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blah sadly today tmobile capped by data, because i went over the`5gb limit. is there a way to uncap it, or at least does anyone have an idea?

It took me just a week to get my data capped. Its because id rather use my phone and get 8mbps instead of my home Internet which is sadly 0.4mbps. I don't think its possible to get the cap removed. Your going to have to wait till your next cycle.

I thought they just throttle it and not cap it?
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GEEZ, what are on do you guys do to stream so much data? I've never hit close to that in a month

Lol i practically use my phone as a computer. I download things from games to music

I thought that for Unlimited Data they just drop you down to 3G after you've used 5GB on 4G.

It is my understanding that they throttle you pretty hard at 5 GB, to GPRS or EDGE speeds.
If you haven't deleted it, My Account will show your usage. I use 3G Watchdog which will straight-line predict your end-of-month usage as well.
For people not used to the speeds available, it isn't hard to chew up 5 GB in a month. For example, if you stream 128 kbps radio for an hour in the morning and an hour on the way home, that is about 3.3 GB of payload, so probably 3.5-4 GB of data transfer a month.
Thankfully TuneIn FCs a lot

Yea man they bone you pretty hard after you go past 5gb. I went from 4g to edge smh, I am aboit to calk and complain. I am pretty sure there was a way to get passed it on the vibrant, after things get settled for the galaxy s 4g I'm sure we will be able to do the same.

I thought it was 10gb?
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Yeah I thought it was 10gb too but once I passed 5gb they sent me a message and throttled my speed to edge speeds.
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Wait so its not really unlimited ??? Is so im really going to sale this and get that Nexus S 4G...
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Yogi3 said:
Wait so its not really unlimited ??? Is so im really going to sale this and get that Nexus S 4G...
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Thats not worth it. Every carrier has a cap even if they advertise that they don't. I've read on the internet that on sprint people get throttled and maybe even get their accounts canceled going over a certain limit. I think tmobile's is the best option right now.
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icy56 said:
Thats not worth it. Every carrier has a cap even if they advertise that they don't. I've read on the internet that on sprint people get throttled and maybe even get their accounts canceled going over a certain limit. I think tmobile's is the best option right now.
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Thats wrong, Sprint is the only carrier with true unlimited. Although there data speeds are the worst of the big four. I barely got 1mbs on 3G and around 4mbs on 4G. When i could get a signal, witch sucks cause i live in KC. Sprints headquaters is here, I could no longer take the slow speeds and went back to tmo where i have 4G everywhere I go. Usually around 8mbs and i have 3G around 5mbs.
http://pocketnow.com/tech-news/sprint-outs-new-tv-ad-ceo-dan-hesse-defines-unlimited
The war of words and facts continues with sprint preparing a new TV ad -- more of a campaign -- where CEO Dan Hesse goes on camera and defines the word "unlimited" and what concepts it is not compatible with.
These incompatible terms are "metering, overage, or throttling, which is code for slowing you down", Hesse says while Bill Morgan, sprint senior vice president-Corporate Marketing agrees that some of Sprint's competitors are creating confusion in their customer's minds by referencing "unlimited" plans which are not unlimited in reality.
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MvP77 said:
Thats wrong, Sprint is the only carrier with true unlimited. Although there data speeds are the worst of the big four. I barely got 1mbs on 3G and around 4mbs on 4G. When i could get a signal, witch sucks cause i live in KC. Sprints headquaters is here, I could no longer take the slow speeds and went back to tmo where i have 4G everywhere I go. Usually around 8mbs and i have 3G around 5mbs.
http://pocketnow.com/tech-news/sprint-outs-new-tv-ad-ceo-dan-hesse-defines-unlimited
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well nows a good time to leave tmobile, At&T just purchased T-mobile so goodbye cheap and unlimited plans.....

