How much data can u use on the unlimited data plan? I know they say its unlimited but how much is that ? and how much data would i have to is before that cap me
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There is no cap but of you are among the top 5% data hogs, AT&T will throttle your connection speed.
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At what amount of data is that considered
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That depends how much data others are using. I'd guess if you are over 2GB, you are in the top bracket, not necessary top 5%.
For example, I'm on unlimited but my average usage is only about 300 to 500 MB per month.
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I use 6 GB on my capitvate (now thrill) each month, without tethering. Just a lot of Pandora and downloads, podcasts, ROMs etc. I have never been warned or throttled as best I can tell.
In the past there have been posts asking about data use. I was surprised to see how many people use 15+ GB each month.
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According what I read, AT&T only started throttling fairly recently. Besides, with the poor 3G/4G speed on AT&T network, it is hard to tell you get throttled or not
For a couple months I used my phone as my primary internet because the internet in my apartment complex sucked and we didn't have any other options. Stupid college, but see for yourself.
Mostly netflix on the PS3 which was streaming in 1080p or 1080i depending on the day.
I changed #'s thats why it's two different charts btw.
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According what I read, AT&T only started throttling fairly recently. Besides, with the poor 3G/4G speed on AT&T network, it is hard to tell you get throttled or not
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Yeah you probably won't even notice. ROFLMAO.
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The most I've used so far is 16gigs. I'm glad to see a higher number than me because I thought surely 16 would get me in the top 5.
Earlier today I read an article about a Verizon user eating up 120gb in a month on their LTE network. Must be nice.
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At what amount of data is that considered
Not sure what amount is considered the top percent but, they will supposedly warn you with a text before they throttle you. Also, throttling just started on Oct. 1st
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According what I read, AT&T only started throttling fairly recently. Besides, with the poor 3G/4G speed on AT&T network, it is hard to tell you get throttled or not
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Talk for yourself, I've got pretty good speeds
Depends on your area I guess. I'm only getting 1.7mbps down at work where coverage is not too stellar. Near the university, everyone gets full bars but everyone is capped at 3mbps down. I have found some areas where you can get 5-8mbps down on non peak hours. You won't get anywhere near H+'s theoretical speed currently so you probably don't need to worry about it.
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You pretty much have to live in middle of nowhere to get higher speeds. Where I live, I only get about 600k down 60k up Where I work, I get 2m down, 1m up. Haven't seen any spots in DC metro area that exceed 3mbps speed.
were you all grandfathered in to the unlimited data plan?
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were you all grandfathered in to the unlimited data plan?
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I was grandfathered in. I used the iPhone 2G loophole to get unlimited data back.
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were you all grandfathered in to the unlimited data plan?
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Yes I was grandfathered in from my iPhone 3gs plan have carried that across 3 phones now. IPhone 3gs,4 and now my SGS2. Which is my favorite by far
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I was assuming that AT&T will want to throttle any use over 2GB. When they announced their tiered plans, they said 65 percent of smartphone users consume less than 200MB per month, and 98 percent of users are under the 2GB mark. Using those numbers, all so-called "data hogs" would be subject to strangulation.
I have no idea, but I normally hit around 40mb each month (On an unlimited plan), but in the past week, I've hit 150mb, since I've been using my phone so much.
Thank the Lord I kept my unlimited plan.
For what it is worth, I've used more than 3GB of data several months in a row without warning or throttling.
I'm usually around 3gb of data
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Wow at least you get 55kbps.... I get 15kbps...
Ha, how about 6 on 3g!
You mean like this?
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You mean like this?
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No 6kps! Is what I just got lol
Really depends where you live or work. At work, Sprint is 800 kbps while 55 would be a dream for AT&T, since usually it was 20 or so.
Check your Tower Ugrade situation. Hopefully something is coming soon for you.
https://network.sprint.com/
I can't complaint about my 3g speeds in Boston. I get around 1.2kbps and about 5-7kbps on 4G
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I can't complaint about my 3g speeds in Boston. I get around 1.2kbps and about 5-7kbps on 4G
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wat?
do you mean Mbps?
I get the same **** but my moms stock EVO doesn't suffer this problem ... Idk if they throttle if they detect root or what I just use Verizon prl
My God that is HORRIBLE. I feel bad for you man.
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do you mean Mbps?
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Mine took a dip for a few weeks. Came back up about a week ago.
