When T-Mobile throttles you after 2gb of HSPA+ data usage, do they throttle you to 3G or down to EDGE?
I'm wondering because I'm giving a lot of consideration to switching to T Mobile to get the SGS3 and I was wondering this.
Also, anyone who has T Mobile now, what is your usage like? How many gigs do you use monthly?
Hey from what I can tell they throttle you down to 2g, I have the 5 gb data plan you should call customer loyalty or retention and ask for the android preferred plan its 5 gbs for 20 worst they could say is no. I've been with tmo for about 6 yrs and have been very happy with them. Had Att/Cingular before and hated their customer service, also reception with tmo is actually very good since they have wifi calling it allows me to get reception where many carriers just don't get reception.
Data usage wise it really depends what you use your phone for I use around 4 gbs monthly but I tether heavily about 6 hrs a week, streaming youtube and pandora. If I didn't tether I would prob use less then 2 gbs I would think. It really depends just what you do on your phone. (I dont use my phone to watch Youtube or anything I just tether).
I have a 2gb 4g plan and on occasion I go over my limit, however, I have not noticed a big difference in speed. I'm sure if I ran a speed test I would be able to see drastic change in speeds but for steaming music and video I never have to wait for it to buffer or anything.
The only times I really go over my limit is if I am on the road and I am tethering my laptop or tablet.
iCaptivate said:
When T-Mobile throttles you after 2gb of HSPA+ data usage, do they throttle you to 3G or down to EDGE?
I'm wondering because I'm giving a lot of consideration to switching to T Mobile to get the SGS3 and I was wondering this.
Also, anyone who has T Mobile now, what is your usage like? How many gigs do you use monthly?
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When you go over your limit, you get throttled down to EDGE until you come up on a new month, and yes, it is very drastic going from 4G to edge :-/.
You can stream music *google music/pandora* on edge.
Everyone's answer is going to vary wildly on data usage.. I had 5 GB, streamed music everytime I was in the car, surfed a lot while away from wifi .. but when I was around wifi I kept it on.
I averaged a little over 2 GB .. only hit anywhere close to 5 GB a month that I didn't have wifi at home.
I had T Mobile before. but the throttle was from when I got into over 5gb. Since this is 2gb I figured they'd put me on 3G.
I think technically they throttle you to EDGE speeds, but your phone still uses WCDMA (3G).
dmchssc said:
I think technically they throttle you to EDGE speeds, but your phone still uses WCDMA (3G).
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Isn't T Mobile a GSM carrier? What would they have to do with WCDMA?
WCDMA (UMTS) is the 3rd generation standard in the GSM family. If you have 3G or HSPA+ labeled as 4G, and you are on a GSM carrier, you are using WCDMA. Confusingly, CDMA carriers like Verizon, Sprint, and US Cellular, do not use WCDMA at all.
Just wanted to say I called retentions regarding this issue today and there was nothing they could do for me save telling me my etf and how to port my number to srpint. should I call back and try to get a diff. answer from another agent?
I also offered to upgrade my data to the 10gb if they could change my plan in another way (less mins) and keep it the same price. no dice.
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Just wanted to say I called retentions regarding this issue today and there was nothing they could do for me save telling me my etf and how to port my number to srpint. should I call back and try to get a diff. answer from another agent?
I also offered to upgrade my data to the 10gb if they could change my plan in another way (less mins) and keep it the same price. no dice.
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Keep trying. Someone will work with you. or threaten to cancel and go to sprint.
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threaten to cancel and go to sprint.
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I actually did this but it didn't seem to make much difference. I will try again tomorrow!
fyi, when you're throttled, you keep normal icons/connections but are throttled to 100kbps. NOT 2g, not 3g but max of 100 kbps regardless your connection type (can still say 4g, it's just throttled).
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They throttle you down to about 2g. I upgraded to 5gb before heading out on my honeymoon. Took about 300 pics on my phone and synced them to drop box, g+ Made it home with data to spare
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Jaxidian said:
fyi, when you're throttled, you keep normal icons/connections but are throttled to 100kbps. NOT 2g, not 3g but max of 100 kbps regardless your connection type (can still say 4g, it's just throttled).
