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unlimited throttled or 3GB??

So since december when I hit almost 7gb of data AT&T has started busting my hump every month about being in the 5% and slowing down data around 2gb.So the question is would you keep unlimited which gets throttled quickly or go with the 3gb?
PS i usually use around 2-3 max a month, have access to wifi alot

If you're no longer in a contract, bounce to another carrier. There's no use sticking with a carrier and paying $30 a month for data without knowing how much you'll actually get to use. Tmobile has a $30/month prepaid deal for 100 minutes, unlimited messaging, and 5GB data that's pretty sweet if you don't use a lot of talk time.
I just moved my line to tmobile because of AT&T's "unlimited" BS and I couldn't be happier. My wallet is pleased too.

i have another year and its me my gf and my sis and tmobile or simple mobile are def on the radar. Until I can get to that level Im thinking of the switch to the 30 dollar 3gb plan and not worry about the "BS"

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i have another year and its me my gf and my sis
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Then I guess suck it up and move to the 3GB plan. It doesn't cost anymore and at least you know at the beginning of the month how much data you will be able to use.
I will say that moving our two lines to tmobile will end up saving us about $50-70 each month. Would offset a ~$200 early termination fee pretty quickly.

I use 2-3gb a month and have the 2gb tier plan. I only went over once so they add on an extra gb for $10. I dont mind this setup and at least its not throttled. Seems like att is getting harsh on unlimited users.
They send plenty of warnings thru the month. You get text and email alert at 65% and up so you know where you are.

its looking more and more the direction, on a brighter note they told me family share data is just around the corner.

RogerPodacter said:
I use 2-3gb a month and have the 2gb tier plan. I only went over once so they add on an extra gb for $10. I dont mind this setup and at least its not throttled. Seems like att is getting harsh on unlimited users.
They send plenty of warnings thru the month. You get text and email alert at 65% and up so you know where you are.
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yea it seems they want to fade the unlimited completely. makes perfect business sense I guess were just spoiled as users. On another note it isnt just AT&T my brother gets the same **** from verizon

Can I add a family member to my Verizon Unlimited Data plan & get them unlimited too?

Can I add a family member to my Verizon Unlimited Data plan & get them unlimited too?
My cousin loves my Verizon Galaxy Nexus and she wants to get one too, but Verizon doesn't have unlimited data anymore.
Has anyone tried adding someone to their family plan to get unlimited data?
She currently has the iphone 4s from AT&T and it's slow as hell and the screen is tiny!

Not possible. Adding someone now means they have to be added under the Share Everything plans. They're not giving unlimited to any new lines or after upgrades.

Cilraaz said:
Not possible. Adding someone now means they have to be added under the Share Everything plans. They're not giving unlimited to any new lines or after upgrades.
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no. you have the choice, you can do either the share everything OR give them a tiered plan and everything else on the plan stays the same.
unlimited is not possible either way however.

Zepius said:
no. you have the choice, you can do either the share everything OR give them a tiered plan and everything else on the plan stays the same.
unlimited is not possible either way however.
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You're right. I mentally group the Share Everything and standard tiered plans together, so my wording was incorrect.

Can't be done my wife was added at 2gb a month. Same price as my unlimited plan.
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I bet unlimited will come back in a year. T-mobile's 4G just beat my phone in subarban chicago and they are going unlimited/unthrotled. Time to show Verizon what we think of them. Me? I'm under contract until 2014 thanks to the GS3 and unlimited for 3 phones.

loveubuntu said:
I bet unlimited will come back in a year. T-mobile's 4G just beat my phone in subarban chicago and they are going unlimited/unthrotled. Time to show Verizon what we think of them. Me? I'm under contract until 2014 thanks to the GS3 and unlimited for 3 phones.
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Verizon and AT&T are not feeling threatened by T-Mobile and Sprint unlimited data. Postpaid subscribers are at an all time high and churn is at an all time low for both companies. As much as you think it's going to affect the market, it's going to take a lot more than T-Mobile offering unlimited data for Verizon and AT&T to start seeing customers leave.

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I bet unlimited will come back in a year. T-mobile's 4G just beat my phone in subarban chicago and they are going unlimited/unthrotled. Time to show Verizon what we think of them. Me? I'm under contract until 2014 thanks to the GS3 and unlimited for 3 phones.
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Unless carriers like Sprint and TMo somehow manage to expand their network immensely then VZW and AT&T will not feel threatened. At that point Sprint and TMo would eventually moved to tiered plans as well since more people would move over eventually.

