I have been using 3G watchdog to see how much data I am actually using. I have a grandfathered unlimited data plan and at the end of the month (near the end) I have only used 1.5GB! I have been tethering my laptop, my Xbox 360 (netflix and Battlefield), I have also been streaming Pandora and Youtube videos. As well as downloading apps, etc.
I also have auto sync for weather, email, and facebook.
How the heck have people been using up so much data?
Haha, I hear ya. I max out under 2GB each month and I have unlimited as well. I have no idea what other people are doing. Maybe they don't have internet at home. I can see myself easily using way more than that if I'm tethering at home as well.
well I wasnt using wi-fi at home and I had to reinstall apps multiple times(before TiBU) so that was alot of usage right there but to be honest I dont really see a reason to tether the phone with these abysmal speeds
I can see myself going over... when Im not near wifi I download my torrents (this includes movies and gigs of free apk's I find out there) with my 3G and this isn't me tethering lol I just download straight to my phone
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I have been using 3G watchdog to see how much data I am actually using. I have a grandfathered unlimited data plan and at the end of the month (near the end) I have only used 1.5GB! I have been tethering my laptop, my Xbox 360 (netflix and Battlefield), I have also been streaming Pandora and Youtube videos. As well as downloading apps, etc.
I also have auto sync for weather, email, and facebook.
How the heck have people been using up so much data?
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Wow, if I tether my laptop I'll be using over 25 gigs per month!
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drock212 said:
I can see myself going over... when Im not near wifi I download my torrents (this includes movies and gigs of free apk's I find out there) with my 3G and this isn't me tethering lol I just download straight to my phone
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What app for torrents?
blaque72 said:
well I wasnt using wi-fi at home and I had to reinstall apps multiple times(before TiBU) so that was alot of usage right there but to be honest I dont really see a reason to tether the phone with these abysmal speeds
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I Seattle the speeds have been pretty good for me. I have just have my XBox connected then I can play games online smoothly with no lag.
bleuiko said:
What app for torrents?
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Adownloader search torrent in the app store and it'll pop up. Its the best free one out there
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Magic_Bunny said:
I have been using 3G watchdog to see how much data I am actually using. I have a grandfathered unlimited data plan and at the end of the month (near the end) I have only used 1.5GB! I have been tethering my laptop, my Xbox 360 (netflix and Battlefield), I have also been streaming Pandora and Youtube videos. As well as downloading apps, etc.
I also have auto sync for weather, email, and facebook.
How the heck have people been using up so much data?
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Not buying it. You either use WiFi 28 days a month, or you only tethered for 30 seconds a day.
I tethered my laptop to watch a few videos, (under 5 minutes each, maybe 5-10 videos total, SD) instant messengers, and just general browsing, and my xbox to download some DLC. 8GB, and I was limiting myself to an hour a day on my laptop, and trying to skip days if possible. Not to mention constant app updates (per month, god, between 20-100?) this was a few months back, I have home internet now, so it's not an issue anymore. But no, I don't buy 1.5GB. Sorry.
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Data (MB): 7373 of Unlimited
Messaging: 3846 of Unlimited
First android phone. I stream a lot though.
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When I had unlimited on my tigers htc dream I tethered to my lappy... I was using lime 50-200gb a month easily. Now with Atrix 1.8gb but wifi monitor apps would say I used atleast 5gb this month. Also ttorrent off market is good.3 dollars and unlimited dl speed. I hit speeds of up to 2.6 mb/s =)
Do most of you using massive amounts of data not have access to wifi or choose not to use it for some reason?
I think I'm able to use wifi for at least 75% of the time, so I don't really end up using much network data. I'm not even close to 1 GB with only a few days left in the billing cycle according to my account page. It definitely feels like I use at least 1-2 GB of data in a month (including wifi) so I got an app to satisfy my curiosity. Interested in seeing how much I actually use. I've only tethered a couple times since I often have access to wifi, so I'm sure that really slows my network usage.
I use wifi 80% of the time, since March 4th, I've used about 500mb of 3G and 3GB of wifi.
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I have the samsung vibrant and recently downloaded pda net so I can tether my phone. then this morning I wake to a discouraging text message that says my data has been slowed for the billing cycle. definitely a problem for me. because according to my contract I have unlimited 3g data not capped 3g. is there any way around this.
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Yea I got that too but I still got 3g connection
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Wrong, the contract says unlimited data. It doesn't specify a speed.
