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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TheCybertronian said:
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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No one in my life cares except for my XDA family..
I just got the dreaded text from t-mo and was immediately throttled to .006mbps. Seriously, FML. I have like 20 days left in my cycle. ARRRRGGHHHH
I even was desperate enough to try the (now defunct) alternative APN internet1.voicestream.com. I even tried internets 2 and 3!!!
God forbid I run into any feral cats on my walk home, because I am going to punt something and I prefer pine cones, but homeless cats fly further.
Happened to me last month. It sucks balls bug time. Sorry dude, calling tmo wont help either trust me....
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Does anyone know if buying tmos tethering plan increases the cap?
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Does anyone know if buying tmos tethering plan increases the cap?
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It does not.
I get throttled every month. I make good use of my phones browsing. Its starting to annoy me. My cycle ends on the 21st and I been throttled for 2 weeks now.
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The way to get around data throttling is to have a friend that works at TMO and use their unused $5 employee data only plan. I now effectively have 5 more GB on a spare SIM card. Once I get throttled on my MT4G I start tethering on my MT3G.
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The way to get around data throttling is to have a friend that works at TMO and use their unused $5 employee data only plan. I now effectively have 5 more GB on a spare SIM card. Once I get throttled on my MT4G I start tethering on my MT3G.
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That's pretty nifty. Now only if I knew any tmo employees...
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That's pretty nifty. Now only if I knew any tmo employees...
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Your only 4 hours from TMO 's headquarters. Take a road trip, find a bar close to HQ, and find a group of ppl w TMO phones.
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?
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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.
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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.
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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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00mred00 said:
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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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.
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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just talked to a supervisor. its not the top 5% that gets throttled. its anyone who goes over 3gb. just thought you guys would like to know.
also, i will be switching away from them because some dumbass took me off my unlimited plan because he doesnt understand english and they refuse to revert me.
Clearly you been out of the loop its 5gigs lte or 3gigs for hspa phones att did this a long time ago how long has it been since you were on the net
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Clearly you been out of the loop its 5gigs lte or 3gigs for hspa phones att did this a long time ago how long has it been since you were on the net
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Correct.
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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 bought my one s on frida y. And i want to use it sinple mobile 4g (50$) and i wanted to know if some one with the same plan could tell me how the speeds are.
Thanks
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im on the 50 plan...
that doesnt include 4g... its up to 3g speeds.. but im locked at 230kbps.... in tampa fl... 40 for talk and text and internet, 10 dollars for internation text...
if you want faster speeds, u want the 60 plan...
In minnesota there is no 60$ plan they lowered it to 50..
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arnold1997 said:
In minnesota there is no 60$ plan they lowered it to 50..
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if thats the case... i heard 4g is from 3000kbps to about 10000kbps... its supposed to be pretty fast... i would say probably better than sprints.. haha..
my sister 4g and 3g speeds sucks.. that why i left sprint... was not good for me...
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if thats the case... i heard 4g is from 3000kbps to about 10000kbps... its supposed to be pretty fast... i would say probably better than sprints.. haha..
my sister 4g and 3g speeds sucks.. that why i left sprint... was not good for me...
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Oh ok haha well thanks for the info though
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I live here in Dallas Texas and my speeds have always been comparable to T-Mobiles service. I get 7-9 Mbps usually. I love it
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arnold1997 said:
I bought my one s on frida y. And i want to use it sinple mobile 4g (50$) and i wanted to know if some one with the same plan could tell me how the speeds are.
Thanks
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I'm on simple mobile 50 dollar plan! As u may know ,simple mobile runs on T-Mobile network, so you would get the same speed and reception as T-Mobile. I'm in new York and an getting up to 15mbps on simple mobile...YEAH that's right..
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I'm on simple mobile 50 dollar plan! As u may know ,simple mobile runs on T-Mobile network, so you would get the same speed and reception as T-Mobile. I'm in new York and an getting up to 15mbps on simple mobile...YEAH that's right..
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I would go to simple mobile but im scared of the throttle and account shut downs
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I would go to simple mobile but im scared of the throttle and account shut downs
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After 2 gigs it they do throttle unfortunately... but I've never heard of the account shut downs. If you use Wi-Fi ad much as I do send make sure you check the 848484 info via text messages you should be fine. This is coming from a heavy data user. Minor adjustments made and its well worth it
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In Atlanta my average speeds are 13mb/s from Tmobile and 8mb/s from Simple Mobile.