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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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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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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anyone here on the $30 5gb unlimited text 100 minutes plan?
is your data slow? 1-3mb? im in DFW and according to the speed test thread others are getting much higher speeds. someone reported 15mb+!
I was able to get this plan after a week of countless tmobile support reps, 4 walmarts, 5 sim cards and 2 tmobile stores...
I dont really want to get into the details but finally got the plan but i am noticing 3g speeds and not the 10mb+ 4g speeds i was expecting. Is this plan even though a "Monthly4g" plan limited to 3g speeds? I have the 4g icon and show umts or hspa in phone info screens...
anyone have similar results, or any ideas? I have had this issue on every ROM including stock. I plan to visit a tmobile after work to view instore phone side by side with mine and compare data speeds.
No insights to share, unfortunately, although do please keep us updated on your experience. I'm thinking of switching to this plan as well.
Not too shabby.
I'm on the 'Walmart' plan in SoCal and have been getting 7-15mbps for the most part.
im on it and have recieved up to 18mb
i got that plan. my data is really fast. i even use it for tethering
Should be excellent in that area. The last time I went out there I was getting 6mb speed tests on my Vibrant. From Arlington all the way out to White Settlement.
Didn't make it to check another set @TMO today but testing again from home (white rock lake area) still 1-3m... Same I get @work in Las Colinas. frustrating...
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Im in white settlement right now and I get 9M+ on the regular, but with the regular value plan.
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Pretty sure its throttled after you surpass 5gb
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I am aware of throttling after 5gb but that will be much lower than my current speeds (60k ish), plus I'm nowhere near that limit.
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This is the plan I was going to get because 100 min is going to be enough for me
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I like and saw this deal on walmart website, but sadly when i call walmart. They said they didn't offer this plan. Does all walmart offering this plan or it based on location?
I get anywhere from 500k - 13mb/s in DFW. I'm in tarrant county 90% of the time... mid-cities area. Everywhere I've tested in Dallas/N. Dallas, though, is always faster. I think the hspa+ is more built out there ... just more people, more tech industry, faster growth.
But yeah, the nice and releatively quiet suburbs of where live are not super fast. But im happy with my speeds
maybe it was related to this?
T-Mobile Identifies And Fixes Trouble With Internet Surfing On Wal-Mart Monthly 4G Plan
http://www.tmonews.com/2011/10/t-mo...internet-surfing-on-wal-mart-monthly-4g-plan/
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anyone here on the $30 5gb unlimited text 100 minutes plan?
is your data slow? 1-3mb? im in DFW and according to the speed test thread others are getting much higher speeds. someone reported 15mb+!
I was able to get this plan after a week of countless tmobile support reps, 4 walmarts, 5 sim cards and 2 tmobile stores...
I dont really want to get into the details but finally got the plan but i am noticing 3g speeds and not the 10mb+ 4g speeds i was expecting. Is this plan even though a "Monthly4g" plan limited to 3g speeds? I have the 4g icon and show umts or hspa in phone info screens...
anyone have similar results, or any ideas? I have had this issue on every ROM including stock. I plan to visit a tmobile after work to view instore phone side by side with mine and compare data speeds.
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I like and saw this deal on walmart website, but sadly when i call walmart. They said they didn't offer this plan. Does all walmart offering this plan or it based on location?
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last time i went to walmart, they didnt know what i'm talking about!
just buy a simcard activation kit from amazon and activate the 30$ prepaid plan at home!
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I like and saw this deal on walmart website, but sadly when i call walmart. They said they didn't offer this plan. Does all walmart offering this plan or it based on location?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19019395#post19019395
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maybe it was related to this?
T-Mobile Identifies And Fixes Trouble With Internet Surfing On Wal-Mart Monthly 4G Plan
http://www.tmonews.com/2011/10/t-mo...internet-surfing-on-wal-mart-monthly-4g-plan/
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Nah. That was another issue blocking most all Web access... Something to do with secure sites... It was fixed before I activated (the first time)
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I switched to that plan from post paid and I still get the same speed, about 18 Mbps in Spokane.
