Well they finally did it Virgin mobiles gonna start throttling just like Atet and the rest. The only good thing virgin had was there unlimited internet as slow as it was 3g. After 2.5gb they will throttle people. Now there's gonna be no reason for Manny to stay with virgin there gonna loose Manny customers. Time to go back to tmobiles 5gb prepaid
Who uses 2.5GB on 3G? Use wifi when you can and don't worry about it.
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is any one else 3g speed low?
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If I tether like 6-7 GBs of data whether it be 3G or 4G, will Sprint terminate my contract?
I'm asking because I need to tether because I'm having problems with Comcast and I refuse to go to AT&T. So yeah, will my contract get terminated or will they charge me more on the monthly bill?
Also, is roaming free on Sprint?
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If I tether like 6-7 GBs of data whether it be 3G or 4G, will Sprint terminate my contract?
I'm asking because I need to tether because I'm having problems with Comcast and I refuse to go to AT&T. So yeah, will my contract get terminated or will they charge me more on the monthly bill?
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If you have a tethering plan then I think 5GB is the limit.
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If you have a tethering plan then I think 5GB is the limit.
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I don't. I'm tethering because it's unlocked, but when I check data it's over 2GB already.
I think that counts.
73 views and no one can help me?
If ur not paying for tethering then u dont have a 5 gb limit. Sprints data is unlimited. Roaming is free unless u really really abuse it without using much sprint data.
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Too much data usage is a reason for them to become suspicious. I advise towards limiting it. I personally don't tether, ever. Sprint is nice enough for unlimited data, I don't want to risk anything.
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I use about 6Gb a month, but I don't tether. That's all browsing and streaming on my phone. But they can check the packets and find out what device its coming from.
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If you use an app like easy tether pro (like I use) or pdanet then I don't think that sprint can monitor data usage if you're not using their service to tether. My internet is off right now and I can only imagine the number of gigs I used in the last month or so downloading roms through my phone internet, not to mention all the gameloft games with data downloads I bought. Sprint has yet to come to me about anything so I'm in the clear., if I had to estimate, I have used over 7 gigs in just downloads alone, they doesn't include regular internet browsing on my phone and PC, so give that a try.
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I just signed with att got a note was really fast first bit.... then I rooted stock rom... still decent hspa speeds...THEN THE KICKR!
I flashed unofficial in cwm then Ics revamped
Now speeds are like 515mb download and 700mb uploads .THIS IS A FAR CRY FROM HSPA SPEEDS.
So leading to my question I recently hit 3g threshold and I read that att will and does cap speeds ONLY FOR THE UNLIMITED DATA USERS AFTER 3gb
Is this true for any new gb data plan Or is the rom flashing or Rom choice causing my speeeds to slow out of nowhere..
I Just left Sprint for att and now I'm being reminded of sprint speeds
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Its supposed to be 5gb for LTE unlimited plan iirc.
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If you just signed you are on a 3gb plan and get charged extra after that. As for the speeds could just be a bad time of the day
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I'm assuming you have the $50 5g plan? At&t doesn't throttle unless you're grandfathered on an unlimited plan. They tend to throttle after you hit 5g. That shouldn't be your problem.
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The only time your throttled is if your on an old grandfathered data plan. If ur on a new 5gb and go over theyll charge $10 per Gb..no throttling.
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There's a work around where you can change your apn and get lower HSPA+ speeds back while being thottled.
Found it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19169588&postcount=1
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Reclaim said:
There's a work around where you can change your apn and get lower HSPA+ speeds back while being thottled.
Found it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19169588&postcount=1
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Att does not throttle there limited plans greenhouse they can charge you more when you go over. If on unlimited you can get your full speed back very easily through the ImEi trick.
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a3plew said:
Att does not throttle there limited plans greenhouse they can charge you more when you go over. If on unlimited you can get your full speed back very easily through the ImEi trick.
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Very awesome! Though I sold my older phones. Womp Womp...
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Must have been a bad time of day Yes i.signed on for 5g 50$plan... my speeds were really like.515 very slow..while on ics rom... i.ODIN back to stock and hit 3-9mb download speeds on speed test
So.someone justify that. .and thats hspa not lte.We have no lte yet in my area. .soon tho.
Im not to sure about some.of the roms that are out for the phone..
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I'm on the 5GB/$50 plan, and get about those speeds on HSPA, usually around 5 mbps. I've seen as high as 19 on LTE. I can confirm that plan has no throttling.
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Must have been a bad time of day Yes i.signed on for 5g 50$plan... my speeds were really like.515 very slow..while on ics rom... i.ODIN back to stock and hit 3-9mb download speeds on speed test
So.someone justify that. .and thats hspa not lte.We have no lte yet in my area. .soon tho.
Im not to sure about some.of the roms that are out for the phone..
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Need to make sure those different readings are at the same time of day and same location. That difference could be you not being in as heavily as saturated of an area with more people using their phone and/or during peak data times. Speedtests are often better for residential areas vs industrial/business park areas and its all about time of day. With mobile devices being more used by businesses you'll see slower speeds during regular business hours.
All about what tower you're on and how many others are too! Thankfully with LTE atleast for now its the difference between lightspeed and ludicrous speed! Not 4G and uuuuh 2G!
And as others have answered at&t only throttles grandfathered unlimited data customers.
