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Best settings to reduce "incidental" data usage

I just switched over from vzw. I'm not used to having limited data access. What suggestions do you have for reducing unintentional data use? I've limited syncing of most accounts to once a day. I use wifi at home and do heavy downloads there. But in 8 days I've already used almost 500 mb.
Has anyone had success as a new customer getting into unlimited data plan?
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Not heard of any success as a new customer, but if you were an old customer and switch to the limited data plan, I know if you threaten to leave they will give you back the unlimited. I remember someone posting a trick to get the unlimited data on the captivate forum a while back, but for the life of me cannot find that post. It had something to do that was kinda a shady round about way of getting it, and I'm sure att has plugged that hole by now.

Thanks big. Any ideas on limiting data. On my dx, you could set to only sync over wifi. Never needed it them, now I could use that setting.
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bigdessert said:
I remember someone posting a trick to get the unlimited data on the captivate forum a while back, but for the life of me cannot find that post. It had something to do that was kinda a shady round about way of getting it, and I'm sure att has plugged that hole by now.
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Actually, they quite literally can't plug the hole. Get an original iPhone(non-3g) and activate it through iTunes. The only plan it has available is unlimited. Then, you should be able to switch go the unlimited 4g plan.
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Social networking stuff in sense consumes tons of bandwidth. Root and remove it. You can also use the power control widget to turn off mobile data when you are on the go and turn it on when you want to use it.
The only sure fire way to get unlimited back is to do the Iphone 2g trick. It works better on a new line / sim when its is the first and only device that has been on that line.

I have an original iPhone 2g...can I do that trick to get unlimited back on my Inspire?
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I don't have a 2g iphone. Guys I'm stuck. I am rooted and removed a lot of bloat. I just set social network stuff to sync every 8 hours. Can't really turn mobile data off because I use gtalk and gmail at work. The facebook and twitter stuff will probably save some data. I think I'm going to have to assume il be using 2 gigs plus one.
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Read the entire thread. If you skim or fail to do so and it doesn't work it is your own fault. This worked for me for the inspire. My posts are on the last two pages or three depending on how many posts per page.
http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...30-unlimited-data-for-your-iPhone-4-Read-this!!!

BB2DX said:
I use wifi at home and do heavy downloads there. But in 8 days I've already used almost 500 mb.
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I assume you have 2gb plan. that is more then enough, I use about 1.5gb monthly. I have push emails on gmail and hotmail, twitter updates every 30 minutes and surf web about 3 hours a day. but I don't do any streaming video or radio. try to download apps with wifi if possible.

Aridon said:
Read the entire thread. If you skim or fail to do so and it doesn't work it is your own fault. This worked for me for the inspire. My posts are on the last two pages or three depending on how many posts per page.
http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...30-unlimited-data-for-your-iPhone-4-Read-this!!!
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Thanks for the link. It looks like someone has done this successfully as recent as 2/19. Now I know what I'm going to do if ATT decides they don't want to give me my unlimited back.

Does social network stuff really eat up data?

Go into Accounts and Sync under settings and uncheck News, Weather and Stocks.

Aridon said:
Read the entire thread. If you skim or fail to do so and it doesn't work it is your own fault. This worked for me for the inspire. My posts are on the last two pages or three depending on how many posts per page.
Did you have to use a new SIM card it is it possible to use the one you already have?
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How much data have you consumed?

If you have had your TB for at least a week, what has your data usage been so far?
Don't forget to vote in the Poll!

milan03 said:
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Jeez!!!!!!

Here's mine.
Gigabytes 4.067 GB
Megabytes 4,164.481 MB
Kilobytes 4,264,429.050 KB

A little under 100MiB since 03/08.
I'm actually looking forward to tiered data.

Zshazz said:
A little under 100MiB since 03/08.
I'm actually looking forward to tiered data.
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How on earth have you used so little? 3g only? Syncing email alone should have you above 100MiB... unless you are only using the phone on wifi...

is there a way to find out without signing in to a verizon.com account?