I thought you couldn't get the SGS 2 phone with the walmart plan???
This plan doesn't come with any phone I think
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Just checked my 4G data usage and seen I hit 11 GB is this excessive?
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Not really, there's people who use 50+ gigs and bragging about it.
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Just checked my 4G data usage and seen I hit 11 GB is this excessive?
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Yes I used over 5GB on slow ass sprint 3g
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I'm usually at 6gig and I live on this thing.
no 4g around me though.
I used to use about 1-2 GB on 3G, but then I got a wifi router for home.
Now I barely use 200 MB. Plus moving files between PC and phone w/o cables @3 MB/s is pretty nice.
My idiot friend said he used over 300gb one month because he was downloading ps3 games.... Idiots like that are the reason we won't have unlimited forever.... The odd thing is he said that he never got a warning or disruption in his service. I never even get close to you guys cuz I am on wifi virtually everywhere I go
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Just checked my 4G data usage and seen I hit 11 GB is this excessive?
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Did you hit 11GB through phone usage or through tethering? My home internet provider in my building went out of business so I had to start tethering and I hit 18GB of 4G. From what I understand, Sprint doesn't care as long as you aren't roaming. Before tethering, I would go through about 3-4GB a month.
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My idiot friend said he used over 300gb one month because he was downloading ps3 games.... Idiots like that are the reason we won't have unlimited forever.... The odd thing is he said that he never got a warning or disruption in his service. I never even get close to you guys cuz I am on wifi virtually everywhere I go
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Those idiots won't be the reason why, but, they will be the excuse why.
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Those idiots won't be the reason why, but, they will be the excuse why.
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300GB? I think that would be a pretty good reason on their part. He's using 20-30X the amount of data the average data hog here uses (or admits to using). And that's 300X the amount of data the average user (people who live in the 21st century and have wifi at home) uses.
That's obnoxious even compared to other abusers!
Other than illegally downloading warez, I can' think of a single legitimate way a normal person could go through that much bandwidth. Even streaming Netflix... that's 300+ movies (from my experience watching data use on the phone). The hogs here who stream Pandora every day even stay in the low 2 digits of data use.
That idiot friend deserves to get booted!
I hit around 1.3GB last month on 4G (Usage reset yesterday). And I used around a Gig or so on 3G. Im typically always on Wifi though, so my data isnt as high as it would be if it werent for me using Wifi. I get AWESOME 4G coverage at my apartment too
used +8gbs of 4g on primary line this past month, streaming like crazy....bought nba league pass, only use google cloud music for music and heavy surfing. im not worried about overages, ive got a smarthphone to use not stare at.
as for that 300gb claim....id say youre friend is just a douche and didnt even come close to that. i doubt you could even pull 300 gigs of data in a month due to poor sprint coverage/service
The most I ever used was 6.5 gigs and that's because I was testing this torrentlt client on my phone. Lol I downloaded the entire Naruto series.
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My highest has been 25GB on 4g and 2GB on 3g. I'm already at almost 5GB on 4g n not even at 1GB yet on 3g since I barely use that crap. I got 17 more days left in this cycle so i'm sure I'll be at about 20GB by the end of this cycle.
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Those idiots won't be the reason why, but, they will be the excuse why.
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I think you're good...a lot of us have hit high numbers for one reason or another and if you actually have a good signal and utilize your phone for streaming music and uploading pics, etc its not hard to hit a higher number.
When I moved to a new place a few months ago I tethered my revue and two laptops for a couple of weeks until I had broadband hooked up and hit 48 gigs...no letters in the mail. I get great 4G at home and 3G for that matter and average around 10 gigs a month combined usage. Sprint is great if you're in a strong signal area.
I don't understand why a home ISP internet provider can give you all the data you want but cell companies decided to cap people and offer tiered plans. It is not like it cost them more if I use 2 gigs or 4 gigs of data.
Is is a real shame that mobile providers took this direction with data. Getting anything more then the 2 or 3 gig plan just makes your cell phone bill an outrages unaffordable price.