I'll leave Verizon after my contract if I can't get a nexus on Verizon in 2014. In a perfect world I could buy an unlocked nexus from Google and use it on vzw. Maybe in 2014 they'll offer this.
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loveubuntu said:
I bet unlimited will come back in a year. T-mobile's 4G just beat my phone in subarban chicago and they are going unlimited/unthrotled. Time to show Verizon what we think of them.
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I like your optimism, but don't hold your breath. Verizon and at&t have no incentive to offer unlimited plans. More people are getting smartphones, which means more network traffic, which means investing more money into infrastructure and less profit.

we were talking today about this at work. I am on a plan with my brother who has Unlimited data with Verizon and I have a 2GB plan till DEC 2014. My co worker says he still has unlimited data and he recently added his wife to his plan. She did not upgrade a phone and just got on his plan. He said they added her, she got a new number and was using a phone that wasn't brand new now. I am wondering when my plan comes up in DEC if I can do the same with my brother and he can add a line and give me unlimited data. Any thoughts out there??

T mobile impressions

I just switched from att to tmo because i was able to get the phone cheaper on value plan (250 down and 20 a month) and mainly because they are the only ones who have good unlimited data, sprint sucks, who knows when lte will eventually be available for sprint...
The plans are really cheap! im on the value plan because i bought the phone outright, but i moved my mom and dad over from att family plan too.
before we were paying about 340 for all 3 unlimited everything, now it comes to 177, and we were able to get 8 percent off every bill because of my fathers company which happens to be on their list. And, we can add my sister for free for 500 minutes and unlimited night, weekends, and mobile to mobile and text.
The question was service, but i didnt care and my parents said that to save like 150 a month, they dont care either. i live in brooklyn, ny. service seems to be pretty good. The data is amazing! Honestly, you dont need more than 5-10 mbps and i get solid 10-15 or sometimes 8. thats amazing! who needs effing LTE! and according to tmo store employees theyll have lte next year.
From what i hear, customer service sucks... i havent had that yet....
My mother does sales, so she drives all over the tri-state area not just in heavily populated areas so it remains to be seen how happy she will be with it... but still Its so freaking cheap it doesnt matter
anyone else's thoughts

We have been with T-Mobile going on 8 years now. Currently have 5 phones on the Classic Unlimited Family plan. The coverage is great, with few dropped calls. Customer service is good, but their Automated Directory is a pain in the [email protected]#$. 1 suggestion to get to a live agent is to say "Loyalty" when asked what you want to do. My biggest grip with them, and I'm sure this goes for the majority of carriers is their Tech Support is worthless.

I switched after 5 years with Sprint. Since they keep dropping support for the device I purchased it was time for a change. Plus with all the same features on the plan I had, I'll pay 147 at Tmo vs 194 at sprint.
And Hspa+ 42 is soooooooo much faster the the wimax I had on my Photon
noted for future reference on my Note 2

I had switched to Sprint for the EVO 3D and the plan at the time seemed like a good deal.. biggest mistake ever leaving T-Mobile.. 3 months of painful service from Sprint... they canceled both contracts, kept the phone, sold em and moved the wife and I back to T-Mobile. Not planning on leaving for the foreseeable future.

The gf had an AT&T iphone and after 2 years and no longer in contract..., she wanted to cancel her $30 dollar dataplan and continue to just use the phone. They said No to her and that she must keep the dataplan. She said she would go to T-mobile. They didn't care and dare her.
So now she's on T-mobile with her iphone, no data plan required. T-mobile is very flexible.
Also Sim based phone > CDMA phone all day. Not only is the resale value higher, you can actually use it outside of the US.

I've been a TMO customer for 10 years. I would disagree with the poster that said their Customer Service is a negative. I haven't called recently other than lighting up the SIM that came with the Note 2 from Wirefly (I wasn't cutting my GS2 SIM) and that went similarly to every other call I have ever had with them. Outstanding every time. The only issue I have ever had with Tmobile is coverage. It sucks at my house so WiFi calling is mandatory IF I care about talking on the phone, I don't. This part of the country is Verizon for excellent coverage. Tmobile struggles in rural areas but again, I don't really care about that. It's rare I find myself in those areas. Customer support, in my experience, has always been a very positive experience.

