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Straight talk $45 unlimited plan

Does anyone have this plan? Im wondering if and when they throttle data, i called st but can't get a straight answer. Right now i get throttled after 5gb, if straight talk gives you at least 5gigs of full speed data it would be well worth switching for me. Just seems too good to be true.
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Neo3D said:
who are you with now?
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Most likely T-Mobile by the sounds of it.
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toddrosenberger said:
if straight talk gives you at least 5gigs of full speed data it would be well worth switching for me. Just seems too good to be true.
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They don't, common wisdom is that it's more like 2g/mo and 100m/day before ST throttles, but you won't get an answer out of them, ever.

Cincinnati bell
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Sounds like im better off sticking with Cincinnati bell
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You should look at the prepaid thread in my sig. It details all of the plans and there are lots of testimonials of people using them.
Common wisdom is that the Straight Talk plan caps at 2gb per month (theres no way they could do 5gb data at the $45 price point).
If you want more data you're either going to have to go with the $60 Simple Mobile plan, which gives 5gb+, or the T-Mobile Prepaid plans, 2 of which offer 5gb (then throttle).

martonikaj said:
You should look at the prepaid thread in my sig. It details all of the plans and there are lots of testimonials of people using them.
Common wisdom is that the Straight Talk plan caps at 2gb per month (theres no way they could do 5gb data at the $45 price point).
If you want more data you're either going to have to go with the $60 Simple Mobile plan, which gives 5gb+, or the T-Mobile Prepaid plans, 2 of which offer 5gb (then throttle).
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so you are sure the simple mobile plan gives 5gb before throttling? Cannot find any definite number on their website just like straight talk. On tmobile/att/cincinnati bell websites it tells you the amount of data used where you will be throttled. At least they are up front about it.

toddrosenberger said:
so you are sure the simple mobile plan gives 5gb before throttling? Cannot find any definite number on their website just like straight talk. On tmobile/att/cincinnati bell websites it tells you the amount of data used where you will be throttled. At least they are up front about it.
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It's not published, but just crowd-sourced that they offer 5GB of data. Many MVNOs choose not to publish whether or not they throttle/cap or at what point.

So after 5gb are you throttled or are there overage fees? Im assuming throttled since it's called unlimited. And simple mobile uses tmobiles network, correct?
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toddrosenberger said:
So after 5gb are you throttled or are there overage fees? Im assuming throttled since it's called unlimited.
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no overage fees.
And simple mobile uses tmobiles network, correct?
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Correct.

My question for anyone using the gnex and ST is, does the phone use T-Mobiles network or atts? I read you can use either a T-Mobile or att phone and was wondering since the gnex is pentaband if you could potentially bounce from one network to the other based on which one had better signal? Thanks in advance guys.
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skyhigh2004 said:
My question for anyone using the gnex and ST is, does the phone use T-Mobiles network or atts? I read you can use either a T-Mobile or att phone and was wondering since the gnex is pentaband if you could potentially bounce from one network to the other based on which one had better signal? Thanks in advance guys.
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You choose when you start the service whether you're going to get an AT&T SIM or a T-Mobile SIM (they can pick for you based on your zip code, but you can choose manually). You can't bounce back and forth, because the SIM is only provisioned for AT&T towers or T-Mobile towers. There's no roaming between the two.
When you order, its easy to tell. In the cart it will say "AT&T compatible SIM card" or "T-Mobile compatible SIM card".