Sprint is great that they still offer unlimited data but when you are using 3G and getting 40kbs what is the point? How could Sprint have ever let there network get this bad. When I had the EVO 4G and I never needed to turn of 4G. Since it killed the battery within hours I was able to use 3G for anything I wanted to without a problem.
Now, if you are not in a 4G area, you phone is almost useless as far as data is concerened. Streaming anything is almost near impossible.
If Sprint actually fixes their network and has LTE 2 years from now I am sure they will not be unlimited either. If they were to tier now, why would anyone in their right mind stay with them? Like Sprint took everything else away from their customers, unlimited data will be next. They just need a network that they can pull that BS on...
Depends on who your ISP is.
ATT has a 100gb limit, and I get a lousy 2.5mbs for $38 month...
Comcast has a 250gb limit.
I don't understand why a home ISP internet provider can give you all the data you want but cell companies decided to cap people and offer tiered plans. It is not like it cost them more if I use 2 gigs or 4 gigs of data.
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There may not be a direct monetary cost, but bandwidth being consumed by one user is bandwidth unavailable for other users to use; it is a rival resource. Users who use a large amount of data place a higher burden on the network than users who use a typical amount and cause data speeds for these users to be lower than they would be otherwise. This reduction in service quality experienced by other users could cause them to leave the network and cost the service provider.
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Depends on who your ISP is.
ATT has a 100gb limit, and I get a lousy 2.5mbs for $38 month...
Comcast has a 250gb limit.
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DSL users are capped at 150GB, U-Verse has no cap since AT&T can't distinguish the TV usage from actual internet usage, so they don't cap that at all.
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Sprint is great that they still offer unlimited data but when you are using 3G and getting 40kbs what is the point? How could Sprint have ever let there network get this bad. When I had the EVO 4G and I never needed to turn of 4G. Since it killed the battery within hours I was able to use 3G for anything I wanted to without a problem.
I remember this! It was Unbelievably fast. ...
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I have an S3 but am using only 3G data from an old plan with ATT.
I was considering upgrading to a limited plan with 4G but am not sure what the point is. 3G really seems fast enough. And what's the point of using 4G when you can burn through your entire month's allocation in eight minutes (assuming 50Mbit download speed).
The download speed is nice but sorta useless on capped plans its the ping thats a big change.
So that time it takes to start the transfer of data is instant on 4G (LTE)
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I have an S3 but am using only 3G data from an old plan with ATT.
I was considering upgrading to a limited plan with 4G but am not sure what the point is. 3G really seems fast enough. And what's the point of using 4G when you can burn through your entire month's allocation in eight minutes (assuming 50Mbit download speed).
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So I just upgraded to S3 today from the captivate. I have a grandfathered unlimited 3G data plan and they just upgraded it to unlimited 4G data plan free of charge, not sure if your case is the same but I didn't have to give up my unlimited data.
Also, just cause your speeds are faster doesn't necessarily mean you use more data. If you continue on the same trend of data usage you won't be hitting your limit any faster than you do now. But the speed at which you do things will increase
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I have an S3 but am using only 3G data from an old plan with ATT.
I was considering upgrading to a limited plan with 4G but am not sure what the point is. 3G really seems fast enough. And what's the point of using 4G when you can burn through your entire month's allocation in eight minutes (assuming 50Mbit download speed).
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well, i have mine turned off as there isnt even LTE in most area's i go, and I'm in the Bay area. SF has LTE, but not east bay, or stockton where i am normally. so its just a waste of battery to have it on. IF u have LTE in ur area i think it would be worth it and depending on wut u are doing, MAY save battery as it would DL data faster, therefore completing wutever task faster..just my opinion..
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I have an S3 but am using only 3G data from an old plan with ATT.
I was considering upgrading to a limited plan with 4G but am not sure what the point is. 3G really seems fast enough. And what's the point of using 4G when you can burn through your entire month's allocation in eight minutes (assuming 50Mbit download speed).
