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USCC 4G LTE Coming Soon-ish?

Maybe a re-post but....
http://www.uscellular.com/about/pre...CES-IN-TIME-FOR-THE-HOLIDAYS.html?sf1426755=1
I wonder if they are going to charge us more for the 4g LTE service? Maybe remove the "unlimited" plan (which technically has a soft cap already anyways).

kallell said:
Maybe a re-post but....
http://www.uscellular.com/about/pre...CES-IN-TIME-FOR-THE-HOLIDAYS.html?sf1426755=1
I wonder if they are going to charge us more for the 4g LTE service? Maybe remove the "unlimited" plan (which technically has a soft cap already anyways).
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Yes it's a repost and month old news. No idea what you are talking about with an "unlimited" plan or a soft cap. It's very clear that it's a 5GB hard cap. Anything more than that and you pay for it.

akellar said:
Yes it's a repost and month old news. No idea what you are talking about with an "unlimited" plan or a soft cap. It's very clear that it's a 5GB hard cap. Anything more than that and you pay for it.
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Maybe i'm grandfathered in, but the only time anyone has said anything to me was when i hit the 10gb mark (from tethering). Furthermore, about a 1 1/2 - 2 years ago when i went to get on a data plan, i asked a USCC rep if it was in fact unlimited, and if there was some sort of soft cap. He specifically said there wasn't.

kallell said:
Maybe i'm grandfathered in, but the only time anyone has said anything to me was when i hit the 10gb mark (from tethering). Furthermore, about a 1 1/2 - 2 years ago when i went to get on a data plan, i asked a USCC rep if it was in fact unlimited, and if there was some sort of soft cap. He specifically said there wasn't.
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He lied. Go on USCC's website. Nowhere does it mention unlimited data. Data is capped at 5GB and you will pay up to $200 for going over that. Whether you are grandfathered into something else I can't say.

On my blackberry it had unlimited, but as far as I know its a 5 gig hard cap on androids, and being that I've had to pay for some nasty overages I'd assume its correct. Damn those rom updates when they come out in bunches, lol
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Last time I was on the website there was a 50 dollar unlimited plan. Is that no longer available? It was part of the belief project stuff they had on there. I'm on the one you are talking about 30 bucks for 5 gig of data per month.
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Why does it matter? Who cares. The Mesmerize isn't a 4G compatible phone. It's a hardware thing. So who cares what USCC gets, if you're in this forum then you can't use it.
evilntention said:
On my blackberry it had unlimited, but as far as I know its a 5 gig hard cap on androids, and being that I've had to pay for some nasty overages I'd assume its correct. Damn those rom updates when they come out in bunches
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Data is data, what phone its coming from/going to is irrelevant. Its a contractual thing.

Add do you ever have anything nice to say? You must just be a miserable person irl... I realize you're the proper forum police but can't you do it in a less asshole-ish kinda way.
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evilntention said:
Add do you ever have anything nice to say? You must just be a miserable person irl... I realize you're the proper forum police but can't you do it in a less asshole-ish kinda way.
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Well he has a persona to live up to now.

evilntention said:
I realize you're the proper forum police
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I am the law.

Respect uncle add's authoritah.
By the way, I am totally calling you uncle add from now on. That's just fricken hilarious, and yet still manages to make you look like this cranky ole' badass. XD

i'm super excited about this announcement... i wonder if that's why i've been installing all of this lte equipment lately in all of my cell sites... that would really be awesome.
</tollololol>

Possibly. Dude you have a cool ass job. Get to play with all that new technology. Lucky lucky.
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add144 said:
I am the law.
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Three cheers for "Uncle Add"!

Hip hip hooshut the **** up. Where's my hooker you assholes promised me?

bypass AT&T throttling

Is there a way to bypass AT&T throttling? I am at around 15days into my billing cycle and have used close to 13gigs and they throttled me to slow speeds. Now some of my apps do not work. I know it is from not having tv and watching hours of Veetle a day.

