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Hey Guys -
I am a bit worried... I know that we are supposed to have unlimited data through sprint... but I wouldn't be suprised if they pull an AT&T and limit people to 2GB...
AT&T argue that "hardly anyone uses 2GB on their phone" - but I have now used 1.6 GB in 8 days... What would be on my phone that uses that much data?! The only thing I can think of is Pandora but theres no way that uses 1.6GB...
I guess it's probably QIK now that I think about it - so if QIK uses 1.6GB that fast (I have uploaded quite a few videos and use this often)... if Sprint ever does throttle internet (which is on their playbook)... they will be throttling their video chat customers instantly..
Sucks to be iPhone uses with this "Face Time" i guess thats why they are limiting it to WiFi... cause if they didn't - all their customers would have data overages every month!
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I'm with you on this one, since I got my evo i've used 1.66gb Though I checked sprints 'plan optimizer' and I have used 1.8gb each month on average over the last year
I'm hoping I don't hit the cap and have to kill my data till it resets lol
In sprints new data format for data cards, they only have the 2gb limit on 3g, 4g is still unlimited, the majority of the us should have 4g within a year or so, so I wouldn't worry too much about it
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You know... if at&t says the majority never will go past 2 gigabytes... why have the cap in the first place huh?
actually jramz its 5gb for 3g. unlimited for 4g.
but if they ever did, theyd wait for verizon or somebig name to do it before them one more time, and if they did 3g would probably be limited while 4g unlimited.
sprint has no plans on throttling data....and no plans to get rid of our unlimited data....i wouldn't worry about it...
Indeed. I just checked my personal details and I have used 282 mobile-mobile, 10 n/w, 60 land line, 50 texts, and a WHOOPING 3.2GB of data in 10 days. I have been using SprintTV to broadcast the FIFA games in the lab (ATT could not even get a signal in there and I get 3G good enough for video in there).
Oh yeah, I have been using the 4G as my data connection at home since it gets 5.5-7 mbps at my house rather than the measely 3.2 from Comcast. Comcast is getting cut at the beginning of July. I cut ATT and all my Apple products at the beginning of this month. Slowly, but surely I am getting rid of Evil, Frustration, and Big Bills in favor of fairness, open source, and portability. Sprint + Clear FTW!!!!!
Freelancerx said:
sprint has no plans on throttling data....and no plans to get rid of our unlimited data....i wouldn't worry about it...
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When I hit 35 gigs last month 4 days before my bill cycle date Sprint shut off my ability to use EVDO. I wonder if forcing evdo will get around this? I think if I try to force evdo I will simply have no internet.
I think I am grandfathered in the truly unlimited internet access. I have never used over 30 gigs in one month before. I am surprised they did did this to me. I even drove to the base of the tower and reset my phone and checked to make sure forcing rome was off. Then the night my new bill cycle started at midnight I was surfing and watching the 1x on my phone. Sure enough it changed to EV at 12:01 Am. HA Proof. Sprint didnt charge me or contact me about it as of today its been 3 days since my bill came in. HmmView attachment 564921
as a fellow "power user", i can say, dont worry about it. they've never throttled me. one time i felt like they were and i just pulled the battery for about 7 or 8 minutes (until tv went back to commercials) and it fixed right up
They did it again. Twice more. When I hit 30 gigs im stuck at 1x till my bill cycle starts over. Sprint 15 year old plan.
My land line company finally got DSL to my neck of the jungle so I dont need to tether any longer. Now that I dont need more then 2GB per line Im Ditching my $350 six line 6,000 minute Sprint plan for Straight Talk. Im loosing insurance, roadside assistance and reducing my bill. Sprint has very bad reception in Hawaii.
Yeah i was reading that this is what Verizon is preparing to do.
http://the-gadgeteer.com/2012/06/13/verizon-unveils-new-share-everything-plan/
Hopefully sprint is not a follower and decide to screw us by limiting our data use.
I hope they don't follow those data cap. The only reason I'm with sprint is unlimited data coz signal and internet speed are the worst of all.
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with the release of the iphone 5 i highly doubt that will happen any time soon.
right now, they're in third place with the major cell service providers and it's the one that distinguishes them from the pack or the biggest providers. If they do, there's time till to do so.