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u wont eva..eva eva evaaaa see 50Mb dl..not on LTE. i think the highest reported anywhere is like half that..
I live in sf and when I go to the east bay I still have lte
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I live in sf and when I go to the east bay I still have lte
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i WISH i lived in sf. i live in concord. solid FAUX-g here. best i pull is like almost 5 down. on a good day, in select spots.
edit: i stand corrected. i think i had my 4g turned off. i cant screenshot on aokp, but in the middle of concord i pulled 20.sumthin down and 13.4 up..THAS MORE LIKE IT AT&T!! now if they would jus offer unlimited plans like other carriers..
Won't ever see 50??? This was a test I did in Jacksonville Sunday afternoon when I was there.
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Faster is always better . However LTE drains the battery fast. I've dumb down my data for day to day functions. But when needed I switch back to LTE, specially when thetering.
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Not sure what your data plan situation is, but even with grandfathered unlimited, as mentioned above, you can keep that plan with LTE; albeit with throttling after 3GB and a couple warnings. LTE is def worth it IMO, as for the 50mbps, it's certainly possible to test that high depending on where you are. Very traffic dependent. When it first switched on around here I was testing at 40+. It's since dropped to ~20, which I still enjoy quite a bit.
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Won't ever see 50??? This was a test I did in Jacksonville Sunday afternoon when I was there.
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WOW! from wut i've read the highest reported has been in the neoghborhood of 26ish..wow~
abenn26 said:
So I just upgraded to S3 today from the captivate. I have a grandfathered unlimited 3G data plan and they just upgraded it to unlimited 4G data plan free of charge, not sure if your case is the same but I didn't have to give up my unlimited data.
Also, just cause your speeds are faster doesn't necessarily mean you use more data. If you continue on the same trend of data usage you won't be hitting your limit any faster than you do now. But the speed at which you do things will increase
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How do I pull that off? Getting an unlimited 4G plan free of charge?
Three times they have auto-swapped me to a capped 3 gigabyte capped 3G plan.
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Not sure what your data plan situation is, but even with grandfathered unlimited, as mentioned above, you can keep that plan with LTE; albeit with throttling after 3GB and a couple warnings. LTE is def worth it IMO, as for the 50mbps, it's certainly possible to test that high depending on where you are. Very traffic dependent. When it first switched on around here I was testing at 40+. It's since dropped to ~20, which I still enjoy quite a bit.
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How did you get to keep that plan???
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How did you get to keep that plan???
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I still have my unlimited data plan from my iPhone days. When you upgrade to a LTE plan you still keep your unlimited but they throttle you after 5 gigs of data used. If I was still using my iPhone 4S they would be throttling me after 3 gigs of data used. So that is why I switched to an LTE phone. And so far I'm enjoying my S3!
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I have an S3 but am using only 3G data from an old plan with ATT.
I was considering upgrading to a limited plan with 4G but am not sure what the point is. 3G really seems fast enough. And what's the point of using 4G when you can burn through your entire month's allocation in eight minutes (assuming 50Mbit download speed).
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You can switch to LTE data and keep your Unlimited Data Plan. Also you'll get throttled at 5gb, not 3gb of use. So if ou keep doing and using the Internet the same way you'll be fine, unless you start downloading things, watching HD videos, etc. I've burned my 3gb plan in two days last month when I got my S3. LTE its worth it. Here I've got 25mb downloads and 12mb uploads.
Hope this helps http://www.att.com/esupport/datausage.jsp?source=IZDUel1160000000U
And BTW you just call Customer Service and tell them you want to upgrade to an LTE Unlimited Data Plan, that's what we did with my mother's S3. Mine was upgraded from 3GB 4G(H+) to 3GB LTE. No charge, and the data counter was reset to 0mb.
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You can switch to LTE data and keep your Unlimited Data Plan. Also you'll get throttled at 5gb, not 3gb of use. So if ou keep doing and using the Internet the same way you'll be fine, unless you start downloading things, watching HD videos, etc. I've burned my 3gb plan in two days last month when I got my S3. LTE its worth it. Here I've got 25mb downloads and 12mb uploads.