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Wrong, the contract says unlimited data. It doesn't specify a speed.
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And being that that contract actually says unlimited I should the able to call them and have them give me back my full speed
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ironlood said:
And being that that contract actually says unlimited I should the able to call them and have them give me back my full speed
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u dont get it right?
unlimited data doesnt mean unlimited full speed
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I don't think they're capping your data. They're capping your speed, slowing down your data connection. So when they say unlimited data, it still is unlimited data. I'm no longer a T-Mo customer, but from what I remember, they don't guarantee speeds.
Just so it is clear. Read your T&C for more details.
T-MobileUSA recently started enforcing data throttling. This is different from a data cap. Specifically, if you use more than 5gb of data in your billing cycle, T-mo may throttle your speed down to a slower speed. This is to discourage people from tethering their phones to their computers for internet, and push the use of their usb data rockets.
A simple google search for "tmobile data throttling" will provide you with even more information.
Yea thats right. After hitting the 5gb data usage you get that txt msg and supposedly they will throttle to a lower speed. But like I mentioned before. They didnt do that to me. So OP. Check first before you want to complain. And yes its unlimited data. Just be glad tmo doesnt charge us more for hitting past 5gb. Other carriers throttle past 2gb. I know before our cap was 10gb.
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Yea thats right. After hitting the 5gb data usage you get that txt msg and supposedly they will throttle to a lower speed. But like I mentioned before. They didnt do that to me. So OP. Check first before you want to complain. And yes its unlimited data. Just be glad tmo doesnt charge us more for hitting past 5gb. Other carriers throttle past 2gb. I know before our cap was 10gb.
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Yeah definetly must have over looked that part in a fit of I just got throttled rage
Well I think in turn all t-mobile users should tether their phones and attack data intensive sites and devour the limitless data
Hopefully they add a solution for tethering because the vibrant is due to get froyo and the ability too tether is included without apps even a 5 dollar fee to prevent throttled data would be nice
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Give me a break, using >5G of data on your mobile phone is CLEARLY not using the data ON the phone, therefore they should have the right to do whatever they want to limit you at that point.
I'm sure T-Mobile has a plan that's intended to be used as your main internet connection. What you have is intended to feed your phone, not your torrents.
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Give me a break, using >5G of data on your mobile phone is CLEARLY not using the data ON the phone, therefore they should have the right to do whatever they want to limit you at that point.
I'm sure T-Mobile has a plan that's intended to be used as your main internet connection. What you have is intended to feed your phone, not your torrents.
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that's not true, I have used well over 5 gb and have never tethered my phone. downloading roms takes a lot of usage. I am on verizon though and never been throttled
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Give me a break, using >5G of data on your mobile phone is CLEARLY not using the data ON the phone, therefore they should have the right to do whatever they want to limit you at that point.
I'm sure T-Mobile has a plan that's intended to be used as your main internet connection. What you have is intended to feed your phone, not your torrents.
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I don't tether or download torrents or anything like that with my data plan. I dont even download ROMs. What I do use it for is to use applications on my phone like the MediaHUB, beyondPOD and amazonMP3 and i watch tv shows, movies and pod casts and buy music. you know, like the Avatar movie that came with my phone so they could show off how great it is for doing that sort of thing.
To then throttle my speed because I use the phone to download content from apps that come installed on my phone when I bought it is bull. They claim that only 1% use over 5GB a month, but that is the same thing they said when it was at 10GB throttle point. Is that 1% counted from only the people that have unlimited data plans? do they include phones that don't have really have many apps that are data centric, like the sidekicks, blackberrys and even winmo... Are they going to throttle everyone that exceeds 5GB a month on the Galaxy S Tab too?
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I don't tether or download torrents or anything like that with my data plan. I dont even download ROMs. What I do use it for is to use applications on my phone like the MediaHUB, beyondPOD and amazonMP3 and i watch tv shows, movies and pod casts and buy music. you know, like the Avatar movie that came with my phone so they could show off how great it is for doing that sort of thing.
To then throttle my speed because I use the phone to download content from apps that come installed on my phone when I bought it is bull. They claim that only 1% use over 5GB a month, but that is the same thing they said when it was at 10GB throttle point. Is that 1% counted from only the people that have unlimited data plans? do they include phones that don't have really have many apps that are data centric, like the sidekicks, blackberrys and even winmo... Are they going to throttle everyone that exceeds 5GB a month on the Galaxy S Tab too?
