I'm obviously an AT&T subscriber with unlimited data. I know that back in early October AT&T started throttling their "top 5%" heaviest data users. Me being the curious person I am, wanted to find out what it took to get yourself into the top 5% and the results were shocking.
Last month, I set my phone up to download ungodly amounts of podcasts, mostly video podcasts. I managed to get my data usage up to 27 gigs.
Proof:
http://i.imgur.com/R9hV7.png
http://i.imgur.com/2CWKH.png
I received no notice informing me that I was in the top 5%. During this same billing period, I was noticing users complaining on XDA that they were getting warnings from AT&T about being in the top 5%. When it was asked how much data it took them to get into the top 5%, it seemed to be right around the 5 gig mark. It was then asked what data consuming apps they were using. In their response it seemed to be that netflix was a common factor to get flagged to be in the top 5%.
This month, I started using netflix on my phone just to see if I would get flagged at the 5 gig mark...Low and behold, I received the warning yesterday notifying me I was in the top 5%, right at the 5 gig mark. All it took was for me to watch one movie.
Proof:
http://i.imgur.com/1A7Ne.png
http://i.imgur.com/k7mWx.png
http://i.imgur.com/kqcG1.png
So this is why I believe its rigged, out of all the unlimited data subscribers AT&T has, they're telling me from month to month there is a 22 gig difference in what it takes to be in the top 5%? It seems as though this is a major anti-net neutrality move on AT&T's part against netflix traffic.
Nice find. I'll be care about using Netflix over 3G.
edit: Good point Red.
Perhaps because you used 27 gigs last month, it red flagged your account and automatically dropped you into the top 5%?
Id be curious to see someone who has never been in the top 5% and start using Netflix alot to see if they get flagged... and then to have someone who has never been flagged and use 27 gigs of data and see if they are automatically dropped into the 5% bracket.
I am not advising, telling or suggesting anyone to use 27 gigs of data or to use Netflix!
Last month I used 4GB using netflix in a week. 2GB was tethering my phone to my TV and using Netflix on my TV, because its faster than my home connection. I ended the month with 8GB, using WiFi at home where I usually don't (Because its slower). I use occasional netflix, but last month was definitely more than usual. Normal for me is 6-7GB. I have never been notified that I was in the top 5%.
Maybe they use a moving average, or the calendar month instead of billing cycle.
There is a lot of mystery with the to 5%, just like tethering detection, I think we can guess at what we think they do, but I don't think we will ever know what they really do.
Plus they may focus on different markets, based on speed and congestion, I live in an area with HSPA+(according to AT&T), but never see faster than 3Mbps, usually see 1.5-2. Maybe top 5% is based on time/speed of connection vs MB downloaded.
Thanks for reporting your observances, but I don't think its just a Netflix based trigger.
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Last month I used 4GB using netflix in a week. 2GB was tethering my phone to my TV and using Netflix on my TV, because its faster than my home connection... I live in an area with HSPA+(according to AT&T), but never see faster than 3Mbps, usually see 1.5-2.
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You use your phone because its faster than your home connection, yet you only see 1.5-2Mbps? Damn.
Based on this info with Netflix involved, I bet the usage of 27Mbps red flagged his account and auto put him in the 5% category.
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You use your phone because its faster than your home connection, yet you only see 1.5-2Mbps? Damn.
Based on this info with Netflix involved, I bet the usage of 27Mbps red flagged his account and auto put him in the 5% category.
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So why would they choose to throttle me this month when last month was the one that was excessive? You'd think they would try to be proactive and never let me get to 27gigs rather than reactive and wait until the next month when I'm only at 5gigs.
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funny I actually got a text too about 5% thing.. from watching netflix. I before netflix I would about the same amount of data and no notice. If they do it we you use netflix wouldn't that counts as spying
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This thread just proves my theory: Canceling Netflix a couple weeks back was the right thing to do!
In all seriousness, I'm interested to see how this plays out. Seems pretty lame for them to throttle your speed after the fact - unless like Red said, you got 'flagged' first and then they took notice.
I just recently moved and have been with-out home internet for a week and a half. (time warner is coming tomorrow). I have been tethering for that time watching netflix and anything involving using the internet. I was am generally a lite data user 2gb or less a month. This past week I have 5gb, so I will let the community know if I get a text or I get throttled.
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I use Netflix at work all the time just to watch old series I miss.
I usually hit around 3GB around the middle of my Billing cycle not month. Last month I hit over 7GB and never got a text from att
I attached my last one. Shows i'm only 2 Weeks into my Billing cycle
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colbynmeghan said:
I use Netflix at work all the time just to watch old series I miss.
I usually hit around 3GB around the middle of my Billing cycle not month. Last month I hit over 7GB and never got a text from att
I attached my last one. Shows i'm only 2 Weeks into my Billing cycle
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Data unlimited and data deactivated?
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Data unlimited and data deactivated?
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Upgrade most likely. Or plan change.
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There is a lot of mystery with the to 5%, just like tethering detection, I think we can guess at what we think they do, but I don't think we will ever know what they really do.
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You'd think that with the enormous community we've got here at XDA, we'd have SOMEONE who knows. Or maybe someone does but figures they'll get canned if they spill the beans.
I'm thinking about bringing this info up with at&t on Facebook or twitter. They have fairly decent support through social media and i wont have to give my account info (hopefully) which would probably put a huge flag on my account.
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I just got the "top 5%" text.
My data usage last billing cycle was my highest so far: 1.2 GB.
I have an unlimited plan, and I've only tethered to download a few emails then disconnect.
I feel like this is pretty messed up. I'm paying for unlimited but they are going to throttle me after 1.2 gigs?
What can I do? This just feels outrageous and wrong.
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I just got the "top 5%" text.
My data usage last billing cycle was my highest so far: 1.2 GB.
I have an unlimited plan, and I've only tethered to download a few emails then disconnect.
I feel like this is pretty messed up. I'm paying for unlimited but they are going to throttle me after 1.2 gigs?
What can I do? This just feels outrageous and wrong.
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That is insane when they have a plan that is capped at 2GB. You should have access to a significantly greater amount than 1.2GBs
switters1 said:
I just got the "top 5%" text.
My data usage last billing cycle was my highest so far: 1.2 GB.
