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I'm not in an lte market right now, I'm on hspa/umts only. No 3.5g. 3g only. I have used 2.7gb of UNLIMITED DATA and I got flagged. Wtf is that?
HTC = Hate The Consumer
they throttle the top 5% on unlimited plans. spoke to a rep yesterday. although your usage to me does not look like a 5%'er
My average usage is 2.5 to 3.8 according to the rep I spoke to. He is also curious why I got flagged. He said he will look into it and call me back.
HTC = Hate The Consumer
there are two threads here about this... one is titled throttled and the other is something along the same lines.. check them out for tips and gripes
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Sprint may not have very good coverage but I can use all the unlimited unthrottled data I want . Not trying to rub it in (cause I used yo have AT&T and got throttled and capped) just saying it was a good switch for me.
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The sad part is that even though sprint does not throttle their speeds Max at at about what we are throttled to lol. I left them in august and have not looked back.
Dboy352 said:
Sprint may not have very good coverage but I can use all the unlimited unthrottled data I want . Not trying to rub it in (cause I used yo have AT&T and got throttled and capped) just saying it was a good switch for me.
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The sad part is that even though sprint does not throttle their speeds Max at at about what we are throttled to lol. I left them in august and have not looked back.
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Really??? I get a good 1-1.5 mbps continuous on 3g on my phone and computer when I use the hotspot. I font have 4g in my area to test that though. But when sprint launches their 4g lte in 2013 I will have it hopefully still unlimited too.
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Yeah I was super dissapointed they did wimax and not lte.
Realize our 3g speeds are typically 1.5-5 , I have hit 12
When one gets throttled and can accomplish the apn trick...they are hitting 1.5-5 ...throttled
In my case here in Dallas i would get about 400kbps dload in most areas, which is why I left Sprint. Its different from area to area tho.
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Really??? I get a good 1-1.5 mbps continuous on 3g on my phone and computer when I use the hotspot. I font have 4g in my area to test that though. But when sprint launches their 4g lte in 2013 I will have it hopefully still unlimited too.
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And you can still use voice and data at the same time even when throttled!
Haha yeah ....sadly we can't use lte and calls tho
Yet.....
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And you can still use voice and data at the same time even when throttled!
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But we can use wimax and calls and will be able to use lte and calls too supposedly.
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Haha yeah ....sadly we can't use lte and calls tho
Yet.....
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Indeed. I asked about the whole call on lte thing and supposedly it will be fixed in an update
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But we can use wimax and calls and will be able to use lte and calls too supposedly.
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Sprint may not have very good coverage but I can use all the unlimited unthrottled data I want . Not trying to rub it in (cause I used yo have AT&T and got throttled and capped) just saying it was a good switch for me.
Yep had sprint for a few years and recently switched to At&t, the switch was night and day. I Showed my phone to a friend that still has sprint and he was amazed at how fast thing were loading especially YouTube videos and I wasn't even on At&t lte. I don't have an unlimited plan so I don't get throttled and average 1.3gbs per month so I'm good.
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Cyber guy i just went through the same thing with a friend haha
He now has a brand new epic touch for sale ..he bought the entire family new att phones.
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http://news.yahoo.com/judge-awards-iphone-user-850-throttling-case-195042925.html
I wonder how many will follow?
This is ****ing great I love to hear **** like this I think next time they throttle me ill march down there and file a small claims suit use this as a reference in court. If they are protected against class action I think they should get millions of small claims
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I can only imagine LOL but good find btw
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great news !!!!!!!, cant wait att change them throttling for unlimit coustom
Pretty sure they have it in your contract that they can change it at any time.. Wouldn't be surprised if they lose to many of these lawsuits that they just move everyone over to the 3gb plan(same price as unlimited) and gave you the option to walk away without ETF. Might take a few of these losses but don't be surprised if it happens.
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Very unlikely they would give the option to walk without etf. That's 17 million customers you're talking about, about half of all their customers. I have a feeling they have a plan to screw everyone.
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That many people on unlimited?
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I got throttled at only 1.2 gb this month (4 days into my billing cycle). Mad, i switched to hspa+ only and racked up 13gb in two days. On the third day I switched back to 4G LTE and what do you know, I'm no longer being throttled. I'm not sure if it's related to this or not but I'm happy!
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I got throttled at only 1.2 gb this month (4 days into my billing cycle). Mad, i switched to hspa+ only and racked up 13gb in two days. On the third day I switched back to 4G LTE and what do you know, I'm no longer being throttled. I'm not sure if it's related to this or not but I'm happy!
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I'm hoping so too! Im running hspa+ and over 12gb so far, ill be sure to test the LTE when I go up to the city
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I got flagged for 1.8gb and slowed to 128kbs both hspa+ and lte. Thats bull****... if they don't stop ill do the same.