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I don't download torrents I tether my phone to my home computer because its easier to work with a full keyboard (not too mention streaming netflix).
The fact that they cripple or cap the functionality of the data is unfair. I understand that they have a data modem that they try to promote but they shouldn't force you into its arm's.
I still ask what they will do when FroYo introduces tethering ... Will they cap everyone who exceeds the 5 gb limit
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You did agree to the terms and conditions of their service, right?
It may have changed since you signed up, but here is the current one:
http://www.t-mobile.com/Templates/P...&PAsset=Ftr_Ftr_TermsAndConditions&print=true
Some of the highlights that I believe have not changed for a few years now are:
Number 1. Acceptance.
Number 5. Our Rights to Make Changes.
Unfortunately those two topics are seen with almost any provider. You can continue with T-mobile and pay less per month, or you can always go to Verizon where they (so far) haven't put a throttle in place and pay more per month.
I thought they already announced a tethering plan for an additional 15$ with the unlimited data so 40$ a month is what it still cost .well in my neck of the woods
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T-mobile is planning on charging for tethering just like every other company is already doing..You should be happy your able to get more than 2gb unlike at&t..The cap was 10gb before they introduced Hspa+ I'm not complaining..Like i said be happy you actually have unlimited data
Wow I don't think you realise how lucky you are being capped at 5gb.... here in the UK most networks cap "unlimited" at 500mb! I'm with vodafone and I get 1gb, if I exceed that then I instantly get charged £5 per 500mb (even 1kb over and I'm charged!)
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Im on vodafone uk and theu told me i had unlimited data but its only one gb cap ****ing lying scum bags
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ironlood said:
I don't download torrents I tether my phone to my home computer because its easier to work with a full keyboard (not too mention streaming netflix).
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Wait...so you use your phone as your home internet connection?
Edit: Also, saying you want everyone to start tethering their phones and basically flood their network, to punish them? More than likely that would just cause them to put a data cap on their plans, like every other provider is doing. I'm on Verizon, so I don't care, but shooting yourself in the foot isn't exactly smart.
khaytsus said:
Give me a break, using >5G of data on your mobile phone is CLEARLY not using the data ON the phone, therefore they should have the right to do whatever they want to limit you at that point.
I'm sure T-Mobile has a plan that's intended to be used as your main internet connection. What you have is intended to feed your phone, not your torrents.
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it is SOOOOO EASY to get that much data usage ON a phone. Simply just keep pandora or other internet radio constantly running along with the fact that you can multi-task and use data for other **** too and before you know it you're over 5gb
Hey so I never used to go over 2gb in data for a month ever. Even at my heaviest usage. I would stream youtube and watch amazon movies and tether my laptop. Now I'm on 4G and it seems like my usage has quintupled. I haven't gotten Internet in my new place so I've been tethering but not that much and my usage is through the roof. That and I never went over my minutes so i have vast quantities of rollover but it seems like I'm burning through my minutes now. Is there some kind of connection to att and their "4G" and excessive usage?
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I use about 6 gigs of data because I stream alot of music and podcast.
How do you check?
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How do you check?
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It's on your account page at Sprint.com
10 gig every month, Pandora and lots of tethering
As far as I know, there is no way to view the 4G data use. What Sprint shows you on your account is for 3g only. I only see about 1 gig of use a month, but that is because 4g isn't included in that, and I'm usually on 4g. I would love to know how much data I actually use. I would speculate 3 to 5 gigs a month.
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I got my rezound around 2 1/2 weeks ago and as of this posting I have used 7.022 gb (I'm 15 days into the 31 days of the billing cycle). This is the highest I've ever used so I was just wondering..what is amount of data everyone uses on a normal basis and what the Max amount of data you ever used? Does having a 4g phone significantly increase data usage? I haven't done anything special that I didn't do with my old 3g phone..
average for me is about 50GB/month. most i've ever used was like 110GB(tethered & downloaded/installed all my steam games on my new laptop).
i do a lot of streaming & tethering.
if you're unlimited, don't worry. they only care if 3g users are using too much data.
I use about 7 gigs a month on rare occasions.. depends how much netflix i watch.. i usually use about 2-4 gigs a month on average.