Yeah, don't use so much data.
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You could bypass by using wifi. Maybe hijacking your neighbors signal?
Froggys go ribbet

Find a new hobby...
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13 gigs? No wonder I never hit "4g" speeds
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lol in Alaska it is ATT or mostly nothing. I expected to be throttled using this much data but not down to 2g speeds. maybe 3g speeds or something

13 gig in 15 days yea no wonder we have caps ......

Does the phone show H still or E?
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At 13 gigs, I think you are lucky enough to even make it to that data usage! 13 gigs is something that would take me close to 6-10 months to hit.

cool_kyle_3000 said:
lol in Alaska it is ATT or mostly nothing. I expected to be throttled using this much data but not down to 2g speeds. maybe 3g speeds or something
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Lol yeah I understand. I used to live in Alaska too. But still, 13gb?! Lol
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how much tv do you watch a day? 3 hours? That is me but since I have no tv it is on veetle on my phone. That is about all I do on my phone.

CheesyNutz said:
13 gig in 15 days yea no wonder we have caps ......
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Yup, we have people like the OP to thank for why AT&T no longer offers anything beyond a 2GB plan.
Too many people abused the system.

+100............

Entropy512 said:
Yup, we have people like the OP to thank for why AT&T no longer offers anything beyond a 2GB plan.
Too many people abused the system.
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How exactly is using any amount of data "abusing the system" when you have an unlimited plan? It certainly isn't difficult to put up 13 GB. I decided to try MOG the other day and put up a couple gig in about as many hours. I ended up with around 7 GB or so last month. Granted that's more than I usually use, but I don't see how any amount of data use is abusing the system when you have an unlimited plan. Sounds like AT&T is brainwashing you into thinking you should pay for something unlimited, but still not use much of it.
Meanwhile, for every person who used 13 GB on their "unlimited" plan, there were probably 100 people who used only a couple hundred MB on any plan. While 13 GB may be a lot to us, 2-5 GB isn't. And when you talk about the average person, 1 GB is a lot, and the average people outnumber us by a very large amount.

AJerman said:
And when you talk about the average person, 1 GB is a lot, and the average people outnumber us by a very large amount.
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Exactly! This is exactly why at&t is throttling you minority bandwidth hoggers so you may not choke the networks for us average people. Sorry if that sounded rude, but its the truth.
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Need to close this stupid thread really...
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Lol it's becoming like the other thread that was made a while back. Everybody has their own opinions.
Mod should close this
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Its all the governments fault! REVOLt!

AJerman said:
How exactly is using any amount of data "abusing the system" when you have an unlimited plan? It certainly isn't difficult to put up 13 GB. I decided to try MOG the other day and put up a couple gig in about as many hours. I ended up with around 7 GB or so last month. Granted that's more than I usually use, but I don't see how any amount of data use is abusing the system when you have an unlimited plan. Sounds like AT&T is brainwashing you into thinking you should pay for something unlimited, but still not use much of it.
Meanwhile, for every person who used 13 GB on their "unlimited" plan, there were probably 100 people who used only a couple hundred MB on any plan. While 13 GB may be a lot to us, 2-5 GB isn't. And when you talk about the average person, 1 GB is a lot, and the average people outnumber us by a very large amount.
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please when i was on sprint i had "unlimited" and still never used 13 gigs on 15 freaking days ... that is simply abuse and nothing more

CheesyNutz said:
please when i was on sprint i had "unlimited" and still never used 13 gigs on 15 freaking days ... that is simply abuse and nothing more
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As if any amount out of unlimited is abuse. I kept my unlimited plan for the reason I originally paid for it, so don't let att tell you its OUR fault.
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Got throttle but they claim thy haven't

Only getting 0.1 download but when i switch the apn i get fast data. Any suggestions.

They also gave me a $30 credit and are still claiming i haven't been throttled.

cpbeats said:
They also gave me a $30 credit and are still claiming i haven't been throttled.
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When throttled there is an obvious note on the account on their end that the phone has been throttled.
What department did you speak with, and what is your current data usage

4.2 gb of data used and i spoke to data support. Cycle ends on the 20th.
My speed using the new apn. Its not a big deal because im not in a LTE area yet but its just the principle of it.

