Data throttling bypass? - AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III

I have a grandfathered unlimited plan and I'm sitting at 6GB of data currently. I am being throttled; does anyone know if there is a way to bypass this? Maybe by changing APN settings?

I use this, and have never been throttled on my skyrocket. Keep in mind you can't use lte
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Thanks. I've never come close to crossing the 5gb threshold even with LTE but this might be the way to go once past it.

Didn't work for me. Actually goes even slower if at all. I'm between 400-600kpbs with stock settings, less than 50 with these settings.

meccanikal said:
Didn't work for me. Actually goes even slower if at all. I'm between 400-600kpbs with stock settings, less than 50 with these settings.
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If you're throttled then there's nothing you can do, but if you want to use unlimited data use my settings. I don't live in an lte area so I just use this.
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Kenneth.Torres said:
If you're throttled then there's nothing you can do, but if you want to use unlimited data use my settings. I don't live in an lte area so I just use this.
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I have unlimited data. Its an LTE plan that doesn't get throttled till 5GB. Your settings make it worse for me. Why would I use them?
Thanks for trying, though. I looked around and saw that changing APNs used to work but not anymore.
How much data do you typically use?

Kenneth.Torres said:
I use this, and have never been throttled on my skyrocket. Keep in mind you can't use lte
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How much data have you used with this APN? I would gladly live with HSPA+ to avoid the cap.

sorry but how would using HSPA+ result in you avoiding the cap?

bgree15 said:
sorry but how would using HSPA+ result in you avoiding the cap?
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I have no idea, thats why I was asking how much data he had used with this APN.

bgree15 said:
sorry but how would using HSPA+ result in you avoiding the cap?
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Exactly what I am wondering.

I'm pretty positive there is no possible way to bypass it. I'm sure it is all done by AT&T's servers and when you go past 5GB, it throttles you from their side. I don't think entering any APN settings will make any difference whatsoever. No matter what, if you go over 5GB of data you WILL be throttled. It's an automated thing. Using HSPA+ does NOT avoid any cap whatsoever. Again, once you hit 5GB of data, you are throttled until your next billing cycle.
My advice? Start using WiFi when at home, and anywhere you can. The only way you can truly go over 5GB is by tethering, or being a bandwidth hog and downloading CM9, or rom updates using your mobile data. Just suck it up and use your WiFi. WiFi gives better battery life anyway when you're at home.

Most I've been is 5, but people have reported over 20+ gb
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I'm pretty positive there is no possible way to bypass it. I'm sure it is all done by AT&T's servers and when you go past 5GB, it throttles you from their side. I don't think entering any APN settings will make any difference whatsoever. No matter what, if you go over 5GB of data you WILL be throttled. It's an automated thing. Using HSPA+ does NOT avoid any cap whatsoever. Again, once you hit 5GB of data, you are throttled until your next billing cycle.
My advice? Start using WiFi when at home, and anywhere you can. The only way you can truly go over 5GB is by tethering, or being a bandwidth hog and downloading CM9, or rom updates using your mobile data. Just suck it up and use your WiFi. WiFi gives better battery life anyway when you're at home.
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i am using a trick to escape data throttling..........................but i poor in english cant tell in engglesh trick........i data use to 16-17gb but no less speed..........i explain trick in hindi can enybode translete........theanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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i am using a trick to escape data throttling..........................but i poor in english cant tell in engglesh trick........i data use to 16-17gb but no less speed..........i explain trick in hindi can enybode translete........theanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I'm pretty positive there is no possible way to bypass it. I'm sure it is all done by AT&T's servers and when you go past 5GB, it throttles you from their side. I don't think entering any APN settings will make any difference whatsoever. No matter what, if you go over 5GB of data you WILL be throttled. It's an automated thing. Using HSPA+ does NOT avoid any cap whatsoever. Again, once you hit 5GB of data, you are throttled until your next billing cycle.
My advice? Start using WiFi when at home, and anywhere you can. The only way you can truly go over 5GB is by tethering, or being a bandwidth hog and downloading CM9, or rom updates using your mobile data. Just suck it up and use your WiFi. WiFi gives better battery life anyway when you're at home.
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I have had to push my data plan to 5gb and monitor my use to keep from going over. Im on wifi pretty much everywhere i go except for at work where i spend 5-8
Hours on reddit and whatnot just browsing, it can be done easily without downloading stuff.
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Tethering root and data cap