icy56 said:
well nows a good time to leave tmobile, At&T just purchased T-mobile so goodbye cheap and unlimited plans.....
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LOL... I just read that about a hour ago... LOL... I was just about to say that also... I dont like AT&T slow network, plans that dont fit any user, and will find out if you unlocked a cool feature and will try to charge you for it ( like the folks that use their iPhones to tether ) ...
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icy56 said:
well nows a good time to leave tmobile, At&T just purchased T-mobile so goodbye cheap and unlimited plans.....
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Your prices are locked in as long as you stay with them. The prices may get even better now that together that will be bigger than Verizon and start trying to beat eachothers prices. Not to mention with any luck better service area. Still not that excited to see them merge.
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I dont use that much data but in a family plan, would that cap apply to both phones separately or combined?

Caps apply separately. I'm in a family plan and the other people haven't been throttled
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Do rps dealer accounts get data capped? Anybody know?
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icy56 said:
Caps apply separately. I'm in a family plan and the other people haven't been throttled
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Thanks a bunch

AT&T Clarifies Its Policy On Data Throttling, Allows 5GB Of Unaltered Data Flow For L

AT&T Clarifies Its Policy On Data Throttling, Allows 5GB Of Unaltered Data Flow For L
With mobile data usage continuing to skyrocket and the availability of spectrum scarce, AT&T, like other wireless companies, manages its network in the most fair way possible so that we can provide the best possible mobile broadband experience for all our customers.
How we’re managing the network only affects a small minority of the heaviest smartphone data users still on unlimited plans. Put another way, this does not impact more than 95 percent of our smartphone customers.
Our unlimited plan customers have told us they want more clarity around how the program works and what they can expect. Here’s what customers need to know:
Customers with a 3G or 4G smartphone – who also still have our unlimited data plan – will see speeds reduced if they use 3GB (gigabytes) of data or more in a billing cycle. Speeds will return to normal at the start of the next billing cycle. For context, less than 5 percent of smartphone customers use more than 3GB per month.
For customers with a 4G LTE smartphone – who also still have our unlimited data plan – data speeds will be reduced if usage is 5GB (gigabytes) or more in a billing cycle. Speeds will return to normal at the start of the next billing cycle
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Customers will get a text message from us before experiencing a change in speed.
Even with reduced data speeds, these customers will still be able to email and surf the web, and continue to use an unlimited amount of data each month.
Not impacted by this program, launched last year, are customers on our tiered data plans.
The reason reduced speeds only apply to unlimited smartphone customers is because their data usage is significantly higher than those on tiered plans. For example, in January, the top 5 percent of our unlimited data plan customers used an average of over 50 percent more data than the top 5 percent of customers on tiered plans.
Because spectrum is limited and data usage continues to soar, we manage our network this way to be as fair as possible and so we can provide the best possible mobile broadband experience to everyone.
We encourage all of our customers to use Wi-Fi whenever possible – especially when watching video, which is the most data-intensive activity.
That’s because data activity over Wi-Fi does not count against the threshold for unlimited customers that triggers reduced data speeds or against customers’ tiered data plans. Customers can find out more at www.att.com/datainfo

But some people were getting throttled even when they didn't go over 3gb. I believe they shouldn't throttle for the whole billing cycle. Only when someone is abusing it when there's a lot of traffic in the network, and restore it after that period. But that would probably require a lot of work. I dunno just my opinion.
Never been throttled, I don't use a lot of data.
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jayson94538 said:
But some people were getting throttled even when they didn't go over 3gb. I believe they shouldn't throttle for the whole billing cycle. Only when someone is abusing it when there's a lot of traffic in the network, and restore it after that period. But that would probably require a lot of work. I dunno just my opinion.
Never been throttled, I don't use a lot of data.
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Did you read it?? That all just changed.
Well.. That sucks. Only one month did I use 6 gigs. Typically don't use over 1 though. Meh. Let the angry comments come in. I'd be pissed if there wasn't wifi at my house, and I lived in good cell reception, and depended on it. ATT.. You're full of crap.
Atleast LTE users get a break. I'll get an LTE phone next time around the block.
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It's still bull. I bought my phone because AT&T said that I was buying a 4G phone and said I was told how fast it was.
They put YouTube, a web browser, an email app and a text messaging app, just to name a few, on my phone.