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average for me is about 50GB/month. most i've ever used was like 110GB(tethered & downloaded/installed all my steam games on my new laptop).
i do a lot of streaming & tethering.
if you're unlimited, don't worry. they only care if 3g users are using too much data.
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That's crazy..everyone keeps saying verizon throttles, did you get throttled?
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average for me is about 50GB/month. most i've ever used was like 110GB(tethered & downloaded/installed all my steam games on my new laptop).
i do a lot of streaming & tethering.
if you're unlimited, don't worry. they only care if 3g users are using too much data.
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I used 25gigs last month. glad to know I'm not in the top 5%
Used like twenty last billing cycle, so far two thus far.
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That's crazy..everyone keeps saying verizon throttles, did you get throttled?
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i've never been throttled and know someone who always goes over 100gb and never gets throttled either. had heard from a verizon employee that they only care about people on 3g using too much data. apparently there's plenty of 4g to go around.
I've used 5gb in the past 4 days.. Average 25-50ish. I also load obscene amounts of webpages lol
22G last month and am at 15G this month. Use easy teather for my laptop alot streaming Netflix
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voxigenboy said:
average for me is about 50GB/month. most i've ever used was like 110GB(tethered & downloaded/installed all my steam games on my new laptop).
i do a lot of streaming & tethering.
if you're unlimited, don't worry. they only care if 3g users are using too much data.
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Haha Big Red can suck on my unlimited data plan. I WILL NEVAR GIVE IT UP. NEVARRRRRR!!!!!!
I've used about 2GB a month on my Rezound... less than I thought I would actually.
consistent
60 gb per month. when i was in virginia using 3g , i was throttled even using thunderbolt. now in chicago with average 60, never had a connection on 4g less than 7 down and 4 up. usually my speed runs 15 down and 10 up on rezound.
I use 2-3GB max.
Who cares. I have unlimited
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DbZ Gokuu said:
Haha Big Red can suck on my unlimited data plan. I WILL NEVAR GIVE IT UP. NEVARRRRRR!!!!!!
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until everyone is on a lte device (verizon has stated they are not making anymore 3g smartphones, which leads everyone to believe the next iphone will have lte), and then I would guess throttling will come into play.
Personally I use on average about 7-8gb a month. But I don't tether. I prefer a wired connection for my home internet, much more stable speeds and reliability.
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Thanks for the input..I'm glad to see I'm not the one using so much data. For a while I thought that myverizon data counter was rigged.
damn i wish i had UNLIMITED DATA or 4g, i dont even know wat the 4g icon look like lol im on wifi all day every day so i average less then 1gig a month jus thinking bout changing my data to 750mbs but dont wanna lose my 4gig
Damn, some of you live it up haha.
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Damn, some of you live it up haha.
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This is the only fast unlimited. I'm enjoying this.
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Is there any app that hides my usage from att? Even though iam not tethering i would like to hide my usage they send me a letter saying iam one of top 5% that uses data heavily and that they would lower my speeds if i keep using my "unlimited" plan
So stupid ill sue them if they do
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not possible. plus that's fraud.
Ik its fraud but wouldnt be fraud from them to lower my speeeds cause i sign a contract for unlimited meaning all i want to use if they drop it to E is like not having internet is useless..... And thank you anyways
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Its data on there network, how do u propose to hide it? Also u are unlimited, just throttled. They arnt limiting the amount of data. Common Sense?
Want to hide your data usage from AT&T? Use wifi.
There is a way to hide the data u tether thats why i wondered if there was an app for hiding the actual amount that we use....... I guess not thank u all for ur time and explanations
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jeanmauri90 said:
There is a way to hide the data u tether thats why i wondered if there was an app for hiding the actual amount that we use....... I guess not thank u all for ur time and explanations
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You can't hide ANY data while using their network. All you can do is hide the fact that you ARE tethering, not that you're using extra data all of a sudden.
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Its data on there network, how do u propose to hide it? Also u are unlimited, just throttled. They arnt limiting the amount of data. Common Sense?
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Just to play devils advocate here:
By throttling they technically are limiting the amount of data. If you can only download at .3Mbps that means you are only able to download ~97GB in a 30 day period. Say you get throttled for the last week of your billing cycle that means you can only download 22GB that week. This is opposed to the ~260GB you could download on HSPA, the ~590GB you could download in a week at HSPA+ speeds, and the ~2.2TB you could download in a week at LTE speeds.