toddrosenberger said:
i called but can't get a straight answer.
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Lol. #notsosatraighttalk
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martonikaj said:
You choose when you start the service whether you're going to get an AT&T SIM or a T-Mobile SIM (they can pick for you based on your zip code, but you can choose manually). You can't bounce back and forth, because the SIM is only provisioned for AT&T towers or T-Mobile towers. There's no roaming between the two.
When you order, its easy to tell. In the cart it will say "AT&T compatible SIM card" or "T-Mobile compatible SIM card".
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Thank you kindly sir.
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straight talk is great as long as nothing goes wrong (which luckily is my case)
faster data speed than simple mobile and very good coverage
however their customer service is non-existent
calling them is a waste of time
try their facebook page if you really wanna have something done
much more responsive (they probably won't fix your problem immediately but at least they are responding)

skyhigh2004 said:
Thank you kindly sir.
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Most welcome, sir.
cLOUDFAn said:
straight talk is great as long as nothing goes wrong (which luckily is my case)
faster data speed than simple mobile and very good coverage
however their customer service is non-existent
calling them is a waste of time
try their facebook page if you really wanna have something done
much more responsive (they probably won't fix your problem immediately but at least they are responding)
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This is true of prepaid carriers. You save money but get no service. I call CS maybe once a year, so I think that's worth saving $40 a month on service.

Has anyone on straight talk At&t sim tried doing a voice call or video call using Google Talk? when I try I get a message saying I need to be connected to a Wi-Fi network. Anyone else getting this?
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I am now using my Galaxy Nexus with Straight Talk on the TMO ST SIM card. Overall its great. One thing I've noticed though are the ping times. On ST I can never get a ping better than 300ms using the speedtest.net app. Also several times when I've woken my phone from idle, I notice it says its not in sync with Google services...the bars are grey and not blue. It usually goes blue again within 30 seconds saying it synced. I think it may be related to the ping issue, as I think ST data goes through a proxy before going out over the TMO network to destination. The data speeds themselves seem the same as they were when I was on Tmobile, but I seem to recall being able to get around 100ms pings or less in the same locations when I was on Tmobile.

saint327 said:
I am now using my Galaxy Nexus with Straight Talk on the TMO ST SIM card. Overall its great. One thing I've noticed though are the ping times. On ST I can never get a ping better than 300ms using the speedtest.net app. Also several times when I've woken my phone from idle, I notice it says its not in sync with Google services...the bars are grey and not blue. It usually goes blue again within 30 seconds saying it synced. I think it may be related to the ping issue, as I think ST data goes through a proxy before going out over the TMO network to destination. The data speeds themselves seem the same as they were when I was on Tmobile, but I seem to recall being able to get around 100ms pings or less in the same locations when I was on Tmobile.
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Would changing your apn settings help out at all? I have a recommendation but I'm not sure how much difference it will make.
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Are you Tiered or Unlimited?

This is just a quick poll, but I am curious to know how many people here are unfortunately under a tiered data plan or are you still running unlimited.

Unlimited! Till I die!
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defnow said:
Unlimited! Till I die!
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I wouldn't hinge the length of my life on unlimited data.

Unlimited T-Mobile Prepaid here.
You need to put "Unlimited" in italics for AT&T too. They're all throttled now like T-Mobile.

adrynalyne said:
I wouldn't hinge the length of my life on unlimited data.
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Especially when you have no choice but to move to a Tiered data plan.

HeCareth said:
Especially when you have no choice but to move to a Tiered data plan.
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Would make for an interesting obituary.

Thug for life. Tiered at death.
let it be.

I still have att unlimited plan, which becomes unusable pretty fast because I go through the 3gb limit in about two weeks.
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Yep, "unlimited" here as well. Stupid T-Mobile marketing.

Unlimited with a typical monthly usage of around 15gb
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nohcho said:
I still have att unlimited plan, which becomes unusable pretty fast because I go through the 3gb limit in about two weeks.
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That's interesting because I thought this would be the case with Verizon's network optimization crap...but from what I found out it only effects 3G devices only and it is on a tower by tower basis.
I guess they are really trying to get people off those 3G devices so they can upgrade their entire network to 4G

chlehqls said:
Yep, "unlimited" here as well. Stupid T-Mobile marketing.
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Well at least they're up-front with their throttle tiers and they're at fixed points. I'd take a throttle over an overage charge any day.