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I have been consistently getting speeds lower than 80kbps down and 600up for over a month now. They haven't done anything no mater how much I call. They finally put in a tower ticket so it would be fixed in 72 hrs and I was to be notified that never happened. I'm terminating my service I can't justify paying for such low speeds. An the best part is its just the one tower right near my home the one up the road works fine.
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I have been consistently getting speeds lower than 80kbps down and 600up for over a month now. They haven't done anything no mater how much I call. They finally put in a tower ticket so it would be fixed in 72 hrs and I was to be notified that never happened. I'm terminating my service I can't justify paying for such low speeds. An the best part is its just the one tower right near my home the one up the road works fine.
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I just did the math, downloading that slow 24 hours a day for 30 days you only use 18GB +/- so I'm not sure I understand the people that say they'd cancel if sprint removed unlimited plans. You wouldn't hit the cap at current speeds. Now if you are one of the people that actually get market average speeds I could understand that logic, but the rest of us would much rather have high speed...
I want to switch to Verizon, I just can't afford double cost for half the minutes, and data. I'm unlimited everything with sprint. I would trade it for a tiered plan that had Verizon service...just not at double the cost. Verizon has great service but for how cheap it is to run these networks they are priced too high.
you can also check here for tower maintence which is a little more specific than that other link posted before.
https://www.sprint.net/maint_view.php
Could always jump to VZW and enjoy their constant outages while I understand that crappy of a speed is as bad as a outage still. Lol hopefully there are some upgrades for ur towers soon.
Edit: yes sad panda great service for constant outages lol what they have had one every month for the last what 3-5 months or more LOL
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I'm getting really good speeds on 4g where I am at 6.5 mbps today...3g anywhere from 750kbps to 1.5 mbps
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Here is my 4g result in my area.... The sad thing is that I get better 4g than 3g or voice.......
My data has been horrendous lately. I don't know if its the iPhone people that have joined sprint or something else. I have never had dropped calls until about a month ago, now they drop left and right.
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I got a text from Verizon this morning I was at 75% of my monthly allowed data. Ever since then my 4g has only been getting about .5gbs download speed. They fix network issues pretty quick here so I don't think it's that. Do you think they are governing my speed down?
I don't know, I'm no where near my cap and just tested my 4G speed and was only getting 0.17M download. Complete garbage.
I haven't really tested it since the OTA updated the radio, possible that messed it up?
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I never heard of this happening... No reason for it to as long as you are still under your allowance
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That's just Verizon 4G IMO. Our LTE here is complete garbage. Down all the time, constant drops, and the 4G just stops in the middle of downloading or browsing and pauses with no activity. I hate LTE.
I think something might be going on with Verizon. I'm on an unlimited plan and still have only hit about 5gb so far this month anyway, but for some reason today I have had horrible 4g speeds. I can't even listen to Google Music right now because it just keeps stopping to buffer.
It's probably just the 4G in your area man. Some people get great speeds while others get complete garbage. Hopefully in time they will improve their standard of 4G service for all.
I was getting about 40gbs now I'm down to about. 2 rediculous
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That's just Verizon 4G IMO. Our LTE here is complete garbage. Down all the time, constant drops, and the 4G just stops in the middle of downloading or browsing and pauses with no activity. I hate LTE.
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You could have WiMAX instead lol...
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I think I might call them tomorrow to find out and if so i am definitely going to protest it. I've used 4.107gbs out of 5 now and and my monthly cycle is only days away.
My 4G has been excellent in the past. I've gotten as high as 28M down and 14M up. But I haven't ran any speed test since before the OTA update till today. Today I only got 0.17M down. I'll keep an eye on it and see how it does in the next few days.
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Also, before the OTA my wifi at home would do 15M down, which is what my cable speed is. Now it won't do over 5M down, while my laptop does the full 15M. I think the new radio update is cutting the speed.
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Verizon having problems with 4g then I guess, having very slow/crawling 4g speeds
I'm getting a consistent 40 down and 7 up in Warren and Youngstown Ohio if it goes low its usually about 28 down and 5 up.
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I got a text from Verizon this morning I was at 75% of my monthly allowed data. Ever since then my 4g has only been getting about .5gbs download speed. They fix network issues pretty quick here so I don't think it's that. Do you think they are governing my speed down?
