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Straight Talk BYOP Working with locked SGS2

Just wanted to jump in, and let anyone know, that my locked to tmobile SG2 running Dark Slide works 100% with Straight Talk's new Bring Your Own Phone.
I even ported my number, took 4 hours for everything including data to be working 100%, and I am still getting 4G speeds.
And my phone is still locked to tmobile.
Hope this helps.

Wait you still get 4g? How? Straight talk doesn't offer any 4g plans.
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what kind speed are u getting? i might dump my tmobile once i get the unlock code from them

hunterhp said:
Wait you still get 4g? How? Straight talk doesn't offer any 4g plans.
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ST uses Tmo, or ATT towers, so when I ordered my sim, I specified I had a TMO-Compatable phone.
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what kind speed are u getting? i might dump my tmobile once i get the unlock code from them
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Mines still locked to TMO, no need to unlock.

U sure ur getting 4g speeds? I thought we could only get edge speeds w ST?!
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Please be kind enough to post a speed test

I'm a little n00b at straight talk, but do they offer unlimited data or something?

Sorry, Ive been busy.
Average results for speed....
Now, keep in mind, im in the middle of nowhere in north texas, so standing in the living room might get better than going outside, or 3 feet to the left..
Down Up
.77 .62
1.21 .98
.82 .67
6.90 1.38
6.20 3.21
5.33 1.16
.88 .38
6.55 3.44
so, it is all over the place, but then again I am a 1000 miles from nowhere, next time I go to say, Mkinney, or even the Plano area, Ill probably get the 21+ speeds. Also, I flashed the Blaze Modem, switched to the WCDMA settings, just kinda messing around for now to see what I may get, Ive never really monitored my speeds while on TMO, phone is always connected wifi at home, and even then, ill use my tablet, so data doesnt matter to me.
Voice and SMS/MMS are flawless, and that matters to me.

So can the phone roam on att towers?
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I'm on ST with an unlocked t989 using att towers.. can post tests later its 4g as well
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Zoen22 said:
I'm on ST with an unlocked t989 using att towers.. can post tests later its 4g as well
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That's awesome, I might have to switch to straight talk.
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I prefer my unlimited 4G 100 calling minutes unlimited texting for $30 tmobile plan

Tynen said:
I prefer my unlimited 4G 100 calling minutes unlimited texting for $30 tmobile plan
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I've been reading at the Howard forums and a lot of folks are saying they get unlimited data even at 4g speeds. I'm gonna order the sim and try it out
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hunterhp said:
I've been reading at the Howard forums and a lot of folks are saying they get unlimited data even at 4g speeds. I'm gonna order the sim and try it out
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I plan on making the switch as well, I actually talked to them last night and the lady told me that all I have to do is just order the sim for Tmobile. Can't wait to see if this is just as good as Tmobile.
"Cocaine Is One Hell Of A Drug" You Know I Keep That White Girl

I'm happy with it so far, going from 220.00 a month for 2 lines to under 100.00 makes me happy.
However, wife's G2X has no data connection, gonna have to spend some time on her phone tonight.
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Quick question, are you still able to tether?
My White ICS

I heard they only give you about 3gb of data but I'm considering it now since they have unlimited everything for $45 and I have had a tendency to eat my 100 minutes these past two months.
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I just ported my number tonight. I gave up lte for a 45 a month plan. I switched to att in 08 for the iphone 3g. I paid 70 unlimited talk, 30 unlimited data, 5 for 200 texts add taxes around 120. 120×12=1440 a year opposed to 45×12=540. That's a 900 savings a yr. I can buy a phone with no contract with what I save. I'll give up lte speed for 900, I still get 4g with around 2-3 mbps download and 1 mbps upload. I'm on wifi at home and even if I do a little tethering on my cm9 touchpad at work I wont go over straight talks watchful eyes for people who have 4-10 gb of data usage a month. I definitely broke the att shackles tonight and have no complaints. Even if someone has to pay back early termination fees you have to do the math and see if you're still saving over a year or two. 1440 a year ×2= 2880; 540×2= 1080 for 2 years of a contract I will have saved 1800.
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ptclik85 said:
Quick question, are you still able to tether?
My White ICS
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Yes, as long as your phone can. BUT, they don't allow it and I've read they have cut services off for people who rack up 4-10 gb of data usage a month.
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jonathan3579 said:
I heard they only give you about 3gb of data but I'm considering it now since they have unlimited everything for $45 and I have had a tendency to eat my 100 minutes these past two months.
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I would say go for it.
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Data dropping