So I know it really isn't unlimited data and its only 5gb cap but does that include wireless tethering for root users
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Don't know where you got that info but it most definitely is unlimited, there is no 5GB cap.
There is no cap, and Sprint doesn't know about your tethering provided you're using a Market app.
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Well it using the 3g data even if its a market app and I've read numerous times about the 5gb data cap they just put in place if u google it. It says 4g is unlimited but 3g is 5gb
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i went well over 20gigs this month using 3g and my bill was still the same... no throttling either. your fine.
There is NO cap for 3g/4g on Sprints network at all. There are people using 11GB+ a month with no overage fees(I am not one of them). There is how ever a roaming cap of 300MB.
And one more thing since I'm on a family plan I got a call asking how I already used 1gb and that we now have a 5gb data cap its all over google.
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Would you be so kind as to link us to where this claim is made? I googled it and everything I found says unlimited, including Sprint's website.
No Cap
I Then When Pass 5 10 20G On My Phone Tethering I Still on All Day and my bill be the same every month
The Only thing Might Happen Is The Severs Be Busy At Times N My Internet Runs Slow or my Internet dnt Be respondn
all over google? link please... im not buying it. Dont you think they would of called me since i used 27gigs this month and my bill was the same?
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I Then When Pass 5 10 20G On My Phone Tethering I Still on All Day and my bill be the same every month
The Only thing Might Happen Is The Severs Be Busy At Times N My Internet Runs Slow or my Internet dnt Be respondn
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Huh?
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I passed 5g tethering to my laptop and ps3 two months in a row
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touchjon said:
Well it using the 3g data even if its a market app and I've read numerous times about the 5gb data cap they just put in place if u google it. It says 4g is unlimited but 3g is 5gb
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nope, they did have a typo on sprint's website that said that but it was changed a long time ago. If they wanted to they could easily find out if you are tethering though.
The 5gb on 3g cap is for the data cards that you plug into a computer this does not apply to sprint phones now at&t & verizon....
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as far as I can tell, its all unlimited, I had one month with almost 3gbs of roaming, no extra charge
There is no limit on 3G or WiMax data usage.
The sole limitations are as follows:
1) Your roaming data usage cannot be larger than your on-Sprint data usage, or else you will incur fees.
2) We will all smack you if you get ridiculous data usage, and Sprint then turns around and increases prices for unlimited data plans and/or eliminates unlimited data plans because of bandwidth hogs like you.
+1 There is ABSOLUTELY NO cap on phone data, only the broadband cards. I went through this last week with customer support then decided to ask our Sprint rep at Best Buy to confirm. The phone plan has absolutely no cap and if you use wifi tether they cant tell anything besides your phone is using data.
For anyone else wanting to argue this, hop on Live Chat with Sprint and verify
There may be a cap if he has a family plan. The $10 that every Evo owner used to moan about entitles us to no cap. However, Sprint has confirmed that any phone that doesn't pay this charge, including data cards, will be capped.
If his family is all on one plan, and only he has the Evo, they may be capping him somewhere.
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Hahahaha! I was wondering the same thing! Trying to read what that guy wrote was almost impossible.
i recieved a phone call from my father not sprint saying i used 1gb of the 5gb cap and me him and my bro have a 4g phone. maybe it is cards only but i dont know why he would tell me that. i pay the 10 extra too

[Q] What's the most data you've used in one billing cycle?