Verizon 20GB
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HeCareth said:
That's interesting because I thought this would be the case with Verizon's network optimization crap...but from what I found out it only effects 3G devices only and it is on a tower by tower basis.
I guess they are really trying to get people off those 3G devices so they can upgrade their entire network to 4G
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The throttling is a per account basis (throttling per tower is silly), and only the top 5%. Takes a lot to get there on 3G.

adrynalyne said:
The throttling is a per account basis (throttling per tower is silly), and only the top 5%. Takes a lot to get there on 3G.
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I've read otherwise. That Verizon's throttling is a lot more dynamic and considers a lot more factors like congestion, data plan, data usage, location blah blah blah. Whether it is true or not I don't know. But it does seem like fewer Verizon users get throttled than atnt sneaky misleading tactics. Who knows?
let it be.

adrynalyne said:
The throttling is a per account basis (throttling per tower is silly), and only the top 5%. Takes a lot to get there on 3G.
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Actually its on a tower by tower basis, so if I am a top 5% user on a crowded tower I will be throttled, however if the tower is not crowded I will not. That is how the system works. And by top 5% they mean anyone who uses over 2GB of data per month.
Bye the way, everything is on a account basis if you really think about it.
I advise you to do a little research before you post...http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-news/verizon-begins-throttling-service-for-remaining-unlimited-3g-customers/4522

HeCareth said:
Actually its on a tower by tower basis, so if I am a top 5% user on a crowded tower I will be throttled, however if the tower is not crowded I will not. That is how the system works. And by top 5% they mean anyone who uses over 2GB of data per month.
Bye the way, everything is on a account basis if you really think about it.
I advise you to do a little research before you post...http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-ne...ice-for-remaining-unlimited-3g-customers/4522
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Like saying the next nexus will have chrome as default browser and quad core for sure kind of research?
let it be.

Mobilicity unlimited data
I use about 3GB a month

4GB all day every day...
came from at&t so called unlimited which was very limited.

Tiered on Verizon and one line on AT&T is unlimited with the rest being tiered.

T-Mobile S3 or AT&T?

Which is better? Where I live I get full coverage from both carriers. So what are the advantages of being with T-Mobile?

JoJo2211 said:
Which is better? Where I live I get full coverage from both carriers. So what are the advantages of being with T-Mobile?
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Better plans. I have a $20 5gb Unlimited with Mobile Hotspot. T-Mobile knows how to treat its customers right if you prove you are loyal (I've only been with them for 4 years and I'm a "loyal" customer).

gr4p3s said:
Better plans. I have a $20 5gb Unlimited with Mobile Hotspot. T-Mobile knows how to treat its customers right if you prove you are loyal (I've only been with them for 4 years and I'm a "loyal" customer).
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Thanks. What do you mean by 5GB UNLimited? Isn't that actually limited? :|
Is it possible to perhaps get a T-Mobile galaxy S III, Unlock it, and then use it on AT&T. And then do that $10 dumbphone unlimited hspa+ data trick?

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Thanks. What do you mean by 5GB UNLimited? Isn't that actually limited? :|
Is it possible to perhaps get a T-Mobile galaxy S III, Unlock it, and then use it on AT&T. And then do that $10 dumbphone unlimited hspa+ data trick?
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It means first five gigabyte of data is 4 g then after that the rest is unlimited but at slower speeds.
And yes I agree t mobile has way better plan pricing than att
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I like how tmo does data better, throttling speeds rather than charging for overage. Sure, the speeds are slow as heck, but it's better than accidentally paying extra per month.
I don't know much about the att trick, so I can't comment on that. But I do recommend doing a mock plan on tmo's site to get a feel for the price difference you can expect.
Good luck with whatever you choose!