I have an unlimited plan, and I've only tethered to download a few emails then disconnect.
I feel like this is pretty messed up. I'm paying for unlimited but they are going to throttle me after 1.2 gigs?
What can I do? This just feels outrageous and wrong.
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Just document everything in case they try bs'ing you into losing unlimited. Go into a corporate store and lay everything on them. There's no way they can agree with at&t saying you're in the top 5%.
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kletiz said:
So why would they choose to throttle me this month when last month was the one that was excessive? You'd think they would try to be proactive and never let me get to 27gigs rather than reactive and wait until the next month when I'm only at 5gigs.
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As others have said - their metering system may not be synced to billing cycles, or based on a moving average (ignores brief "spikes" but does not ignore sustained high usage).
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I upgraded my line in early November
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I actually had a similar thing but Netflix wasn't the issue.
In October I used 10GB data, which is the most I've ever used, yet I can't see how I pulled it off. Last month I used a bit over 5GB of data (According to AT&T yet my data logging app (Onovo) showed me using 4.2GB, I was flagged and warned by AT&T stating that next time I will be throttled, it probably takes 2 months to do it. First month is a "Grace Period" then the second month you hit high numbers it warns you, 3rd month, BAM throttled. Sucks, so what I'm trying is to see if I can keep my usage down for 2-3 months, and then test higher usage to see if I get flagged, there probably is some sort of counter that resets the warning.
kletiz said:
I'm obviously an AT&T subscriber with unlimited data. I know that back in early October AT&T started throttling their "top 5%" heaviest data users. Me being the curious person I am, wanted to find out what it took to get yourself into the top 5% and the results were shocking.
Last month, I set my phone up to download ungodly amounts of podcasts, mostly video podcasts. I managed to get my data usage up to 27 gigs.
Proof:
http://i.imgur.com/R9hV7.png
http://i.imgur.com/2CWKH.png
I received no notice informing me that I was in the top 5%. During this same billing period, I was noticing users complaining on XDA that they were getting warnings from AT&T about being in the top 5%. When it was asked how much data it took them to get into the top 5%, it seemed to be right around the 5 gig mark. It was then asked what data consuming apps they were using. In their response it seemed to be that netflix was a common factor to get flagged to be in the top 5%.
This month, I started using netflix on my phone just to see if I would get flagged at the 5 gig mark...Low and behold, I received the warning yesterday notifying me I was in the top 5%, right at the 5 gig mark. All it took was for me to watch one movie.
Proof:
http://i.imgur.com/1A7Ne.png
http://i.imgur.com/k7mWx.png
http://i.imgur.com/kqcG1.png
So this is why I believe its rigged, out of all the unlimited data subscribers AT&T has, they're telling me from month to month there is a 22 gig difference in what it takes to be in the top 5%? It seems as though this is a major anti-net neutrality move on AT&T's part against netflix traffic.
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When I had a vibrant many moons ago there was a mod or tweak that removed the data throttle cap. Is there anyway to do that on the amaze or anyplans for it on the amaze?
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T-mobile fixed it a while ago so no it wouldn't work on any device on T-mobile anymore
internet.voicestream2.com...oh how you ROCKED as a backdoor workaround!
yeah, tmo wisened up less than 1 month after applying the soft cap.
I intentionally wrung 14.8g that month...using voicestream.com instead of epc.tmo.
...before the haters pop up, I bought the HD2 to replace my home internet connection with an UNLIMITED gb usage contract on purpose. A few months later tmo changed their minds, leaving me with 18 months left on my contract and a brand new limited use policy.
douchbag tmo wouldn't grandfather my plan (or at least honor the contract I agreed to), so hell yeah, I got mine. after 8 years they could be more loyal?
/rant
i'm here browsing my next phone for when my lame duck hd2 contract ends in Feb.
carry on.
Just slightly ot. I was capped last month on an unlimited data plan and there is no way I used 5gigs. Everything data intensive I do on WIFI. So I checked Tmo's my acct. app and dl'd some podcasts over WIFI just to double check and sure enough the data usage rose by that exact amount which means they are counting wifi thoroughput as part of allotted data usage. Now I checked some comments on the market and it seems a few people seem to think it is the my account app that is gauging ALL data and sending it to tmo as part of their network being utilised. Id like to hear what you guys think.
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Just slightly ot. I was capped last month on an unlimited data plan and there is no way I used 5gigs. Everything data intensive I do on WIFI. So I checked Tmo's my acct. app and dl'd some podcasts over WIFI just to double check and sure enough the data usage rose by that exact amount which means they are counting wifi thoroughput as part of allotted data usage. Now I checked some comments on the market and it seems a few people seem to think it is the my account app that is gauging ALL data and sending it to tmo as part of their network being utilised. Id like to hear what you guys think.
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There is no way this is the case. Not completely anyway. I've used 68 GB through wifi according to Netcounter and 4.5 gigs of data. My Billing cycle end on the 2ND. Now according to T mobile I've used 5.5 gigs. Although I disagree with T Mobile I can debunk your theory that they use ALL wifi traffic. But some is possible.
Obviously I'm a heavy user.
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Binary100100 said:
There is no way this is the case. Not completely anyway. I've used 68 GB through wifi according to Netcounter and 4.5 gigs of data. My Billing cycle end on the 2ND. Now according to T mobile I've used 5.5 gigs. Although I disagree with T Mobile I can debunk your theory that they use ALL wifi traffic. But some is possible.
Obviously I'm a heavy user.
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68 GIGS?!?!?!?!
0.o
No what Im saying is it is a possibility that the data usage meter on the Tmobile My account app is registering all data as through their network. I can only surmise since without the app I couldnt tell but the meter in the app rose by the exact amount I dl'd through WIFI.
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No what Im saying is it is a possibility that the data usage meter on the Tmobile My account app is registering all data as through their network. I can only surmise since without the app I couldnt tell but the meter in the app rose by the exact amount I dl'd through WIFI.
Don't blame me, blame my keyboard's autocorrection algorithm.
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I would have some serious issues if t-mobile said that I used over 70GB of data and had my data cut off less than a week into my billing cycle.
I think TMobile would say something about that too now that I think about it.