Hope this helps http://www.att.com/esupport/datausage.jsp?source=IZDUel1160000000U
And BTW you just call Customer Service and tell them you want to upgrade to an LTE Unlimited Data Plan, that's what we did with my mother's S3. Mine was upgraded from 3GB 4G(H+) to 3GB LTE. No charge, and the data counter was reset to 0mb.
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Ah - well, here's the problem. I have unlimited data for NON-smartphones. So I called and I seem to be getting a hard time.
I get a consistent 50ms ping, 22mb down and 11 mb up with LTE in san diego(att). If you are in a city with LTE, I recommend you use it, its very fast. Plus not many people are using LTE with att yet, so there is plenty of bandwidth(for now)
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WOW! from wut i've read the highest reported has been in the neoghborhood of 26ish..wow~
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Same in Toronto on Rogers for me. Most impressive difference you will see over 3G is installing of applications, on which downloads are 99% instantaneous.... Also downloading files and documents. Browsing is also slightly faster..
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well, i have mine turned off as there isnt even LTE in most area's i go, and I'm in the Bay area. SF has LTE, but not east bay, or stockton where i am normally. so its just a waste of battery to have it on. IF u have LTE in ur area i think it would be worth it and depending on wut u are doing, MAY save battery as it would DL data faster, therefore completing wutever task faster..just my opinion..
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u wont eva..eva eva evaaaa see 50Mb dl..not on LTE. i think the highest reported anywhere is like half that..
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I regularly get 40+ in San Jose area and hit 51 in Pleasanton.
It just greatly depends on how close you are to the tower, it seems to diminish quickly based on your distance
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abenn26 said:
So I just upgraded to S3 today from the captivate. I have a grandfathered unlimited 3G data plan and they just upgraded it to unlimited 4G data plan free of charge, not sure if your case is the same but I didn't have to give up my unlimited data.)
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I just got the S3 at lunchtime today, and they quietly deleted my unlimited data, and now say it can't be added back; and that I didn't ask for it, or authorize that, does not matter in the least.
I may end up with a different service provider out of their (apparently successful) attempt to steal my unlimited data account.
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I just got the S3 at lunchtime today, and they quietly deleted my unlimited data, and now say it can't be added back; and that I didn't ask for it, or authorize that, does not matter in the least.
I may end up with a different service provider out of their (apparently successful) attempt to steal my unlimited data account.
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Yea, that's a load of crap! They can't change your account trends with it you authorizing it out breaching the existing one. I would call them and unleash a hail storm of $h!t until they fix it or compensate you for screwing you over. Hope all works out for you
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Who do I have to blow for unlimited data.
I try my hardest to connect to every possible WiFi connectiom but I always hit my data cap. I find my self turning my data connection off on the 15th ~ every month
Sprint?
How much data are you paying for???? 5GB?
the AT&T "unlimited" plan is worthless whichever way you look at it. You get throttled after 3GB of use, which is 1mbit up, 0.1mbit down, at which point your phone is worthless for just about anything useful. Just bite the bullet and pay for the data I guess. I was averaging 11-12 GB per month before this throttling started and I managed to get it down to 1.2-1.5 GB. The only usage habit I changed was avoiding downloading apps.
Not the end of the world, otherwise go to Sprint if you live in an unsaturated market with LTE or WiMAX, which is rare.
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the AT&T "unlimited" plan is worthless whichever way you look at it. You get throttled after 3GB of use, which is 1mbit up, 0.1mbit down, at which point your phone is worthless for just about anything useful. Just bite the bullet and pay for the data I guess. I was averaging 11-12 GB per month before this throttling started and I managed to get it down to 1.2-1.5 GB. The only usage habit I changed was avoiding downloading apps.
Not the end of the world, otherwise go to Sprint if you live in an unsaturated market with LTE or WiMAX, which is rare.
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The "cap" is 5 GB for LTE, and you get throttled to 3G speeds.
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Who do I have to blow for unlimited data.