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This is the case. I'm still on HSPA+, but I hit my limit yesterday, and now I'm getting about 60kb/s down on speedtest. Unfortunately, that I've been able to find, most methods of bypassing the throttle limit no longer work, which is rather annoying, as I still have a week and a half before my billing cycle resets and 60k is too slow to stream music comfortably.
From someone who works for them..in communications they tell us it's a 2.5G speed that it is being slowed down to. Though these speeds are not always real life, based on where you live, how many many people are near and using the same tower etc etc. No one's experience will always be the same. Edge can sometimes be okay to use or it can be a pain.
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T Mobile reception sucks here in Kansas City, and when you are on the move really. When I got throttled, I was getting 2g speeds, and it was horrible. I couldn't use any app that used data.
T Mobile only has fast 3g in some cases, I would not consider their '4g' 4g because it was not very fast in the first place.
I would not recommend them.
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I picked up a brand new G2 off craigslist and I've rooted it already. Phone is awesome. I can finally stream my Amazon Video On Demand collection without a hitch. I'm not noticing too much of a difference when I run speedtest.net though.
Do I have to change my data plan with T-Mobile? I live and work in LA so maybe the network is just jammed.
no speeds in LA just suck that bad. ive driven around all LA and never been able to get those hspa+ speeds, im thinking LA isnt enabled yet. but call tmobile and complain because when i called and said i wasnt the only when experiencing that they said it could be the phone.. my friend has a g2 also, and i dont think shes getting the speeds either. so make sure you call!! hopefullly either theyll tell us the truth or send some patch or something idk
I also live in LA, (commute between Long Beach and El Segundo) and I don't get the advertised data speeds... just the regular ole 3G speeds here.
In my area, I've actually seen not a boost in speed but a boost in reception quality moving from my N1 (which I still love ever so much, and might just sell my G2 for ). I stay on 3G/HSPDA in more areas than I used to. And I drop down to 2g less often during tower switches.
it all depends on location, for example, I live in a suburb of Chicago where the new network is supposed to be already up at, (about 5 miles away) and I get horrible speeds in my home (0.90 MBits) then about 20 miles in the other direction from Chicago (Aurora) speedtest said i was estimated at less than 5 miles from the aurora server in IL. I got speeds of nearly 9 MBits. I would complain but after some testing I guess it's just my location and could be the same problem for you, or I could just be high and we all have shoddy phones.
+1 for location. I'm in NYC so even with HSDPA enabled, I get 3G like speeds, a little faster, but when I go out to the suburbs, I get about 5Mbps which is quick, wifi like speeds.
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I picked up a brand new G2 off craigslist and I've rooted it already. Phone is awesome. I can finally stream my Amazon Video On Demand collection without a hitch. I'm not noticing too much of a difference when I run speedtest.net though.
Do I have to change my data plan with T-Mobile? I live and work in LA so maybe the network is just jammed.
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yea.. prolly too many ppl hoggin up the bandwidth there.. here's my speed test right now (3pm PST):
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A faster phone isn't going to give you faster data speeds if the network is the bottleneck.
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A faster phone isn't going to give you faster data speeds if the network is the bottleneck.
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Very true. At home I get 6Mbps pretty consistently, and the speeds are just downright incredible! At work I get a measly 300-400Kbps because the tower that I'm near at work is still stuck on 3G, not to mention I have horrible coverage in general at work (signal drops all the time).
I have reception in walmart now lol
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At home my speeds are usually between 4 and 6 megs down and 700k up. My wife has a Vibrant and she gets around 3 to 4 megs down. I think we just live I'm a good coverage area. In some places I'll drop down to 1mb down. That's still dsl like speeds lol.
I live in kansas city.
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...I can finally stream my Amazon Video On Demand collection without a hitch...
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How do you manage this? I have a G2 as well - coming from a rooted G1. I'm guessing you have to set the browser mode to "desktop browswer" and just sign in to Amazon VOD?
I don't really feel the need to root my phone, since it comes with wifi tether built in, but I really want to be able to stream Amazon VOD...
