore, any other carriers other than Verizon have no signal in those areas. Verizon is ok, but AT&T has a good signal inside the ships and a few miles offshore. T-Mobile and sprint... Nothing even around the ships.
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I'm on boost right now, but definitely looking to T-mobile for the future..Better speeds...I'm just waiting to save the money for the S4...Doesn't matter where I'm at..I will always have a Samsung device..:good:
Whichever is cheapest without a contract.
<3ing T-mobile
I bought an HTC One outright on Swappa for $460 and put it on the T-mobile prepaid $30/month plan Sim-kit I got at wal-mart. (Did I get raped for $20 you ask? NO because this includes the first month of use with it, so technically you can ignore the entire "add funds" step on the setup page. Comes with 5GB unthrottled data but only 100 mins. I use Groove IP + Google Voice anyway so this is a sweet deal for me. Gonna stick it to sprint who wouldn't let me out of contract due to material changes in July, since to them they are not "material" unless they make my bill go up. Which is utter bullcrap. Did you know? Sprint is NOT a member of the BBB. I find that funny.....I am currently roaming data trying to get my line cancled, but will probably eat the ETF(which with less then 9 months left, shouldn't be so horrible, and port my # to google voice for $20(so I never have to worry about giving my t-moble # out anyway)
I also feel that we do not get any roaming data on this plan.....but I'm near wifi enough daily to not really care, and even not roaming, the 2G speeds are still waay faster then any ****ty Sprint speeds. I've gotten 4GHSPA+ and 4GLTE in nearby towns and boy it was nice and fast! Still no Sprint 4GLTE what so ever, nor any 4GWiMax remotly near me (ironically they chose to give New Bedford MA LTE before Boston even? Seriously sprint?( Thus my GS2 is a very very sad phone to use
I also like how the ONE has b/g/n wifi so now I can actually get 100% signal in my bedroom whereas my poor GS2's G only had 1-1/2 a bar with me hanging it over my head to use -.-
Left Sprint for T-Mobile just this week. Been great so far and signal in my house is better than it has ever been with Sprint.
Only issue is that the Nexus 4 I got has a dead pixel Going to the store to get the phone replaced tomorrow.
I left them for PagePlus. While PagePlus does not have 4G yet, it's a BYOD (If you know the right people) and their coverage and 3G speeds are just like Verizons (they are true Verizon MVNO). Only $55 a month for unlimited talk/text with 2GB of data, and normally with promo codes you can get it down to $52.50. I plan on sticking with them until I can afford real Verizon (which currently for 1 line and 2GB of data would cost me $90 a month after company discounts :crying
I was with Sprint and actually never had a problem with their service. I was on the Unlimited Everything plan on the Samsung Epic 4G Touch and it came out to about $132.00/month with the phone insurance. The service for me was sensational as I am in West-Central Florida although I lived in 3G coverage and 4G was not available unless I went towards Tampa/West Coast. I never had any complaints or problems.
Eventually though I asked myself why I was paying that much a month for service when I could just hop over to MetroPCS and pay $40.00 for unlimited. I had a couple MetroPCS phones lying around for donor phones and I have not looked back since. The 3G coverage is a little spotty in some areas if you travel away from the coast but all in all; it was a way cheaper option.
When T-Mobile completely takes over MetroPCS and forces people onto GSM devices (Epic 4G Touch is CDMA), if that happens; I will gladly switch over to the S4 or S5 if it is out by then. Until then my Epic 4G Touch does everything I want and don't see too many reasons to upgrade yet.
Ting
Ting. Because I couldn't find anything cheaper. Also I like how their plans are structured.
I'm thinking of going to tmobile I heard it's pretty good
I'd love to go to Verizon since it's a power house here in DC.. but I was with them a while back and their customer service was terrible and I don't do well with limited data
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i went to tmobile as soon as the s4 was released. Never looked back. i love the ritual i go through everytime i go into a sprint store to pay my moms bill.
clerk: nice s4 you got there, like it?
me: yes, especially since i switched to t-mobile
clerk:......why you do that
me: your data speeds suck, even in network vision areas.
clerk: oh really proceeds to show me data speeds in network vision area, which is usually between 7&12 Mbps
me: proceeds to show my speed tests of 18-25 Mbps speeds
clerk:wow you got me there, i bet you pay more though
me:nope, i only pay $30 proceeds to pay my moms bill of $90
me: fyi, as soon as my moms contract is up, shes going to tmobile also
clerk:.........