Hey guys. Does anybody have problems with data dropping? I have good service all bars but it just goes real slow then it goes back to regular speeds by itself. I tried different radios and roms but it does the sane. Could it be the phone?
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are you being throttled ?

ysuleman said:
Hey guys. Does anybody have problems with data dropping? I have good service all bars but it just goes real slow then it goes back to regular speeds by itself. I tried different radios and roms but it does the sane. Could it be the phone?
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That's definatly throttling. Call tmobile and they'll tell you.
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I called t mobile they did something. But I asked the guy if I was being throttled. He replied possibly but can not gurauntee that to you. However I do have unlimited data! Unless that is seperate from throttling? He did something cause now it is much better
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still sounds like throttling to me
specially the part that it got better, after talking to CSR and the guy adjusted something for you

AllGamer said:
still sounds like throttling to me
specially the part that it got better, after talking to CSR and the guy adjusted something for you
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Ya it works perfectly. But does throttling have something to do with unlimited data? Because I am paying for unlimited data then why throttle me?
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The problem is that tmobile will throttle you when you exceed 2 gb on the unlimited plan. They did this to try and curb those that were downloading movies and music over their network. If you have a grandfathered plan, it's at 5 gb. I know its misleading and wrong, but they will hopefully kill this next month as they promised. If your data usage does go over the 2 gb limit though, they will reduce your speed. They call their plan unlimited because you can still use data, just much slower...

ysuleman said:
Ya it works perfectly. But does throttling have something to do with unlimited data? Because I am paying for unlimited data then why throttle me?
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Unlimited is not unlimited high speed. You have a limit of high speed.
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LoopDoGG79 said:
Unlimited is not unlimited high speed. You have a limit of high speed.
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Yeah, limited unlimited.

same in Canada
it's unlimited data, it's all you can eat buffet
but the highspeed is limited to whatever you purchased with your plan, once it's over, you only get mostly text and websites without media contents, don't expect to see any streaming video after that

Won't have to worry about this for long. Getting the nationwide unlimited 4g plan on Sept. 5
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Simple data plan 200mb of 4g

They recently changed this plan to "unlimited" where as before it was pay per megabyte. After your reach your limit you get throttled to almost a crawl. Figure this was worth a mention for those looking to cut corners. I know I will probably switch temporally to save a few extra bucks. I use a lot of data but I can contain it on wifi, also Pandora still works pretty good on 2g and less hicups that with Virgin Mobiles 3g (true story) I need internet as I need if for text message as I use Google Voice other wise I would probably just do with out.
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Just noticed this on the value plan. Have no idea about the classic plan
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I thought the GS3 required at least the 2GB plan....

Possibly but I think on the value plan data is optional.
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I think you maybe right when I go to make the changes it says something along the lines "sorry we cant complete your request" I think this is absolute crap if this be case
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Just checked out on the individual plan as if I were going to buy online and it let me well sort of obviously I am not going to add an unnecessary phone line. Then again with the value it looked like all was well untill I got the generic message saying they cant help me with my request
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Just called 611 and next month my simple data plan begins see how long I can last on 2g lol
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md1008 said:
Just called 611 and next month my simple data plan begins see how long I can last on 2g lol
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Actually i had that plan and after you reach your data of 200 mb,you get charge of .10 cents a mb up to 25.00 dollars and then they throttle you unless they change the plan all together.i tried to get the unlimited nationwide 4g but couldn't since i have a grandfather plan...so i went with the 5gb unlimited with free tethering...

shrty4luv said:
Actually i had that plan and after you reach your data of 200 mb,you get charge of .10 cents a mb up to 25.00 dollars and then they throttle you unless they change the plan all together.i tried to get the unlimited nationwide 4g but couldn't since i have a grandfather plan...so i went with the 5gb unlimited with free tethering...
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Yeah that'svwhat I read but now it says that this plan will not charge you just slow you down.
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shrty4luv said:
Actually i had that plan and after you reach your data of 200 mb,you get charge of .10 cents a mb up to 25.00 dollars and then they throttle you unless they change the plan all together.i tried to get the unlimited nationwide 4g but couldn't since i have a grandfather plan...so i went with the 5gb unlimited with free tethering...
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Did you even read the first sentence of the thread?

So, has anyone seen the new prepaid plan?