So all wifi data as 3G/4G data. No. Very seriously doubt it.
demize! said:
No what Im saying is it is a possibility that the data usage meter on the Tmobile My account app is registering all data as through their network. I can only surmise since without the app I couldnt tell but the meter in the app rose by the exact amount I dl'd through WIFI.
Don't blame me, blame my keyboard's autocorrection algorithm.
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i have to agree that my account app must be wrong. I was on sprint for months and never went over 4 gb. I tethered my phone all the time and used pandora a lot. within 5 days the my account app showed i used 2gb of data. I barely even used the phone and hadn't even tethered it yet. I returned the phone and told them why . they said it was a setting i had that used that much data. of course they had no clue what they were talking about but i said yea ok just give me the refund. Tomorrow I am going to purchase the phone again and run some more tests to see what is really going on.
My acct says I've used 87 mb, but I've been listening to Pandora for 6 hours each day... I don't think it counts WiFi...
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jn_vista said:
My acct says I've used 87 mb, but I've been listening to Pandora for 6 hours each day... I don't think it counts WiFi...
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It doesn't
Also, I also find the My Account inaccurate but in my favor. I used more MB than it stated I used.
tmo told me that until 11/13 it will charge all wifi against talk minutes and data usage..
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tmo told me that until 11/13 it will charge all wifi against talk minutes and data usage..
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and you believed that?
Binary100100 said:
I would have some serious issues if t-mobile said that I used over 70GB of data and had my data cut off less than a week into my billing cycle.
I think TMobile would say something about that too now that I think about it.
So all wifi data as 3G/4G data. No. Very seriously doubt it.
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There ARE issues with the My Account app.
Case in point:
A couple of months ago I became eligible for a corp discount on T-mo. Obviously, I had to extend my contract to get it. It also changed my billing date (I had had a billing cycle that ended on the 19th and started on the 20th, it changed to end on the 16th, start on the 17th).
The next month all my lines (I had four voice lines at the time) rolled over to a new billing cycle on the 17th as expected EXCEPT for the data limit on my Sensation. My Sensation showed me using 4.7GB on the 16th. On the 17th IT STILL HADN'T RESET. Long story short, if I hadn't stayed on top of it and called and escalated it up the ladder, I would've been throttled all month long for the whole next billing cycle. It was so bad I had to move to the ten gig tier JUST so I wouldn't be throttled. I also spent the whole month with 5 GB already used according, to the app. They have a front end AND a back end system that don't always report the same numbers.
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I work for Tmobile in tier 3 tech support. The cap is a system cap its not hardware or software on your phone. The my device app sucks at keeping count as does my Tmobile there tends to be a lag from time to time. There is no way around it. Trust me I've looked. And no as difficult as it may be for some of you to believe wifi does not count towards your usage. Hope this helps clear up some of the confusion.
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I work for Tmobile in tier 3 tech support. The cap is a system cap its not hardware or software on your phone. The my device app sucks at keeping count as does my Tmobile there tends to be a lag from time to time. There is no way around it. Trust me I've looked. And no as difficult as it may be for some of you to believe wifi does not count towards your usage. Hope this helps clear up some of the confusion.
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Thanks T-Mobile for the clarification. I always knew you used the forums too!
So we find our exploits, you read them and plug them right up. Kinda pointless trying huh? Oh well...
Binary100100 said:
Thanks T-Mobile for the clarification. I always knew you used the forums too!
So we find our exploits, you read them and plug them right up. Kinda pointless trying huh? Oh well...
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since you work for t-mobile please explain how this is possible. I have been wanting to switch to tmobile for some time now. I have been with sprint fopr a while and the only thing keeping me from witching is the data cap. for the past 5 months i have watched my data usage on my sprint bill and i have been using between 1.5 -3.5 GB a month. i tether from time to time and use Pandora about 2 hrs a day. I have 3 gmail accounts and 2 exchange account syncing all the time. FB and a news feed also syncing. with all this going on and no video streaming besides a little youtube from time to time my data has stayed relatively low. i switched to tmobile 2 weeks ago and bought the Amaze. after 5 days of usage my account showed 1.8GB. not tethering at all and very light usage because i was still using my sprint phone as well. this month my spring bill showed 1.9 GB and that's a whole month of usage. how could i have possibly used that much data on Tmobile in only 5 days. I asked a guy aqt the stoore and he said it was probably one of my settings. i laughed and said yea i have youporn streaming in the background all day. anyway i have a feeling that t mobiles data usage is way off or maybe it was high because i had downloaded all my apps since i was setting up the phone. I am reluctant to try again until i see if others are going over the 5gb every month.
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since you work for t-mobile please explain how this is possible. I have been wanting to switch to tmobile for some time now. I have been with sprint fopr a while and the only thing keeping me from witching is the data cap. for the past 5 months i have watched my data usage on my sprint bill and i have been using between 1.5 -3.5 GB a month. i tether from time to time and use Pandora about 2 hrs a day. I have 3 gmail accounts and 2 exchange account syncing all the time. FB and a news feed also syncing. with all this going on and no video streaming besides a little youtube from time to time my data has stayed relatively low. i switched to tmobile 2 weeks ago and bought the Amaze. after 5 days of usage my account showed 1.8GB. not tethering at all and very light usage because i was still using my sprint phone as well. this month my spring bill showed 1.9 GB and that's a whole month of usage. how could i have possibly used that much data on Tmobile in only 5 days. I asked a guy aqt the stoore and he said it was probably one of my settings. i laughed and said yea i have youporn streaming in the background all day. anyway i have a feeling that t mobiles data usage is way off or maybe it was high because i had downloaded all my apps since i was setting up the phone. I am reluctant to try again until i see if others are going over the 5gb every month.
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I don't work for T-Mobile.
Binary100100 said:
Thanks T-Mobile for the clarification. I always knew you used the forums too!
So we find our exploits, you read them and plug them right up. Kinda pointless trying huh? Oh well...
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Not quite, I come here personally for the htc information and fixes it helps me personally with rooting and what not. As far as taking info back to the job na, closest I've done is bust someone who's jacked up their phone while rooting it and knowing they did by checking build numbers radios etc trying to pass it off as a warranty issue.