I'm going to Tmo....I have crappy data and signal drops regularly. I swear if it weren't for the development I would have convinced my wife and we would have switched already... Upgrade smupgrade, I'm leaving asap. The devs are awesome though... Thanks guys!
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I went with Ting because of their Bring Your Own Device program. It has worked really well for the past 6 months. The only part that annoyed me was the phone number porting process. After that, it has been the same service as Sprint, but it only costs $33 a month for my usage.
Here's a $25 credit link, if anyone is interested in switching to Ting.
https://zooqns67q1.ting.com/
TheAtheistOtaku said:
i went to tmobile as soon as the s4 was released. Never looked back. i love the ritual i go through everytime i go into a sprint store to pay my moms bill.
clerk: nice s4 you got there, like it?
me: yes, especially since i switched to t-mobile
clerk:......why you do that
me: your data speeds suck, even in network vision areas.
clerk: oh really proceeds to show me data speeds in network vision area, which is usually between 7&12 Mbps
me: proceeds to show my speed tests of 18-25 Mbps speeds
clerk:wow you got me there, i bet you pay more though
me:nope, i only pay $30 proceeds to pay my moms bill of $90
me: fyi, as soon as my moms contract is up, shes going to tmobile also
clerk:.........
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30 bucks. What else do you get for 30 bucks?
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30 bucks. What else do you get for 30 bucks?
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unlim text, unlim data, 100 min
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unlim text, unlim data, 100 min
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Is that prepaid or a regular plan?
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Is that prepaid or a regular plan?
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A new report has surfaced this afternoon stating that AT&T isn’t the only one who wants T-Mobile and its millions of customers. We’re hearing Sprint is preparing a bid to buyout T-Mobile USA, which would be a big move to compete with the other main US carriers.
According to the Wall Street Journal nothing is final yet, but Sprint is in the final stages of preparing an offer for the buyout, which of course will need to seek approval before ever completing. Sprint was recently bought by Japanese carrier Softbank, who is now aiming to snatch up T-Mobile too and compete directly with Verizon and AT&T. This could be a major change that would shake up the mobile industry here in the US, and one worth keeping an eye on.
This isn’t the first time a company is going after T-Mobile. As we all know AT&T tried to do the same a few years ago and failed, as FCC regulators shut down the acquisition. If the deal ever gets approved it would leave the US with only three major wireless carriers, and instantly put Sprint front and center as one of the biggest carriers in the USA. Now only if their speed and network was anywhere near as good as Verizon, then we’d actually have something to talk about.
The WSJ states that Sprint is busy studying the approval and regulatory concerns before taking this huge bid any further, but if all goes as planned we could see Sprint launch the buyout attempt early next year. The deal is being reported in the ballpark of roughly $20 billion, depending on the size or percentage of the buyout.
T-Mobile’s parent company Deutsche Telekom reportedly wants out of the US market, and is willing to let go of its share of T-Mobile USA, which is around 67%. So that’s where the unsure number above actually stems from. AT&T’s effort was worth roughly $39 billion for the entire company, so we’ll have to wait and see exactly what Sprint and T-Mobile actually have planned for the $20 billion being reported.
Even if these efforts are successful and a buyout gets completed, the combination of Sprint and T-Mobile’s post-paid subscribers would be around 53 million, which is a lot, but Verizon has the lead at almost 100 million, and AT&T is sitting in an easy second with 75 million post-paid subscribers.
I hope it doesn't go through. I hate sprint. Nothing they do goes smoothly.
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Atleast they don't throttle data speeds..
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It's not going to happen. T-Mobile wouldn't sell out, especially after their new 'uncarrier' plan which is working well.
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Wouldn't be a bad move if Sprint switches to GSM after the buyout. If they try to foce CDMA on T-Mobile **** them.