You can't cancel your data plan on AT&T while on contract, you can pay a min of $25 a month for the data plan. I moved from ATT to Tmobile because of unlimited data. My contract is up with ATT in Jan. Was paying $50 for 5G, $30 unlimited text and on a $69. 99 family plan of 700 min. a month. Screw them... Moved to Tmobile for a valu plan of $79.99 + tax... UNLIMITED EVERYTHING. I don't miss ATT' lte cuz there ain't none in my area and seriously Tmobile runs faster.
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Love Tmobile. I'm on their prepaid Monthly4G $30/mo plan. Can't beat it. Sure i only get 5GB of 4G data, but with WiFi all day at work and at home, I don't really need the unlimited data.

I've been reading a lot about some of the carriers LTE and how TMO is faster. What I have heard is TMO is going LTE sometime next year, I'm hoping this doesn't effect our current speed?

AG0087 said:
You can't cancel your data plan on AT&T while on contract, you can pay a min of $25 a month for the data plan. I moved from ATT to Tmobile because of unlimited data. My contract is up with ATT in Jan. Was paying $50 for 5G, $30 unlimited text and on a $69. 99 family plan of 700 min. a month. Screw them... Moved to Tmobile for a valu plan of $79.99 + tax... UNLIMITED EVERYTHING. I don't miss ATT' lte cuz there ain't none in my area and seriously Tmobile runs faster.
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Thats exactly what I had with att and exactly why I left. But it sounds like youre paying 10 dollars to much now. I'm paying 69 for unlimited everything with no data cap.

AG0087 said:
You can't cancel your data plan on AT&T while on contract, you can pay a min of $25 a month for the data plan. I moved from ATT to Tmobile because of unlimited data. My contract is up with ATT in Jan. Was paying $50 for 5G, $30 unlimited text and on a $69. 99 family plan of 700 min. a month. Screw them... Moved to Tmobile for a valu plan of $79.99 + tax... UNLIMITED EVERYTHING. I don't miss ATT' lte cuz there ain't none in my area and seriously Tmobile runs faster.
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That sounds just like what I had but it sounds like youre paying 10 dollars too much now. I have unlimited everything with no data cap for 69.99...

at&t is so stupid........you can't even cancel your data plan even if you're not on contract. Smartphone = data plan REGARDLESS.
That's why I have T-Mobile even though I work for at&t.
I have 5 smartphones on my plan but only have data plans on 2 of them. My kids only use data wherever there is wifi. Why can't at&t understand that I don't know but T-Mobile does.
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jlczl said:
at&t is so stupid........you can't even cancel your data plan even if you're not on contract. Smartphone = data plan REGARDLESS.
That's why I have T-Mobile even though I work for at&t.
I have 5 smartphones on my plan but only have data plans on 2 of them. My kids only use data wherever there is wifi. Why can't at&t understand that I don't know but T-Mobile does.
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This is true. They won't let you cancel your data plan even if you're off contract. If you're using any smart phone, they required you get a data plan. lol. Plus i think they have a 2GB data cap on their LTE and if you go over, they charge for it.

OP, I was in a smilar boat as you. Transferred the fam over to value and have 4 great lines for less than $140. I thought service would suck compqred to AT&T, but quite the opposite. The only carrier coverage and speed envy I have is for VZW, but with their dumb CDMA, locked bootloaders, and double high prices they can keep it lol.
Very happy Tmo customer for the last 14 months.
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[Q] LTE data plan interchangeable with iphone

Hey guys, recently i bought an ATT S3 from ebay. I've heard that if i had an Iphone 4s with unlimited data plan, i could switch it over to LTE plan with a certain cap, but i would still get throttled unlimited data after. Is this true? and how would i go about doing so?

Kuriakose said:
Hey guys, recently i bought an ATT S3 from ebay. I've heard that if i had an Iphone 4s with unlimited data plan, i could switch it over to LTE plan with a certain cap, but i would still get throttled unlimited data after. Is this true? and how would i go about doing so?
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I just bought a Galaxy S3 two weeks ago myself and I upgraded from an iPhone 3GS. I had an AT&T unlimited data plan just like you and I was able to keep the unlimited data plan on LTE. Unlimited means unlimited but what AT&T does is throttle your speed down only after you exceed 5GB per month for LTE (for the rest of that month only). The next month your LTE speed goes back up for the first 5 GB ...and so on.
Now if you decide to give up your unlimited data plan and go with a tiered data plan then AT&T will not throttle your speed because you're paying for it.