JoJo2211 said:
Which is better? Where I live I get full coverage from both carriers. So what are the advantages of being with T-Mobile?
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Go with at&t pre pay. I just dumped tmobile after 6 years. There a joke these days. Yes plans are great but customer care is horrible and the call centers are over seas now, talking with people who barely speak English is constant. The only way to talk to American customer service is say "cancel" at the automated system.
Also got different answers to questions every time I called in. Even called a liar about past problems. Tmobile use to be awesome but now I can't stand them.
I pay $50 with att for unlimited everything.
Tmobile just over $80 for unlimited everything.
At&t customer is better. I called in with trouble setting up voice mail. He set me up and even called back 10 minutes later to make sure every thing was working right. Can't beat that lol
Edit: I'm using a Tmobile s3 with at&t. No issues with voice or data and get 4g.
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I'm going to tell you why you're going with Tmobile. Yes, their customer service is over seas but only some of it is. I can tell you what to say in the beginning of the call prompt that will get you right over to the USA based retention department. Tmobile is actually addressing these issues as we speak. Their bringing more call centers back from over seas and are on a mission to get back to that top spot in customer service they held for so many years. It's kind of funny how their customer service was stellar until they started messing with AT& T. I wouldn't be surprised if ATT gave them a list of **** they wanted done before the buy out went through.
Now, onto mobile services. If you get a good signal with both of them then I would side with Tmobile. HSPA+ uses less batter power than LTE. When it comes to overages, I think ATT charges you for every MB used after 5gb and Tmobile just throttles your speeds back to the equivalent of 2G data speeds. I believe Tmobile also has a 10gb plan if you think 5gb won't be enough. In 3 years, I've never came close to going past 5gb and I use my 4G connection quite often. I tether it to my laptop and take let. I play Counterstrike through my data connection sometimes and I used to play WoW through it. I think the most I've ever used was 4600mb. As long as your not using your phone data connection to download multiple torrents a day then you should be fine. When it comes to plan prices, well that's a no brainer. Tmobile definitely has better priced plans and less nick/diming charges.
Lastly, I believe ATT along with Verizon are excluding certain features from the GS3. I just found out about one tonight. Everyone on ATT has reported the absence of a Driving Mode icon within the notification pull down menu. Tmobile does in fact have this driving mode feature. That's the only one I know of at this point but there could be more.
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Just an FYI, if you go with TM and would like to take advantage of their future LTE network, the TM version of the S3 will not be compatible as stated HERE.
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Edit: I'm using a Tmobile s3 with at&t. No issues with voice or data and get 4g.
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Quick question for mustk1ll20, did you do anything specifically besides unlocking the phone to use ATT's network? How is their 4G working for you?

Infamous_Cheez said:
Quick question for mustk1ll20, did you do anything specifically besides unlocking the phone to use ATT's network? How is their 4G working for you?
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I got a unlock code from Tmobile before I cancelled service. Went to at&t store and then set up my unlimited plan and got the SIM. After that set a apn for at&t and your good to go. Tmobile service in my area is 2 bars max and edge data speed. At&t data has been awesome where I'm at(out in the middle of no where)
You can let people tell you Tmobile is getting better but after 6 years of hearing it I gave up. Tmobile has started there "trying" to make things because they lost top spot for customer service. There gonna do nothing but blow smoke up your *** when there's a problem.
I had problems with roaming on my s3 and was calling in quit a bit. In the end there solution was to tell me that they don't have a roaming deal with at&t in my area. Funny because my old Samsung flip would roam in the same area no problem. After telling them this, he asked me to wait on hold for a few minutes while he looks into something......he transferred me to someone else instead. You go with Tmobile you'll regret it.
3 family members who also were fed up with them followed after I confirmed how much better at&t was.
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mustk1ll20 said:
Go with at&t pre pay. I just dumped tmobile after 6 years. There a joke these days. Yes plans are great but customer care is horrible and the call centers are over seas now, talking with people who barely speak English is constant. The only way to talk to American customer service is say "cancel" at the automated system.
Also got different answers to questions every time I called in. Even called a liar about past problems. Tmobile use to be awesome but now I can't stand them.
I pay $50 with att for unlimited everything.
Tmobile just over $80 for unlimited everything.
At&t customer is better. I called in with trouble setting up voice mail. He set me up and even called back 10 minutes later to make sure every thing was working right. Can't beat that lol
Edit: I'm using a Tmobile s3 with at&t. No issues with voice or data and get 4g.
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Just curious, what plan do you have with att that's actual unlimited for $50 a month?