Truckerglenn said:
It's still bull. I bought my phone because AT&T said that I was buying a 4G phone and said I was told how fast it was.
They put YouTube, a web browser, an email app and a text messaging app, just to name a few, on my phone.
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You're still getting unlimited data. When you signed up, did the contract guarantee you unlimited data at speeds greater than or equal to XXmb/s, or just unlimited data?

Maybe a better way to "CLARIFY" is to change the Plan name from UNlimited to " LIMITED "
That would clear it all up would'nt it?
Geez....ATT you are way too big.

Erik_T said:
Did you read it?? That all just changed.
Well.. That sucks. Only one month did I use 6 gigs. Typically don't use over 1 though. Meh. Let the angry comments come in. I'd be pissed if there wasn't wifi at my house, and I lived in good cell reception, and depended on it. ATT.. You're full of crap.
Atleast LTE users get a break. I'll get an LTE phone next time around the block.
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Lol and how will it change my opinion? Oh well. Like I said, I don't use that much data anyways.
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Erik_T said:
Did you read it?? That all just changed.
Well.. That sucks. Only one month did I use 6 gigs. Typically don't use over 1 though. Meh. Let the angry comments come in. I'd be pissed if there wasn't wifi at my house, and I lived in good cell reception, and depended on it. ATT.. You're full of crap.
Atleast LTE users get a break. I'll get an LTE phone next time around the block.
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no reading for most people is pretty freaking hard

CheesyNutz said:
no reading for most people is pretty freaking hard
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Evidently... Lol. Still think it's horse****. I might actually think about Verizon... WOW.
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using data with limited speed is NOT unlimited.
using data with limited speed BY hardware specs, however, is different.
basically, people should just sue att for false advertisement.

tjy8tim said:
using data with limited speed is NOT unlimited.
using data with limited speed BY hardware specs, however, is different.
basically, people should just sue att for false advertisement.
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yea because its in the contract you sign that they the right to throttle you and any point they choose too

Hmmm.. So what's the default APN on LTE??
I just wanted to throw it out there.. I will probably look this up later myself..
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CheesyNutz said:
yea because its in the contract you sign that they the right to throttle you and any point they choose too
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Hmm.. Didn't sign a contract. Though I did feel the need for an iPhone 2g for a few hours.. While I had my infuse and somehow almost used up my whole 2 gigs in 2 days. Something went funky with ATT servers.. Or the infuse. Lol.
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Erik_T said:
Hmm.. Didn't sign a contract. Though I did feel the need for an iPhone 2g for a few hours.. While I had my infuse and somehow almost used up my whole 2 gigs in 2 days. Something went funky with ATT servers.. Or the infuse. Lol.
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So you're saying that you have no service agreement with them?
Then you shouldn't be complaining.
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apallohadas said:
So you're saying that you have no service agreement with them?
Then you shouldn't be complaining.
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No. Lol. There's a flaw where if you had the original iphone then you could set it up in iTunes and get unlimited data.
In two days, at the beginning of a cycle, when I was on my 2 gig planned (had just got the phone a month or two before..) It decided to go through the roof with my usage. 2 gigs. 2 days...
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So what qualifies as a "LTE phone"? Is the Infuse not an LTE phone??
And does anyone know if this 3GB cap just started?
Because this month I got throttled at 2040mb ... which is... roughly.. 2GB.. right.
I think 5GB sounds fair for an "unlimited" (limited) plan.
I would never go over that!... 3GB... I hover around that every month for sure.