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I'm under the impression that when you get throttled, it's only if the tower you are on is under heavy load. Also, I'm sure they are not going to throttle you until you get into the top percentage of data users, and your on an unlimited plan. Att throttles there heavy users all the time, Verizon only when you are on a tower running close to capacity. This is all just what my understanding is, not an actual fact.
possibly throttling for me as well, I was at 20gigs
I dropped LTE briefly today in Michigan.
Still getting 30mbs down and at 17gbs used so far on unlimited. Netflix and Rom downloads to get me through the school day
there is no throttle if you are on a tiered data plan. however if you are on an unlimited, while it has not been done yet... VZW does have the right to slow you or whomever to a slower share of speed if the tower/network path is overcrowded. However, we are no where near capacity anywhere. capacity isn't the issue, it is just the coverage isnt as strong yet since the primary goal is full coverage of 3g footprint, then making signal stronger, overlapping etc...
I'm on unlimited and I am currently at 11gb data used with couple days left and just tested speed and have 15.5 up 11.6 down. I think it depends how much is being pulled from the tower at any given time.
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I have been getting really slow data speeds in the Los Angeles area. I used to have the Galaxy S2 (i777) and it had decent speeds (usually 2-3 Mbps and sometimes up to almost 11). When I upgraded to this phone, I was hoping to get around 5 or 6 Mbps but I get this instead.
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It's so slow I can't even load webpages sometimes.
What phones did you come from and what has your experience been with data speeds? What city do you live in? Have you played around with the APN settings to increase speeds?
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I have been getting really slow data speeds in the Los Angeles area. I used to have the Galaxy S2 (i777) and it had decent speeds (usually 2-3 Mbps and sometimes up to almost 11). When I upgraded to this phone, I was hoping to get around 5 or 6 Mbps but I get this instead.
It's so slow I can't even load webpages sometimes.
What phones did you come from and what has your experience been with data speeds? What city do you live in? Have you played around with the APN settings to increase speeds?
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Are you on an unlimited plan? Maybe you have been throttled. If not then something is wrong,I got 21 down on lte in Detroit.
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Are you on an unlimited plan? Maybe you have been throttled. If not then something is wrong,I got 21 down on lte in Detroit.
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I am on the 2gb data plan and it says I have 1.9 left. I rarely use At&t data since I am connected to WiFi 80-90% of the time.
Speeds are faster early in the morning or later in the day around afternoon and also night time. It's just really slow during the day. I guess the network is just congested but it was never this bad when I was on my old phone.
Make sure you are connected to the closest server in the server list, sometimes it messes up and gives you one thousands of miles away, which result in low speeds.
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Make sure you are connected to the closest server in the server list, sometimes it messes up and gives you one thousands of miles away, which result in low speeds.
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Thanks. I've selected the same server that I used with my old phone (Los Angeles Dream Host).
How do your data speeds compare with your old phones? a) increase, b) decrease, c) stay about the same?
And was your old phone LTE or HSPA+?
No problems in Pasadena.
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No problems in Pasadena.
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Pasadena was where I got the highest data speed (near Cal Tech). I got 11, almost 12 Mbps on my old phone there.
Why are your speeds so slow? Im getting upper 30 mb consistently
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Why are your speeds so slow? Im getting upper 30 mb consistently
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What city are you in?
Maybe my phone is defective.
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What city are you in?
Maybe my phone is defective.
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I am in LA/Orange County and the highest I have gotten is 16 down 8 up, but usually it is around 10down 3up and my friends get the same....at&t still growing lte and congested los angeles are the culprits
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What city are you in?
Maybe my phone is defective.
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Im in the DC, MD, area. Ive tested in atlanta and little rock and it was similar also. Over 30
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All lte at my house except one 3g test as you can obviously see.
I think you may want to check apn or call att. That might resolve your issue
I had to do that twice in one year due to some technical beef my phone did not register with their servers after resetting.
Portland oregon
around most of Dallas I get 12-20Meg ... in some places 30-40Meg+
the only time I got terrible speed was when I tried using the LTE toggle. but that was easily fixed.
I hate you guys, such fast speeds.
I shot AT&T an email and this was their response.... not sure if it is true or if it is just the normal reply they give when people ask about data speeds.
"Thank you for contacting AT&T about your wireless service. I will be
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speeds today.
I'm sorry to hear of your data speed issues on the new LTE network, and
am glad to look into that for you. I do see several tower issues being
worked on in your area, which started a couple of weeks ago. They are
planned to be resolved by 12/30/2012. There are also planned upgrades to
the existing towers there too. I have now sent in a network quality
report to our engineers to make them aware of the impacts this is
having. They do use these reports in network planning also.