RuizGT said:
Just curious, what plan do you have with att that's actual unlimited for $50 a month?
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A prepaid gophone plan. You can find it on there website. When I went in to there store I just told them I wanted the $50 dollar unlimited prepay plan. Unlimited voice, messaging, data. So all I do is buy a at&t $50 prepaid card. Comes to$55.01 with tax. Don't know if they throttle or not but so far things have loaded quickly since I got the plan, and still going strong.
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mustk1ll20 said:
A prepaid gophone plan. You can find it on there website. When I went in to there store I just told them I wanted the $50 dollar unlimited prepay plan. Unlimited voice, messaging, data. So all I do is buy a at&t $50 prepaid card. Comes to$55.01 with tax. Don't know if they throttle or not but so far things have loaded quickly since I got the plan, and still going strong.
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How much data have you use so far and how fast is the data?

whatsitsnamenow said:
How much data have you use so far and how fast is the data?
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Don't go with the att prepaid plan. I looked into it because it sounded good but the data speed is 3g ... what purpose does a galaxy s3 hspa + 44 mb modem serve on 3g. Instead if your looking for the best bang for your Buck get a value plan for t-mobile ...
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You can get unlimited minutes text and data for 59.99$... 2 gigabyte of 4g speeds included .
http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/Packages/ValuePackages.aspx
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Or if you don't talk too much on the phone go with 500 minute unlimited text and data for 49.99$.
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Crisisx1 said:
Don't go with the att prepaid plan. I looked into it because it sounded good but the data speed is 3g ... what purpose does a galaxy s3 hspa + 44 mb modem serve on 3g. Instead if your looking for the best bang for your Buck get a value plan for t-mobile ...
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I think on att you get hspa+ 3g. I think they meant 4g as in 4g LTE.
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You can get unlimited minutes text and data for 59.99$... 2 gigabyte of 4g speeds included .
http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/Packages/ValuePackages.aspx
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Thanks.
Would love to but data and voice signal is pretty bad where I live. I get choppy voice calls and data is non existence inside my house. Of course I really don't need data inside my house but it just shows that signal is not very good.
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Or if you don't talk too much on the phone go with 500 minute unlimited text and data for 49.99$.
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Same as above.

JoJo2211 said:
Which is better? Where I live I get full coverage from both carriers. So what are the advantages of being with T-Mobile?
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I was referring to jojo he said he has full coverage for both.. sorry
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gr4p3s said:
Better plans. I have a $20 5gb Unlimited with Mobile Hotspot. T-Mobile knows how to treat its customers right if you prove you are loyal (I've only been with them for 4 years and I'm a "loyal" customer).
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How much is the Mobile Hotspot?

Another great thing I don't think anyone has mentioned yet is T-Mobile's FREE Wifi Calling. It does not use your plan minutes and you can use it over seas instead of paying roaming charges.

jrwingate6 said:
Another great thing I don't think anyone has mentioned yet is T-Mobile's FREE Wifi Calling. It does not use your plan minutes and you can use it over seas instead of paying roaming charges.
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Oh wow I didn't even know about this.. it really doesn't use our whenever minutes ? Awesome now I can definitely switch to a 500 minutes plan and save money !!
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Making the switch to Sprint

So I've decdied to make the switch to sprint and boycott these scammers! VZW just throttled my connection because I reached 1gb in data, half of my shared data. something a Verizon rep swore they never practice unlike Sprint. I asked a Sprint rep and she mentioned they don't charge for overages like Big Red, they notify you and lower your speeds.
Can anyone else confirm that Sprint throttles coconnections and not just for overages? I'd like a little more info before I switch over. Thanks in advance.
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I dont think sprint 3g speeds are throttlable.
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Sprint does not throttle. At one point I used about 20+ GB a month for 3 months and never got throttled. Same on verizon before I gave my line to my gf. I would use about 80+ GB a month for 9 months and I was never told anything
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I dont think sprint 3g speeds are throttlable.
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Yea if they even attempt to throttle it that means you're watching waaaaaay too much porn or you're watching way too much HD porn lol :crying:
They can't throttle 0.5kbps lol

It was BitTorrent beta that got me downloading stock touchwiz, still less than half the 2gb/mo.