MYxdaUSERNAME said:
is there a way to find out without signing in to a verizon.com account?
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not that i know of

letzgostate said:
How on earth have you used so little? 3g only? Syncing email alone should have you above 100MiB... unless you are only using the phone on wifi...
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I use wifi at my house and when available. I guess the main reason I don't use much data is because I study, play video games, and watch a few tv shows/movies. With that much going on, I don't have any time to use massive amounts of data.
Honestly, I don't know how anyone uses 20+GiB. There just isn't enough time in the day unless you're taking time out of other things. Maybe tethering I could see... but if you're just using the phone?
MYxdaUSERNAME said:
is there a way to find out without signing in to a verizon.com account?
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Call #DATA on your phone and you'll be texted the information

Zshazz said:
Honestly, I don't know how anyone uses 20+GiB. There just isn't enough time in the day unless you're taking time out of other things. Maybe tethering I could see... but if you're just using the phone?
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Well, I have been enjoying the hotspot while it is free for now

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Call #DATA on your phone and you'll be texted the information
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nice...
1648173 kb...almost 1.6GB...not bad, i use a lot of wifi too..

MYxdaUSERNAME said:
1648173 kb...
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That's ~1.6GiB

lol, i google converted it...

I am sitting at 3.56Gb

Zshazz said:
That's ~1.6GiB
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U mean 1.6 Gb (vs GB)?...
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How on earth, short of using wifi tether as your only internet service, do you use 30 gigs of data a month. I've seen a spike in my usage to just above 5 gigs for 2 weeks+ with the TB and < 2 weeks with the D2. But I have never come close to 10 gigs even during the holidays when I tether a crap ton, because most of the people I visit don't have wifi. I'm sorry, but it is people like you that are getting us all forced onto tiered plans eventually. And I consider myself a "power" user. I stream a lot of music, and use my phone a ton for nav. I just do see how you can use this much data.

1454 said:
How on earth, short of using wifi tether as your only internet service, do you use 30 gigs of data a month. I've seen a spike in my usage to just above 5 gigs for 2 weeks+ with the TB and < 2 weeks with the D2. But I have never come close to 10 gigs even during the holidays when I tether a crap ton, because most of the people I visit don't have wifi. I'm sorry, but it is people like you that are getting us all forced onto tiered plans eventually. And I consider myself a "power" user. I stream a lot of music, and use my phone a ton for nav. I just do see how you can use this much data.
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exactly, there is people who abuse the system and some of us have to pay for their abuse of the system.

funkybside said:
U mean 1.6 Gb (vs GB)?...
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I mean 1.6 "GB"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix
I'm just trying to get into the habit of using the binary prefix rather than the colloquially accepted standard SI prefix.

1454 said:
How on earth, short of using wifi tether as your only internet service, do you use 30 gigs of data a month. I've seen a spike in my usage to just above 5 gigs for 2 weeks+ with the TB and < 2 weeks with the D2. But I have never come close to 10 gigs even during the holidays when I tether a crap ton, because most of the people I visit don't have wifi. I'm sorry, but it is people like you that are getting us all forced onto tiered plans eventually. And I consider myself a "power" user. I stream a lot of music, and use my phone a ton for nav. I just do see how you can use this much data.
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Tether > xbox, netflix, hulu, etc. When this is faster than my DSL, why not enjoy it? Free tethering won't last forever. Plus ATT put their DSL into tiered plans as well.

550MB between my wife and I combined, having the TBolts since release day. We're on WiFi at home or it would be higher (up to double that). I would call us well over average volume users in regards to social apps and chat programs since it's our work.
magneticzero said:
exactly, there is people who abuse the system and some of us have to pay for their abuse of the system.
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Yeah I hear ya. I'm reminded every time I look over my taxes or see someone buying soda and Ding Dongs with food stamps while talking on their iPhone. Hard to complain though because every group has a poster child to make you look evil for being against them lol.