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since you work for t-mobile please explain how this is possible. I have been wanting to switch to tmobile for some time now. I have been with sprint fopr a while and the only thing keeping me from witching is the data cap. for the past 5 months i have watched my data usage on my sprint bill and i have been using between 1.5 -3.5 GB a month. i tether from time to time and use Pandora about 2 hrs a day. I have 3 gmail accounts and 2 exchange account syncing all the time. FB and a news feed also syncing. with all this going on and no video streaming besides a little youtube from time to time my data has stayed relatively low. i switched to tmobile 2 weeks ago and bought the Amaze. after 5 days of usage my account showed 1.8GB. not tethering at all and very light usage because i was still using my sprint phone as well. this month my spring bill showed 1.9 GB and that's a whole month of usage. how could i have possibly used that much data on Tmobile in only 5 days. I asked a guy aqt the stoore and he said it was probably one of my settings. i laughed and said yea i have youporn streaming in the background all day. anyway i have a feeling that t mobiles data usage is way off or maybe it was high because i had downloaded all my apps since i was setting up the phone. I am reluctant to try again until i see if others are going over the 5gb every month.
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Well the problem is that I'd need to look through stuff on your phone as I'm typing this on my amaze and don't feel like writing a book telling you to sync unsync various things and download app monitoring apps to find the leak. At the job the only thing we have to go on is the system. So it can either be one of 2 things: the system is only having an issue with your phone or you used more than you thought you did. That's not to say option number 1 isn't possible but of the thousands of calls I've taken in 5 years I've only seen one or two cases that the usage (i can see the ip addresses and how many megabytes you used while you were there on one of my systems) didn't match the history. So best thing to do is either monitor yourself through a proven app for data traffic and do #web# and cross check that with customer care every couple of days 2 times and see if that adds up with your traffic. Damn .. still managed to write a book..
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Well the problem is that I'd need to look through stuff on your phone as I'm typing this on my amaze and don't feel like writing a book telling you to sync unsync various things and download app monitoring apps to find the leak. At the job the only thing we have to go on is the system. So it can either be one of 2 things: the system is only having an issue with your phone or you used more than you thought you did. That's not to say option number 1 isn't possible but of the thousands of calls I've taken in 5 years I've only seen one or two cases that the usage (i can see the ip addresses and how many megabytes you used while you were there on one of my systems) didn't match the history. So best thing to do is either monitor yourself through a proven app for data traffic and do #web# and cross check that with customer care every couple of days 2 times and see if that adds up with your traffic. Damn .. still managed to write a book..
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We appreciate your time. Could you recommend an app to monitor data traffic for us please?
I am looking at getting my first Android phone and my first data plan. I would like to sign up for the 200mb plan and use WiFi where I can. Have others done this successfully? I hear about programs that still use the AT&T network even though they are on WiFi. I hear that some software programs make help you manage your data use. I heard that you can have AT&T cut off the data stream if you hit your limit. Others say that you can not do this. AT&T told me at one place that you can not do this and another stated you can for $5 a month. They called it Smart Limits but looking at it on line it seems to be for kid use and not data limits.
Maybe I am better off paying $25 a month and getting 2gb? I really don't want to even pay $15 a month.
So what are others doing if you have a 200mb plan? Thx and I can't wait to get my GSII on Friday!
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I am looking at getting my first Android phone and my first data plan. I would like to sign up for the 200mb plan and use WiFi where I can. Have others done this successfully? I hear about programs that still use the AT&T network even though they are on WiFi. I hear that some software programs make help you manage your data use. I heard that you can have AT&T cut off the data stream if you hit your limit. Others say that you can not do this. AT&T told me at one place that you can not do this and another stated you can for $5 a month. They called it Smart Limits but looking at it on line it seems to be for kid use and not data limits.
Maybe I am better off paying $25 a month and getting 2gb? I really don't want to even pay $15 a month.
So what are others doing if you have a 200mb plan? Thx and I can't wait to get my GSII on Friday!
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Impossible. Just going on youtube and watching a hd music video will get you close to 200mb.
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I am using 200M and find it enough for me.
During the day I use wifi in office, at home I use home wifi. When I am using data, I try not to stream video, audio etc.
Man, once you get your phone you'll see that you go threw that 200MB so fast. ID suggest to AT LEAST get 2GB , if not more.
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Looneyrat said:
Impossible. Just going on youtube and watching a hd music video will get you close to 200mb.
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I find that anything less than 5gb is crippling on a smart phone. then again I'm not a huge believer of WiFi. its just an inconvenience... I'd go with the 2gb plan.
My wife has been easily keeping it under 200mb.
There are apps on the market that can warn you about your limit like netcounter.
Juicedefender can be set to disable background internet and only check at certain intervals. Saves quite a bit on data.
As well as droidapn. That makes it easy to stop all mobile data.
So yes a 200mb limit is very do-able. Just be smart about it (wifi, wifi, wifi!) and don't do data intensive things while on mobile (like Pandora or YouTube) and leave sync off.
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My wife and I both have 200mb and have never gone over. I am just on wifi when I'm doing anything big on it really.
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Maybe I am better off paying $25 a month and getting 2gb? I really don't want to even pay $15 a month.
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I have 2.5GB i never go above 200mb, but only if i browse and ocasionally watch some youtube videos. If u wanna use tethering and to download music and watch a lot of youtube ur gonna need more MBs )
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Guess it depends on wether or not you believe in WiFi or not. XD
Start with the 2gb plan for the first few months, see how you do with data and get/keep the data plan that will best suit your usage.
Personally id go with the 2gig plan, no fun being out and about and having to think "hmm is this going to eat up too much data if i do this or that?". With 2gb you can just use without having to worry about usage (for the most part)
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I started with 200mb on my iPhone 4 and had to move to 2gb since every month I was getting near 200mb and I had to monitor my usage quite frequently. With 2gb, I usually consume about 1gb per month and I just switched to unlimited today (iPhone 2g loophole), probably will consume more now on since I would stream radio using Tunein
It depends on what you want to do. I TRY to use wifi as much as possible when I am around it but I also find myselfusing data quite a bit. If I am at work the wifi signal can be crappy in my office so streaming can be jerky. Plus I am almost daily downloading a nightly rom (except lately since nightlies haven't been available) and they are about 100Mb so I would use it up in two days for the month. Plus when I am away on weekends camping, or anything and away from the world so to speak as far as any wifi connections I still use my phone alot over the network and still update nightly when available.