I think(I could be wrong) I read somewhere that sprint cap is only for those who use phone as a modem, phone internet use is not capped
I found out that the cheap prepaid plan with Straight talk at wallmart should have an internet speed 15 times faster then Sprint. And that got me thinking. Well sprint says they dont throttle but I know they do. They did it to me 3 times. I ditched them for a cheaper prepaid phones from wallmart. I had 6 lines with Sprint for 15 years. I Finally have DSL now so I no longer have to rely on sprints so called unlimited data. My new phone service has way better reception on the Big Island then sprint does. And its internet speed is faster then my DSL. I am getting 6835kbps down and 1050kbps up on my new (but old) Samsung Galaxy II skyrocket with there bring your own phone plan at $45 a month. Down side is rumor has it that its caped at 100 mega bytes a day with a max of 2 GB a month. I have not pushed those limits yet.
I just got a sensation. Currently I still have the G1unlimited data plan. Do I need to pay more to get the 4g speeds? I think my data speeds were better with my nexus one. I don't want to call tmo because I would expect them to say "oh, you have a 4g phone, you need the 4g plan to go with it. Would you like the 2 TB plan or the 5 TB plan? That'll be $40/month"
No, you dont
I still have my data plan from my touch pro 2 and im getting 4g so i guess no
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The same as they said. No you don't need another plan to get 4g speeds. I'm on an old android plan and getting great speeds.
I called T-mobile and got the 4g data plan and it was the same price as the mytouch 3g plan I had before. I have the 5gb unlimited plan.
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Still rock'in the G1 Dataplan here, worked great with my Nexus One, and now with my Sensations.
+1 to the G1 Unlimited Data.
I was thinking of asking the same question. Nice to see positive responses.
I'm on a G1 unlimited data 400txt or$25. It transferred no problems. I ordered my Sensation over the phone and discussed the data/txt package and data caps openly with the representative. They will let you keep it, with a 5gb cap.
SykesAT said:
I'm on a G1 unlimited data 400txt or$25. It transferred no problems. I ordered my Sensation over the phone and discussed the data/txt package and data caps openly with the representative. They will let you keep it, with a 5gb cap.
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That means that they're not letting you keep it. A 5gb cap is not unlimited. You're paying for 5gb of data per month, not unlimited.
armoguy94 said:
That means that they're not letting you keep it. A 5gb cap is not unlimited. You're paying for 5gb of data per month, not unlimited.
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T-mo has given all plans a 5gb cap. Even the G1 plans. I know they started out as truly unlimited but... T-mo has changed this. Feel free to search around and revert.
SykesAT said:
T-mo has given all plans a 5gb cap. Even the G1 plans. I know they started out as truly unlimited but... T-mo has changed this. Feel free to search around and revert.
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Yeah I grandfathered my em+plan with unlimited web, bt what they did is they changed this to 4g web in the system so I now get 4g speeds bt now its capped at 5gb which I ain't tripping much about..haven't used that much data yet bt I'm planning on doin it this bill cycle to c if I will actually get throttled since my friend got to that cap n they sent him a notice, by even after goin over his speeds didn't change
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Thanks for the replies. I don't have a data cap on my and I'm not wanting to take the step unless it is absolutely necessary.
Last month I used 6GB of data and that was pretty hard to do. When I decided to do it I had 5 days left on my billing cycle and was just under a gig. It was pretty dificult to use that much data in such a short time.
SykesAT said:
I'm on a G1 unlimited data 400txt or$25. It transferred no problems. I ordered my Sensation over the phone and discussed the data/txt package and data caps openly with the representative. They will let you keep it, with a 5gb cap.
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I have this same plan w/txt...what 4G speeds are you getting?
I'm the OP. The best I've been able to get is .84 Mbps down, .71Mbps up.
I'm getting 2.80 Mbps down and 1.68 Mbps up at last look...but I expect more from 4G!
Yeah, it's pretty lame. I'd be happy with 1Mbps down and .5up.
Where are you located with such slow speeds? Is anybody else there getting better results?
Home is worthless for 4g for me. Im constantly on my wifi. But at work I get 4-5 bars and get around 5mpbs up and 1.5 down. Driving home, I get constant full 5 bars and get 6-8mpbs.
Same for me, those speed I mentioned earlier were from home pretty slow. I tried it from work and was able to get 2 up and 1.5 down so I'm ok with those speeds. I'm still not blown away but it's a little better than I had.
no because android data plans are all the same, now they just limit your plan to 5gb.