hollywood528 said:
So what qualifies as a "LTE phone"? Is the Infuse not an LTE phone??
And does anyone know if this 3GB cap just started?
Because this month I got throttled at 2040mb ... which is... roughly.. 2GB.. right.
I think 5GB sounds fair for an "unlimited" (limited) plan.
I would never go over that!... 3GB... I hover around that every month for sure.
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Erik_T said:
No. Lol. There's a flaw where if you had the original iphone then you could set it up in iTunes and get unlimited data.
In two days, at the beginning of a cycle, when I was on my 2 gig planned (had just got the phone a month or two before..) It decided to go through the roof with my usage. 2 gigs. 2 days...
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So you do have a service agreement. A contract. I can guarantee that if you've gotten a subsidized phone from them since your iPhone that you either signed or clicked through a new contract binding you to updated agreements but keeping your unlimited plan.
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apallohadas said:
So you do have a service agreement. A contract. I can guarantee that if you've gotten a subsidized phone from them since your iPhone that you either signed or clicked through a new contract binding you to updated agreements but keeping your unlimited plan.
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Probably when I finished setting it up in iTunes, it sealed the dev. Idk. Whatever. My contract expires next year. ill have this phone for a while, and keep the plan. And then onto the next phone..
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Here's the deal. Less than 5% of AT&T users have unlimited data. They want the unlimited people gone. They are trying to monetize power-users while managing bandwidth (which is a finite resource) to keep the average users happy. If you had a business and had to choose between keeping 5% of your customers happy, or 95% of your customers happy... you would make the same choice. These decisions aren't about the users today... it's about 2015 when the average smartphone user will use alot more data... and there will be more smartphone users.... etc, etc.
Not saying I condone these decisions... but after all they are a business. They have a finite resource (bandwidth) and have to make as much profit as possible with that finite resource. Bandwidth doesn't grow on trees, and neither does money. End of story.

Post your unlimited data usage thus far!

I've had this phone less than 2 weeks, grandfathered into vzw unlimited data. Needless to say I think vzw is going to hate me...

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I've had this phone less than 2 weeks, grandfathered into vzw unlimited data. Needless to say I think vzw is going to hate me...
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I'm on virgin in canada and last month i used 42gb on my unlimited plan...

no fair i was on t-mobiles $20/month plan with 10gb/month and they 'changed' the plan without notice. so now i'm stuck with 5gb...

I'm only at about 1g use right now, work and home wifi (poor signal area) has been keeping my mobile data use down since I got this phone. I'll probably use about 3gigs next month though. Btw, I can see this thread creating some tension with those who don't have unlimited.
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Lieu10ant said:
no fair i was on t-mobiles $20/month plan with 10gb/month and they 'changed' the plan without notice. so now i'm stuck with 5gb...
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They did the same here. I called them up and they switched me back no problem.

And the purpose of the thread is to.......??????
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Purpose of this thread....Help show why Verizon did away with unlimited data?

No wonder why they are eliminating unlimited, what the heck do you do on your phone to use 28Gb? (tethering i assume)

haha nice. last semester in college, my wired connection wasn't working so i had to 'illegally' tether my atrixs' hspa+ for a week. used about 15gb in a week to watch live streams of the us open. thank god for unlimited data

with the extra ram this phone makes actual real life data speeds sooooo much faster than my other lte phones could do. I'm at 39 gigs so far with billing cycle ending the 29th. And that's without even having the gs3 the whole time, wonder what ill get to next month? Btw no tethering here, I just really like watching HD video
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Not too bad methinks..

I have to laugh at all the people who say a few of us who use high amounts of data is why a carrier will remove unlimited data for everyone. So they feel bitter at us for ruining it for everyone else and would rather blame us than their service provider, since its easier.
Oh please, don't you think these carriers would have just throttled or kicked off us few users, instead of forcing tiered plans on all their customers? Its all because of further maximizing profit, not because of us.