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How do you manage this? I have a G2 as well - coming from a rooted G1. I'm guessing you have to set the browser mode to "desktop browswer" and just sign in to Amazon VOD?
I don't really feel the need to root my phone, since it comes with wifi tether built in, but I really want to be able to stream Amazon VOD...
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Not quite science.
On the left: Epic 4G Touch on Sprint 3G in Scottsdale, AZ. Google Music streaming a 6 ½ minute song On the right: Galaxy SII Skyrocket on AT&T LTE in Scottsdale, AZ. Google Music streaming a 48 minute party mix.
Note the length of the medium blue buffering bar on the song. The phone on the left buffered numerous times, the phone on the right did not and loaded the 48 minute track faster than the Sprint phone did the 6 ½ minute track.
After this we both played a Katy Perry video (tits) on the Youtube app in HQ, started at the same time. The phone one the right played through with no interruptions, while the phone on the left buffered many times. By the time the phone on the right was done, the phone on the left was not even halfway. Take a look at the signal bars, the phone on the left was getting 'better' reception.
Anyone know wh Sprint 3G data so slow? I was told that towers had been upgraded and fixed in my area.
I was sold this phone and my last one on the promise of 4G being in the Phoenix area in the near future. My guess is that with the trouble that Clear is having, and the switch to LTE that Sprint is making, that I will never get 4G that works on my phone.
If you know something I don't, please let me know!
When comparing 3g to LTE, of course it's going to seem slow.
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Lte should outperform 3g any day of the week. 3g is bogged down at sprint. Supposedly there will be less traffic on 3g and better capability on the towers part when lte hits for sprint as you will have people moving to 4g to browse. Don't count on that for a while. Look into a perl change. Koreyhas a thread on how to.
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When comparing 3g to LTE, of course it's going to seem slow.
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^ This You're basically comparing a "4g" tech to a 3g signal. Not even considering sprints issues the LTE should be faster. Basic search for you
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4G
did you do any research before posting this?
this is like saying look at my 56k vs cable why is cable faster?
Success100 said:
did you do any research before posting this?
this is like saying look at my 56k vs cable why is cable faster?
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Yes but they are galaxy s2 phones, all the same huh.... What's 3g and lte hey they rhyme...
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Atts 3g is like sprints wimax speeds anyway except more reliable.
Att lte is pricey and limited availability tho
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Sprint EVDO 3g vs. AT&T HSPA(+) 3g would be a fairer comparison. Still not fair imo but still same generation technology. It's like trying to compare vhs(2g) vs dvd (3g). Different generation technology. Plus don't hold your breathe for Wimax. You might not make it.
The signal bars has nothing to do with 4g LTE or 3G speeds...
Seriously you knew lte was 10 times faster than (sprints) 3G & any other right? You didn't need these nice gentleman to tell you that. Riiiight bad sprint joke, now hop in 85' DeLorean & "do not post"!
I think it's fair to compare the carrier's abilities in each location. Getting the best of the carrier from each side. It's obviously a better choice to go with AT&T in OP's location, and I wouldn't blame him if he left.
For me, Sprint's speeds are outstanding and I'm not in a hurry to transfer to another carrier anytime soon.
cdma has a max theoretical speed of like 3.something Mbps, of course it's going to be slower.
What Overstew said. Yes, I do know it's not an equal comparison. What I was pointing out is how I've been conditioned to think that not being able to stream music without buffering, or watch a YouTube video without it stopping multiple times is normal. I didn't realize just how slow it was until I compared the two. My speeds are below usable for any premium data type activities.
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There have only been 6 cities so far they have been partially upgraded...and Scottsdale isn't one of them. Go check out S4GRU.com for more info
Korey haim or Feldman you did read his post that said att lte not sprint
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Take the phones to 64st and Greenway and use the sprint 4g. You'll get equal results. I've used it at 7th street and bell and its great. You can't compare a Ferrari and a gremlin.
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Comparing Sprint EVDO-A (3g) with a theo max of 3mbps to a ATT LTE (4g) with a usual speeds of 10-40 mbps.....
How much more rigged can this be?
Apple and oranges...