What's the most data you've used in a cycle, and has anyone heard a peep from Verizon? My cycle starts on the 26th and I just cross the 10GB mark. Just curious, and thanks for your response.
Thanks for the reply, I'm wondering if at some point high usage will raise an eyebrow from Verizon. I mean, I'll probably break 15GB this month.
I've never gone over 1GB lol. I'm almost always around Wi-Fi. Most its been was like maybe 600MB.
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Far from my maximum, but I'd say it's about average. When I'm not downloading ROM's over 3G.
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I use around 18 every month... Lol
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Since I have internet at home I dont go over 4Gb....
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I use around 18 every month... Lol
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18 gigs? See, now that's what I'm talking about. I'll get close to that this month. Once we get internet set up I won't use so much, or maybe I'll just get an LTE phone and run everthing off that.
Wow I feel so much better now Thanks! Wifi at my house is so flaky I've started tethering my phone, but I stopped since I was worried about using too much data. I'm only at about 4 gb with a week and a half left on my billing cycle. Guess I don't have to worry
At school, I'm always on 3g, because the wifi is flaky. So I usually use 3 gbs. At home, I'll stay on wifi and use about a gig for when I'm out and about.
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3GB on average for me never about 3.5GB
setexascustoms said:
Thanks for the reply, I'm wondering if at some point high usage will raise an eyebrow from Verizon. I mean, I'll probably break 15GB this month.
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Verizon has openly stated that they (will/have already) cap the top 5% of data users. You *might* fall into that category or maybe will soon.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2379296,00.asp
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oops I mean throttle, not cap
Also it looks they will just be putting your data on lower priority. So if there's not too much 3G data demand in your area, you'll stream just as quickly.
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Verizon has openly stated that they (will/have already) cap the top 5% of data users. You *might* fall into that category or maybe will soon.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2379296,00.asp
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Thanks for the info, no cap yet. If they do I'll be sure to let y'all know.
My highest was like august last year....13.6 gigs, the same month I rooted it lol
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I rarely go over 500MB, but I usually only read news on 3G. I use wi-fi every chance I get, too, though.
Well I'm well over 20 gigs and my cycle ends on the 26th, I'll let y'all know how it turns out. Do you realize if I was on the tiered plan that's supposed to be implemented on July 7th that'd be over $200 worth of data? That's rediculous...
I'm looking at 2.4GB and i'm only in day 3 of my cycle lol
Gotta love Netflix at work
The highest I believe I've gone is ~800-900MB. I think I average ~500MB per month. I'm around wifi a lot and I frequently turn my data off when I'm not using my phone.
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Well I'm well over 20 gigs and my cycle ends on the 26th, I'll let y'all know how it turns out. Do you realize if I was on the tiered plan that's supposed to be implemented on July 7th that'd be over $200 worth of data? That's rediculous...
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yah but since you have unlimited data you can keep that. verizon is goning to let you grandfather it.
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yah but since you have unlimited data you can keep that. verizon is goning to let you grandfather it.
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I know, I'm just using that as an example. The pricing is ridiculous. I'm actually giving my wife the Inc and getting a Thunderbolt so we'll have two grandfathered unlimited plans. And we have LTE here, wonder how much data I'll use then.
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I was around 16GB last month. I've only had a data plan for a few months now...the Dinc being my first smartphone. I'll be honest, I'm on a budget and I always get good 3G in my apartment (usually reach around 1Mbps, which is acceptable to me), so I dropped my $40/mo AT&T DSL in favor of using my phone as my main internet via tethering, and I haven't looked back. So glad I'm grandfathered with my unlimited data, but I'm totally prepared if my plans fall through and I have to go back to DSL...I figure it's just a matter of time.