Same thing is happening to me right now. Only used 1.8gb of data and I'm getting 0.05-0.1 speed. I called AT&T and they told me that I'm not throttled, my cycle ends on the 18th. I don't know wtf is wrong with AT&T but I'm sick and tired of the crap they're pulling. I won't be surprised if they start throttling unlimited data users around 1-2GB. I guess I'll be using my monthly 4G T-Mobile sim for now.

So your saying they credited you the price of the data plan for getting throttled?
Now I'm seriously tempted to go try this, even though I'm not throttled, because I really love screwing AT&T.

They credited me for $36 to be exact. They're the ones who stated that i shouldn't be throttled, so why should i pay for service that isn't working. Everytime they screw up, they should credit your account. People who let them slide are crazy.

%&$# Verizon.
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lodxcol said:
%&$# Verizon.
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3G? xD
When you get throttled on AT&T 3G, it's like the same speeds as Sprint's WiMax.

Longcat14 said:
3G? xD
When you get throttled on AT&T 3G, it's like the same speeds as Sprint's WiMax.
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Lmao, so true. The above comment i feel your pain. We have Verizon 3G for work and its downright terrible how slow it is.

cpbeats said:
Lmao, so true. The above comment i feel your pain. We have Verizon 3G for work and its downright terrible how slow it is.
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Man, it must suck with how slow it actually is....
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cpbeats said:
Only getting 0.1 download but when i switch the apn i get fast data. Any suggestions.
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The exact same thing happened to me. I called and they said I wasn't throttled but I was getting .18 d/l but 1.10mb u/l. I changed the apn to get my speeds back and the last day of my billing cycle I changed it back to the pta apn. I never got a 5% warning but got some weird message about my account but it never warned me about my data.
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Longcat14 said:
Man, it must suck with how slow it actually is....
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I usually just use the skyrocket to do a quick login and do what I need to do. Since AT&T is throttling for no reason now, i'm gonna tether my laptop for work off my skyrocket. I usually would never do that but they clearly are throttling me and not admitting it.

Same here. I called ATT cs and actually got to tier 3 support they said I was not Throttled. But admitted that there had been several reports. They suggested I use an Alternate APN (that was a suprise). I was already using the "phone" APN hack that is discussed in another thread. It is hard to tell the BS from the truth with them. They said they would get back to me, but I am not holding my breath. Hope my alternate APN keeps working. BTW I am not in a LTE market.
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At least you guys have unlimited usage........
I have to retrain my self to leave wifi on all the time and do heavy surfing on wifi so I don't go over 2 gigs
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I've get throttle every month, I wouldn't be surprise if at&t it's doing some fault play here. I when from using 500 mb to 1.5 gb to 4-5 gb's per month. How? I'm not doing nothing different here the same occasional Facebook, web, YouTube ect I was doing 6 months ago. On another note 3gb for $30 is still to low at&t I'll say 5gb is about right for $30
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Try an app like auto wifi enabler or timmerriffic to auto turn on/off wifi
colonel187 said:
At least you guys have unlimited usage........
I have to retrain my self to leave wifi on all the time and do heavy surfing on wifi so I don't go over 2 gigs
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xlazaruzx said:
Same thing is happening to me right now. Only used 1.8gb of data and I'm getting 0.05-0.1 speed. I called AT&T and they told me that I'm not throttled, my cycle ends on the 18th. I don't know wtf is wrong with AT&T but I'm sick and tired of the crap they're pulling. I won't be surprised if they start throttling unlimited data users around 1-2GB. I guess I'll be using my monthly 4G T-Mobile sim for now.
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They already are. I hit 2,000 MB smack dab on, and throttled instantly.