This is some unfair BS. I've had unlimited data for over 2 years!!! I've used at the very most 9GB I'm a month! I average between 3-6GB on a regular month. I've read and heard about skyrocket users getting throttled out the butt and getting the text warning about being in the top 5% of users. I do not tether. All i use data for is minimal normal things, Facebook, browsing, email, and a bunch of Pandora. I've had the iPhone 3gs, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, nexus one (at&t), infuse 4g and now the Skyrocket. I do not live in an LTE area. Today i get the message saying I'm in the top 5% of data users and to start using wifi or my data will be reduced!!!! I'm only at 3.8GB for the month!!!! This is ridiculous!!!! Evey single other phone I've used I've used much more data, and my first 20 days with this phone i get this crap? AT&T has to be flaggig users with the special LTE grandfathered plan and monitoring them! That's the only explination!!! I'm so PO'd right now I'm considering taking my phone back (I'm within 30 days) and switching to VZW for the damn Droid Razr. At&t has done it this time. How can they market a phone being LTE and everything they market the phone as being able to do "stream music, play games, instant videos" and yet pull this crap? I sense lawsuits in the near future!
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Take the phone back.
Everything Ive read says only the 3g gets throttled not the LTE so being in a LTE area one should be ok
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if you don't live in an LTE area, you're being penalized because you wanted an SGSII with a bigger screen/faster processor
The obvious solution is to start using wifi and/or stop using Pandora. You think Verizon will hand over unlimited data. Put Pandora on a lower bit rate too. It sucks to be slowed down but you are using more data than 95% of other people paying the same money that you are.
This is happening with everyone grandfathered with unlimited not just LTE users. At least they let you know they were going to do it and if you don't like it there is always Sprint *cringe*.
BTW I believe this goes by a 3 month average of your data. So it is just a coincidence that it came when you had the skyrocket.
It is any time you hit 5gb. i got the notice previously on my infuse . i do think getting a newer phone triggers a new set of rules but i can not confirm. we are testing on my wifes phone she has had for a while to try and hit 5gb and see if she gets the txt.
Keep in mind that i got the txt and have had NO decrease in speed yet. i am currently at 5.5 gb
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This is happening with everyone grandfathered with unlimited not just LTE users. At least they let you know they were going to do it and if you don't like it there is always Sprint *cringe*.
BTW I believe this goes by a 3 month average of your data. So it is just a coincidence that it came when you had the skyrocket.
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dawgsoverrebs said:
The obvious solution is to start using wifi and/or stop using Pandora. You think Verizon will hand over unlimited data. Put Pandora on a lower bit rate too. It sucks to be slowed down but you are using more data than 95% of other people paying the same money that you are.
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This is my whole point. VZW offers 2,5,10 GB options ect . They don't say you have unlimited but you go over were basically going to throttle you so your network will be so slow its basically un-useable. And i really find it hard to believe that me not being in an LTE market; with the 12+ LTE markets available right now and other users pulling down 50+Mbps while I'm pulling down 3 on average 5 if I'm lucky that my 3.8gb is in the top 5%. When I've been far over this and never ever ever received anything before. Im not tethering or doing anything with the phone they don't market it as.... my data plan says unlimited. At&t what's the issue?
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I know that when I grandfathered my unlimited data and text plan from my BB9700 that the lady at the AT&T store had to split my plan in two (unlimited data and some other text plan) in their computer system but took a screenshot just in case that I was eligible, and then had to call the corporate office and have them merge them back together. This took about 30 mins but she was able to get it done. Though, I am still waiting to see my bill at the end of the month to see if there are any hidden surprises. I have not gone over 5g yet; I usually was about 2-3g with my BB. I have been downloading like a madman lately so I should see if I get the message soon.
P.S. We are now in LTE area and I actually got my phone the day they went live so it was not just for HSPA+, which I have heard stories about some stores saying that HSPA+ is all you get with grandfathered unlimited plan and that you had to pay extra for LTE. BS!
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I know that when I grandfathered my unlimited data and text plan from my BB9700 that the lady at the AT&T store had to split my plan in two in their computer system but took a screenshot just in case that I was eligible, and then had to call the corporate office and have them merge them back together. This took about 30 mins but she was able to get it done. Though, I am still waiting to see my bill at the end of the month to see if there are any hidden surprises. I have had mine for about 2 weeks and have not gotten any messages. I would go back into the store or call their helpline.