Heck to bleep no. Sprint is awful, Tmobile is making waves now and will beat Sprint shortly
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Heck to bleep no. Sprint is awful, Tmobile is making waves now and will beat Sprint shortly
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Sprint is only awful because of their **** download speeds and because they are cdma. If they switched over to gsm and gained access to the T-Mobile network, it probably would only help both companies honestly. They need to get rid of Hesse and make T-Mobile's guy the CEO though.
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Atleast they don't throttle data speeds..
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T-Mobile doesn't throttle mine.. not even if I use 15gb a month.... You must have the el cheapo plan
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T-Mobile doesn't throttle mine.. not even if I use 15gb a month.... You must have the el cheapo plan
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Nah, I have unlimited text and data on 3 of my lines. But after the first 4.5GB, it slows down. :crying: It's alright, I barely use my data when I have wifi available.
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Nah, I have unlimited text and data on 3 of my lines. But after the first 4.5GB, it slows down. :crying: It's alright, I barely use my data when I have wifi available.
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I have the "Truly Unlimited Data" with the free 2.5gb tether for $20 a month. I highly doubt the DOJ will allow this offer to go through. And there only offering half of what AT&T did. But if it did go through... then goodbye T-Mobile from a customer of over 10 years.
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I have the "Truly Unlimited Data" with the free 2.5gb tether for $20 a month. I highly doubt the DOJ will allow this offer to go through. And there only offering half of what AT&T did. But if it did go through... then goodbye T-Mobile from a customer of over 10 years.
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The FCC will shut it down for oligopolistic reasons. I doubt they will allow three carriers to control the wireless infrastructure, it's bad enough as it is now. Personally, I hope it doesn't go through.
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I have the "Truly Unlimited Data" with the free 2.5gb tether for $20 a month. I highly doubt the DOJ will allow this offer to go through. And there only offering half of what AT&T did. But if it did go through... then goodbye T-Mobile from a customer of over 10 years.
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AT&T offered 39 billion yes, but that was for 100% of the stock. Sprint is offering 20 billion but didn't disclose for how much of a percentage.
Source link?
Also, I really hope it doesn't go through. I like being able to make phone calls inside buildings.
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Sprint doesn't throttle data speeds because they don't even have enough speed to throttle. I highly doubt this will happen. Shocked sprint even has enough to buy T-Mobile.
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all I want to say is NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Sprint doesn't throttle data speeds because they don't even have enough speed to throttle. I highly doubt this will happen. Shocked sprint even has enough to buy T-Mobile.
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I must admit, I laughed harder at that than I should have.
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The FCC will shut it down for oligopolistic reasons. I doubt they will allow three carriers to control the wireless infrastructure, it's bad enough as it is now. Personally, I hope it doesn't go through.
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This.
If the feds didn't let AT&T buy T Mobile why would they suddenly let Sprint do it?
And if they did AT&T would have a pretty firm case to keep this bogged down in the courts for years to come by claiming biased and uneven rulings by the feds that cost AT&T $3 BILLION due to thier "If the deal doesn't go through clause".
AT&T could demolish Sprint just by making their stock too volitile to touch due to the unsure nature of the merger that AT&T would tie up for years.
i left you for a reason sprint, everything you touch goes horribly wrong unlimited data doesnt mean squat if you cant use it. though i wouldnt mind t-mobile getting another chunk of cash for the deal not going through. would help them buy spectrum they want and benefits all of us
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Why would they? Their "4G" was worse than some of my EDGE speeds. If they throttled at 4GB your bill would cycle before you hit 3.5
Sprint can blow a fat one. When/if you get a signal long enough to call their customer service - good luck getting anything accomplished. BTW, I live in their home city and I constantly roamed. WiMax gave me a massive 2-7 Mbps on a clear day with a full signal. They sucked so bad that I can't think of another way to say how badly they sucked unicorn d*** and gobbled up the balls without missing a beat.
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Nah, I have unlimited text and data on 3 of my lines. But after the first 4.5GB, it slows down. :crying: It's alright, I barely use my data when I have wifi available.