Netflix data usage

Hi,
So like an idiot I "upgraded" to the new T-Mobile "unlimited" plan with the 2 GB limit. At the time, it made sense to switch; I'd save money on minutes, and I'm not a heavy data user. Right now I use ~200-300 MB a month. At most, I've used 6xx MB recently. My data heavy data apps right now are Pandora and Sling player. And, I'm on wifi when at home, and on campus.
However, I have now started to deeply regret my derision now that Google has announced their new cloud and music services, Netflix has finally launched their app for select android devices (including my N1), and T-Mobile announced free Wi-fi calling on new devices. I'm not asking for pity or reticule, but I need some questions answered.
Does anyone have any idea how much data the new Netflix app uses when using 3/4G? AT&T iPhone users, some of you use Netflix with similar caps, how easy is it for you to reach the cap? Those of you have gone over the 2GB limit on T-Mobile, how badly did they throttle you, if at all?
Finally, I thought I'd share my two cents worth on data usage and caps. I'll gladly stay a capped customer on T-Mobile if such moves allow T-Mobile to return to profitability without the likes of AT&T. Data is data, and data caps on home internet service are abominations. However, bandwidth is not free, and broadband cell service is one of the most expensive last-mile solutions to maintain; it is also primarily a supplemental form of connectivity for most customer So, I have no problem with T-Mobile trying to make a buck and stay afloat, so long as they maintain their current levels of quality and customer service.

those are some good questions. I do know that streaming video takes ALOT of data. So you would be able to do mabe 2 full netflix videos a week would be about my guess. but then again you stream audio too so in doing that, I would say maybe 1 video a week.
I have a friend with the SGS4G and he got put on that plan and hates it. He was using it alott, mainly bc he came from crappy verizon service with maybe 1mbps download to this phone which he hit 21mbps. anyways, when he went over 2gb and got throttled down to just under 2mbps. now that its later in the month, it seems to be they are slowing him down more. He lately has only been getting .06mbps
So yea, it sucks for him. reallly bad.

Well, that answers my throttling questions thanks. Video streaming is done using a variable bit rate, meaning that data usage can rise and fall along with the quality of the video. I'm sure Netflix takes data usage into account when streaming the video over cell. They recently had to preform similar actions for their Canadian costumers, many of whom are subject to ridiculous caps on their home internet connections. I also think that I will rarely watch a full-length movie entirely on 3/4G. So, I'm not too concerned as of yet. I'll experiment once my next billing cycle starts, track my usage, and report the results an a new thread.
I would be willing to bet your friend did a fair bit of tethering?

Let me get this straight. The straight up "Unlimited plan" is even more limited than the regular unlimited 4g web??? Wow, some of that att mentality is already creeping up into that dump i see....

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Let me get this straight. The straight up "Unlimited plan" is even more limited than the regular unlimited 4g web??? Wow, some of that att mentality is already creeping up into that dump i see....
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Yarp. You read that right!

go to sprint, fully unlimited bud

Here is my experience..
I'm on t-mobile with the MyTouch 4G. I haven't used netflix as of yet, but I do stream a lot on my phone with other various apps and websites to watch TV shows. I do accounting so I'm usually in my office alone through the day and I have the capabilities of watching shows on my phone, since accounting is extremely boring and i need something to keep me going.
Anyway, on average, a regular TV show (like friends), runs about 25 minutes. And in that time, I use anywhere from 70 - 100mb. Fortunately, I still have t-mobile's "unlimited" data which caps at 5gb.
I have reached the cap once, and for 2 days, they limited my throttle to edge speed! It was ridiculous!
There are a few apps in the market that help keep track of the data you are using. What I personally did was calculate how much data I could use per day and limit myself to that. I could check the apps to make sure I wasn't passing my limit. It's been working pretty well so far.
I hope this helped to whoever needed it!
Thanks are appreciated to all that this helped!