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I had similar expirience with my store representative, it took more than 1 hour to get this thing set up correctly on their end, it seems att had no intentions of letting me have unlimmited lte. even though i don't live in a lte market, but when i travel i do come across lte markets and use my phone a lot almost 10GB/Mo
so far no messages from att(knock on wood)
think this is the third or fifteenth thread about this.... at some point the numbers will push higher because of how fast you can consume a few gigs of data.
For instance i got a txt at 4.5gb and throttled at 5.1gb and now some users are getting this done at 3.8 or 4gb.... so the time will tell.
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Looks like 3gb cap for 3g and 5gb for LTE
http://www.att.com/esupport/datausage.jsp?source=IZDUel1160000000U
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I'm OK with this cap, I use 2-3gb every month and that's using 2 full batteries a day on my SR for Facebook, XDA, Reddit, and YouTube videos
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So, the big question is
Do we get seperate caps or is it 5GB if we have an LTE device?
I know there are times I am not on LTE(depending on the area) Does the HSPA+ count towards the LTE limit?
Now I never get close to 3GB but still would like to know.
nest75068 said:
So, the big question is
Do we get seperate caps or is it 5GB if we have an LTE device?
I know there are times I am not on LTE(depending on the area) Does the HSPA+ count towards the LTE limit?
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Doesn't seem like it. It just says 4g lte smartphone, so if your not in a LTE area, but have a LTE phone you would have a 5gb cap
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Bummer. I couldn't deal with the throttle any longer so I switched to a tiered plan last month.
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I think for an LTE imei registered smartphone it's 5gb. I can live with this, pretty much like the other carriers. If you don't have an lte, you're more likely going to get one in the future anyways. Now, let's see that data sharing policy in place ;-)
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Finally, and I can live with 5gb. I just wonder now what the throttle speeds are. I wonder if att knew they where going to start getting sued LOL. Also I would like to think when we move to "5G" and such out data limits will increase. I think att knew they couldn't do this so they where super aggressive to make people drop their plans and only the diehards are left. Now that they reached a breaking point they are now being more fair. Yay for that Guy who sued them lol
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When they say they will throttle us LTE users at 5GB, does that mean they are going back to the 2G edge speeds for the rest of the billing cycle, making our phones once again unusable, or is it going to be more of a Verizon type of throttling where it's only if it's during a certain peak-usage time on a congested tower, and even then it's down to 3G speeds?
If it's the latter, I am pleased. 5GB of LTE and then HSPA+ for anything over is fine by me. I must point out that non of the APN bypass things work for me at all anymore, so if after 5GB I'm on HSPA+, well, HSPA+ is still plenty fast for me.
If it's the former, however, then I'll still be just as disappointed. Actually pissed and outraged. Going from 2GB to 5GB to start throttling really is not much of an improvement to me, since if I wanted to, at these insane LTE speeds they are giving me in San Francisco (maxed out around 50Mbs down), I could download 5GB in about 15 minutes on LTE speeds. So hypothetically once my billing cycle reset, if after 15 minutes of heavy LTE usage I was then throttled to EDGE speeds for the rest of the month, I'll be pissed.
So yeah, anyone know? Are they still going to throttle at EDGE speeds for the remainder of the month regardless of peak times/congested towers/etc? If so, then this new 5GB LTE cap is still complete and utter bull****, just like 2GB was. But if it's NOT EDGE speeds, and not necessarily all the time until the next billing cycle, then it's welcomed.
nest75068 said:
So, the big question is
Do we get seperate caps or is it 5GB if we have an LTE device?
I know there are times I am not on LTE(depending on the area) Does the HSPA+ count towards the LTE limit?
Now I never get close to 3GB but still would like to know.
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It is based on you data plan regardless of you are getting LTE is the way I read it. You might travel to an LTE area. If you have a LTE data plan it will be 5GB.
Straight from the web site.
Looks like you will remain throttled for the remainder of the billing cycle.
I understand the throttle speeds are supposed to be more usable and not the 56k modem speed crap they've been doing.
If you have a smartphone that works on our 3G or 4G network and still have an unlimited data plan,
You'll receive a text message when your usage approaches 3GB in one billing cycle.
Each time you use 3GB or more in a billing cycle, your data speeds will be reduced for the rest of that billing cycle and then go back to normal.