Yes this does prove there is no such thing as an unlimited plan, but it does prove that they are limiting the amount of data you can download in a given period of time.
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Just to play devils advocate here:
By throttling they technically are limiting the amount of data. If you can only download at .3Mbps that means you are only able to download ~97GB in a 30 day period. Say you get throttled for the last week of your billing cycle that means you can only download 22GB that week. This is opposed to the ~260GB you could download on HSPA, the ~590GB you could download in a week at HSPA+ speeds, and the ~2.2TB you could download in a week at LTE speeds.
Yes this does prove there is no such thing as an unlimited plan, but it does prove that they are limiting the amount of data you can download in a given period of time.
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That's a good point. I'm sure that would work if someone wanted to take AT&T to small claims court. But then again as long as I've had "unlimited" through them, there was always a 5GB cap that was spelled out in the fine print of my contract. The only exception to that was for iPhone users. That's the only reason I switched to an iPhone a couple years back.
What contract? There is no contract for data, only for voice. There are Terms of Service but no contract.
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Is there any app that hides my usage from att? Even though iam not tethering i would like to hide my usage they send me a letter saying iam one of top 5% that uses data heavily and that they would lower my speeds if i keep using my "unlimited" plan
So stupid ill sue them if they do
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Take them to small claims court. They've already lost once before recently for throttling. http://consumerist.com/2012/03/att-writes-check-to-victor-in-small-claims-court-suit.html
I just exceeded the 5G limit and they lowered my speeds down to 0.60mbps or lower at some points.... they said my speedz will be back when my next billing cycle starts
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Switch to Sprint.
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down to .60 mbps? thats not bad.. I'm on Sprint and 3g usually averages .50 mbps..
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down to .60 mbps? thats not bad.. I'm on Sprint and 3g usually averages .50 mbps..
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That's because sprint and Verizon's 3g blows. 3g on ATT is faster than Wimax 4g for sprint in most areas.
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I just exceeded the 5G limit and they lowered my speeds down to 0.60mbps or lower at some points.... they said my speedz will be back when my next billing cycle starts
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that really sucks that they're limiting you, I assume you're in a busy area and that's going to be expected. Like one of the other posters suggested, try using WiFi. If I recall you can cruise to any place that has AT&T wifi and get it free (like starbucks and McDonalds and sams club) and do your major downloading there. I know that isn't on the go, but if you want a coffee, it isn't the worst suggestion.
I have had the same question for awhile now. I am using Simple mobile 4G unlimited data (so they so boldly advertize until they shut you down). I really wanted to take advantage of the "Mobile on the go". In my vehicle I have Bluetooth that would allow me to stream music on the go (On my long commute through Houston everyday), or use Netflix on that long tripe with the family & tether to my Tablet to take care of business, stream, movies. You get the point.
As for down loading, I am not sure why you would want to do any major downloading through a phone anyway. Using your home network is much better for major downloading.
This is my experience with ATT Unlimited Data Plan:
I got grandfathered into the unlimited data plan through my old iphone original, if my memory serves me correct. I don't use data heavily like some of you do and I tether infrequently. Last summer, we were at a community swimming pool where we live and I let my daughter to tether to my Samsung android phone. My daughter at the time had an iphone 3gs. About two weeks later, I got a nasty message from att telling me that they noticed that I was tethering and that they will put me on an appropriate data plan if I don't call them back. So, I called and played dumb and they told me that if I ever tether again, they will go ahead and terminate my unlimited data plan.
I received a Samsung Note 10.1 (model #8013) for christmas, and guess what? I have tethered the tablet to my android phone, thinking they won't notice the android traffic coming from an android phone. I have been careful, not downloading tablet-specific apps from the play store and such. Also, I only tether when there's no wifi, it's the last resort. It's been over a month and I haven't heard from them. I am sure ATT is chomping at the bits to get me so they can get rid of one more unlimited data user.
Am I committing a fraud? Maybe. I'd like to think I am engaging in a civil disobedience against an unjust power.
Isn't AT&T also committing a fraud, when they are advertisizing "unlimited" when in fact there's a limit?
The amount of data is unlimited. And they do warn you if you go above a certain amount they will throttle you down. And they let you know the plan is for one phone only and offer you a tethering add-on. They offer thousands of free hotspots for heavy downloaders and give you an app to find them.
Its their superhighway - you just pay the tolls and follow the rules. You don't like them, but it's not fraud on their part.