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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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And sprint (if you get reception on it)
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Heard their data is horrible
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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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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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Now they lowered the price to 50$
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Sorry, my bad. yeah it is 50 bucks.
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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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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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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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I'm not sure if its been posted already, but I just found d out by a representative that the plan caps out at 10 gigs. Still a great plan though.
Are u sure? cuz am at 12 right now and it still fast as before
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epik277 said:
I'm not sure if its been posted already, but I just found d out by a representative that the plan caps out at 10 gigs. Still a great plan though.
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If this is true I'm suing them because in my paperwork it says truly unlimited. Plus that's not what I signed on to in the store.
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Truly unlimited means that you are not disconnected from the internet but your download speed will be slowed to about 10kb/s therefore you still have internet and tmobile doesn't violate your contract
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I'm at 12 GB so far and still hitting 15 mb/s. I think they must have just misinformed you and told you about the 10 GB unlimited plan. Which does slow down after 10.
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That rep was misinformed. Their truly unlimited plan is truly unlimited. They have another "unlimited" plan for 10 GB -- and they will throttle you afterward.
I agree that the rep is misinformed. Log into your t-mobile account, you can go up to 9999gb.
Ya cuz when I check on my acct it say data 9xxx
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im currently at 25gb and counting.
Lock this for miss information
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Lock this for miss information
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i always thought it was a gimmick
mityaz07 said:
i always thought it was a gimmick
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its not...the rep op talked to had downs
I believe that that information is false as I have reached 86gb last month at full 4g speeds
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ktetreault14 said:
I believe that that information is false as I have reached 86gb last month at full 4g speeds
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Just curious, what apps do you use in that you can use 86gb??
I assume he's tethering and maybe torrenting
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Like others have already said, the rep was probably talking about the "unlimited" 10gb plan, not the truly unlimited plan
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completely false, the true unlimited is true unlimited, i used about 30 gb last month ...
Sue them in the court of law for false advertisement.
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The "out of 9gb+" is just their system limitation, they just have to update their system to remove it and put unlimited instead since they did not have it for awhile
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When I first got phone, I was pissed cause I lost unlimited data but, I figured, at least I could tether now! I installed foxfi and was tethering in minutes....it was awesome
Now I'm on jb leak and rooted, and NONE of the apps work...
So I searched and found a solution!
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dr...-i-need-developers-edition-wifi-tether-4.html
Now I'm tethered and typing from a pool house in my development where I'm studying!
So psyched.....I'm really gonna put my 2gb limit to the test now! LOL
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Dyelon said:
When I first got phone, I was pissed cause I lost unlimited data but, I figured, at least I could tether now! I installed foxfi and was tethering in minutes....it was awesome
Now I'm on jb leak and rooted, and NONE of the apps work...
So I searched and found a solution!
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dr...-i-need-developers-edition-wifi-tether-4.html
Now I'm tethered and typing from a pool house in my development where I'm studying!
So psyched.....I'm really gonna put my 2gb limit to the test now! LOL
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Good luck! It goes fast!
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If you are on the new shared plans, tethering is included
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hah2110 said:
If you are on the new shared plans, tethering is included
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Indeed, BUT it still takes away from your data bucket.
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alwaysbelieve1 said:
Indeed, BUT it still takes away from your data bucket.
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I know its included....but it was NOT working when I rooted on jb leak for whatever reason....I tried every app....so I used this fix and now all is well
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Pretty good speeds....3g verizon in South Florida tethered to my ****ty Dell laptop....using hacked mobile hotspot app
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Indeed, BUT it still takes away from your data bucket.
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So would any other tethering
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what are actual data speeds you're seeing? this is one thing that makes me nervous about upgrading. I have unlimited data, on my bionic I can get 24 Mbps down on my pc tethered when I use the built in tethering app, but have never seen comparable data speeds through a third party tethering app.
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what are actual data speeds you're seeing? this is one thing that makes me nervous about upgrading. I have unlimited data, on my bionic I can get 24 Mbps down on my pc tethered when I use the built in tethering app, but have never seen comparable data speeds through a third party tethering app.