I too would say fork over the $25 for 2Gb as I think it will be worth it compared to 200Mb a month. I am on the grandfathered unlimited data plan and I know I have used more than 2Gbs a month not even trying to.
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i use about 98 megs a month while my wife uses around 10 megs
sailador said:
i use about 98 megs a month while my wife uses around 10 megs
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How's this even possible?
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How's this even possible?
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I am basically on wifi 99 percent of the time. I use My Data Manager to watch my data. You just have to be kinda careful that is it. As for my wife she never use the internet at all.
It really depends on what you plan on using the phone for. If you plan to use it alot for web browsing, email syncing, and other things that use data, then yes you will need 2gb,. If you are just getting it for a protable wifi netbook like thing, then 200mb is all you need, but you will blow through it quick if you aren't careful.
AT&T really needs a 1GB plan...
The market also now has an option that only downloads updates when on wi-fi, that should help save data too.
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That's ridiculous....
I usually avg. about 299mbs a day...
Youtube, mms pics, Netflix, Pandora, email
Gotta have something to do on my commute to work...
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I use wifi when ever I can. I almost use 200 MB daily. I generally see 6-7 GB monthly. If I was forced to the 2GB plan I would count down the days until I could cancel my contract and go to Sprint even though their coverage sucks where I live.
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My wife on her iPhone with basically Facebook and nothing else uses 800 MB monthly. She could live on 2GB. I think att is feeding everyone BS when they say 97% of smart phone users use less than 2GB.
Personally if you are using less than 200 MB I don't know why you would get a "smart" phone, especially a high end one. Att sells tons of "dumb" phones (or "quick messaging") that have web browsers and music players and touch screens etc that are cheaper.
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I've gone back and looked at my usage since the day I got my G1 when they first came out. The highest data usage I ever reached was 190~ MB.
I always connect to wifi when available, and never listen to streaming music/youtube on cellular data.
Check out mydatamanager in the market. It's a nice clean app that watches your data usage, per app. Separately on wifi and cellular. You can also set alerts when you get close to your max.
Bottom line, if you stay off streaming video/audio sites/apps, only update apps on wifi, etc, you'll be fine.
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I am looking at getting my first Android phone and my first data plan. I would like to sign up for the 200mb plan and use WiFi where I can. Have others done this successfully? I hear about programs that still use the AT&T network even though they are on WiFi. I hear that some software programs make help you manage your data use. I heard that you can have AT&T cut off the data stream if you hit your limit. Others say that you can not do this. AT&T told me at one place that you can not do this and another stated you can for $5 a month. They called it Smart Limits but looking at it on line it seems to be for kid use and not data limits.
Maybe I am better off paying $25 a month and getting 2gb? I really don't want to even pay $15 a month.
So what are others doing if you have a 200mb plan? Thx and I can't wait to get my GSII on Friday!
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At 2.9 gb for the month. In 3g area I usually get about 1.4 upload on speed test. Now in getting .19 consistently ....
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At 2.9 gb for the month. In 3g area I usually get about 1.4 upload on speed test. Now in getting .19 consistently ....
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You had probally reached your data plan limit, now you are running in a lower donwload speeds. Thanks
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Have grandfathered unlimited data plan so. I couldn't have reached limit on plan
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I have grandfathered unlimited data as well. I have not noticed this and I often go over 200/300 gigs a month as I use my phone as my sole internet source.
I am curious if they ever do throttle grandfathered unlimited data users.
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...I often go over 200/300 gigs a month as I use my phone as my sole internet source.
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This is why carriers have gone to tiered data.. just sayin'
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I have grandfathered unlimited data as well. I have not noticed this and I often go over 200/300 gigs a month as I use my phone as my sole internet source.
I am curious if they ever do throttle grandfathered unlimited data users.
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Me too... At work streaming pandora & at home playing FPS games & downloading videos, movies... lol I dont use that much though... damn
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This is why carriers have gone to tiered data.. just sayin'
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No, they went to tiered data so they can bill the end user for more money while instilling the belief that people are using too much data and they can't support it.
It reminds me of the early 80s when the gas prices climbed to .75¢ a gallon and the gloom and doom prophets said the outrageous price increase was because of a limited supply, and the world would be completely devoid of fossil fuels by...wait for it...1987. Now, I have looked around, and I see that people, nearly 30 years after the world ran out of gas, are still buying the same old BS and paying upwards of $5 a gallon...while the price in Venezuela on Monday was...get this...18¢ a gallon after converting to USD.
So, don't buy the whole limited bandwidth BS. My school has multiple Gigabit connections and probably runs through more data than the average small country because its a super computing node for some high end government cluster. I asked one of the EE professors how close they were to maxing out the fiber optic line coming in and he said "oh, occasionally we will hit half a percent of total capacity".
Moral of the story: they charge you more for tiered data because you will pay it.
Now, calling someone a ****ing moron because you believe the utter BS that a greed filled multinational conglomerate feeds you about why they want to charge you more dollars for less product is somewhat odepian in nature don't you think?
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This is why carriers have gone to tiered data.. just sayin'
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Hey, I pay the $30 a month for the wireless tethering even though I know there are ways around it. I always pay my bill on time and I have been a loyal Verizon customer for years... So you bet I'm going to use the crap out of my grandfathered in unlimited data!!! Why would I pay another $100 a month to Verizon for Fios which would just give me what I already have through my phone...? INTERNET ACCESS!!!
While ATT truly throttles their customers based on TOTAL download, VZW's stance as I'm told prior to switching a few days ago, is: If you're on a particular tower and it is congested and you've used over 2 Gigs, your traffic will be "optimized" at a preferable speed to allow other users to use the service. So, they throttle based on tower congestion.. much fairer. If you connect to a different tower, then all the "throttling / optimization" goes away and you should be back to your normal 3g/4g speeds..until you return to the throttled tower.
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Have grandfathered unlimited data plan so. I couldn't have reached limit on plan
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Yep! Unlimited data plans are not that much unlimited. you have probably a caped internet, complain about it. :/
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Good day you used over 300GB and you still get good speed?
Do you drop data and if so does it happen more then 1 time a week?