seanthegeek said:
Well, that answers my throttling questions thanks. Video streaming is done using a variable bit rate, meaning that data usage can rise and fall along with the quality of the video. I'm sure Netflix takes data usage into account when streaming the video over cell. They recently had to preform similar actions for their Canadian costumers, many of whom are subject to ridiculous caps on their home internet connections. I also think that I will rarely watch a full-length movie entirely on 3/4G. So, I'm not too concerned as of yet. I'll experiment once my next billing cycle starts, track my usage, and report the results an a new thread.
I would be willing to bet your friend did a fair bit of tethering?
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you're welcome dude. And yes, he made the soar mistake of tething his computer, then bridging his comp to his xbox a few times. lmao. told him it was a bad idea. the only thing i dont get is why they throttled him more. he's now getting slower than he did before. I dont think he tethers anymore...
you can also get Movie Stream app off the market. its pretty sweet. Watch movies without a monthly payment. it just streams them from a few different sites. Same Developers as TV Shows Stream app. pretty cool stuff d-('.')-b

desikilla said:
Here is my experience..
I'm on t-mobile with the MyTouch 4G. I haven't used netflix as of yet, but I do stream a lot on my phone with other various apps and websites to watch TV shows. I do accounting so I'm usually in my office alone through the day and I have the capabilities of watching shows on my phone, since accounting is extremely boring and i need something to keep me going.
Anyway, on average, a regular TV show (like friends), runs about 25 minutes. And in that time, I use anywhere from 70 - 100mb. Fortunately, I still have t-mobile's "unlimited" data which caps at 5gb.
I have reached the cap once, and for 2 days, they limited my throttle to edge speed! It was ridiculous!
There are a few apps in the market that help keep track of the data you are using. What I personally did was calculate how much data I could use per day and limit myself to that. I could check the apps to make sure I wasn't passing my limit. It's been working pretty well so far.
I hope this helped to whoever needed it!
Thanks are appreciated to all that this helped!
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Your actually pretty lucky dude. Edge speeds really are not that bad in comparison to GPRS/1G/whatever you want to call it. Most of the time getting throttled means getting 1g speeds. I do know that if you go into networks and change it to edge only networks you can get edge speeds, but somehow you were lucky enough to get them off the bat.

According to Netflix streaming for one hour will use about 1gb of data, 2gbs for HD.
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k_nivesout said:
According to Netflix streaming for one hour will use about 1gb of data, 2gbs for HD.
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bahahahaa. thats whyyy they want you to use wifi.
thats about the worse news you could tell someone who has a cap lmao

Yeah when I saw that I was pretty surprised. Sucks especially with carriers capping at 2 or 5 GB. Fortunately on Verizon with unlimited data.
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According to Netflix streaming for one hour will use about 1gb of data, 2gbs for HD.
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That's probably for desktop streaming, not mobile. Someone I know who uses it on the iPhone said it uses ~200-300 MB/2 hours.

looking at the quality of the mobile movies/shows I'd say about 250mb an hour

seanthegeek said:
That's probably for desktop streaming, not mobile. Someone I know who uses it on the iPhone said it uses ~200-300 MB/2 hours.
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I think this is about right. That did sound like way too much for mobile streaming but the FAQ didn't specify.
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[Q] How big should a data plan be?

I've searched the forum before posting this and couldn't find a similar thread, so here's my question (2 actually):
1)How big should a 3G data plan be, for the Nexus S?
2)Also, is there a way to allow only a few apps to connect to the internet through 3G, while the rest use only wifi?
I want to use it for checking mail on 2 accounts, send/receive about 40-50 messages daily (through whatsapp), a little navigation on Google Maps, 2-3 clips on youtube and checking a couple of webpages each day. In my country, unlimited data plans are a rarity and the most common are 50mb, 250mb and 500mb.Thanks!

I'm in the US and use my phone for just about everything all day so I eat up about 100 MB a day. I use wifi anywhere I don't get 4g coverage as well. I would say to be safe go with the 500 unless it is a major price difference. If you have access to wifi regularly and keep track of data usage a plan with even 250 MB should be OK. Hope this helps a little.
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Agree, but it depends on your usage, for me 250mb is enought, but some months i push the limit (what costs 6 cents for 1mb, not a big deal).

