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Sprint threatening letter!!! Not really unlimited..

Just got a letter from Sprint, telling me control my internet usage within 10 days.... Otherwise they will kick me out. Sprint **** you, don't ****ing advertise as unlimited and then send these threatening letters to your customers.
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How much data were you at by chance? Also was it data used while roaming?

danielddube said:
Just got a letter from Sprint, telling me control my internet usage within 10 days.... Otherwise they will kick me out. Sprint **** you, don't ****ing advertise as unlimited and then send these threatening letters to your customers.
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What exactly was your usage? If it's over a reasonable amount, then yes you will get the letter.

Wow how much data?
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Are you ****ing serious?
Scan/Upload it I want to see.

Take a picture of the letter for us. I'm interested in what it says.

Over 100gb in a month.
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danielddube said:
Over 100gb in a month.
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That's quite a lot. How can you accidentally hit that amount? lol

No roaming, i have that turned off. I know that is one of the reasons they will kick you out.
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Man with Netflix and sometimes playing mw3 i guess you lose track.
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danielddube said:
Over 100gb in a month.
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Are you freakin' serious?!?! I maybe hit 10+ if I'm really trying. And I'm on my phone 24/7. Netflix, online games, Facebook, multiple messaging apps and push e-mail. I'm not suprised you got one at all lol
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Are you paying for hot spot?? Sprint can see if you're using a wifi tether app and that violates the TOS so that's probably why you got the letter.

That's a lot of ggggggbs.
I guess as long as you didn't tether I would agree with you.

Lol 100gb?? That's a lot but still Sprint is crazy...they advertise unlimited so I don't get it.
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danielddube said:
Over 100gb in a month.
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How is that even possible??? With the data speeds on Sprint, I'd think it'd take at least 2 months to download 100gb...

danielddube said:
Over 100gb in a month.
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Wow... that's a lot, and I thought I used the internet so much with 1.5 GBs a month.

danielddube said:
Over 100gb in a month.
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Whaaatt? 100GB?!

lafester said:
That's a lot of ggggggbs.
I guess as long as you didn't tether I would agree with you.
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I have a feeling he's been tethering.

QUICK!!! Sell a picture to one of the news outlets... this is news they want!!!
Or better yet, post it on Reddit...

BigRick10 said:
Are you paying for hot spot?? Sprint can see if you're using a wifi tether app and that violates the TOS so that's probably why you got the letter.
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Sounds like the case, even then 100gb is still damn excessive

$45 Unlimited All Straight Talk for T-Mobile

So all this time I thought that Straight Talk was ATT strictly.. til my bro in law just told me I can purchase a T mobile Sim Card and use it.
http://www.shopstraighttalk.com/bpd...cards&zip=32707&market=GSM5&locale=en&lang=EN
45$, unlimited text mins and web, no contract. Does anyone have this Straight Talk plan with a t mobile sim card?
If so, what kind of Web Speeds do they offer? Is it T mobiles Hspa 42.2 mbps 4g or what?
Also is it truly unlimited web? or do they throttle after certain GB of use?

Crisisx1 said:
So all this time I thought that Straight Talk was ATT strictly.. til my bro in law just told me I can purchase a T mobile Sim Card and use it.
http://www.shopstraighttalk.com/bpd...cards&zip=32707&market=GSM5&locale=en&lang=EN
45$, unlimited text mins and web, no contract. Does anyone have this Straight Talk plan with a t mobile sim card?
If so, what kind of Web Speeds do they offer? Is it T mobiles Hspa 42.2 mbps 4g or what?
Also is it truly unlimited web? or do they throttle after certain GB of use?
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They throttle for sure and the rest I'm not sure
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jgalan14 said:
They throttle for sure and the rest I'm not sure
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So I guess t mobile is the only true unlimited Web service
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Crisisx1 said:
So I guess t mobile is the only true unlimited Web service
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And sprint (if you get reception on it)
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jgalan14 said:
And sprint (if you get reception on it)
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Heard their data is horrible
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Crisisx1 said:
Heard their data is horrible
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Yeah I had them for a few years, last year it got bad after the iPhone it got even worse so I wouldn't recommended them at all, tmobile got some dead spots sometimes but is much much better than sprints
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If u get a plan on att w/ a tmo phone u will get h+... if u prepay u only get edge speeds...
To get speeeed u need to sighn a plan...
All depends what ur looking for...
Already checked it out.....
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Just to confirm straight Talk does have limits on their "unlimited web"
They just don't specifically tell you when.. But when they do feel like you've used too much data they just throttle you. That's an email from them.
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I am on the Unlimited data plan and after 5 gigs, they throttle
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So I guess t mobile is the only true unlimited Web service
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No, I am on the t-mobile Unlimited data plan and after 5 gigs, they throttle