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???... I have unlimited data and never get throttled. I think most of their data plans are unlimited - but only xGB are at full speed - except the unlimited plan. I've been over 10GB just in my line and didn't get throttled (moved, was waiting on my ISP). You might want to double check which plan you have then call customer service.
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I think the FCC didnt permit the ATT/T-Mobile deal to go through is because AT&T is quite large to begin with. It would have basically created a market with only TWO national carriers and price fixing rather than a fair competitive market.
The FCC has since allowed Sprint to acquire Clearwater and T-Mobile to acquire MetroPCS. This deal (although slightly larger) still would leave Sprint in 3rd place and 50% behind ATT. The other carriers couldnt object as they did before.
Still it would be bad for business allowing just 3 carriers here. Canada has 3 and is looking to add a forth. Would surely mean hefty price increases to us to help pay for the deal.
They are now throttling unlimited high speed data plans if you exceed 97% of the other users in your current area. They are supposedly coming up with a "number" every quarter. Well I can tell you the number this quarter, in my area is 138gb.
I just got off the phone with them and they kept saying this is the way the plan has always been. Bull****! This is the exact reason the FCC Hut AT&T with a 100mm fine.
FCC regulations also say that the carrier must send out in writing any changes, which they have not done. I will fight this and I encourage others to do so as well. I know some people will not agree and say it's people like me that ruin the data for everyone and take advantage. Others, including myself, will always believe data is data... That's why I switched to TMO in the first place.
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T-Mobile has no more contracts so you can switch to ATT, Sprint or Verizon whenever you wish.
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They are now throttling unlimited high speed data plans if you exceed 97% of the other users in your current area. They are supposedly coming up with a "number" every quarter. Well I can tell you the number this quarter, in my area is 138gb.
I just got off the phone with them and they kept saying this is the way the plan has always been. Bull****! This is the exact reason the FCC Hut AT&T with a 100mm fine.
FCC regulations also say that the carrier must send out in writing any changes, which they have not done. I will fight this and I encourage others to do so as well. I know some people will not agree and say it's people like me that ruin the data for everyone and take advantage. Others, including myself, will always believe data is data... That's why I switched to TMO in the first place. View attachment 3455132
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T-Mobile has always said that they will throttle excessive users. I really don't see how you can go through 138 GB and not expect some sort of repercussion. Honestly, I'm surprised they didn't cut you off sooner.
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T-Mobile has always said that they will throttle excessive users. I really don't see how you can go through 138 GB and not expect some sort of repercussion. Honestly, I'm surprised they didn't cut you off sooner.
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What you say is 100% correct but I don't like the idea of unlimited data in the first place. Come the last day of the billing cycle if you had your phone running at max the carrier can possibly deliver you would still have a ceiling you will not be able to break through. I think a great way for them to advertise is to say something like up to three terabytes of data per month, speed reduced after 100gb. Nobody could complain about that obviously the numbers would reflect real math, I just pulled it out of thin air. Makes it look like alot of data you could use but in practice you could never reach the monthly max unless you went around the 5 gb tether cap and had your pc non stop downloading.
Your cell service is not a replacement for home Internet. It's a violation of the tos. If you need that much data, spend money on home Internet. I can't believe you are surprised that using 138GB in a month put you on the radar. Less torrent downloads might help too. You aren't using that much data streaming music, using Facebook and watching YouTube.
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If I had service inside my house... I would be tethering a lot too but I don't even do more than 300gb a month on xfinity... How do you do 138gb? Are you streaming and what not?
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In stream Netflix and HBO GO. It's funny because I truly feel they use to say, unlimited high speed Internet. Or unlimited 4G. I know that's how they use to state it.
Also, I am not violating TOS if I cast my phone screen to my television. I don't care to pay one of the many cable providers for home Internet when I have it on my phone.
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In stream Netflix and HBO GO. It's funny because I truly feel they use to say, unlimited high speed Internet. Or unlimited 4G. I know that's how they use to state it.
Also, I am not violating TOS if I cast my phone screen to my television. I don't care to pay one of the many cable providers for home Internet when I have it on my phone.
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I think they said truly unlimited back in the day and it was truly unlimited back then. I bet most sales people will still say you have truly unlimited data even though the tos will disagree.