Yeah, Verizon has some really scumbaggy business practices as I've seen before. They will do anything legal to be able to get the most of your money.
Sprint doesn't do most of the crap that VZW does. There have been 0 documented cases of someone being throttled, even when this one guy reached 1TB of data on 4G, all they did was send him a letter asking him to stop. I usually go around 20-50GB on 3G per month and I haven't been throttled or anything.
One thing to watch out for is that speeds can be slow - Depending on where you live, you could be getting either 200kbps or 2000kbps.. A lot of markets are undergoing backhaul increase and other network vision enhancements. During this period, a lot of places can get to really low speeds. After it, however, there will probably be a consistent 1000-2000kbps everywhere on 3G.
Not to mention that they also plan to cover most of their existing 3G places with LTE by the end of 2014 so you won't have to care about speed after 2014 - It'll always be consistent LTE speeds.

Where are you located at? If you are in a good Sprint area or even better... a new LTE area... you should have switched yesterday. But I'd read into more so you not disappointed. Sprint is far better on a lot of things. But 3G speeds can be slow at times. I am a big fan of theirs.
My overall experience.
1. Sprint
2. T-Mobile
3. Verizon
4. ... any others...
5. AT&T
Lol
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I just switch two weeks ago from Verizon to Sprint because of the crap Verizon is doing.
I will say this Verizon's network and data speeds smoke Sprint's but I'm not willing to deal with Verizon's BS anymore.
I have found some places I go it takes longer for a web page to load on Sprint but nothing I can't deal with.
I even paid Verizon almost $1100.00 in ETF's for my 5 lines just to get away from them.
All in all I'm good with Sprint and so far happy I made the switch.
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Sprint would need faster data speeds to be able to actually throttle them. As it is now, its just a slight step above a 56k modem.

I'm in pretty much the same boat as bp328i. I moved from VZ to Sprint just about a month ago because of all the "Share Everything" garbage at VZ. I am fortunate in that I live near Chicago and although they have not officially rolled out 4G they are already in the testing phase so I get 4GLTE about 90% of the time. When it is up, it is great, but there are some significant "holes" in their coverage. I guess, at least while I'm here in my local area, I am pleased with Sprint and its unlimited data, etc. So I'm not sorry that I made the move.

That's the one thing Sprint has going for them, no BS. When they say unlimited, they mean it. As stated, totally depends on your area if you can actually use it or not. I'm around Chicago, so 3G speeds are pretty horrid, but obviously get better the further out from the city you get.
The only remaining question is if Sprint will retain unlimited data once they have good LTE coverage. IMO, that's the only thing that will keep people with them. It's the single selling point they have over everyone else. If they get rid of it, they don't have the network VZW has, so people will jump ship I'm sure.

hayzooos said:
That's the one thing Sprint has going for them, no BS. When they say unlimited, they mean it. As stated, totally depends on your area if you can actually use it or not. I'm around Chicago, so 3G speeds are pretty horrid, but obviously get better the further out from the city you get.
The only remaining question is if Sprint will retain unlimited data once they have good LTE coverage. IMO, that's the only thing that will keep people with them. It's the single selling point they have over everyone else. If they get rid of it, they don't have the network VZW has, so people will jump ship I'm sure.
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I would most likely "jump ship" back to VZ. You can't argue with their coverage. Loved their anti-iPhone campaign: "There's a 'map' for that."