I'd recommend if can to get the 500 or if possible 1gb.
I'm using my phone for about the same plus surfing the net and my monthly usage is about 600 - 700mb.
Try the app Call meter 3g so you can keep track of your usage. It doesn't count wi-fi traffic.
Good luck
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Well, after some intensive reading over the internet, I think that I could settle for 500mb. In the android market, there's an app called Droid Wall (needs root) and that should make sure the only apps connecting to the internet through 3G are those I want. Thanks for your help!
Now reading about rooting the NS
EDIT: also, I've found something called 3G Watch Dog, so it's easier to keep an eye out on the data traffic over 3G.

flodb113 said:
Well, after some intensive reading over the internet, I think that I could settle for 500mb. In the android market, there's an app called Droid Wall (needs root) and that should make sure the only apps connecting to the internet through 3G are those I want. Thanks for your help!
Now reading about rooting the NS
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even if you don't use a firewall (like droid wall) stand-by usage is not that big, the problem is YOUR usage, you can easly take a month with 20mb if you only let it to stand-by, but if you watch 3 youtube videos, 20mb is gone!" =o)

Wow... I go over my limit of 5gigs almost every month I guess I am one of Those heavy data users I have been hearing about.... Too bad we have this terrible bit shortage I can only Hope the carriers stumble onto a new rich source of bits to satisfy my need
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newspeak said:
Wow... I go over my limit of 5gigs almost every month I guess I am one of Those heavy data users I have been hearing about.... Too bad we have this terrible bit shortage I can only Hope the carriers stumble onto a new rich source of bits to satisfy my need
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Well I think 5gigs is far.. I mean FAR from what I'm capable of over 3G. Whenever there's a wifi hotspot available, I prefer connecting to the internet through it. The 3G connection is just for those areas in which there's no wifi in sight.

500Mb is sort of like the minimum where I am. The quota usually comes in 500Mb, 1G, 1.5G, 3G, 5G...
For me, I will stay under 500Mb if I don't use services like Google Maps or Waze, if I do, I will be around 700-800Mb a month.

AT&T Customers Please Read

If you are one of the "lucky" ones who have received the following text message..
"ATT Free Msg: Your data use this month places you in the top 5% of users. Use Wi-Fi to help avoid reduced speeds. Visit www.att.com/dataplans or call 866344758 "
Please go to http://www.change.org/petitions/att-data-throttle#
and sign the petition to stop the throttling of the "top 5%" users.
I personally only used 4GB and received the message.
I signed a contract for unlimited data with AT&T . Not a "limited unlimited data plan". They state that once an "unlimited data" customer is among the top 5% of there data users they will "throttle" the users data speed. Apparently once a user reaches 2 gigabytes of usage they slow down the speed. NOT once they become one of the top 5%.
If you search the website for "AT&T" there are some other petitions you can sign as well. But the one above has the best letter and most signatures so far.
Thank you for your time. Good luck!

Seriously not trying to be an ass but ATT doesn't care.... I HIGHLY doubt they will make a change.
In the meantime I would go here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1474482 All credits to the op, The Jack of Clubs.

I always wondered what their criteria was for finding the top 5%. Do they measure it at the end of your billing cycle and compare it to other users? Or measure the amount of data you use so far at a specific date? Or gauge the rate that you are using (ie, 2gb/wk= 8gb/mo)? Obviously everyone has different billing periods, therefore data resets at different times of the month. Does anyone know what I'm talking about? Or am I just overly confused?
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p00kienrayray said:
I always wondered what their criteria was for finding the top 5%. Do they measure it at the end of your billing cycle and compare it to other users? Or measure the amount of data you use so far at a specific date? Or gauge the rate that you are using (ie, 2gb/wk= 8gb/mo)? Obviously everyone has different billing periods, therefore data resets at different times of the month. Does anyone know what I'm talking about? Or am I just overly confused?
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Lol... I called ATT about something else a while ago and brought this up in the conversation.. the answer was that the guy had no idea WTF was going on.. I think .. idk. It's so confusing.