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I'm using the built in hotspot app....works great
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Dyelon said:
I'm using the built in hotspot app....works great
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I didn't think that it worked with unlimited data, am I mistaken?
Reginalb124 said:
I didn't think that it worked with unlimited data, am I mistaken?
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You are right. It does not. I lost my minutes when I upgraded to the M. ****ing a holes! But they lost that lawsuit so now they allow hot spot for free on shared plans
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Dyelon said:
You are right. It does not. I lost my minutes when I upgraded to the M. ****ing a holes! But they lost that lawsuit so now they allow hot spot for free on shared plans
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I have no plan to sign a new contract. I will gladly buy one off eBay for 300 and keep my unlimited data, thank you very much.
I'm also using the stock tethering app, I just did the sqleditor method and it works!
PS I'm on the grandfathered unlimited data plan.
charklos said:
I'm also using the stock tethering app, I just did the sqleditor method and it works!
PS I'm on the grandfathered unlimited data plan.
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Aw you lucky bastard!! LOL hahah
You're using the official hotspot app?
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charklos said:
I'm also using the stock tethering app, I just did the sqleditor method and it works!
PS I'm on the grandfathered unlimited data plan.
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would you please direct me in the right direction in how to doing this? I too am on the grandfathered unlimited plan..
been long time lurker, just signed up to xda to ask you the question!!
yarnim said:
would you please direct me in the right direction in how to doing this? I too am on the grandfathered unlimited plan..
been long time lurker, just signed up to xda to ask you the question!!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1981625
I miss my unlimited data: (
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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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Now that most of us have volte and 15 x 15 lte, what is the most data you've used so far in billing cycle or in a full billing cycle? Let me start first. Billing cycle started 7/10. Today is 7/14. So far ive used 112 GB. Other carriers if we download 2 to 4 gameloft games then our speeds will slow down to 2g to 3g speeds.
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1gb since my max is 2gb before snail speed.
Max I've used is 50GB
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Most I have used about a year ago before I got Wifi was prolly 75gb for a month worth of data
Let me update my usage. So far as of July 18th, I used 183 GB.
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tercelman said:
Let me update my usage. So far as of July 18th, I used 183 GB.
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How? Do you tether?
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kendonsh said:
How? Do you tether?
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I dont tether. What I did was download a bunch of Gameloft games and then delete them. I repeated this process many times.
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tercelman said:
I dont tether. What I did was download a bunch of Gameloft games and then delete them. I repeated this process many times.
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So you're just doing it for the sake of hammering the network?
I know it's unlimited data and all, but using data just 'because I can' will not lead to positive benefits for the community as a whole.
Anyway, I used about 20GB this month. Lots of travel. No tethering.
18GB, use it with my ps3, and my tv
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Almost 122 gigs so far.
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This is actually low for me.. I do atleast 300 gigs a month
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App didn't upload the photo the first time
Most is probably 2GB while traveling with a bit of tethering. I'm on wi-fi so much, I usually don't go past 1GB or so. Especially since they dont count music streaming or speedtests anymore. But I also didn't realize it was a competition.
ezsoulja said:
This is actually low for me.. I do atleast 300 gigs a month
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Wow. What is the most data you've used in 1 billing cycle?
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So far 260GB used with 17 days remaining in billing cycle. I will reach about 500GB or more before this cycle ends.
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What in the hell do you do on your phone. There's no justifiable reason for that much
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Wtf.... 500GB!!!!!
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crazy talk said:
So you're just doing it for the sake of hammering the network?
I know it's unlimited data and all, but using data just 'because I can' will not lead to positive benefits for the community as a whole.
Anyway, I used about 20GB this month. Lots of travel. No tethering.
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lmao
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JFizDaWiz said:
What in the hell do you do on your phone. There's no justifiable reason for that much
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lol
As of 7/24 10:45pm, I've used 294 GB of data. I have 16 more days till my billing cycle starts all over. I'm on a pace to reach 600 GB. A world class record for mobile data usage.
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There is already a thread for this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2517062