Neil Fruit said:
I would most likely "jump ship" back to VZ. You can't argue with their coverage. Loved their anti-iPhone campaign: "There's a 'map' for that."
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I'm with you on this, if Sprint gets rid of unlimited I'll be right back to Verizon. If my only choice is a limited data plan I'll might as well have the best coverage.
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hayzooos said:
The only remaining question is if Sprint will retain unlimited data once they have good LTE coverage. IMO, that's the only thing that will keep people with them. It's the single selling point they have over everyone else. If they get rid of it, they don't have the network VZW has, so people will jump ship I'm sure.
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I think Sprint will retain its unlimited smartphone plans. But they may well crack down harder on unauthorized tethering, which is a violation of the current terms. (I hope they do.) I'll bet that since Verizon and AT&T have moved to close down their unlimited plans, the tethering pirates have migrated even more to Sprint to take advantage of the last remaining opportunity. Enforcing the contract better against abuse can keep unlimited smartphone contracts viable, and I understand the new network will provide better tools for detecting it.

Thx guys, going with Sprint. I'm already 3/4 up on my data for this month (Easytether PRO) and unlimited with Sprint is just about as much as 2GB w/VZW.

Shibby87 said:
It was BitTorrent beta that got me downloading stock touchwiz, still less than half the 2gb/mo.
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The BitTorrent is what got you throttled on Verizon.
All the major carriers have a clause in their contracts that look for certain data apps, torrents are one of them. IF they see you using one you can get a nasty letter, or throttled..

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The BitTorrent is what got you throttled on Verizon.
All the major carriers have a clause in their contracts that look for certain data apps, torrents are one of them. IF they see you using one you can get a nasty letter, or throttled..
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I hope Sprint looks for the same thing then. I don't have a problem with people who tether now and again when in a bind, but I'm not a fan of those who tether just because they can and abuse the crap out of it. If that keeps happening, Sprint will ditch their unlimited data too, or worse, lock/encrypt bootloaders so it's tougher to root your phone and get free tethering.

IAmSixNine said:
The BitTorrent is what got you throttled on Verizon.
All the major carriers have a clause in their contracts that look for certain data apps, torrents are one of them. IF they see you using one you can get a nasty letter, or throttled..
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I can vouch for this. On sprint I went three months in a row with 30gb+ usage(tethering wimax and torrenting). After the third month I got a call and they said if I didn't stop torrenting (against tos) they would have to cancel my service. However they never mentioned tethering, so I said I wasn't aware that torrenting was not allowed and stopped and no issues since. Sprint is best as long as it stays unlimited.
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I can vouch for this. On sprint I went three months in a row with 30gb+ usage(tethering wimax and torrenting). After the third month I got a call and they said if I didn't stop torrenting (against tos) they would have to cancel my service. However they never mentioned tethering, so I said I wasn't aware that torrenting was not allowed and stopped and no issues since. Sprint is best as long as it stays unlimited.
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Agreed, with Verizon, I was usually within 1-5GB depending on WiFi, I rarely exceeded 5GB, and the first time I used BitTorrent was for stock touchwiz. Those of us who use hotspot/tethering daily, Sprint seems most logical.
Technically, Verizon has no right to block 3rd party tethering apps and actually just paid out $1.25 million for trying to
Verizon Wireless To Pay $1.25 Million To Settle Investigation
Verizon Wireless offers customers its 4G LTE service on C Block spectrum. Verizon Wireless bid at
auction to acquire that spectrum, understanding that it was accompanied by open device and application
obligations. Specifically, licensees offering service on C Block spectrum “shall not deny, limit, or restrict
the ability of their customers to use the devices and applications of their choice on the licensee’s C Block
network,” subject to narrow exceptions.
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Guys, just got off the phone with Verizon to transfer my number to Sprint, they asked why, I told them I was dissatisfied with their share packages and viola, they added my old unlimited plan back, strait 4G LTE, no sharing. Just thought I'd share my mediocre victory with Verizon. If you have VZW and hate their share packages, you can try telling Verizon your swiching to Sprint and see if they let you into their unlimited grandfathered data plans

[Q] Is T-Mobile's Unlimited High Speed Data option truly unlimited (unthrottled)?