I don't think I'm anywhere close to the theoretical maximum. I remember 3G with my HTC Touch Pro to be faster than it is today. Seems to only get worse over time.
Yes, apples and oranges. Note the first line, "not quite science".
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Are any of you in other cities able to stream a track from Google Music without it stopping to buffer multiple times? Watch a YouTube video without it stopping to buffer multiple times?
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Are any of you in other cities able to stream a track from Google Music without it stopping to buffer multiple times? Watch a YouTube video without it stopping to buffer multiple times?
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I rarely end up on 3G so the answer would be I have no issues. 3G varies from .5 to 2 Mbps around here and as often as I am flashing firmware and modems it definitely varies. Add on various locations of people with old cell phones without wimax things can get a bit slow.
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I don't think I'm anywhere close to the theoretical maximum. I remember 3G with my HTC Touch Pro to be faster than it is today. Seems to only get worse over time.
Yes, apples and oranges. Note the first line, "not quite science".
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You do realize when touch pro came out there were very few smart phones. And the number is over 100 million now ...sprints 3g was not being raped by millions of smart phones like now.... Most people use more data than minutes etc ... But you also realize sprint wasn't the only one to fall behind on network upgrades but it will get better network vision is coming and lte
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Hi,
I was wondering if anyone else has noticed that their LTE transfer speed drops after 3-4 seconds of high speed bursting.
I can consistently see this in the speedtest.net app, and also in large google market downloads.
The problem seems to kick in when the transfer speed goes over >~24mbps, and then it will just suddenly drop right down to pretty much 0, before slowly continuing at a much reduced speed. Same happens with the upload speed, but it seems to kick in around ~20mbps or less.
I've seen this at various places around the Bay Area in CA, so its not related to any local radio towers :-/
I hope my radio is not a lemon.. I first saw this when the phone was straight out the box, but I just shrugged it off. But its persistently there... (and I've 0x1'd my know now..)
Check out some T-Mobile specific forums for your answer. I don't think it's your phone. Try setting your phone for HSPA+ on the 1900mhz band to see if that is different.
It's believed that tmobile is still working on their tiered QoS. If you have unlimited you get bumped, for now.
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Check out some T-Mobile specific forums for your answer. I don't think it's your phone. Try setting your phone for HSPA+ on the 1900mhz band to see if that is different.
It's believed that tmobile is still working on their tiered QoS. If you have unlimited you get bumped, for now.
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Thanks, I will try the band idea.
I've asked the question on Tmobile's support forms, the issue may be QoS related, but who knows.
http://support.t-mobile.com/thread/56049
I have an ATT/straighttalk SIM coming on Monday to do some additional tests with.
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Check out some T-Mobile specific forums for your answer. I don't think it's your phone. Try setting your phone for HSPA+ on the 1900mhz band to see if that is different.
It's believed that tmobile is still working on their tiered QoS. If you have unlimited you get bumped, for now.
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How do we do this? And any issues if you do?
i get this issue as well. one thing i have noticed is that when you download a large app (50+ megs, which is actually a small app..) it will throttle me to less than 500 kbps after the first 20 seconds or 50-60 megs of progress. it stays there and never speeds back up.. i have cancelled many 100+ mb apps during downloading because they were literally constantly slowing down to the point where i didn't think they'd even finish until i hit my home wifi point. it does this on stock rom, darthstalker rom, saber kernel, compulsion kernel, stock kernel... i don't think it's the device, i think it's the service. going to keep on testing different combinations and see if i can find a fix irregardless. slow and insanely inconsistent data speeds are gonna make me go back too ATT even though i just switched to T-Mobile 2 days ago. a reliable connection is worth the extra $40/month to me.
*it's also worth noting, since i activated the TMo service yesterday, i haven't once seen more than two bars of service although i am in an area that is not largely populated and vastly surrounded by "great connection" area on T-Mobile:s page.
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slow and insanely inconsistent data speeds are gonna make me go back too ATT even though i just switched to T-Mobile 2 days ago. a reliable connection is worth the extra $40/month to me.
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Are you on the 5GB/$30 prepaid plan? I wonder if the throttling is an unofficial policy on the prepaid plans.
