I received this text from AT&T today(see below)... Was wondering if they really do and how much they will throttle me.
The text
" ATT Free Msg: Your data usage on your 4G LTE smartphone is near 5GB this month. Exceeding 5GB during this or future billing cycles will result in reduced data speeds, though you'll still be able to email & surf the web. Wi-Fi helps you avoid reduced speeds. Visit www.att.com/datainfo or call 866-344-7584 for more info."
Thanks!
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Someone else posted that they were throttled to .6 mbps after hitting 5gb.
Were u on a grandfathered unlimited plan & switched to an unlimited lte plan?
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Someone else posted that they were throttled to .6 mbps after hitting 5gb.
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.6 Mbps from what?
Because I get on average ~20-35 Mbps I might die if I got .6...
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Were u on a grandfathered unlimited plan & switched to an unlimited lte plan?
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Yeah I was grandfathered unlimited plan and switched over.
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Yeah I was grandfathered unlimited plan and switched over.
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Shucks that sucks. Guess, I need to set my bandwitdh notification down from 9GB to 4GB.
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Shucks that sucks. Guess, I need to set my bandwitdh notification down from 9GB to 4GB.
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Hahaha I guess I should set mine to 4.99 just so I don't reach the cap.
Or would only 4gb be safer ?
Also what app do you use to track it anyway?
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Hahaha I guess I should set mine to 4.99 just so I don't reach the cap.
Or would only 4gb be safer ?
Also what app do you use to track it anyway?
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I'm using onavo personally. What about everyone else?
Unlimited grandfathered in plans get throttled at 5GB for 4G LTE data plans and I believe 2 or 3 GB for 3G & HSPA+ data plan.
If you have ICS, go to system settings then click data usage. You can set a data limit also. Its built in so you wont need to download an app.
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.6 Mbps from what?
Because I get on average ~20-35 Mbps I might die if I got .6...
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From whatever the theoretical max bandwidth available for their area. Once they hit 5GB of usage, their speed was capped at .6 Mbps.
This was only one data point though, so as always, YMMV.
I hit ten plus gigs a month. They throttle at five but it's very easy to get un throttled. Just look into the ImEi trick . Basically call and update your imei with a 4g phone. Then call back with lte note and update. You are un throttled. Don't let them limit your data Usage.
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I hit ten plus gigs a month. They throttle at five but it's very easy to get un throttled. Just look into the ImEi trick . Basically call and update your imei with a 4g phone. Then call back with lte note and update. You are un throttled. Don't let them limit your data Usage.
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I did a search but can't find it, do you happen to have a link?
Does this really work though?
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I did a search but can't find it, do you happen to have a link?
Does this really work though?
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This is from the infuse forum. More people should know about this. It is really simple. Lol people have pm me since I have always mentioned this on throttling threads.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22532530
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Anyone know an alternative to this IMEI trick because I no longer have access to my old infuse so I don't really have the ability to "update" my IMEI.
Thankfully my billing cycle just restarted today, I was at 4.8GB so I was nearing their 5gb mark.
I did some more research on this matter and found these three potential fixes, has anyone confirmed that it works on the Gnote?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1406864
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342111
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http://www.traemcneely.com/2011/12/...rottle-4g-data-anti-throttling-trick-for-att/
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Looks like the LTE unlimited plan will not be throttled before 5GB. HSPA+ is 3GB.
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planoman said:
Looks like the LTE unlimited plan will not be throttled before 5GB. HSPA+ is 3GB.
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WIN!
Source: http://www.att.com/esupport/datausage.jsp?source=IZDUel1160000000U
Nevermind...
So still not like Verizon, where the throttle is temporary based on location and load.
Yay.
Oh darn you beat me to it. But I dont read it as only hspa+ customers will be throttled at 3gb, I understood it as all unlimited customers.
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Oh darn you beat me to it. But I dont read it as only hspa+ customers will be throttled at 3gb, I understood it as all unlimited customers.
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Negative. "If you have a 4G LTE smartphone and still have an unlimited data plan, the same process applies at 5GB of data usage, instead of 3GB."
so.. I'm confused. If i have an LTE phone in a market where there is no LTE --- is my threshold still 5GB? or is it 3GB?
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Negative. "If you have a 4G LTE smartphone and still have an unlimited data plan, the same process applies at 5GB of data usage, instead of 3GB."
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Where is that quote coming from? I dont see it in the announcement page. Damm, hope I dont need new glasses lol.
Update: Ahh, you clicked the "what you need to know" button. Thats cool I guess. Are they admitting lte phones eat up much more data?
Kind of have to take this news with a grain of salt. 5GB was the prior threshold anyway, so LTE users aren't gaining any extra bandwidth prior to being throttled. Non-LTE users are just getting less.
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so.. I'm confused. If i have an LTE phone in a market where there is no LTE --- is my threshold still 5GB? or is it 3GB?
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Good question but I'm thinking depending of what unlimited plan is stated on your account setting.
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Good question but I'm thinking depending of what unlimited plan is stated on your account setting.
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I would think it would be determined off of the actual data plan attached to the phone. For example, notes have lte data. Where original s2 has hspa+ data.
Just glad I don't have to freak out about going over 2gb now.
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scotty2hotty1125 said:
Kind of have to take this news with a grain of salt. 5GB was the prior threshold anyway, so LTE users aren't gaining any extra bandwidth prior to being throttled. Non-LTE users are just getting less.