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Ask them if your data plan is compatible. The Bestbuy website, when I ordered, said that I must upgrade from my 2GB 4G data plan to the 3GB LTE data plan. There was no getting around it. Maybe you have to have the 3GB data plan to use LTE. Although it does look like your connected just fine.
Hello everyone,
I have been a long time Sprint user and enjoyed their unlimited data plan, but lets put it out there, their coverage sucks!! I only receive 4g service about 15% of the time and I know Verizon has the areas I travel blanketed with good 4g coverage. My contract is up and I am thinking of jumping ship to Verizon and this phone. My hesitation is with the data plans, if I have 4g available to me all the time I think I may be using alot more data. I may stream more, tether more, and I'm afraid the bill will go exponential. Not to mention I use my phone as a gps alot and that alone could shoot me through the smaller data plans each month.
My question to you all, is what data plans make sense on this phone, especially if you are sharing it with a second s4. I always put my phone on wifi when I'm home, but when I'm on the road I usually find my phone data speeds much faster than hotel wifis and I will often tether with Sprint. Will this still be possible with a Verizon plan? Which data tier are you guys using each month and how much data do you go through? Should I stick it out with Sprint waiting for their 4g coverage to mature? Any advice would help.
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Hello everyone,
I have been a long time Sprint user and enjoyed their unlimited data plan, but lets put it out there, their coverage sucks!! I only receive 4g service about 15% of the time and I know Verizon has the areas I travel blanketed with good 4g coverage. My contract is up and I am thinking of jumping ship to Verizon and this phone. My hesitation is with the data plans, if I have 4g available to me all the time I think I may be using alot more data. I may stream more, tether more, and I'm afraid the bill will go exponential. Not to mention I use my phone as a gps alot and that alone could shoot me through the smaller data plans each month.
My question to you all, is what data plans make sense on this phone, especially if you are sharing it with a second s4. I always put my phone on wifi when I'm home, but when I'm on the road I usually find my phone data speeds much faster than hotel wifis and I will often tether with Sprint. Will this still be possible with a Verizon plan? Which data tier are you guys using each month and how much data do you go through? Should I stick it out with Sprint waiting for their 4g coverage to mature? Any advice would help.
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Can you do a usage analysis on Sprint's website? I had an oddball situation where I had unlimited and my wife had some old BS 300 MB plan from the BB days, so we had to move to tiered to get her something decent (we get an employee discount through her, so we do not want to separate plans). I ran the analysis on My Verizon and found that I never even came close to 2 GB anyway, and 4 GB is only another 10 bucks if we feel we need it. I am on wifi most of the time anyway, and I have a separate work phone for work. But both of our cars have navigation systems so we never really use phone navigation (and I have an old Garmin for when I travel), so my needs are quite a bit different.
I came from Sprint, too and I was worried about it. I have 4gb of data per month, but only really use about .5-1gb. The most I ever used was 2gb and that was with viewing a lot of youtube and Netflix. You'll love having the better coverage, and the LTE speeds are unreal compared to Sprints.
Most people are fine with 2gb but it really depends on the person. It sounds like you might want to start out with 4gb though. I am on wifi at home all the time and seem to still go through 1-2gb a month. If I am traveling and tether its easily 3-4gb. I am on unlimited data and don't worry about my usage though and am a heavy user with youtube and video.
I'm sharing 10 gb with the girlfriend. She only uses like 2gb, and 8 is plenty for me.
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I have 10GB with my plan but have never even gotten remotely close to using that much.
Even though I stream Google Music and Sirius all the time, per month, I typically use 2 - 4GB.
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I came from Sprint, too and I was worried about it. I have 4gb of data per month, but only really use about .5-1gb. The most I ever used was 2gb and that was with viewing a lot of youtube and Netflix. You'll love having the better coverage, and the LTE speeds are unreal compared to Sprints.
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A lot? Two or less a Netflix movies will kill a 2gb data cap. Ditto for Netflix watching quicker than expected if HD mode. 4G and caps are like oil and water. They do not make a practical mix.
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A lot? Two or less a Netflix movies will kill a 2gb data cap. Ditto for Netflix watching quicker than expected if HD mode. 4G and caps are like oil and water. They do not make a practical mix.