Nope, on the normal plan that was supposed to take the place of the contracts. I get a bill at the end of the cycle like I did with att. Still happening. Its like anything I download hits a throttle after the first 200 megs. Lte speeds of 3-6 megs per sec, then bam... Sub 1 meg per sec the rest of the download. Even if there's 1gb+ left to go.
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I've been discussing this same problem over on HowardForums forums for a while: http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/1814258-Video-Streaming-being-throttled?p=15278529
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Recently, I've personally concluded that it has to do with T-Mobile working on towers in my area. There was a period of about a week or so where I was experiencing odd performance on both HSPA+ and LTE, where speeds will be fantastic for about 3-5 seconds, before dropping WAY down. Things have greatly improved recently. I did several tests the other day in several locations, and only one tower in particular resulted in the odd speeds in multiple tests. The next day, things were perfect. Then again, they recently went from 5x5 LTE to 10x10, so that could've had something to do with it.
My recommendation is to wait it out.
FYI: I'm on the $30/mo. prepaid plan (5GB @ high-seed, unlimited @ 2G).
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Been thinking of leaving Verizon for T-mobile,how is the coverage.
customer service etc.
Verizons network is 99% lte even if it is slow lte since it was one of the first carriers to have it, days of pulling 60mbps are gone. TMO i prefer because it is less congested so you will pull faster speeds in lte zones and get lower ping. I had a bf who uses tmobiles lte as his home wifi and latency was no issue in mmos whereas in same spot with verizon where I pulled 60/20 with a htc thunderbolt two years ago.... i get 12/4.
Switching also gets you access to free international data & apps like spotify dont use your plan and all plans are unlimited data its just 4G speed caps... 0 overages ever. Magenta plans on converting entire 3g market into lte by end of year I heard so its a solid move. I would do it honestly I have both right now due to parents making me stay on it and tmobile has vastly improved on a monthly basis almost here. If you had asked this two years ago ide of said stay on big red but its not the case anymore.
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Verizons network is 99% lte even if it is slow lte since it was one of the first carriers to have it, days of pulling 60mbps are gone. TMO i prefer because it is less congested so you will pull faster speeds in lte zones and get lower ping. I had a bf who uses tmobiles lte as his home wifi and latency was no issue in mmos whereas in same spot with verizon where I pulled 60/20 with a htc thunderbolt two years ago.... i get 12/4.
Switching also gets you access to free international data & apps like spotify dont use your plan and all plans are unlimited data its just 4G speed caps... 0 overages ever. Magenta plans on converting entire 3g market into lte by end of year I heard so its a solid move. I would do it honestly I have both right now due to parents making me stay on it and tmobile has vastly improved on a monthly basis almost here. If you had asked this two years ago ide of said stay on big red but its not the case anymore.
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Reason i asked was Facebook was magically eating data to the tune of 3 gb plus ate all my verizon data.
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If you have T-Mobile coverage where you live then go for it. Do you have any friends with T-Mobile? If so, ask them to come over and see how the network is. I left VZW for T-Mobile but where I live I have great coverage for both companies.
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tmobile
verizon in same spot
pick your poison
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Been thinking of leaving Verizon for T-mobile,how is the coverage.
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service and customer service is top ship. I've been with TMO for 12 yrs or so. Depends on the area you are in .. With that you will have to do the research. Customer svc is great with them. I switched to VZ because i moved to an area where tmo had 1 tower and i could not get a signal at work. I've since switched back and found that the lack in coverage, is great compared to the price difference. I'm paying for 5 phones with TMO what i was paying with VZ. At home i'm on wifi. out in town i get 4g. I live just outside of a 4g area probably 2 miles, so when i'm out and about I get great coverage, when i'm at home, i'm on wifi. My TMO 4g speeds are way better then my wifi at the moment with WOW but i'll wait for them to finish their upgrades as TMO just started expanding the network to rural areas outside of urban cities. For me is was price over performance and VZ completely screwed me over with the launch of the G2 that had flaws, they knew about it, and would not let me trade the phone in. Sorry, but telling me wait a month for the update to use my phone was not acceptable. I'm now willingly using my wifi instead of 4g.
http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/13/t-mobile-cracks-down-on-data-abusers/
Seems like it won't affect people using a vpn, since it's all routed through 1 ip and it doesn't seem like they are determining this by how much, but if they detect you using torrent apps and things like that. Still alot of the changes T-Mobile are making lately seem to be anti consumer, ie Jump not being every 6 months anymore, trying to do away with corporate plans before the backlash, raising prices on plans, and now this. It's making me want to jump to prepaid honestly.