We also have truly unlimited 4g plan also
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serendipityguy said:
No, I am on the t-mobile Unlimited data plan and after 5 gigs, they throttle
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How much does it cost you a month?..I'm on straight talk and do far i like it but haven't really used it on the road yet..
I had Sprint last week and decided to get rid of them cause their data speeds was soooo bad.. so far though I'm happy with straight talk. The girl i bought my phone off she mentioned simple mobile which runs of T-Mobile towers. And idea about them?..
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well, I am using simple Mobile $60. unlimited everything, but they throttle you when they feel you are using too much data. max speed I got around 16 Mb, by the way I live in Houston.
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makki666 said:
well, I am using simple Mobile $60. unlimited everything, but they throttle you when they feel you are using too much data. max speed I got around 16 Mb, by the way I live in Houston.
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Now they lowered the price to 50$
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serendipityguy said:
No, I am on the t-mobile Unlimited data plan and after 5 gigs, they throttle
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You're probably on the unlimited data with 5gb of 4g then after 5gb they throttle you.
But now t mobile has a data plan that is supposed to be truly unlimited.. No throttle
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Crisisx1 said:
Now they lowered the price to 50$
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Sorry, my bad. yeah it is 50 bucks.
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makki666 said:
Sorry, my bad. yeah it is 50 bucks.
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Can you do some speed tests and a screen shot
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Crisisx1 said:
You're probably on the unlimited data with 5gb of 4g then after 5gb they throttle you.
But now t mobile has a data plan that is supposed to be truly unlimited.. No throttle
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You sir, are correct.
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I've been using Straight Talk with the T-Mobile compatible sim for about 4 months now and I've never been throttled. I regularly use around 6-8gb of data a month and have never had any trouble. Speeds are exactly on par with what you get on T-Mobile.
However, there are rumblings of Straight Talk throttling on the AT&T compatible sim card.
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Crisisx1 said:
Can you do some speed tests and a screen shot
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Sure, but not now cuz I returned my phone back to amazon, I had a problem with it. I am planning to get SGS3 in a few days. sure I will post speed test.
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makki666 said:
Sure, but not now cuz I returned my phone back to amazon, I had a problem with it. I am planning to get SGS3 in a few days. sure I will post speed test.
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Thanks. What phone did you return to Amazon
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Throttle work around

Does anyone know if there is a way to work around being throttled on the TMO S3?
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No there isn't.

psykhotic said:
No there isn't.
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Yes there is, get the Truely Unlimited Data Plan
Anyway, there is no way to work around throttle cause it is done on T-mobile side, not on your cell phone

zengshengliu said:
Yes there is, get the Truely Unlimited Data Plan
Anyway, there is no way to work around throttle cause it is done on T-mobile side, not on your cell phone
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I would get the truly unlimited but can't afford it right now. As for the whole throttling, I was able to bypass it back when I had my Mytouch and some other phones in the past.
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tr82691 said:
I would get the truly unlimited but can't afford it right now. As for the whole throttling, I was able to bypass it back when I had my Mytouch and some other phones in the past.
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If you talk to loyalty they will give you twenty four months of 10 off with truly unlimited.... So, for two years it's the same price.
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tr82691 said:
I would get the truly unlimited but can't afford it right now. As for the whole throttling, I was able to bypass it back when I had my Mytouch and some other phones in the past.
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Yeah, they caught on to it now. Its all done by their servers networking tools. Nothing you do to your phone will "hide" how much data you are using. It is literally impossible.

elesbb said:
Yeah, they caught on to it now. Its all done by their servers networking tools. Nothing you do to your phone will "hide" how much data you are using. It is literally impossible.
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damn! Oh well then
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jjlean said:
If you talk to loyalty they will give you twenty four months of 10 off with truly unlimited.... So, for two years it's the same price.
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Loyalty?
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tr82691 said:
Loyalty?
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611

I was wondering this myself and it seems I do too much and I'm already at 2gb of data use lol

just get unlimited its only 10 more a month that 5gb

WiFi?