Regular Sim or Micro Sim

Im guessing our phone uses the regular sized sim? The reason I ask is because Im thinking of switching to straight talk as tmobil just cut off my tethering.
Just trying to confirm what sim to get before spending the $15:
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Our phones use the regular sim card.
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Im guessing our phone uses the regular sized sim? The reason I ask is because Im thinking of switching to straight talk as tmobil just cut off my tethering.
Just trying to confirm what sim to get before spending the $15:
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why not just use simple mobile? it's like getting t-mobile service without dealing with t-mobile directly
http://www.mysimplemobile.com/
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Our phones use the regular sim card.
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Thanks for confirming. This is what I figured - nothing micro about the sim card in the back of my phone.
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why not just use simple mobile? it's like getting t-mobile service without dealing with t-mobile directly
http://www.mysimplemobile.com/
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Straight talk is cheaper
Why not keep tmobile, and tether anyway after you root and download a tethering app?
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Straight talk is cheaper
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this is true, however on the website it doesn't specify whether or not you'll be getting 3g data or EDGE, or even 4G.
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Why not keep tmobile, and tether anyway after you root and download a tethering app?
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I am running the cm7 kang by eugene 373. Phone is already rooted.
Yesterday I couldnt access any websites. There was no anti-tethering tmobile software included on my device, and each site I tried to access would redirect to a tmobile webpage.
I've been tethering since i got the device with no issues and Im also on a prepaid contract.
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I am running the cm7 kang by eugene 373. Phone is already rooted.
Yesterday I couldnt access any websites. There was no anti-tethering tmobile software included on my device, and each site I tried to access would redirect to a tmobile webpage.
I've been tethering since i got the device with no issues and Im also on a prepaid contract.
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Did you use titanium backup to freeze the tethering app built in?
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jordanishere said:
I am running the cm7 kang by eugene 373. Phone is already rooted.
Yesterday I couldnt access any websites. There was no anti-tethering tmobile software included on my device, and each site I tried to access would redirect to a tmobile webpage.
I've been tethering since i got the device with no issues and Im also on a prepaid contract.
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Same here....are you using Google chrome by any chance? I know chrome has some fancy stuff that keeps it from accessing other sites. I simply used safari and it worked fine after that. Sucks that I can no longer use chrome but its whatevs really. I actually called T-Mobile about it since I have the 5GB data plan and tethering should be free with that, well it now turns out that tethering is 5 bucks extra on top of the 30.
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Did you use titanium backup to freeze the tethering app built in?
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the cm7 port does not have the tethering apps built into it...
jordanishere said:
I am running the cm7 kang by eugene 373. Phone is already rooted.
Yesterday I couldnt access any websites. There was no anti-tethering tmobile software included on my device, and each site I tried to access would redirect to a tmobile webpage.
I've been tethering since i got the device with no issues and Im also on a prepaid contract.
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I would try to play dumb with T-Mobile and ask what is going on.
Remember that services like straight talk say that you get unlimited data but shut it off if you go above 2gb a month sometimes less. If you want some sources I can dig up some from howardforums links to show you.
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I would try to play dumb with T-Mobile and ask what is going on.
Remember that services like straight talk say that you get unlimited data but shut it off if you go above 2gb a month sometimes less. If you want some sources I can dig up some from howardforums links to show you.
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Well if I cant tether on tmobile, then ill never use up all 5 gigs i pay for. It would make sense for me to have a plan that costs less and gives me less data.
If im stuck with 2gigs thats fine, since the bill will go from 70 to 45 per month... and ill pry only use about 2 gigs if tethering isnt an option.
5gb plans come with tethering now
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5gb plans come with tethering now
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No it doesn't, its now 5 bucks more on top of the 30 for 5 Gigs of data.
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5gb plans come with tethering now
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Not the prepaid plans
http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/monthly-4g-plans
jordanishere said:
Well if I cant tether on tmobile, then ill never use up all 5 gigs i pay for. It would make sense for me to have a plan that costs less and gives me less data.
If im stuck with 2gigs thats fine, since the bill will go from 70 to 45 per month... and ill pry only use about 2 gigs if tethering isnt an option.
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Yo use titanium to freeze the tether manager. That worked for me and now i can use my 5GB to play MW3 online.
I have prepaid plan like you with unlimited edge after using 5GB 4G speed
Next month ima swith to the $50 plan with 100MB 4G and then they slow it down to edge unlimited
Im in FL
IDK YOU GUYS
And my 4G speed is fast
I get 27MBps download
And 8MBps upload
Using speedtest.net
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Sprint getting ready to remove unlimited?