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How can you guys stand to watch a whole movie on a phone? I can barely stand it on a tablet...and then is only on a plane where network cap is irrelevant. I will wait every time and watch it at home. Once again I guess us old farts have different usage patterns. Like music...I listen to maybe ten minutes of music per day, max. I am not going to rearrange my life over marginal entertainment.
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How can you guys stand to watch a whole movie on a phone? I can barely stand it on a tablet...and then is only on a plane where network cap is irrelevant. I will wait every time and watch it at home. Once again I guess us old farts have different usage patterns. Like music...I listen to maybe ten minutes of music per day, max. I am not going to rearrange my life over marginal entertainment.
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I watch netflix while driving..
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Hey people I understand sprints network is unlimited etc.... but me and the other person on my line are rooted and we tether he used probably near 15-20gb i used probably about 5 and ever since the 30th of december my 4g connection has been unreliable to the point where i have to turn on 3g to use the internet or it will just hang at loading the website or the app i even did a speedtest with other people that have sprint in my area they easily get over 10mbps while i cant even get 1mbps unless i throw 3g on..... my question is can i do anything about this? we both have sprint note 3s stock rooted i checked the towers in my area all are good! I called sprint they made me do a network reset etc update profile and prl nothing changed! please help
Could be defective but I don't think you're being throttled. Try taking the battery out for a few minutes.
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Hey people I understand sprints network is unlimited etc.... but me and the other person on my line are rooted and we tether he used probably near 15-20gb i used probably about 5 and ever since the 30th of december my 4g connection has been unreliable to the point where i have to turn on 3g to use the internet or it will just hang at loading the website or the app i even did a speedtest with other people that have sprint in my area they easily get over 10mbps while i cant even get 1mbps unless i throw 3g on..... my question is can i do anything about this? we both have sprint note 3s stock rooted i checked the towers in my area all are good! I called sprint they made me do a network reset etc update profile and prl nothing changed! please help [/QUOTE
My wife and I are with Sprint as well and we both strongly believe that Sprint throttles 4g LTE at 5 gb download. Every month when I hit 5 gb I can't connect to 4g until the next billing cycle. We are going to see how Spark is this year and if it's as piss poor as the current 4g we are jumping over to AT&T.
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Could be defective but I don't think you're being throttled. Try taking the battery out for a few minutes.
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Sprint has to be throttling I know my device is not defective it just so happens it's happening to both lines on my account we both used a decent amount of data I wonder if there is some sort of work around
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Sprint has to be throttling I know my device is not defective it just so happens it's happening to both lines on my account we both used a decent amount of data I wonder if there is some sort of work around
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Call and if they can't fix it on the spot demand credits to your account!
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Call and if they can't fix it on the spot demand credits to your account!
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Agreed. If you aren't in a roaming area, they shouldn't be throttling you. Make sure that you update your PRL and profile, reboot, then call them. There are a lot of factors, including times of day, towers from which you're pulling, &c. They know this info, so I suggest that have your facts before calling.
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Sprint has to be throttling I know my device is not defective it just so happens it's happening to both lines on my account we both used a decent amount of data I wonder if there is some sort of work around
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No throttling. 5gb isn't anything. I've used close to 100gb with no problems. For years I've easily gone over that 5gb mark. Someone here in another thread used almost 200gb. Just sounds like tower overload. New customers around Christmas time makes sense. Sprint should be able to see that.
Edit: For anyone that wants to see the unthrottled usage lol http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2592679&page=4
I'm having a similar issue. Will have to keep a close eye on it. I thought it was just my phone or the towers acting funny
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w7excursion said:
No throttling. 5gb isn't anything. I've used close to 100gb with no problems. For years I've easily gone over that 5gb mark. Someone here in another thread used almost 200gb. Just sounds like tower overload. New customers around Christmas time makes sense. Sprint should be able to see that.
Edit: For anyone that wants to see the unthrottled usage lol http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2592679&page=4
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Ya if data is not fast enough to stream some video in an area with lte coverage I would call and see whats up. Or go take your phone to another of the same model and compare signal strength. You can go into testing settings and make sure both are on same tower and see actual signal dBm.
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Good lord that's a lot of premium data lol. Should be a sin to use that much but it's not on Sprint .
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....... it's not on Sprint .
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Yes that is sprint lte at its best I love this phone/service. I cant see me needing spark untill phones have 4k displays and 4k video out. Maybe for really congested/populated cities its needed. wimax never made it here and lte is pretty new for us too, spark is probably years away for me anyways.