AT&T offered to exchange my phone - without admitting that i was throttled.
the only way i could confirm i was throttled was:
1) my speeds (lol)
2) if i log into www.att.com/wireless and look at recent data usage, my "2041 mb of unlimited" is in RED - and normally its in green
im at 40gb now after 3 days of being throttled (few tricks, hspa, phone apn, then lots of netflix etc)
wonder if i can push 100gb this month

Very interesting indeed. They claimed yesterday that there has been no change in policy. Users will continue to be notified and unless the user is speaking to the wrong person, there is no reason one would be told they are not throttled when they are.
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Unlimited Data throttling VZW

Verizon to throttle 4G LTE users with unlimited plans starting October .
http://www.androidauthority.com/verizon-throttle-4g-lte-users-starting-october-1-409934/
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I wonder if this affects current on contract unlimited data.

dadsterflip said:
I wonder if this affects current on contract unlimited data.
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At this point there aren't many if any on contract Unlimited data plans, as they stopped offering unlimited 3 years ago.

mc_365 said:
At this point there aren't many if any on contract Unlimited data plans, as they stopped offering unlimited 3 years ago.
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That's not true. There's a fairly well-known loophole of using alternate upgrades to keep unlimited data and extend your contract. I've successfully done it three times now. The last time was in April when I got my M8. I have unlimited data and my contract expiration date is 04/07/2016. :good:

shortstuff_mt said:
That's not true. There's a fairly well-known loophole of using alternate upgrades to keep unlimited data and extend your contract. I've successfully done it three times now. The last time was in April when I got my M8. I have unlimited data and my contract expiration date is 04/07/2016. :good:
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This... So we shouldn't get affected then ?

dadsterflip said:
This... So we shouldn't get affected then ?
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Technically, according to the conditions of the list, we should be fine. One of the conditions is "Have fulfilled their minimum contract term". This is Big Red we're talking about here, though, so you never know. I hope T-Mobile steps up their coverage game in my area soon. I'm sure they will welcome me with open arms when Big Red forces me to get rid of my old voice plan and unlimited data.

shortstuff_mt said:
Technically, according to the conditions of the list, we should be fine. One of the conditions is "Have fulfilled their minimum contract term". This is Big Red we're talking about here, though, so you never know. I hope T-Mobile steps up their coverage game in my area soon. I'm sure they will welcome me with open arms when Big Red forces me to get rid of my old voice plan and unlimited data.
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I was hoping tmobile picks up where I am.. I'd jump in a heart beat.

Switch to T-Mobile
I'm switching to T-Mobile soon - I tether a lot so having unlimited is nice and there is more development for T-Mobile/AT&T editions. I would get throttled with unlimited on both networks so why not pay less?

Better reception more reliable network... More coverage. For me I travel so its nice to know I have data and my kids are able to tether for games and videos. Just my 2¢ often worth less to others lol.

The OP left out one important little detail: Only the top 5% of data hogs get throttled. Those that use more than 4.7GB/month.
I'm ok with that.

berndblb said:
The OP left out one important little detail: Only the top 5% of data hogs get throttled. Those that use more than 4.7GB/month.
I'm ok with that.
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4.7GB? Seriously? lol

Can anyone confirm the state of Verizon HTC One M8s that have switched to TMobile?
I assume by "everything" they literally mean, everything--calls, WiFi, 4G--or does the 4G only apply to "refarmed" areas? I already have S-OFF via Firewater so I'd assume the tough part's done...

Badcam3 said:
4.7GB? Seriously? lol
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I use that in about 2 days.....
I'm already at 50gb used and I still have 2 weeks left for this billing cycle
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justin94 said:
I use that in about 2 days.....
I'm already at 50gb used and I still have 2 weeks left for this billing cycle
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No such thing as a data hog, data WANTS to be transferred, that is the whole point of a network. If Verizon's network can't handle the network demands of their customers, they should upgrade their network, not throttle their customers. They make billions of dollars for pete's sake.
I travel 50% of the year for work, and hotel "high-speed" internet is rarely fast enough for VPN, screen sharing, downloading ISOs, etc. My phone is the only way I can get enough bandwidth on the road to do my job, and I can easily use 50-70GB/month. I do not consider this to be outlandish - files get bigger every day, data demands grow every day, and network speed and capacity must keep up with this trend. Land-line ISPs have no problem with this, Verizon is just greedy.