-Proud att employee
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Has anyone used simple mobile on a 717Note I am on CM9 and not unlocked yet but curious if anyone has been able to obtain the 4g speeds they offer for 60$ unlimited everything.
Just get T-mobile's monthly 4G $30/month plan. Unlimited text and web (5gbs at 4G) and 100 mins. You can't beat that.
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That's AWESOME
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I wasn't looking for capped data though.
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Eric-1987 said:
I wasn't looking for capped data though.
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Simple mobile has data capped at 2GB only on their $60 unlimited plan.
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Well then whats my best option? I hate that crap I want unlimited data and not 3g crap.
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Well then whats my best option? I hate that crap I want unlimited data and not 3g crap.
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3G?.. Lol, after 2 gb you are down to dial up speeds... You can't avoid that no matter which plan you choose on prepaid. Atleast on the tmo plan you have 5gb which is pretty epic.
If you want truly unlimited, you are stuck with Sprint contract plans. And they are only unlimited because they are slow as ****.
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You misread my post. I can find unlimited non capped 3g speeds anywhere. I wanted unlimited 4g. And how do I go about getting that tmobile plan? Prepaid? Can I use my old SGS4G sim card? And is there a free unlock option available yet?
I had simple mobile and let me tell u it was worse than wen i had cricket when they first emerged so ya stick with a real provider
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I dont care about phone calls btw. I will be using Groove IP to make all my calls like I do now I just need a decent usable data connection.
How about H2O? I use it and get at least 1mb up and down. Sometimes I would get 2mb up and down. Its not as fast as everything out there but I do live in long island. Might be different in other places and you don't need to unlock your note. Just put in the similar card and download an app to configure data and SMS. And your good to go. $60 a month is better than $170 a month
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Do yourself a favor and order the straight talk sim card....straight talk is att lil brother....my speeds at lowest are around 6mb down..... 1.5 or 2 up....excellent signal.....I love it.....straight talk is the way to go....and btw its 45 unlimited everything......
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So anyone think I'm gunna have issues with sprint about my data since as of right now I use almost no data on their network becuz it doesn't really work here and I'm leaving for school in New Mexico which I get good reception their so I'm gunna be using my 3g now and I'm gunna be around 7-10gbs a month or so lol damm roms XD. Also anyone know if sprint is terminating contracts for torrenting (I downloaded a song which I owned but I wasn't home through 3g and didn't receive anything)
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If you are on Sprint's network, you can use unlimited data (although you are supposed to pay for tethering if you do that) as long as you stay on their network. If you roam and start pulling tons of data, you will likely get a letter saying you are no longer a Sprint customer. :silly:
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So anyone think I'm gunna have issues with sprint about my data since as of right now I use almost no data on their network becuz it doesn't really work here and I'm leaving for school in New Mexico which I get good reception their so I'm gunna be using my 3g now and I'm gunna be around 7-10gbs a month or so lol damm roms XD. Also anyone know if sprint is terminating contracts for torrenting (I downloaded a song which I owned but I wasn't home through 3g and didn't receive anything)
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They can tell if you are torrenting and will say something, possibly about terminating your service as it is not allowed on their network. Not sure how I know this but I do
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As long as you're not roaming 10GB a month should be no problem, but I definitely wouldn't recommend torrenting. They list that in their terms of service and people have reported their contracts were terminated without warning for it.
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Is there anyway to increase the Simple Mobile speeds on the One? The phone is T-Mobile and Simple Mobile uses TMO's towers so is there anyway of increasing 4G speeds? I don't even get 2 mbps its terrible...
From my knowledge is that they use Tmobile speeds at a Max of 21mbps. Not lte could be wrong tho
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From my knowledge is that they use Tmobile speeds at a Max of 21mbps. Not lte could be wrong tho
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I know that they don't have as much speed as T-Mobile and they don't have LTE but isn't there someway I could make my connection a bit faster?
The only thing i can tell u is leave simple mobile.they throotle.go with solavei they give u real tmobile speed. And heard they have lte enable.
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Just go with T-Mobile for best experience
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I left simplemobile, and switch to tmobile... about 2 months ago... if u pay the 50plan, i got a text after using netflicks for 10 minutes, that i was abusing the internet or something like that, then the next day i used pandora for 10 minutes or so on the drive home, i got another text say my data will be discontinued, i called them, they said its only for web browsing u cant even use youtube... i had to wait for the next pay period to get my data, so i went back to the 40 plan... i used pandora all day long for 4 weeks, and never received a text,
stay on the 40plan,
do what i did, i went to tmobile.. i have 4 lines for 100, i put my uncle and his wife and me and my wife.... he was paying 100 at metro.. i was paying 100 at simple,
i charge him 50, and half of the tax....
he pays less than 70, saving him 30 a month.. i have insurance on my phone and my wife, thats 12 each for both my ONE'S, and 10 for more data on mine,,, i pay 96, i think..
i rather pay 100 with insurance for extra data and insurance and better speeds. i gonna bring in my cousin, and get 5 for 110... charge him 40. saving him 13 a month, so i can save more, so i can get unlimited data for 70 for my line...
I used to have Simple Mobile 4G plan with a Nexus 4 and speed is great. Usually around 18mbps until I switch to Tmo unlimited, no cap plan.
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