Doesn't bother me at all, I still have unlimited data just can't see how people are able to use that much data on a phone in a month.
Must have to have the phone plugged in all the time.
Most I have ever been able to do is 13 GB. I really had to try for that though.

Since July 9th.:
554 MB on Verizon
Since June 24th:
5.58 GB over wi-fi

betcmrekoapl said:
with the extra ram this phone makes actual real life data speeds sooooo much faster than my other lte phones could do. I'm at 39 gigs so far with billing cycle ending the 29th. And that's without even having the gs3 the whole time, wonder what ill get to next month? Btw no tethering here, I just really like watching HD video
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Hey, you don't happen to live around me do you? I keep getting a busy signal trying to access the data network..

Hypnosis4U2NV said:
Hey, you don't happen to live around me do you? I keep getting a busy signal trying to access the data network..
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lol yes i believe i do. luckily i elected to buy the version of the galaxy s 3 that gets preference over others on the data network so sorry i guess everyone will have to wait for me to finish my download before its their turn. best decision i ever made, and to think i actually almost bought the gs3 that you have that gives the busy signal when others are using the network. man im glad i dodged that bullet haha
all sarcasm aside, has anyone ever actually had a problem with using verizons network that can be attributed to data hogs? this isnt 2007 and im not in att using an iphone. big deal, i use a lot of data that i pay for so what. any other user on verizon canuse the exact same amoutn of data as i choose to use bc verizon doesnt throttle the 4g speeds, youll just have to pay more than my price for it. dont hate those of us lucky enough to use all the data we want without paying any overage unless you also go around hating every verizon employee for getting a company discount on the same sevice you pay for. also, those of us on verizon who no longer have the unlimited data plan have access to a discount on upgrades that the unlimited users dont have the smae access to but we sure dont go around flaming others for only having to pay $199 for our $599 phones. every thing is a trade off
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Ignore the disabled data. That was coming from my Samsung Galaxy S II. The one not discontinued is from July 5th till now.
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Yay for forced data limits/throttle in the future. Vzw doesn't guarantee any "grandfathering". It says right in the contract they can change terms on you and it gives you a free out to go to other carriers. The whole –look at what I can do is quite childish. Whatever.
Heck I use 30gb at home on Cox between two computers and a ps3 and pay for 50gb
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A guy over on the Rezound forums hit 1TB. I'm sitting at about 9GB this month.
And for the people bleating about this being why they did away with unlimited data--no. Just shut up. They did it out of pure greed. LTE is cheap, and for every person using 30gb there's 10 people using 500mb. Verizon might be losing money on some customers, but in the aggregate, they were still making money hand over fist, even with unlimited data. But they can make more with shared/tiered. Guess which they went with?

I'm normally around wifi except when I go workout so I rarely break 2gb. Even so I have no problems with data hogs. I've worked a number of years at an isp and I can tell you data hogs are not the problem unless if the network engineers are total idiots. A properly managed network will prevent heavy users from bogging down the network during peak usage.
But many of you guys buy right into the carrier's manufactured bandwidth crisis so they can justify charging $15 per gb.
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To straight talk?

So I'm planning on leaving at&t after I pay off a bill my cousin and I racked up' $390 ' . (Family plan). I was thinking about going to straight talk and using at&t towers there. Just a few questions , if I just upgraded and now want to switch will I have to pay an etf? Secondly does anyone know how good straight talks speeds are ?

The speeds aren't anything too great but it works fine for streaming Pandora all the time.
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codyrt said:
The speeds aren't anything too great but it works fine for streaming Pandora all the time.
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Thanks, I might have to give them a shot.