I hope this is not true. I had unlimited data and then they sold me on TRULY unlimited data which I pay an extra monthly charge for which supposedly doesn't slow down for anything. But even when I'm downloading heavily I don't think I've ever exceeded 20 gigs in one month. Even on my home broadband I don't think I've ever went over 200 or so
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I hope this is not true. I had unlimited data and then they sold me on TRULY unlimited data which I pay an extra monthly charge for which supposedly doesn't slow down for anything. But even when I'm downloading heavily I don't think I've ever exceeded 20 gigs in one month. Even on my home broadband I don't think I've ever went over 200 or so
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I think they have 2 tiers of unlimited
1 no high speed after 10 gigs I think it's a 20 dollar plan
2 no speed cap unless you become a problem or pass 10 gb in a high usage time. 30 dollar plan
I haven't noticed speed reduction after 10gb and I normally use 15-20gb a month. My wife has got up to 80 without speed reduction. I think in the end they only slow people who use a crap ton of data every month or have the cheap unlimited plan.
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I think they have 2 tiers of unlimited
1 no high speed after 10 gigs I think it's a 20 dollar plan
2 no speed cap unless you become a problem or pass 10 gb in a high usage time. 30 dollar plan
I haven't noticed speed reduction after 10gb and I normally use 15-20gb a month. My wife has got up to 80 without speed reduction. I think in the end they only slow people who use a crap ton of data every month or have the cheap unlimited plan.
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I don't think that's the case. I regularly use 10-40GB and I never see throttling on the $20 unlimited data. Last billing cycle was over 20GB and my speed tests were a consistent 4.3MB/s(32 Mbps).
I hit 21GB on my unlimited plan and got deprioritized, which is basically slowing you down on busy towers. The tower by my house stayed busy so I was slowed down for the last week in my billing cycle. I was only able to use normal speeds in the middle of the night. During day hours my download speeds would be less than 0.50 Mbps. Web surfing was ok, but Youtube videos was a pain.
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They are now throttling unlimited high speed data plans if you exceed 97% of the other users in your current area. They are supposedly coming up with a "number" every quarter. Well I can tell you the number this quarter, in my area is 138gb.
I just got off the phone with them and they kept saying this is the way the plan has always been. Bull****! This is the exact reason the FCC Hut AT&T with a 100mm fine.
FCC regulations also say that the carrier must send out in writing any changes, which they have not done. I will fight this and I encourage others to do so as well. I know some people will not agree and say it's people like me that ruin the data for everyone and take advantage. Others, including myself, will always believe data is data... That's why I switched to TMO in the first place. View attachment 3455132
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I agree with you! Where I live a get throttled around 20gb! Back in the day I would go through 60gb a month cause I would hot spot my laptop and they wouldn't care. Now that I only use my phone for Netflix and other movie streaming apps they cap me around 20gb? Screw t mobile and their shady "unlimited" crap. I hope they soon get fined for doing this. On the other hand if you're using 2tb like the notice said then yeah I agree some people are going over board but even 138gb is nothing to t mobile they can easily handle that!
Op, I just got the same message. Looks like it only applies to tether. Using vpn, I still get full speed. It is throttled otherwise. Regular data is still full speed.
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Unlimited is unlimited. Bottom line. And 138GB isn't that much data. Just because all these garbage phone companies want to sell you these tiny packages so that you do overuse doesn't mean that 10GB or 20gb is all a person should use. In fact, I would be furious too. The sooner people stop paying these ridiculous prices for next to nothing the better off all of us will be.
All t-mobile data plans are unlimited. They have two different tiers of data. One tier is you go past a certain amount of data. They throttle you. The other is "truly" unlimited and not throttled. The second one is like 80 bucks a month I think.
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Unlimited is unlimited. Bottom line. And 138GB isn't that much data. Just because all these garbage phone companies want to sell you these tiny packages so that you do overuse doesn't mean that 10GB or 20gb is all a person should use. In fact, I would be furious too. The sooner people stop paying these ridiculous prices for next to nothing the better off all of us will be.
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Amen. No one likes a tiny package.