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this is funny
So I sourced this from reddit.com
Apparently people were putting a package together with the help of a few freelance lawyers to make a kit so that the average person could get all of the documents together and have all their bases covered in order to have a good chance of winning the small claims court case. It was getting a lot of attention.
Either my search skills are rusty, or overnight the moderators deleted the thread due to AT&T pressure or some other reasons.
edit: found it
http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/q4j2q/att_sued_for_throttling_unlimited_data_plan/
seems though that they removed it from and type of direct search. interesting.
Any suggestions guys. I have a sprint sgs3 that I have no issues with. I see alot of issuse about Lte dropimg and other things I realty want to stick with the sgs3. Any suggestions would be great thanks in advance
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If I may, why is Sprint booting you?
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For purposely roaming i bet
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No I moved to north Carolina and they have no service here. I have no choice but to roam. So they are canceling my contract for excessive roaming.
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Do you have to pay an ETF if they cancel your contract?
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bgolden84 said:
Any suggestions guys. I have a sprint sgs3 that I have no issues with. I see alot of issuse about Lte dropimg and other things I realty want to stick with the sgs3. Any suggestions would be great thanks in advance
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Where are you seeing all these lte issues? Beside even if it is dropping its better than Sprints NO LTE.
I have seen people complaining that it keeps kicking them down to 3g. But you are right the speed difference is huge. And no I don't have to pay an etf. I just have to send then all of my phones. Witch sux I just got the sgs3 two weeks ago
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I am just trying to get a feel for issues if any at all. You know how some people whine and you can't get a good idea on a phone I assume it will be about the same with way better coverage and ddata speeds.
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A lot of the lte drop you may be hearing of comes from the cynogen mods and aokp roms. But Verizon has the most solid lte coverage out there.
Plus like it was stated. I'd rather lte drop but have lte as apposed to no lte and real slow 3g speeds from Sprint
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A lot of the lte drop you may be hearing of comes from the cynogen mods and aokp roms. But Verizon has the most solid lte coverage out there.
Plus like it was stated. I'd rather lte drop but have lte as apposed to no lte and real slow 3g speeds from Sprin
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I'm w you on that. So you guys are having no issues? No complaints?
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Go to the Verizon coverage map and check your area and see what kind of reception you get that's the best way to find out of Verizon is worth it.
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Go to the Verizon coverage map and check your area and see what kind of reception you get that's the best way to find out of Verizon is worth it.
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Shows solid lte and 3g so we shall c
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bgolden84 said:
I have seen people complaining that it keeps kicking them down to 3g. But you are right the speed difference is huge. And no I don't have to pay an etf. I just have to send then all of my phones. Witch sux I just got the sgs3 two weeks ago
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You should just keep it and pay an ETF. You could easily sell for $500 on eBay to cover a $200 ETF.
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I'm w you on that. So you guys are having no issues? No complaints?
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I'm cynogen 10 running jellybean and I've some 4g drop but that's a known issue.
While on stock all I see is 4g on top here in Phoenix. I don't even know what 3g is anymore
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I'm cynogen 10 running jellybean and I've some 4g drop but that's a known issue.
While on stock all I see is 4g on top here in Phoenix. I don't even know what 3g is anymore
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I am using AOKP Milestone 6, and after tinkering with a couple things, I have a solid 4G connection. No unexplained drops to 3G in a 4G area for me.
And I agree with what's stated above. There is no way you'll want 3G once you get used to 4G.
stock Rom at the moment works best on this phone I would just stay with that till development matures a bit.
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Verizon is a total rip off now. Data is way too expensive.
Good bye HTC Rezound, hello Galaxy S3!
It may be exspensive but for the same plan I have on sprint I can switch. And save 30 bucks a month that's with 4 gigs. Ill never use that Much. With sprint there data is so slow it'ss painfully. That's why its unlimeted. Cause there is nothing to limit lol.
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It may be exspensive but for the same plan I have on sprint I can switch. And save 30 bucks a month that's with 4 gigs. Ill never use that Much. With sprint there data is so slow it'ss painfully. That's why its unlimeted. Cause there is nothing to limit lol.
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Haha "I'll never use that much" just wait til u get on lte...
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Haha "I'll never use that much" just wait til u get on lte...
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I agree. I use 1 gig in about a week, easily. I definitely wouldn't come to Verizon with their new data plans. You're just asking for a huge bill.
Good bye HTC Rezound, hello Galaxy S3!
I've seen some methods on trying to evade the data cap on certain phones.. I have yet to see if it works with our Blaze.. I've used my 2 Gigabytes on Tmobiles supposedly unlimited plan.. Is there a way to avoid getting throttled after you've used the limit you get?