The next time you exceed that usage level, your speeds will be reduced without another text message reminder.
If you have a 4G LTE smartphone and still have an unlimited data plan, the same process applies at 5GB of data usage, instead of 3GB.
You'll still be able to use as much data as you want. That won't change. Only your data throughput speed will change if you use 3GB or more in one billing cycle on a 3G or 4G smartphone or 5GB or more on a 4G LTE smartphone.
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Emil9727 said:
Finally, and I can live with 5gb. I just wonder now what the throttle speeds are. I wonder if att knew they where going to start getting sued LOL. Also I would like to think when we move to "5G" and such out data limits will increase. I think att knew they couldn't do this so they where super aggressive to make people drop their plans and only the diehards are left. Now that they reached a breaking point they are now being more fair. Yay for that Guy who sued them lol
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Well the fact that that iPhone user sued over not getting true unlimited and won probably influenced them a bit, not to mention I'm sure they were tired of getting reports from their CSRs of angry customers calling in to ***** about using 2.1 GB and being throttled and threatening to cancel unless they got some perk in response.
I also can live with 5GB. The only time I used excessive data was when I had to stream my SiriusXM all day at work. Now that I figured out how to get a signal with my regular radio I can safely stay below or around 2GB. The fact that I get up to 5GB because I have an LTE phone (although no LTE coverage, boo) and I'm paying $30 instead of $50 AND I just get slow speeds as opposed to $10 charge for going over has me satisfied.
im happy with 5GB.. its not "unlimited" but i think its manageable
the 2GB was BS which is why in my protest i was hitting 80GB a month but my avg is 3.5-4gb so im happy
no more protesting for me =)
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Straight from the web site.
Looks like you will remain throttled for the remainder of the billing cycle.
I understand the throttle speeds are supposed to be more usable and not the 56k modem speed crap they've been doing.
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Well what is "more usable"? 3G speeds? Somewhere between EDGE and 3G?
I'm totally satisfied with this, as I never go over 5GB monthly, but I do go over 2GB.
We have won the battle.... but not the war my unlimited data friends. LOLOL
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I was throttled a few times already when reaching 5gb on at&t's grandfathered plan. I'm still on contract with one of my phones until may but as soon as that happens I plan to leave. For now, I'm leaning towards getting rid of my grandfathered unlimited plan for the 10gb data share plan for the family and I. Has anyone made this decision before, would you recommend tmobile nowadays? And is the cheaper at&t 10gb plan in the meantime a good idea as well?
I left Sprint with it's unlimited data for T-Mo. Haven't looked back. However, it's all about coverage. T-Mo doesn't have anywhere near the coverage AT&T does. You just need to make sure you'll be in T-Mo range where ever you are most.
Sprint had spotty coverage in my area with next to no signal in my house. T-Mo is much better unless I'm traveling. Daughter is in college about 3 hours away. Complete dead zones when driving there with T-Mo.
Maybe check out cricket. You can get 20gb on att for 55 with autopay. It's limited to 8mps on lte and 4 on hspa plus but you can still do everything with 8 down.
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I just switched to Cricket from att the other day. Don't really notice a difference, but it is limited to 8mb. I'll pull just over that sometimes. Saves me $600 a year so, I couldn't care less.
TMO unlimited reporting in. I get consistent speeds of 30mb/s up. And with OPO, you can tether all the time. I actually canceled my dsl with AT&T and only use TMO. I use around 100gb/m. And most importantly, there are never any weird charges on my bill, it's always exactly the same amount each month.
$55 ATT Unlimited here. i dont wanna switch/
Didn't the courts just tell AT&T that they can't throttle people on an unlimited plan? Something along the lines of unlimited should actually be unlimited. I think they fined them a buttload too.
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Didn't the courts just tell AT&T that they can't throttle people on an unlimited plan? Something along the lines of unlimited should actually be unlimited. I think they fined them a buttload too.
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FCC is suing ATT, but didn't win yet. Even if they do, after 4-5 years, everyone get a what ? $50 settlement ?
Most likely by then, more than 80% of the grandfather plan users would already switched to AT&T's new plan with 15GB or 30GB.
They simply want to make your life miserable so that you have to switch.
Thus, I made my mission to use ALL Data possible with 4G just because they did this.
I used T mobile unlimited 4G plan.. I found it great .. I downloaded like 60~80 GB in 6-7 days