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asl?pic? jk
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The "cap" is 5 GB for LTE, and you get throttled to 3G speeds.
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What he said. Its not 3gb for this device.
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asl?pic? jk
What he said. Its not 3gb for this device.
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Damn, thanks for the correction. I was speaking of my iPhone 4S experiences, guess they don't apply for non-Apple products.
Maybe I'll bite the bullet and change my 2GB plan for 3GB for $5.00 more. I'm not a terribly heavy data user anymore though. But OP, that sucks, sigh. Maybe you can buy a grandfathered SIM on eBay if you need it that badly?
For AT&T, get an original iPhone, place your standard sim in it, it will prompt you for unlimited data. Wait a reasonable amount of time (maybe a month) and then upgrade from your iPhone to whatever it is you want -- and take your data plan with you.
Good luck.
mikdugal1 said:
Who do I have to blow for unlimited data.
I try my hardest to connect to every possible WiFi connectiom but I always hit my data cap. I find my self turning my data connection off on the 15th ~ every month
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Just swap APN's when they throttle you. I've used a ton of data this month (thanks Sandy) and I just finally got throttled on my i717.
The AT&T $30 grandfathered plan is anything but "unlimited". I have been throttled so many times. Hardly going over 3GB's sucks.
I heard switching APNs doesn't work? Some day it will only allow for HSPA speeds and not LTE speeds if your successful.
I wish AT&T's unlimited plan was like Verizon's. I'd always buy at no commitment pricing so that's not a big deal to me. I'd do that each time to have truly unlimited LTE.
So, when you get throttle, do they send you some kind of notification that you are being throttled or does you speed just slow down? Been close to 5 gb a couple of times but have yet to see a drop in speeds. Going to test it one of these days when there is about a week left in cycle by exceeding the cap to see what happens for me.
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So, when you get throttle, do they send you some kind of notification that you are being throttled or does you speed just slow down? Been close to 5 gb a couple of times but have yet to see a drop in speeds. Going to test it one of these days when there is about a week left in cycle by exceeding the cap to see what happens for me.
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I think they do the very first time, but its a warning that they will throttle you in future billing cycles. I was throttled for about 4 days in September and the speeds were not bad. I was able to do everything. It just wasn't super fast, but operable. I think I was getting about 400-500kbps (very nice Sprint speeds).
Between my work wifi and home wifi I never go over 2gb a month, I feel bad for you "Data Hogs" (AT&T words no mine)
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I think I was getting about 400-500kbps (very nice Sprint speeds).
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LOL that is EXCELLENT 4G speeds for Sprint. lol
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I think they do the very first time, but its a warning that they will throttle you in future billing cycles. I was throttled for about 4 days in September and the speeds were not bad. I was able to do everything. It just wasn't super fast, but operable. I think I was getting about 400-500kbps (very nice Sprint speeds).
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That Sprint speed is ridiculous, I usually hit about 3 Mbps - 5 Mbps depends on location with my Galaxy S II on AT&T and that's just HSPA+ not on LTE.
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Just swap APN's when they throttle you. I've used a ton of data this month (thanks Sandy) and I just finally got throttled on my i717.
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Hmmm...how do you 'swap' APNs? I have only one in the list on my phone. (Right now, an SGS III). Or, how do you know what to manually add for a different APN?
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Hmmm...how do you 'swap' APNs? I have only one in the list on my phone. (Right now, an SGS III). Or, how do you know what to manually add for a different APN?
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You have to add the APN manually. There was a specific APN that wasn't checked for usage or throttled. I'm using past-tense because I've heard that when AT&T set the hard 3GB and 5GB limits for throttling on the unlimited plan, this trick stopped working.
To answer someone else's question about warnings, you should get an SMS warning you that you're close to the cap, and then another SMS to tell you that you've been throttled when you hit the cap.
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That Sprint speed is ridiculous, I usually hit about 3 Mbps - 5 Mbps depends on location with my Galaxy S II on AT&T and that's just HSPA+ not on LTE.