METHODS I HAVE FOUND
DTR- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1435085
4G Hack- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1645521
MythBusting- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=987029
APN Trick- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1408812
xWolf13 said:
I've seen some methods on trying to evade the data cap on certain phones.. I have yet to see if it works with our Blaze.. I've used my 2 Gigabytes on Tmobiles supposedly unlimited plan.. Is there a way to avoid getting throttled after you've used the limit you get?
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im with you... I've tried everything imaginable... at least when verizon had unlimited, it was truly unlimited. I'll never forget a couple years ago when 3G/LTE went down in the Savanahh, GA area when I was stationed at Fort Stewart, I called Verizon and said "Im not getting data, do you throttle services?" Rep said "We shouldn't unless you're in the top 5% of subscribers, let me check your account"... clickety click click click of the keyboard "...oh my. I have to say, that is the highest useage I've ever personally seen. You're at 33 GB of LTE used.". I was only 12 days into my billing period at the time
There is a company called telcel America I used them for 4 months they had unlimited service for 45 a month no throttling whatsoever to the best of my knowledge they ran on on tmobiles network I used 5 gig a month 10 MBS down 2 up 2 weeks ago they stopped but they still have the $60 plan that you get unlimited talking to mexico I think sorry do the badly written post in a rush will update later
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The only sure-fire method I know of is using WiFi. Sorry
Although I'm sure somebody has created a workaround
It sucks that you get punished for using your phone for what it was meant to do. Listening to Pandora at work all week and I'm halfway to my limit.
By the way I still have a Verizon grandfather plan that I am looking to get rid of !!
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That's what I like about the $30 Monthly4G plan, I haven't hit the 5gb soft cap yet. And vonage mobile works great for extra free minutes.
I used to have the T-Mobile Unlimited 3G plan when I had a BlackBerry, and I would regularly break 20-30GB data on it when I was still going to school and still be able to maintain 3G speeds.
When I upgraded to the Blaze I was forced to switch to their new "Unlimited" plan, which seems to choke the speeds down around 5-6GB. Although this month I'm already around 7GB and I still pull in decent H+ speeds between 8 and 12Mbps, so maybe they only restrict the speeds during peak hours or something.
I have been doing research(ugh. feels like school lol) and I stumbled upon this. Since I've been using the UVMC Radio from the Hercules I think this should work. Note. It says to do these methods before getting throttled. I don't know if it works because I am getting throttled already..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1408812
Edit: Been reading on the thread. People say its been patched. Cant say that's true yet.
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I have been doing research(ugh. feels like school lol) and I stumbled upon this. Since I've been using the UVMC Radio from the Hercules I think this should work. Note. It says to do these methods before getting throttled. I don't know if it works because I am getting throttled already..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1408812
Edit: Been reading on the thread. People say its been patched. Cant say that's true yet.
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Looks ok. Think I might give it a try
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Looks ok. Think I might give it a try
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Google is now my bestest friend ever lol. Found many methods to try! Will post links in OP later..
Updated OP with my findings.
Has anyone who isn't throttled yet found any of these to work? I'm already throttled
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Has anyone who isn't throttled yet found any of these to work? I'm already throttled
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I will try these today & see which one seems to work. I'll give you guys an update later
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I tried the 4G hack but I can't confirm it works yet since I just got my data count refreshed on the 27th on the start of the new cycle.
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Any CONFIRMED solutions yet?
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By the way I still have a Verizon grandfather plan that I am looking to get rid of !!
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Fer realz? I'd take it off your hands for you
Pm me will try to work it out
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I can confirm the 4G hack doesn't work...well at least not for me it didn't.
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Any proven results? looks interesting since I have the 5GB plan and some times I go over my limit.
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I'm debating switching from AT&T to TMo solely because I hate monitoring my data to stay below 2GB and I know that TMo wouldn't charge me for going over the cap and I just get throttled.
My cousin has T Mobile but he claims that he's never been throttled even if he goes over the cap. But I've read that others also on TMo get throttle as soon as they got their caps.
Is it random or by chance whether people get throttled or not?
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My gf gets throttled all the time and service sucks. T-Mobile sucks azz. Price is good, service sucks.
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You will get throttled going over your limit. I'm going unlimited the wife loves tmo and has been happy with the service wherever she goes. Today is the day.
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You will get throttled going over your limit. I'm going unlimited the wife loves tmo and has been happy with the service wherever she goes. Today is the day.
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She is on unlimited. You will still get throttled bud.
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She's not unlimited but I am and I been burning through on LTE only since Saturday with zero slowdowns. If I get throttled I'll let you know but nobody I know has had that problem.
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She's not unlimited but I am and I been burning through on LTE only since Saturday with zero slowdowns. If I get throttled I'll let you know but nobody I know has had that problem.
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No man, I was telling you my girlfriend is on an unlimited plan and she gets throttled almost every month.
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