I would like to know, becuase I have had some isuses and I don't know how/if I can fix it.
Thanks
Well I was at about 72GB yesterday and I downloaded a 13GB torrent file and was getting over 1.5MB down... So no I don’t think I was being throttled.
Complete ameture or "noob" as you guys say. Are these razrs simply not meant for 3g? I mean it works, but I had an iphone before and it took no time for a song on pandora to buffer. it takes an eternity on my razr.. Obviously the phone isn't firing on all cylinders in 3g but let's just say Iphone 3g > RAZR 3g. Somebody care to call me out and explain?
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Realize I spelled "amateur" wrong. Trying out swift key today and swype no longer is spelling for me.
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Droped data 3 times today in two places with -69dbm to -86dbm or 3-5 bars. It's really starting to bug me.
Me too, I came into android with the impression that everything was supposed to be more open and free, well I definitely feel tied down when I'm in 5 bars 3g blue lettering, and I start an app and it goes white lettering. It's ridiculous. I didn't understand what Sprint was talking about in those commercials talking about other companies slowing your data down, I fully understand what they mean now. I like android a lot, but this pisses me off.
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Me too, I came into android with the impression that everything was supposed to be more open and free, well I definitely feel tied down when I'm in 5 bars 3g blue lettering, and I start an app and it goes white lettering. It's ridiculous. I didn't understand what Sprint was talking about in those commercials talking about other companies slowing your data down, I fully understand what they mean now. I like android a lot, but this pisses me off.
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I really think this has more to do with your location than a blanket policy. I'm in Boston and the coverage is great here and I never have any of these issues.
You guys are seeing data-dropping and 3G/4G hand-off issues (not throttling). I see this often on the west side of Indianapolis. I spoke to VZW about it today:
https://forums.motorola.com/posts/97c770a3e8
I have been reading a lot in to it and I think thats it. It falls inline with what I was told about the phone geting an update. (He said it could very well be ICS too, but that seems unlikely now.)
This is the last thing that I would ever think to go bad with a motorola phone. I could see the GPU or CPU sucking or the FC all over, but I ever would have guessed data droping. Now I am starting to wish I got the 720p HTC phone.
I have a high degree of confidence that the issues will be resolved and that Motorola will remain the best hardware choice going forward on USA CDMA networks.
I am curious about what is "a lot" of data to one person compared to another. I have heard 2 GB described as "a lot" of data before, and I have also head 150 GB described as "a lot."
So what is "a lot" to you? How much data in a month do you go through? (Or, since you've owned the phone)
How much do you think is "too much" data to be using in a month?
What do you do that uses a lot of Data? (Downloads, Online Videos/Netflix/Youtube, Tethering?)
What do you do the most on your Sprint phone you feel you couldn't on other providers?
How much data in a month would you go through on a previous Sprint WiMAX phone? (If applicable)
How much data in a month would you go through on a previous non-Sprint smartphone? (If applicable)
How much data in a month would you go through when using a different phone?
Discussion welcome. I think this will be interesting to see from different users' perspectives. Also if anyone has had their account terminated for excessive data on Sprint or any other provider, please pipe in
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I am curious about what is "a lot" of data to one person compared to another. I have heard 2 GB described as "a lot" of data before, and I have also head 150 GB described as "a lot."
So what is "a lot" to you? How much data in a month do you go through? (Or, since you've owned the phone)
How much do you think is "too much" data to be using in a month?
What do you do that uses a lot of Data? (Downloads, Online Videos/Netflix/Youtube, Tethering?)
What do you do the most on your Sprint phone you feel you couldn't on other providers?
How much data in a month would you go through on a previous Sprint WiMAX phone? (If applicable)
How much data in a month would you go through on a previous non-Sprint smartphone? (If applicable)
How much data in a month would you go through when using a different phone?
Discussion welcome. I think this will be interesting to see from different users' perspectives. Also if anyone has had their account terminated for excessive data on Sprint or any other provider, please pipe in
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My Data Average usage is with:
Pandora ( modded ) ~ 11gb/mo
Netflix ~ 4gb/mo
FB, and others 1.5gb/mo
So nearly 17gb is a lot for me
How much do you think is "too much" data to be using in a month?
-2+GB/month
What do you do that uses a lot of Data?
-Google Music,Navigation,Youtube(when im actually in a good svs area,which is never.F YOU SPRINT)
What do you do the most on your Sprint phone you feel you couldn't on other providers?
-Nothing,really close to going to Verizon
How much data in a month would you go through on a previous Sprint WiMAX phone?
-Same because i never turned 4G on because Wimax sucked(980MB/month)
How much data in a month would you go through on a previous non-Sprint smartphone?
-same because their network has been **** for well over 4 years now(980MB/month)
How much data in a month would you go through when using a different phone?
-Same because no matter what phone I had the network was still the same(read above)
I use about 980MB/month
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How much do you think is "too much" data to be using in a month?
-2+GB/month
What do you do that uses a lot of Data?
-Google Music,Navigation,Youtube(when im actually in a good svs area,which is never.F YOU SPRINT)
What do you do the most on your Sprint phone you feel you couldn't on other providers?
-Nothing,really close to going to Verizon
How much data in a month would you go through on a previous Sprint WiMAX phone?
-Same because i never turned 4G on because Wimax sucked
How much data in a month would you go through on a previous non-Sprint smartphone?
-same because their network has been **** for well over 4 years now
How much data in a month would you go through when using a different phone?
-Same because no matter what phone I had the network was still the same(read above)
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You seem a littler butthurt that you live in a bad coverage area. Thanks for coming in my thread and contributing though :good:
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You seem a littler butthurt that you live in a bad coverage area. Thanks for coming in my thread and contributing though :good:
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That's the thing...I don't.This is just Sprints network.
Data usage
The last month I had my EVO 3D, I did about 13GB on 4G and 350MB on 3G. I had a lot of podcasts and I have a media server for streaming my recorded TV. I can only imagine that was a regular occurance. I never looked before. I was worried what no 4G would be like. Since I am on the EVO LTE without a network, I am wifi for most of my data now.