I upgraded my line to the SGS3 yesterday and now I'm noticing that my usage says certain usage out of 4 GB. Not sure what's going on but it appears like Sprint may be removing the unlimited data feature soon? They've been changing a lot of things on their website lately.
Anyways, Overstew sent me this picture of his usage.
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Very interesting. Can you hop on their support chat and ask why you're showing a 4GB data limit? Mine is still showing unlimited, but I have not made any account changes or upgrades since 9/2011.
Unlimited Data is practically the only thing keeping me on Sprint. Hell, even T-Mobile is better...
Just noticed that's my screenshot lol.
I'll chat with them and see but I don't really see myself getting an accurate answer from Sprint reps.
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Just noticed that's my screenshot lol.
I'll chat with them and see but I don't really see myself getting an accurate answer from Sprint reps.
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That's weird looking/ First is shows there's a 4Gb limit on 3g and then it shows same 3G data being unlimited. Did you photoshop this overstew?
Look at the date. It says from 7/1 to 7/1...
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Lol, I think the more likely scenario is it's a website bug.
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might it me an LTE thing since they are bring out their new connections out, its only happening on the SG III?
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Looks like they prorated it for some unknown reason. The dates that say 7/1 to current are still unlimited.
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Maybe it's just a 4GB limit per day.
It might have been a bug with the 1 second Leap Second that happened at the end of last month. Just a guess since the billing cycle for the 4GB above is from 4/1 to 4/1.
For more information on it, click here:
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It's a website bug, I've had customers come in before showing the same thing.
Good luck trying to get anywhere near 4gigs on 3g
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They'll eventually dump unlimited, it's just a matter of time. I'll be switching to Verizon that same day.
mine still says unlimited on 3g/4g. Must be a mistake on ur acct.
Your inlet allowed so much on roaming networks.Sprints still unlimited.
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They'll eventually dump unlimited, it's just a matter of time. I'll be switching to Verizon that same day.
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There is no other reason to stick around, especially if you're on a family plan.
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Ascertion said:
Maybe it's just a 4GB limit per day.
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To tell you the truth I wouldn't mind if they did something like this. 4GB a day but still have unlimited data so u can use like 120GB in one month or maybe like 3GB or something. This will stop ppl that use wireless tether for free and download torrents all day and hog up all that bandwidth. Lol
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Sephirothvfc said:
To tell you the truth I wouldn't mind if they did something like this. 4GB a day but still have unlimited data so u can use like 120GB in one month or maybe like 3GB or something. This will stop ppl that use wireless tether for free and download torrents all day and hog up all that bandwidth. Lol
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a packet is a packet, doesn't matter if it comes from a phone, a computer, or a leap frog toy that your 2 year old son wiped his boogers on. anyone with a clue would know you can torrent on your phone too. did you also forget that some people have done away with cable and simply stream netflix and hulu via HDMI from their phones to their TVs? what about some of the new games that require hundreds of MB of additional data to be downloaded to your sdcard before you can even play it? should they get charged tethering fees for not tethering even though they're using the same amount of data as someone who is?
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a packet is a packet, doesn't matter if it comes from a phone, a computer, or a leap frog toy that your 2 year old son wiped his boogers on. anyone with a clue would know you can torrent on your phone too. did you also forget that some people have done away with cable and simply stream netflix and hulu via HDMI from their phones to their TVs? what about some of the new games that require hundreds of MB of additional data to be downloaded to your sdcard before you can even play it? should they get charged tethering fees for not tethering even though they're using the same amount of data as someone who is?
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Cellular data was never meant to be a replacement for your home internet connection.
If you're going to stream Netflix or Hulu to your TV from your PHONE connection, then yes, I think you should get charged for that.

Tmobile throttle unlimited data hogs starting August 17th

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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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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I haven't implemented it yet.

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