1SiK1500 said:
WiFi?
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I wish I had it at work but I dont
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Opera mini browser is a great way to reduce data consumption and it actually works relatively fast even when you are throttled
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md1008 said:
Opera mini browser is a great way to reduce data consumption and it actually works relatively fast even when you are throttled
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I use chrome since all my stuff from my PC get synced
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ionic7 said:
just get unlimited its only 10 more a month that 5gb
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It's the same price to the normal 5gb plan
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tr82691 said:
I use chrome since all my stuff from my PC get synced
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I am not a big fan of opera however if you are throttled trust me it's a life saver. Opera mini compresses your data so it not only uses less data but is much faster. When I am slowed down my data is practically worthless.
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Data roaming

Had Verizon for years, roaming in the US was free. Obviously forcing the phone to roam would result in bad things.
Does t mobile allow this in the US too? As in can I turn on the roaming feature and not get dinged?
Have the unlimited everything plan.
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Unlimited plan includes unlimited roaming.
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Trackfiends said:
Unlimited plan includes unlimited roaming.
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Thank you. I couldn't seem to find that info.
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I live in an area with pretty horrible tmobile service, and previously depended heavily on tmobile's domestic data roaming.
Back in 2012 they did away with unlimited roaming, and their unlimited plan now gives you 50mb, after which you have no data roaming for the rest of the month.
Here's a recent article: http://www.fiercewireless.com/story...-roaming-services-simple-choice-pl/2013-10-25
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Thank you for the information sir!
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I'm currently out of the country and I'm able to get unlimited roaming, although it's at a slow speed.

They'll give you unlimited data roaming if you go outside the US, but not in the US.
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Depending on your specific data plan , you have certain amount of roaming data.

papabear said:
Depending on your specific data plan , you have certain amount of roaming data.
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I have unlimited and I get 50mb
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The man in the tmobile store told me that domestic roaming is unlimited.
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Trackfiends said:
Unlimited plan includes unlimited roaming.
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No it does not, it says only 50MB.
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Family plan

Has anyone switched to the framily plan yet? It seems like its just a tactic to get people to give up unlimited data. Whats your opinions.
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Last time I was in the Sprint Store (Dec last year) I was flat out told to keep my unlimited re-up every 2yrs plan. They said I had better options. This may have been before the Family but how much data do you share and if everybody has LTE seems like data would go pretty quick
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HdMsTrTeCh said:
Last time I was in the Sprint Store (Dec last year) I was flat out told to keep my unlimited re-up every 2yrs plan. They said I had better options. This may have been before the Family but how much data do you share and if everybody has LTE seems like data would go pretty quick
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You don't share any individual data for everyone.

Don't you only get 1gb of data on the new family plan?
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My family saved 100 bucks and I have 3 gigs of data which I never went over even when I had unlimited data
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sharkboy0901 said:
My family saved 100 bucks and I have 3 gigs of data which I never went over even when I had unlimited data
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How many lines you have on the plan bro?
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sharkboy0901 said:
My family saved 100 bucks and I have 3 gigs of data which I never went over even when I had unlimited data
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I used 2.5 gbs in the past 3.5 days. And thats lower than my average. I'd be screwed if i lost unlimited lol.
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JESUSARIUS REX said:
I used 2.5 gbs in the past 3.5 days. And thats lower than my average. I'd be screwed if i lost unlimited lol.
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Im with you there lol
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PartimusPrime said:
How many lines you have on the plan bro?
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You don't lose unlimited data. You keep it or you can switch to 1GB for free. Those were the options I got when I switched to the Note 3
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Yeah, I switched to it last week, it was only logical since I'm home 99% of the time hehe, didnt need all the extra data/charges

Is framily plan still worth eventho they don't offer us special device price for 2-year upgrade?
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I've been wondering about these new plans. There's some plan where you pay off your phone but doesn't seem you get any break on the plan. Then there's an unlimited everything where the plan is 50 and data 30 but you only get a corporate discount on the plan so I'd pay more. I'm on the 450 minutes talk and unlimited text and data plan right now but I'm weighing up my options. If I switch to smart pay I can upgrade now or just wait till my normal upgrade in November. The M8 looks so good though! lol
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drancid said:
Is framily plan still worth eventho they don't offer us special device price for 2-year upgrade?
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Its not really special. There isn't much difference between paying $200 upfront + $400 over two years vs $25x24 months. You can save money if you just buy a nexus once every year ( or two years, heck keep it for 3 snapdragon 800 will still be good in 3 years I think)