So what is "a lot" to you? How much data in a month do you go through? (Or, since you've owned the phone)
How much do you think is "too much" data to be using in a month? 125GB
What do you do that uses a lot of Data? (Downloads, Online Videos/Netflix/Youtube, Tethering?) Netflix, Pandora, tTorrent
What do you do the most on your Sprint phone you feel you couldn't on other providers? Use actual unlimited data
How much data in a month would you go through on a previous Sprint WiMAX phone? (If applicable) This is from this month on my 4G tablet, I have 17 days left in the billing cycle.
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How much data in a month would you go through when using a different phone? I plan on going through about the same amount on my EVO LTE (when I get LTE) that I do with my WiMax tablet.
^Using that much data per month is part of the reason why no one else is unlimited anymore.
I get the whole "Hey man it says Unlimited,yeeeeHaw Bandwidth here I come"
But 40GB/month is abuse.
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^Using that much data per month is part of the reason why no one else is unlimited anymore.
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I get the whole "Hey man it says Unlimited,yeeeeHaw Bandwidth here I come"
But 40GB/month is abuse.
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I've been using ~80GB a month for the past almost 3 years now. That much data usage is honestly nothing. It's not my fault that you people only use your phone once maybe twice a day and listen to maybe one song off of Pandora. I work 10 hour shifts 4 days a week and like to listen to music/have movies playing while I work. It's not my fault that it burns through a decent amount of data.
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I've been using ~80GB a month for the past almost 3 years now. That much data usage is honestly nothing. It's not my fault that you people only use your phone once maybe twice a day and listen to maybe one song off of Pandora. I work 10 hour shifts 4 days a week and like to listen to music/have movies playing while I work. It's not my fault that it burns through a decent amount of data.
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I like this guy haha. 40GB is awesome. I would love to see ATT and Verizon offer this. They can't. That's why Sprint is the best and will be the best as long as they offer unlimited data.
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I get the whole "Hey man it says Unlimited,yeeeeHaw Bandwidth here I come"
But 40GB/month is abuse.
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If Sprint wasn't hanging on by a thread already, they would most definitely cap their data. There are more people who abuse the crap out of the network than you think. You can use any excuse you want, it's lame. When Sprint cleans their network up and they can roll with the big boys, we will be capped....and you can thank people who "Stream movies and pandora" all week while at work, but hey, it's not their fault
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I am curious about what is "a lot" of data to one person compared to another. I have heard 2 GB described as "a lot" of data before, and I have also head 150 GB described as "a lot."
So what is "a lot" to you? How much data in a month do you go through? (Or, since you've owned the phone)
How much do you think is "too much" data to be using in a month?
What do you do that uses a lot of Data? (Downloads, Online Videos/Netflix/Youtube, Tethering?)
What do you do the most on your Sprint phone you feel you couldn't on other providers?
How much data in a month would you go through on a previous Sprint WiMAX phone? (If applicable)
How much data in a month would you go through on a previous non-Sprint smartphone? (If applicable)
How much data in a month would you go through when using a different phone?
Discussion welcome. I think this will be interesting to see from different users' perspectives. Also if anyone has had their account terminated for excessive data on Sprint or any other provider, please pipe in
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How much do you think is "too much" data to be using in a month? 30+ if on 3g otherwise if your on wimax then go nuts, no limit from me. (but seriously if you get 100+ then damn, get some sunlight haha)
What do you do that uses a lot of Data? (Downloads, Online Videos/Netflix/Youtube, Tethering?) youtube probably the most don't do much else other than check xda every 5 minutes haha
What do you do the most on your Sprint phone you feel you couldn't on other providers? actually use the internet haha damn them other carriers and their throttling
How much data in a month would you go through on a previous Sprint WiMAX phone? (If applicable) on my og evo i would tether on that slut like it was my day job when anywhere on vacation so if out of town 20gb give or take but thats if im there a whole month. otherwise the same as this phone, maybe 2 just xda, general browsing, and some youtube.
How much data in a month would you go through on a previous non-Sprint smartphone? (If applicable) been with sprint forever
How much data in a month would you go through when using a different phone? like i said above with my og maybe 2gb or 20gb if out of town for forever and a half haha
15gb so far
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If Sprint wasn't hanging on by a thread already, they would most definitely cap their data. There are more people who abuse the crap out of the network than you think. You can use any excuse you want, it's lame. When Sprint cleans their network up and they can roll with the big boys, we will be capped....and you can thank people who "Stream movies and pandora" all week while at work, but hey, it's not their fault
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I don't see why a guy can't stream music at work all day if he wants to. That's like saying you can't use your unlimited texts, you should only send like 100 a month or it is abuse. That's silly. You pay for unlimited, you do what you want.
PS I use less than a gig a month.
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I don't see why a guy can't stream music at work all day if he wants to. That's like saying you can't use your unlimited texts, you should only send like 100 a month or it is abuse. That's silly. You pay for unlimited, you do what you want.
PS I use less than a gig a month.
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We pay for unlimited but we still have to operate within reason. Sprint may be pushing their unlimited data now, but they may not in the future, and users who abuse the unlimited data plan aren't going to help them make a decision.
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I don't see why a guy can't stream music at work all day if he wants to. That's like saying you can't use your unlimited texts, you should only send like 100 a month or it is abuse. That's silly. You pay for unlimited, you do what you want.
PS I use less than a gig a month.
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I get that, but texts aren't back loading and taxing the bejesus out of the network either. I mean, 80 gigs in a month when the other carriers are offering like 5gb a month plans? How long do you honestly think sprint will be unlimited with that mess?
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I get that, but texts aren't back loading and taxing the bejesus out of the network either. I mean, 80 gigs in a month when the other carriers are offering like 5gb a month plans? How long do you honestly think sprint will be unlimited with that mess?
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That's like saying I should use as little internet as possible at home as well. No, I'm sorry but I'm giving Sprint $130 a month (Phone and tablet) I should be allowed to use as much 4G data as I want. Limit the 3G use because that is what 99% of people use, sure. But for the amount of money they rake in every month we should be able to use all the 4G we want. End of story.
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That's like saying I should use as little internet as possible at home as well. No, I'm sorry but I'm giving Sprint $130 a month (Phone and tablet) I should be allowed to use as much 4G data as I want. Limit the 3G use because that is what 99% of people use, sure. But for the amount of money they rake in every month we should be able to use all the 4G we want. End of story.