Note that I am not referring to their somewhat misleading advertising that calls all of their plans "unlimited," but instead the $20/mo extra per line that gives you supposedly unlimited LTE.
I'll be living in a large city with excellent LTE coverage in the near future, and I had considered this plan option, possibly even to replace a home internet connection using a ROM with built in tethering, etc. But I don't know if there's some fine print somewhere that they would throttle it after a point, possibly down to 3g speeds or something? I use a lot of netflix, I would estimate my daily combined home cable + current wireless monthly bandwidth consumption somewhere in the neighborhood of 100gb/mo if not more.

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Note that I am not referring to their somewhat misleading advertising that calls all of their plans "unlimited," but instead the $20/mo extra per line that gives you supposedly unlimited LTE.
I'll be living in a large city with excellent LTE coverage in the near future, and I had considered this plan option, possibly even to replace a home internet connection using a ROM with built in tethering, etc. But I don't know if there's some fine print somewhere that they would throttle it after a point, possibly down to 3g speeds or something? I use a lot of netflix, I would estimate my daily combined home cable + current wireless monthly bandwidth consumption somewhere in the neighborhood of 100gb/mo if not more.
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Interesting. I was on the My T-mobile app once and saw that it said unlimited data but in parentheses it said something around 9,000gb. So that would be considered unlimited if you look at it since it's monthly and don't see anyone ever going above that in a month with hardcore downloading.

I only got 2.5 gig for 10 buck a month most of the time im on wifi.
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whytechapel_x said:
Interesting. I was on the My T-mobile app once and saw that it said unlimited data but in parentheses it said something around 9,000gb. So that would be considered unlimited if you look at it since it's monthly and don't see anyone ever going above that in a month with hardcore downloading.
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Well that would be less disheartening if so. $20/mo for truly unlimited LTE that's faster than the local cable company would be well worth it to me, even if I got it alongside a home connection. But these days, I'm just paranoid that the truly unlimited data days with consistent speeds no matter how much you consume each month might be by the wayside. At some point into that 9,000gb they might try to slow you down?
My T-Mobile reps in the local store didn't have an answer for me on this one, and I don't relish the idea of trying to get one from the 1-800 number.

After you use your high speed data limit you will get slowed down to 2g speeds.
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Don't listen to these guys. I am on the truly unlimited in tampa Florida and I have used over 75gb this month alone on LTE..
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I use over 95 gigs over LTE loving the unlimited
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yes, its truly unlimited

Around a year ago, I remember t mobile actually throttled after a certain point. 4 gigs I think.
Now unlimited is 9,999 gigs.
Yes, truly unlimited
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I'm @ 40+ GB this month
and just did a speed test:
10Mbps dl/ul LTE
No throttling here.
T-Mobile......
Truly Unlimited/No throttling LTE @ $20/mo.
Compared to Sprint No LTE in my area
Even beat out Verizon S3 in a side by side comparison speedtest, 2 out of 3 tests, one draw, in an enclosed room in the middle of an office building.
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whytechapel_x said:
Interesting. I was on the My T-mobile app once and saw that it said unlimited data but in parentheses it said something around 9,000gb. So that would be considered unlimited if you look at it since it's monthly and don't see anyone ever going above that in a month with hardcore downloading.
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I saw that 4G limit of 9.899gb in ( ) on my first invoice, and I was like, What??
I called T-Mobile and spoke to a rep.
It's just the way the billing system is set up to describe Unlimited 4G LTE, but yes, you Are getting Unlimited LTE, no throttling, she explained to me. Of course I asked her the same thing 2 more times in slightly different ways, as at first her explanation sounded suspicious. But I verified it 3 times in total. I did believe her, and subsequent LTE usage have shown that the Rep was telling the truth, as I have Unlimited 4G LTE without throttling

I used over 65 Gb last month of data and not a problem. I tether my entire house (changed user agents in computer browsers top avoid detection) and love it. I pay $70 a month. Can't beat this plan. It's the best deal I've seen around.
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