Not sure if this should be in general, as it is a question. xD
But a month after purchasing my galaxy s 3 and signing a 2 year contract for the unlimited plan, t-mobile decides to make the 30 dollar 5G data unlimited text 100 minute plan to UNLIMITED data. And for me to switch it would cost approx 600 dollars -.-
Has anyone else seen this?

haven't seen any update on their official website so I'm a little confused :/

Fidyyuan said:
haven't seen any update on their official website so I'm a little confused :/
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Lol... Its right here buddy
http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/monthly-4g-plans

elesbb said:
Lol... Its right here buddy
http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/monthly-4g-plans
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the $30 plan is not true(when are they ever) unlimited it caps you at 5GB 3g/4g and throttles you to EDGE once you get to 5GB. i've had this plan since the day it was introduced sometime fall of last year. its an ok plan if you dont rely on it as your only internet source or dont need minutes. i use skype and have wifi at home so it works for me. but i do reach the cap more often than not.

qben88 said:
the $30 plan is not true(when are they ever) unlimited it caps you at 5GB 3g/4g and throttles you to EDGE once you get to 5GB. i've had this plan since the day it was introduced sometime fall of last year. its an ok plan if you dont rely on it as your only internet source or dont need minutes. i use skype and have wifi at home so it works for me. but i do reach the cap more often than not.
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Yeah you're right i think elesbb just thought they changed the plan to truly unlimited
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Teo032 said:
Yeah you're right i think elesbb just thought they changed the plan to truly unlimited
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the only plans im aware they changed recently are the post paid plans to include unlimited data but they disable tethering when you change to it.

Elesbb fail. Didn't see grey prints lol
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qben88 said:
the $30 plan is not true(when are they ever) unlimited it caps you at 5GB 3g/4g and throttles you to EDGE once you get to 5GB. i've had this plan since the day it was introduced sometime fall of last year. its an ok plan if you dont rely on it as your only internet source or dont need minutes. i use skype and have wifi at home so it works for me. but i do reach the cap more often than not.
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Well I used to have that 5 gig plan as well. But I even asked customer service about it and they said it's truly unlimited no caps no throttle.
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Elesbb fail. Didn't see grey prints lol
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-.- T-Mobile said there weren't any caps. You're a fail lol jk
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elesbb said:
Well I used to have that 5 gig plan as well. But I even asked customer service about it and they said it's truly unlimited no caps no throttle.
-.- T-Mobile said there weren't any caps. You're a fail lol jk
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If you click on "compare plans", you can see, if clearly says 4G speeds for first 5GB only.

Well seems you guys were right i just got done chatting with the rep and they said it is capped to 5Gb. Im actually glad cause now i dont feel like a fool for getting the contract plan.
But i SWEAR the other rep yesterday told me it was truly unlimited -.- so its their fault i fail xP

elesbb said:
Well seems you guys were right i just got done chatting with the rep and they said it is capped to 5Gb. Im actually glad cause now i dont feel like a fool for getting the contract plan.
But i SWEAR the other rep yesterday told me it was truly unlimited -.- so its their fault i fail xP
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Lots of reps would say that it's truly unlimited.. even though it throttles at 5gb lol. Just trying to get money off you
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I'm a bit confused by the OP, why would it cost $600 to break your contract and switch to the prepaid plan?
(I understand that you're no longer interest in switching since you found that the plan is capped but I'm still curious about this point)

DougAdamsFan said:
I'm a bit confused by the OP, why would it cost $600 to break your contract and switch to the prepaid plan?
(I understand that you're no longer interest in switching since you found that the plan is capped but I'm still curious about this point)
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Etf=200 last months usage=60 rest of my galaxy s3=350
All that plus tax.
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Is the Monthly 4G 70$ plan good ?

Is the $70 unlimited plan worth getting from coming from $50 plan
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shaqqq said:
Is the $70 unlimited plan worth getting from coming from $50 plan
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Only you can decide if it's worth it. If you are talking about T Mobile's new plan structure then it depends on how much mobile data you use as that is the only difference in the plan.
For instance I have the $50 plan because my life in blanketed in WiFi so I rarely use Mobile data. The 500MB plan is more than adequate for me. But if you rely heavily on mobile data, you might need the more expensive plans that bump you up to 2.5GB or Unlimited.