Tmobiles throttle is ridiculous too. Im talking slower then 1x. Ive been throttled 3 times now in the past year and the max download speed for all 3 times was .15mbps and yes you read that correctly and I typed it correctly. POINT ONE FIVE Mbps for download and thats on LTE and HSPA
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Tmobiles throttle is ridiculous too. Im talking slower then 1x. Ive been throttled 3 times now in the past year and the max download speed for all 3 times was .15mbps and yes you read that correctly and I typed it correctly. POINT ONE FIVE Mbps for download and thats on LTE and HSPA
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Seriously if they start doing this, I'll just go on straight talk for $45 a month with 3gb of data or Cricket.
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My bad guise.
T-Mobile will waste tons of money and resources trying to do this. They're already a distant number 3 carrier...just when demonoid comes back torrents are once again on the radar.
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Only "illegal" tethering and torrenting everyone else is fine
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PunishedSnake said:
Only "illegal" tethering and torrenting everyone else is fine
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Well, I'm screwed.
Well I'm not in that bunch hopefully it won't affect me too much
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it says "they could have their data speeds reduced for the remainder of their billing cycle" not that they WILL
I get throttled pretty much every month. And it sucks especially at super slow speeds.
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Midnight_Rider said:
it says "they could have their data speeds reduced for the remainder of their billing cycle" not that they WILL
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I've only gotten 4G around town the past few days where before I had full LTE. Seems legit.
wghisd said:
T-Mobile will waste tons of money and resources trying to do this. They're already a distant number 3 carrier...just when demonoid comes back torrents are once again on the radar.
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Demonoid. Ewww send me a pm dude. Much better safer alternatives
evocalante said:
I get throttled pretty much every month. And it sucks especially at super slow speeds.
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well I called last month and they bumped me up for free as a courtesy. But 3gbs is not enuff especially when youre on the road and alot of free time :-/
And throttled again til September 3rd.
Went to xda.com took 3 minutes to load. But yet I run a speed test says 30s. So tmo obviously doesn't throttle some connections like speedtest. Which is shady as hell in my book.
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And throttled again til September 3rd.
Went to xda.com took 3 minutes to load. But yet I run a speed test says 30s. So tmo obviously doesn't throttle some connections like speedtest. Which is shady as hell in my book.
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Damn if they are gonna throttle you, you might as well go prepaid on Cricket or Straight Talk. $45 for unlimited talk, text, and 3gb of data each month.
BoboBrazil said:
Damn if they are gonna throttle you, you might as well go prepaid on Cricket or Straight Talk. $45 for unlimited talk, text, and 3gb of data each month.
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I only pay 10 bucks a month for unlimited talk and text and 3gb of data
Plus ATT throttled Cricket to 8mb download on LTE at all times.
ShinySide said:
I only pay 10 bucks a month for unlimited talk and text and 3gb of data
Plus ATT throttled Cricket to 8mb download on LTE at all times.
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Damn that's a good price.
I pay 30 a month for unlimited data and 7 gigs of tethering.
tethering on GNF1 V3
The Sickness said:
I pay 30 a month for unlimited data and 7 gigs of tethering.
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does tethering works on the GNF1 V3 ROM OR is it something extra i have to flash for it to work becuz when i turn it on i see the connection on my laptop but it want connect says unable to connect. OTHER THAN THAT roms runs great
rblckmnjr84 said:
does tethering works on the GNF1 V3 ROM OR is it something extra i have to flash for it to work becuz when i turn it on i see the connection on my laptop but it want connect says unable to connect. OTHER THAN THAT roms runs great
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I haven't implemented it yet.