Erik_T said:
Seriously not trying to be an ass but ATT doesn't care.... I HIGHLY doubt they will make a change.
In the meantime I would go here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1474482 All credits to the op, The Jack of Clubs.
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It is worth a shot to try. What they are doing is wrong. How am I in the top 5% when I only used 4GB, some people have gotten the message using a lot less... and I see people on here claiming they are using 10+ GB!!! I am not going down without a fight... If nothing happens... then of course I will be left with no choice but to find a new carrier.
I can't seem to get that APN setting to work... I am going to use my data as normal and see when they decide to throttle me this month.
p00kienrayray said:
I always wondered what their criteria was for finding the top 5%. Do they measure it at the end of your billing cycle and compare it to other users? Or measure the amount of data you use so far at a specific date? Or gauge the rate that you are using (ie, 2gb/wk= 8gb/mo)? Obviously everyone has different billing periods, therefore data resets at different times of the month. Does anyone know what I'm talking about? Or am I just overly confused?
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I honestly think they are just going randomly to the "unlimited" data users and sending them messages and throttling them.
Like I said above, I only used 4GB, some used less and got the message, and I see people on here claiming to use 10+ GB.
Let's not go down without a fight.. it might not go anywhere.. but hey at least we tried... and there is a chance something will happen if enough people voice there opinion....
Isn't the customer always right.....

hollywood528 said:
It is worth a shot to try. What they are doing is wrong. How am I in the top 5% when I only used 4GB, some people have gotten the message using a lot less... and I see people on here claiming they are using 10+ GB!!! I am not going down without a fight... If nothing happens... then of course I will be left with no choice but to find a new carrier.
I can't seem to get that APN setting to work... I am going to use my data as normal and see when they decide to throttle me this month.
I honestly think they are just going randomly to the "unlimited" data users and sending them messages and throttling them.
Like I said above, I only used 4GB, some used less and got the message, and I see people on here claiming to use 10+ GB.
Let's not go down without a fight.. it might not go anywhere.. but hey at least we tried... and there is a chance something will happen if enough people voice there opinion....
Isn't the customer always right.....
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Yes, I agree that it is worth the fight. Not saying that you are wrong there bro. I manage to never get the letter so I haven't tried to force those apn settings but I would suggest trying a different modem or a different rom.

hollywood528 said:
I honestly think they are just going randomly to the "unlimited" data users and sending them messages and throttling them.
Like I said above, I only used 4GB, some used less and got the message, and I see people on here claiming to use 10+ GB.
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They're sent to the top 5% in your area. In other words; it's extremely dependent on where you're at. If you live in a small town where there's maybe 300 people with an unlimited plan, chances are you're gonna be in that top 5% a lot sooner.
Personally, I think that scrapping the localisation on this would do a lot of good for AT&T's image. Right now, there's people who can pull 50+ GB of data off their plan, while others who pay the same amount get throttled at 1.2 GB. It's ludicrous. Having the throttling happen based on whether or not you're in the national top 5% of data users would make far more sense..

I'm in
I personally have not gotten the message, but I would surely feel as strongly about it as you do if I had. I most certainly would consider it to be an outrage, mostly because I use about the same amount of data as you do. (around 4gig)
Props also go out to those that have figured a way to bypass the throttling! I'm not currently running a custom rom at the moment, so I don't see all the options available to do so. I've made the settings that I found, but unsure of the impact.
Despite the outcome, this should be fought on principle alone.
On a side note I've often wondered how it is that AT&T is able to charge for 3 services when it all breaks down to sending a data packet? Voice = data packet. Text message = data packet. Data plan = data packet. In my mind this is also a travesty, unless I'm just blatantly wrong. I realize what's inside the packet may change, but in the end it's still a data packet. I imagine this is why all these companies have arisen providing unlimited everything plans for $50 a month, and I think I'm headed that way soon.