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12-18 on H+ with my one X international. 40-50 on lte with my note
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The AT&T $30 grandfathered plan is anything but "unlimited". I have been throttled so many times. Hardly going over 3GB's sucks.
I heard switching APNs doesn't work? Some day it will only allow for HSPA speeds and not LTE speeds if your successful.
I wish AT&T's unlimited plan was like Verizon's. I'd always buy at no commitment pricing so that's not a big deal to me. I'd do that each time to have truly unlimited LTE.
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Verizon is kicking everyone off unlimited grandfathered I hear. A bunch of my friends called Verizon and even if they buy an off contract phone they still lose data and then their bill goes up at least 30 bucks. ...think I read this somewhere also
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browniegirl said:
Verizon is kicking everyone off unlimited grandfathered I hear. A bunch of my friends called Verizon and even if they buy an off contract phone they still lose data and then their bill goes up at least 30 bucks. ...think I read this somewhere also
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Incorrect on all fronts. Buying a phone outright does not change your plan. This is actually the ONLY way you can keep unlimited for vzw. Also the bill does not go up $30 it simply changes their unlimited plan to the 2gb for the same price as the old unlimited. If they chose to go to the share data that will be different but vzw is in no way forcing anything on people except for taking their unlimited data, which blows. But that's life. And in ten years people will have no idea what unlimited data means
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I haven't seen anybody comment on this thread regarding ATT's speed reduction after 5GB, sorry if I missed it.
I have an "unlimited" plan and recently hit 5GB of data. (Lots of in car videos.) I had no idea AT&T would throttle down my bandwidth so much! Are there any workarounds for this. After I hit 5GB, they have limited me to about 500kbps for the rest of the billing cycle, it's horrible.
It's this throttle down done at the network level, or is there something I can do in the phone to trick it?
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Its known fact. if you are on 4G plan, ATT throttle @ 3GB, for LTE plan throttle @ 5GB
Grandfathered unlimited plans should throttle at 5gb. check your bill but if you are grandfathered you most likely have the 5gb lte.
Wish that there was something that could be done, but that is the fine print. Honestly I think it is false advertising to say you have an Unlimited plan. You have a 5GB plan + additional severely crippled data. Wait until voice over LTE (VoLTE). It will only get worse. Trust me.
I'm not sure if something is different with my data plan since I have a business account, but my speed is not throttled late at night. I haven't figured out the exact time range but I've used about 8 gbs so far and late at night my speeds are 16-20 megabits in my area. During the day however it is around 60 Kilobytes/s. I have been ballsy and tether from it on my computer since my home Internet out here in the boonies is 889 kilobits/s.
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I'm not sure if something is different with my data plan since I have a business account, but my speed is not throttled late at night. I haven't figured out the exact time range but I've used about 8 gbs so far and late at night my speeds are 16-20 megabits in my area. During the day however it is around 60 Kilobytes/s. I have been ballsy and tether from it on my computer since my home Internet out here in the boonies is 889 kilobits/s.
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For AT&T, it is based off of your area and the current load on the network. If it's busy hour, and your in a busy area, you will be throttled much harder. My sister in law, who is on my family plan, CONSTANTLY gets 12+ gig a month on LTE in the next town over. She moved from my house, in a much more congested area, where she would get throttled hard at 5 gig on the nose.
So based on your area, throtteling may not have slow you down much at all.
I just hit 4GB and I have 9 days left in my billing cycle. I never have used more than 5GB. I should go over to see if I am throttled here in Dallas.
Yeah this happened to me a couple of months ago, I am on AT&T with unlimited plan and once I reach 5GB limit my connection on my phone goes down to Dial-up speeds, the reason they do this is to minimize slowdown on the network which makes sense
This happened to me last month. I was flashing and reflashing like a mad man thinking it was on my end. I was getting less than a mb down. Turned out that's what it was
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You could join the law suit against them for false advertising. I know when I signed up for unlimited about 10 yrs ago there was no fine print stateing I would be throttled. I'm sorry.. Unlimited should mean unlimited. And people are winning in court from time to time.
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