This is a slow time. Usually im getting closer to 5. But I have no issues. If you buy the ATT microsim from straight talk there is no need to sim unlock.
As for their "unlimited" plan. It really isn't. Its ~100MB a day. Also, if you read their ToS, they can disconnect your line whenever they want. To pretty much bypass the throttling (if you use that much data) skip entering the proxy information when setting up APN.
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jmztaylor said:
This is a slow time. Usually im getting closer to 5. But I have no issues. If you buy the ATT microsim from straight talk there is no need to sim unlock.
As for their "unlimited" plan. It really isn't. Its ~100MB a day. Also, if you read their ToS, they can disconnect your line whenever they want. To pretty much bypass the throttling (if you use that much data) skip entering the proxy information when setting up APN.
Is that true, I get throttled every month about halfway through! I'll try this out.
OP, it's not to bad as long as you don't have to call CS lol
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jmztaylor said:
This is a slow time. Usually im getting closer to 5. But I have no issues. If you buy the ATT microsim from straight talk there is no need to sim unlock.
As for their "unlimited" plan. It really isn't. Its ~100MB a day. Also, if you read their ToS, they can disconnect your line whenever they want. To pretty much bypass the throttling (if you use that much data) skip entering the proxy information when setting up APN.
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Not entering the proxy might have used to prevent them from throttling you but not anymore. I don't have the proxy in my phone and I was being throttled last month. A rogue app got away from me and racked up a lot of data. My up and down speed was limited to .25mbps. As soon as the month was up my speeds returned to normal 4-6mbps.
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ImagioX1 said:
Not entering the proxy might have used to prevent them from throttling you but not anymore. I don't have the proxy in my phone and I was being throttled last month. A rogue app got away from me and racked up a lot of data. My up and down speed was limited to .25mbps. As soon as the month was up my speeds returned to normal 4-6mbps.
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Hmm. Weird. I haven't been throttled since the first month and I use easily 4gb per month.
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Hmm. Weird. I haven't been throttled since the first month and I use easily 4gb per month.
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I can't say for sure but mine may have exceeded 6gigs. In one day the app may have used upwards of 1 gigabyte.
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ATT to Straight Talk

Question: looking at leaving ATT to cut down on expenses. Straight talk and T- mobile both have deals where you can being your own phone and just switch Sims. Since I'm running Scott's CM 10 (12/29), figuring their requirement to have the phone unlocked is not an issue. I noticed that T- mobile has a limit then it's throttled. Straight talk doesn't seem to have a cap or throttle point. Anyone out there can give me their experience with straight talk? Thank you for any advice/wisdom/warnings.
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I'm using ST in my area its great.I ordered the at&t compatible sim card on the website they give you the correct APN settings too.
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ST doesn't have a cap...but they do reserve the right to throttle you. Most people don't get throttled and those that do are usually at around 5gbs...but I've read stories of people getting throttled multiple at times at data amounts as low as 1.5gbs...
Again though...most people don't really get throttled on st...at least from what I've read...but there still is a noticeable amount that do get throttled
Been debating on switching to st my self...not sure if I wanna lose lte on my HTC vivid though :/
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mg2195 said:
ST doesn't have a cap...but they do reserve the right to throttle you. Most people don't get throttled and those that do are usually at around 5gbs...but I've read stories of people getting throttled multiple at times at data amounts as low as 1.5gbs...
Again though...most people don't really get throttled on st...at least from what I've read...but there still is a noticeable amount that do get throttled
Been debating on switching to st my self...not sure if I wanna lose lte on my HTC vivid though :/
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Thanks. This all still looks too good.... So used to doing something when everything looks good, then finding out later that there was a huge BUT to the good news.
When throttled, I know that downloading a new ROM may take forever, but would I still be able to do any radio streaming? Even low quality?
Thanks again.

wingcook said:
Thanks. This all still looks too good.... So used to doing something when everything looks good, then finding out later that there was a huge BUT to the good news.
When throttled, I know that downloading a new ROM may take forever, but would I still be able to do any radio streaming? Even low quality?
Thanks again.
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Yes Straight Talk will throttle you. When I first got straight talk I used 5+ gigs in first month without being throttled, but 2 weeks into the second month and about 2 gigs used I got a friendly call from them and was throttled. Severely throttled as close to no data as possible. To use that much data I was setting up computers at a friends house that did not have internet.
I have had straight talk over a year now, and that is the only time I have bee throttled. I have went over 2 gigs in some of those months. ,