So if i was wanting to get this kinda of data plan how would i ask for it?

Just explain the situation and ask for it. Had an iPhone with unlimited and want to switch to LTE unlimited. Pretty painless.

Kuriakose said:
So if i was wanting to get this kinda of data plan how would i ask for it?
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All I did is walk into the AT&T store and told them I had an unlimited data plan on the old phone that I wanted to keep on the new phone. They said okay. Didn't matter if the new phone is on LTE.
Note: Make sure you tell them to also include the texting plan (which is data but separate). I had an old 200 texts/month for $5 and they forgot to add that onto the new plan. Turned out to give me grief and hassle when I found out I couldn't text on my new phone when setting it up at home. Returned to the AT&T store to try to add texting plan back but they couldn't. They said it was an old text plan that was no longer available. Had to contact AT&T customer retention center to get that old texting plan added at the same price.

T-Mobile REQ Pref Android Web

So I am in a great grandfathered plan (myfaves 800 family) and I now wanted to add unlimited $30 to my line. They will not put the real unlimited plan on my line because it is only for new rate plans. So they put me on the Preferred android web plan that is throttled at 5gb. They claim that there is no option to put me on a full unlimited plan because I am in a grandfathered plan that no longer exists.
I have heard about people with this data plan not getting throttled, is this true?
Also, is there a way to get a truly unlimited data plan even though I am in a grandfathered myFaves plan?
Thanks friends.... this has been pissing me off now for a while as I wanted the $30 real unlimited (knowing I can still tether)

I've been throttled once, on my current 2 gig plan. They do it.
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The $20 android preferred plan definitely gets throttled. I'm on it.

Cricket, not ATT, TMOBILE, VERIZON, SPRINT, but even a less reputable carrier like Cricket, for years now have offered better services(edge, 3G, 4G, and even their version of 4G LTE) that force "grandfathered customers" into switching up their entire service rates or miss out on the upgrade... long story short...
Years ago, my sister had a friend buy her a tmobile nokia that had clear plated cases with internal lights that flashed on que and was willing to pay her first few months service... therefore my sister gave her old $20/mo cricket phone to my mom and paid her bill as my mom was old school and didnt care about cell phones
Fast forward a better part of a decade (to about 2008 and my mom (being grand fathered into her 20/mo payment had switched phones tons of time without ever increasing her bill)
Fast forward to 2008 and I was really intrigued by a cricket preAndroid phone and my mom offered to add me to her service (cricket had a promotion, keep your rate while adding additional services like caller ID, call waiting, etc. with any new Family plan) so we bit and no hitch). Even down the road we were able to add my step-dad and my brother to the family plan all at no additional monthly charge ($20 per line)
Here is where, I think, your problem lies...
Finally, fast forward to 2011, cricket came out with the Huawei Ascend and I bit (as I needed a cheap replacement).. we went in and upgraded my phone (I bought the phone outright but was forced into the new "Android" plan at $45/mo) and that then forced the "Grand Father Reset" as my mom, stepdad and brothers plans were all increased to $35/mo for basicaly the same service (actually even less as the 35/mo plan didnt include some of the original 20/mo nationwide min/txt freebies)...
Essentially I had a weak-ass android (crickets very first and nothing compared to market value at the time like the EVO) while also, very inefficiently, increasing 4 lines of service from 80/mo, up to 150/mo for the same 4 lines...
At the end of that same year of increase, cricket came out with a ZTE Score for cheap and my Mom, brother, and stepdad all purchased resulting in all 4 lines increasing the family plan to 45/mo each and at that rate, 200/mo total, I effectively defected to TMO.... lol
Smart decision on my part but with your 30 dollar plan I would suggest, or atleast advise, you anticipate rate increases to better service packages!!
Believe me, if cricket found a way, so has TMO, ATT, Verizon, etc
73/mo after I pay off the GN2 with hopes for a moderately priced LTE in the future... im so stoked... crickets LTE is a joke compared to TMO AWS... just saying
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tmobile is still telling me that there is no way to get the unlimited without throttle plan because I have an older myfaves plan at it will not allow them to add real unlimited.

Thats my point, even crick has been pushing the cheaper rate customers onto more expensive plans to experience an upgraded service plan... just something that we all need to get used to as chances are when lte rolls out, all of us who have chosen the unlimted packages (no throttle) will be forced into paying even more for the unlimited LTE or for the same 70/mo be stuck with LTE throttles... its inevitable at this point
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