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Lol
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I'm looking for the actual contract text, not someone's summary. This is because someone said that even unlimited data was capped at 5gb and that this fact was well known. The agreement I've found here only says that " if you use an extraordinary amount of data and fall within the top 5% of Verizon Wireless data users we may reduce your data throughput speeds periodically for the remainder of your then current and immediately following billing cycle to ensure high quality network performance for other users at locations and times of peak demand." I can't find the 5gb number anywhere. That was updated in February, so that may be why. I joined Verizon after unlimited was ended for new subs, so I can't look at mine. Thanks.
There are people here that use 10-20GB+... was even one person that had a little over 1TB of data used...
It's not capped at 5GB, the 5GB number was for tethering if you paid the extra $30 for the tethering application.
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It's not capped at 5GB, the 5GB number was for tethering if you paid the extra $30 for the tethering application.
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No in the contract it says if u use over 5GB they CAN terminate you contract. Apparently they don't but the can
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There are people here that use 10-20GB+... was even one person that had a little over 1TB of data used...
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I know that, that's actually why I'm looking for this. I think unlimited is unlimited and these people are not abusing anything. (I'm not saying VZW ending unlimited is wrong, just the justification they gave, namely abuse and network congestion [since they throttle the heavy users during that time anyway])
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It's not capped at 5GB, the 5GB number was for tethering if you paid the extra $30 for the tethering application.
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That would make sense as well, though that's an awfully low number. What's the point of tethering if that's all you can get?
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No in the contract it says if u use over 5GB they CAN terminate you contract. Apparently they don't but the can
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Can you link to the contract? Or scan one, or send a pdf? I'd like to actually see that instead of someone just telling me. Because someone else saying "no it doesn't" is just as valid an argument.
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I'm looking for the actual contract text, not someone's summary. This is because someone said that even unlimited data was capped at 5gb and that this fact was well known. The agreement I've found here only says that " if you use an extraordinary amount of data and fall within the top 5% of Verizon Wireless data users we may reduce your data throughput speeds periodically for the remainder of your then current and immediately following billing cycle to ensure high quality network performance for other users at locations and times of peak demand." I can't find the 5gb number anywhere. That was updated in February, so that may be why. I joined Verizon after unlimited was ended for new subs, so I can't look at mine. Thanks.
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There is no set number for unlimited data. That 5 gb is just an arbitrary number people have been throwing around here for a long time as to what was the top 5% number Verizon would use to slow down your data speed. I've exceeded it without any problems many times as have many others so its baseless.
I may have my receipt with the contract on it in the box for my Rezound, I'll see what I can come up with.
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There is no set number for unlimited data. That 5 gb is just an arbitrary number people have been throwing around here for a long time as to what was the top 5% number Verizon would use to slow down your data speed. I've exceeded it without any problems many times as have many others so its baseless.
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That's what I thought, but had no proof. I just get tired of people criticizing other people for using their bandwidth as much as they want. And, as it turns out, Verizon shouldn't've even been able to stop them from tethering, according to the FCC. I just wish Verizon would come out and say "we think we can make more money by ending unlimited data, so that's what we're doing". They won't, but I wish they would.
kzoodroid said:
There is no set number for unlimited data. That 5 gb is just an arbitrary number people have been throwing around here for a long time as to what was the top 5% number Verizon would use to slow down your data speed. I've exceeded it without any problems many times as have many others so its baseless.
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It was on Verizon's website it said if you have an unlimited plan you cant use it excessively. Excessive things include streaming video and downloading large files etc. If you use over 5 GB in a month you are using excessive amounts of data and your account can be terminated at our descretion basically. I read that from the Verizon website awhile ago, so its not arbitrary
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Interesting thread
*popcorngif*
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AshtonTS said:
It was on Verizon's website it said if you have an unlimited plan you cant use it excessively. Excessive things include streaming video and downloading large files etc. If you use over 5 GB in a month you are using excessive amounts of data and your account can be terminated at our descretion basically. I read that from the Verizon website awhile ago, so its not arbitrary
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This is an message my sister has been getting yesterday and today. She had been watching the Olympics at work. We have "unlimited data" on 3 lines.
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Idk if Its there anymore that was a while ago...
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I'm constantly over 10 GB worth of data per month. Last month was like 16+. Can they really terminate you for "excessive" use? Better start using WiFi more lol got spoiled with unlimited data.
zac41189 said:
I'm constantly over 10 GB worth of data per month. Last month was like 16+. Can they really terminate you for "excessive" use? Better start using WiFi more lol got spoiled with unlimited data.
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I guess they could but they haven't done it at all yet. Maybe in a year or so they'll do that to get rid of unlimited data forever tho
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rodalcaraz827 said:
This is an message my sister has been getting yesterday and today. She had been watching the Olympics at work. We have "unlimited data" on 3 lines.
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That looks like a feature of the ROM, you can change the limit, or just leave it alone. It's designed for people with an actual cap to avoid overages.
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I guess they could but they haven't done it at all yet. Maybe in a year or so they'll do that to get rid of unlimited data forever tho
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You know I've been worried about that ever since they got rid of truely unlimited and went to data packages. They better not do away with the grandfathered in plans. Wouldn't be surprised if they did tho.
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That looks like a feature of the ROM, you can change the limit, or just leave it alone. It's designed for people with an actual cap to avoid overages.
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She is running the stock ICS OTA for her Droid Raze MAXX. I'll look to see if there is an option to disable this feature when I get home from work. Otherwise Verizon will be getting a phone call from me. from my ADR6425LVW using Tapatalk 2
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Idk if Its there anymore that was a while ago...
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AshtonTS said:
I guess they could but they haven't done it at all yet. Maybe in a year or so they'll do that to get rid of unlimited data forever tho
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So far I haven't seen anything beyond hearsay that there was an actual limit to unlimited.
But if there was, that's crap. A company shouldn't be allowed to call it unlimited if it's got a limit. That seems like a truth-in-advertising issue.
And by the way, if streaming video is excessive, why did they get the rights to NFL mobile whose main draw is streaming video? It's just disingenuous to advertise something if you're not going to allow people to use it.
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unlimited doesnt mean its capped at 5g. but in the older contracts they defined "unlimited data" as 5gb