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ST doesn't have a cap...but they do reserve the right to throttle you. Most people don't get throttled and those that do are usually at around 5gbs...but I've read stories of people getting throttled multiple at times at data amounts as low as 1.5gbs...
Again though...most people don't really get throttled on st...at least from what I've read...but there still is a noticeable amount that do get throttled
Been debating on switching to st my self...not sure if I wanna lose lte on my HTC vivid though :/
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I use the att sim from St and have for about 4 months now. Last month I was downloading Rom updates at work which add up quick but stayed under 1.5 Gb total for the month and my speed was slowed to 0.23mbs where I was getting around 5-7mbs. I never got a call or text about it but when my next month stated again it seemed speed was back to normal. I do like the Service tho as it is the same as att and half the price
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freestylejunki32 said:
I use the att sim from St and have for about 4 months now. Last month I was downloading Rom updates at work which add up quick but stayed under 1.5 Gb total for the month and my speed was slowed to 0.23mbs where I was getting around 5-7mbs. I never got a call or text about it but when my next month stated again it seemed speed was back to normal. I do like the Service tho as it is the same as att and half the price
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I've been so spoiled with high-speed at home/work/public wifi that I have forgotten one thing.... If I'm throttled to that speed, could I still stream at low quality? (32-64K) Been so long since dial-up......
Are we spoiled or what????:laugh:

I did have trouble once I had insane crazy slow DL speeds I called them they reset no trouble since.I'm happy but like I said check for your area coverage.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36410024
I'd suggest reading my recent experiences with limitations and throttling practices on straight talk before switching.
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I went with st because I'm constantly on my phone I never hardly use PC anymore except for DL the ROMs.At&t was insane on my bill Lol just that one time I was slow I called they fixed.I know I'm well over 2gb the first 2 weeks into new month.Hope ya have good luck with it as I am.
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So, from what I've heard so far, straight talk uses ATT towers, so reception should be the same. Data usage should not be a problem, as long as I don't tether. The throttling does go down to a crawl, but some people don't see a definable amount that it starts at. At least one person noted that they called and got speed back up. Overall, not to bad I take it.
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Ive been with ST for a month now..ive used just over 2gb and I think they are starting to throttle me..I have 4 bars but cant get over
0.22DL and 0.37UL...Also want to say if you look at there packages online their unlimited data Says...
(Unlimited web browsing)..sux..

I did a test screwed my self doing so.I started downloading ROMs to my phone I mean a lot to see if I'd get throttled guess what I did lol.That's my guess anyways I'm going to call them again see what they say.Last time they didn't say anything about going over.I'll let ya know what they say.
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LOL I abused it lol I'm throttled till next pay or pay now well poop no fixing this time.I'm on dial up
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XjJeepers said:
Ive been with ST for a month now..ive used just over 2gb and I think they are starting to throttle me..I have 4 bars but cant get over
0.22DL and 0.37UL...Also want to say if you look at there packages online their unlimited data Says...
(Unlimited web browsing)..sux..
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Yup I just got the violated terms 6 and 7 lol which I know for a fact I did lol
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I've been using Straight Talk since October and love it but I'm not a huge user of data on my phone or my tablet. I did use my phone as a hotspot over Christmas while at my grandmothers house in the backwoods of Kentucky and not only had service but internet for my laptop and Toshiba Thrive tablet. I must say I was impressed! :victory:

LOL I wouldn't abuse it to much they cut me off completely within 10 days lol funny when I'm home I'm on WiFi anyways I'm switching after this month getting a new phone I'm over the throttle and complete shut off.I will keep the infuse though its a bad a$$ phone for sure.
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