verticae said:
They're sent to the top 5% in your area. In other words; it's extremely dependent on where you're at. If you live in a small town where there's maybe 300 people with an unlimited plan, chances are you're gonna be in that top 5% a lot sooner...
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I understand its gauged locally, but how is it measured? Everyone is on a different billing period. Mine starts on the 1st while yours starts on the 15th. By the 30th, I've used 5gb and you've only used 2gb. How do they compare your usage with mine and get an accurate (I use that term loosely) estimation of who's in the top percentage at a specific time when they send you that text? The only thing that makes sense to me is them monitoring your usage after your period ends? Or unless it like what op said; random warning texts @ 2gb or so.
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I signed it. I haven't gotten the letter because I'm always on wifi, but at&t's throttling people for such low amounts of data is wrong. The throttled speeds seem to be unusable too.
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Thank you to everyone for helping put up a fight..
and yes.. there "throttled" speeds are basically unusable.
I couldn't even access the market when they throttled my speeds.
ridiculous!!

Signed it. AT&T should put in just as much effort in investing in better network capacity as they are in taking it out on customers.
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if they did like tmobile and gave a fixed limit like 5%, i would have less of a problem. still stupid.

I guess I'm one of the luck ones at 2GB
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I switched to Sprint. Got tired of throttling. I do miss the speed when I had it. Albeit for the week of 3G. But sprint is doing me good otherwise.
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verticae said:
They're sent to the top 5% in your area. In other words; it's extremely dependent on where you're at. If you live in a small town where there's maybe 300 people with an unlimited plan, chances are you're gonna be in that top 5% a lot sooner.
Personally, I think that scrapping the localisation on this would do a lot of good for AT&T's image. Right now, there's people who can pull 50+ GB of data off their plan, while others who pay the same amount get throttled at 1.2 GB. It's ludicrous. Having the throttling happen based on whether or not you're in the national top 5% of data users would make far more sense..
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This would explain why I have not gotten this and I have had near 5gig months because of Pandora at work and they do not have Wifi on my floor. I live in the Chicago market. Guessing there is some very high users in my area.

I have 2gb of data a month, I never use more than 400mb a month. Wifi is all you need!
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Axiomkid said:
I have 2gb of data a month, I never use more than 400mb a month. Wifi is all you need!
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You honestly don't expect everyone else to use data the way you do. I use wifi whenever I can, which is as soon as I get home or when I'm in class. The remainder of the day I'm at my office, or driving around using maps/navigation, emails, browsing, Facebook, words with friends, etc. So I don't have wifi. And no, I'm not gonna hunt around for a Starbucks or Mc Donald's just to hook up to wifi that has lower speeds than my 3G; its just ridiculous.
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You honestly don't expect everyone else to use data the way you do. I use wifi whenever I can, which is as soon as I get home or when I'm in class. The remainder of the day I'm at my office, or driving around using maps/navigation, emails, browsing, Facebook, words with friends, etc. So I don't have wifi. And no, I'm not gonna hunt around for a Starbucks or Mc Donald's just to hook up to wifi that has lower speeds than my 3G; its just ridiculous.
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In my opinion It's Stupid to stream any type of media while your away from your house on a Data connection! You know it's gonna use a ridiculous amount especially if your gonna sit there and stream HD videos over Data! Why wouldn't At&t have a right to throttle your usage, Pure waste. Using GPS and and other type of map software is a less of a waste. Most of you with 16GB sd cards and higher know better! Store all your music and videos on it, that's what its for. Facebook, Email, and some of your multiplayer games use **** for data, nothing barely gets wasted. With your facebook, email, and multiplayer games you shouldn't even go over 1GB of usage a month. Also Note for those sitting their listening to Pandora on their Data connection. Each song is between 3mb-6mb. How many songs do you listen too now multiply that and see how much your wasting.

i got this one month and at the time i was only at 1.4 gb! wtf