Skipjacks said:
Only you can decide if it's worth it. If you are talking about T Mobile's new plan structure then it depends on how much mobile data you use as that is the only difference in the plan.
For instance I have the $50 plan because my life in blanketed in WiFi so I rarely use Mobile data. The 500MB plan is more than adequate for me. But if you rely heavily on mobile data, you might need the more expensive plans that bump you up to 2.5GB or Unlimited.
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Is the internet ganna be just as fast like if I was contract unlimited internet instead of prepaid?
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shaqqq said:
Is the internet ganna be just as fast like if I was contract unlimited internet instead of prepaid?
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Yes. Same network.

So it's not going to be as fast as if it was contact internet?
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shaqqq said:
So it's not going to be as fast as if it was contact internet?
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Yes it will I have the 2.5 gb plan myself and its 28d and ,15 u lte and I am 20 minutes away from where the farm work was done in Richmond. They don't slow it down until you get to 2gb or more.
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richardlibeau said:
Yes it will I have the 2.5 gb plan myself and its 28d and ,15 u lte and I am 20 minutes away from where the farm work was done in Richmond. They don't slow it down until you get to 2gb or more.
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I'll be able to stream YouTube and video's with no problem? And will apps download fast? Stuff like that is it fast when doing it and web browsing
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I'll be able to stream YouTube and video's with no problem? And will apps download fast? Stuff like that is it fast when doing it and web browsing
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Yeah you can watch videos no problem. Just don"t download too many games or roms using data because it adds up fast. I usually use wifi to do that so the 2.5 gb usually last me the whole month. I download alot of stuff but I do pretty good with the 2.5 and wifi.
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Oh ok good. So I'm getting the 4G unlimited $70 I should be able to use the internet on whatever with no problem without the internet slowing down then
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Oh ok good. So I'm getting the 4G unlimited $70 I should be able to use the internet on whatever with no problem without the internet slowing down then
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Yes thats what I have and its good without any slow down. Web pages open fast, videos play fine, downloads are good unless its a slow server that you are downloading from but usually pretty good for most sites.
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shaqqq said:
Oh ok good. So I'm getting the 4G unlimited $70 I should be able to use the internet on whatever with no problem without the internet slowing down then
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Look in to family plans add your friends and it will be cheep for u
I pay 30$ everything Unlimited With unlimited 4GLTE

maxshah912 said:
Look in to family plans add your friends and it will be cheep for u
I pay 30$ everything Unlimited With unlimited 4GLTE
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I don't want to go into contract lol I wanna stay on prepaid Monthly 4G
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Look in to family plans add your friends and it will be cheep for u
I pay 30$ everything Unlimited With unlimited 4GLTE
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True the more you add the cheaper it is.
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I don't want to go into contract lol I wanna stay on prepaid Monthly 4G
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Its not contract u can cancel any time
Difference is u pay at the end of month rather then up front But u get more speed then Monthly 4G or other prepaid

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Its not contract u can cancel any time
Difference is u pay at the end of month rather then up front But u get more speed then Monthly 4G or other prepaid
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I didn't know that thank you. And how is the speed faster? They're both unlimited
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I didn't know that thank you. And how is the speed faster? They're both unlimited
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Yes They are both unlimited, but Postpaid people has more priority over prepaid.
I know it sounds crazy but I have done speed test on both plans
30$ Unlimited post paid family plan
And 30$ 5 GB prepaid plan
Down speed I get with 30$ Postpaid plan on LTE is 28 to 29 Meg on busy day at the edge of San Diego
and With prepaid plan I had 12 to 18 mb on same day same hr of day

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Yes They are both unlimited, but Postpaid people has more priority over prepaid.
I know it sounds crazy but I have done speed test on both plans
30$ Unlimited post paid family plan
And 30$ 5 GB prepaid plan
Down speed I get with 30$ Postpaid plan on LTE is 28 to 29 Meg on busy day at the edge of San Diego
and With prepaid plan I had 12 to 18 mb on same day same hr of day
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Oh ok thanks a lot didn't know any of that
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maxshah912 said:
Yes They are both unlimited, but Postpaid people has more priority over prepaid.
I know it sounds crazy but I have done speed test on both plans
30$ Unlimited post paid family plan
And 30$ 5 GB prepaid plan
Down speed I get with 30$ Postpaid plan on LTE is 28 to 29 Meg on busy day at the edge of San Diego
and With prepaid plan I had 12 to 18 mb on same day same hr of day
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Not true
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Vanhoud said:
Not true
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How isn't true?
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shaqqq said:
How isn't true?
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I've done similar speed tests with opposite results. Priority doesn't matter with pre vs post paid
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