I use about the same 50 to 70 gigs a month. But I've upgraded so I'll be fine. I also live in the booneys, but we got 4g last year and I haven't noticed any throttling here. Good luck to others!
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csstamatin said:
I use about the same 50 to 70 gigs a month. But I've upgraded so I'll be fine. I also live in the booneys, but we got 4g last year and I haven't noticed any throttling here. Good luck to others!
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What do you mean by "but I've upgraded so I'll be fine"? I would love a new phone (currently on HTC Rezound) but refuse to give up unlimited data, even if it means buying a G3 or One M8 for full price.

md303 said:
What do you mean by "but I've upgraded so I'll be fine"? I would love a new phone (currently on HTC Rezound) but refuse to give up unlimited data, even if it means buying a G3 or One M8 for full price.
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I just bought the M8 on contract during their mother's day promo and kept my unlimited data. Just transfer your plan from your old phone (2 year contract fulfilled) to the new one.
Unfortunately you cannot rely on what the sals reps tell you. They told me I had to give up mu unlimited data, but I would get 5 GB/month instead of the standard 2 GB. After they'd done the switch I was still unlimited....

Yeah have multiple lines. Just transfered my upgrade, used it and my contract is resumed for another 2 years.
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berndblb said:
The OP left out one important little detail: Only the top 5% of data hogs get throttled. Those that use more than 4.7GB/month.
I'm ok with that.
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That's not very much data at all. I have a 10GB plan, and I routinely use almost all of it.
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Come on guys you know it's not really throttling, it's "Network Maintenance". Some attorney got big bucks for coming up with that attempt to fool all the VZW subscribers.

What is the most GB you have used?

Title says it all. With oct 1 being the day VZW starts throttling unlimited customers, how much have you used? My maxx was 169 last month. This month it's at 142 with a few days left.

Topsnake said:
Title says it all. With oct 1 being the day VZW starts throttling unlimited customers, how much have you used? My maxx was 169 last month. This month it's at 142 with a few days left.
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Dang! My max was 92GB. Thought that was outlandish. I average around 13-15 GB per month.
How will they decide who gets throttled. Think I read something about those in the top xx% will be throttled.... Can't remember though.
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How will I know if I’m in the top 5% of data users?
As of March 2014, the top 5% of data users were using 4.7 GB or more of data each month.
verizonwireless.com/support/information/data_disclosure

itanas said:
How will I know if I’m in the top 5% of data users?
As of March 2014, the top 5% of data users were using 4.7 GB or more of data each month.
verizonwireless.com/support/information/data_disclosure
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Thanks for that

i have unlimited, and rarely go over 2 gb (maybe a couple times a year when traveling) but when i do its a lot.... I find it absolutely ludicrous that they do crap like this...
Well not like anything i say can change anything... hmm reminds me of a certain group of folks in washington dc
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Oh my god I used over 70 gigs last month a thought I was a whore. You my friend are downloading to much porn
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Anyone feel any effects of the throttling yet?
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Caseyk621 said:
Anyone feel any effects of the throttling yet?
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Verizon canceled the plans to throttle unlimited users yesterday.

Johnny Wong said:
Verizon canceled the plans to throttle unlimited users yesterday.
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Oh thanks for the heads up.... Found this
http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/1/6882339/verizon-calls-off-throttling-unlimited-lte-data
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It's funny I just did a speed test and got 51 mb upload and said so much for throttling. Then saw this post saying they cancelled the policy. I think Verizon is really starting to feel the heat from it's customers. A lot are jumping ship if they are in an area that supports other carriers and Verizon is feeling it. I am sure they have read online and received complaints about this throttling and were told if they did they would lose customers. It doesn't seem smart to upset the customers with out a contract that can leave at anytime.

553GB!

n8nn said:
553GB!
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Hats off to you. I'm impressed

So, for the heavy data users, is it mostly from using the phone as a mobile hotspot? If so, are there any elegant ways of integrating it into the home network? As in, extending it into the home WiFi. I get free internet as part of my poa, but when I move, it would be great if I don't have to pay for home internet and just run my computers off my phone's data plan.

Johnny Wong said:
So, for the heavy data users, is it mostly from using the phone as a mobile hotspot? If so, are there any elegant ways of integrating it into the home network? As in, extending it into the home WiFi. I get free internet as part of my poa, but when I move, it would be great if I don't have to pay for home internet and just run my computers off my phone's data plan.
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I run the wifi hotspot and use that to serve everything.