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No it wasn't the previous threshold, explain all the users throttled at 2GB or less in January. Like me. This at least explains what "top 5%" means finally, and spells out when you will be throttled.
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No it wasn't the previous threshold, explain all the users throttled at 2GB or less in January. Like me. This at least explains what "top 5%" means finally, and spells out when you will be throttled.
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That was confirmed ro be a glitch in the system... Those that called in were unthrottled
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s1mpd1ddy said:
so.. I'm confused. If i have an LTE phone in a market where there is no LTE --- is my threshold still 5GB? or is it 3GB?
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Do you have an LTE plan? I read it to mean if you have the plan regardless of whether you are in an LTE area. You could always travel to an LTE area and need more data...
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I would think it would be determined off of the actual data plan attached to the phone. For example, notes have lte data. Where original s2 has hspa+ data.
Just glad I don't have to freak out about going over 2gb now.
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Thats what I said though lol. There are 2 selections for unlmited plans, you can view them online as well under manage features. Smartphone personal unlmited and lte personal unlimited. When I had the note, yes I returned it..long story, I had the lte unlimited plan. This morning it automatically switched back to the smartphone personal plan which I guess I'll be throttled at 3gb instead of 5gb. I thought I may have been left on the lte unlimited plan. Either way this is a good step for us unlimited data customers but still not great.
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No it wasn't the previous threshold, explain all the users throttled at 2GB or less in January. Like me. This at least explains what "top 5%" means finally, and spells out when you will be throttled.
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5GB was the unofficial mark for throttling last year until they lost their mind and started throttling unlimited plan users before 3GB even though we were paying the same as the tier plan for 3 GB. That is when ATT lost all credibility. I have never used over 2 GB but would have like to have seen a higher limit of like 8 or 10 GB.
At least we do not have a moving limit now we can plan accordingly.
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Thankfully the arent using previous billing cycle lol....i am like 12gb this month
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Still not satisfied with 5GB
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That was confirmed ro be a glitch in the system... Those that called in were unthrottled
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Not all of us.
Still bull****. They should be sued to death
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after being throttle to .6 mb this cicle i have to say im not seing a difference in my usage
i currently am at 9gbs of usage this month and am able to still stream my nba games live at throttled speeds still.
i currently am doing my parctice were i use my phone a lot for video chat and photo taking for price checking and inventory.
I aint tryying to denfend att in no way in fact i did start a complaint here in puerto rico fcc equivalent when this whole five percent thing started to the point of having to talk to there customer service manager.
But is it really affecting you guys as much?
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I am at over 7GB, and have not been slowed down a bit. Not sure what the whole fuss is about!
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wish I could of kept my unlimited plan
It got all messed up last year
I tried to call and get it fixed but they didnt wanna help. Went up a few levels and still no unlimited plan =(
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wish I could of kept my unlimited plan
It got all messed up last year
I tried to call and get it fixed but they didnt wanna help. Went up a few levels and still no unlimited plan =(
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That sucks. That almost happened to me this time when I changed my phone to GNote from Atrix. ATT tried to pull a fast one by charging me the same price for 3gb of data. It wasn't a difficult process but they did have to make a claim. Nowadays even supervisors can't change the plan... Thankfully, i keep a good eye on my usage.
I wonder if you guys can get the unlimited data plan back with the iPhone 2G (aka Original iPhone) trick. Get an old iPhone, activate it on iTunes and it will get you the unlimited data plan since that was the only plan available for the iPhone 2G. Don't know if that loophole was closed but some people have claimed they tried it in December and it was still working as of then.
EDIT: Looks like that loophole has been closed and no longer works
Beats getting overcharged i guess buat am able to use my phone normally so maybe now att is using there heads
or you can go the verizon way and have an 10gb plan (20gb if ya bought it at christmas time)
now theres a plan i dont think anyone will cross
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The new policy did say 4G LTE users would not be slowed down as much as hspa +/3G users, of course they did not specify speeds.
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OkNewMedia said:
I am at over 7GB, and have not been slowed down a bit. Not sure what the whole fuss is about!
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What are you guys doing to hit 7GB , tethering lots of streaming? I think I need to get out if the house more and get off wifi lol.
So far I've only used 232 MB 7 days in lol. But that will change soon when I start to travel and such this summer. I plan on using my note to tether to my iPad and Transformer Prime.
they are only throttling iPhone users, not other unlimited plan users
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Im not tethering but i.dont have access to wifi also and i watch nba games all the time on my device and use google music as my main music player
gb of data will soon mean nothing with all the cool.stuff coming out for phones
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All unlimited users within the top 5% have been throttled since october '11
They published the policy online last month
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they are only throttling iPhone users, not other unlimited plan users
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All unlimited users within the top 5% have been throttled since october '11
They published the policy online last month
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Don't say that. Gez. Its only in certain areas. There are still plenty of people that haven't been throttled. You just don't hear from themes much
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What are you guys doing to hit 7GB , tethering lots of streaming? I think I need to get out if the house more and get off wifi lol.
So far I've only used 232 MB 7 days in lol. But that will change soon when I start to travel and such this summer. I plan on using my note to tether to my iPad and Transformer Prime.
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i used 2gb after 10 days into billing cycle
all i do is play games / browse website
i didnt even tether / stream / youtube once
When I get throttled I just get myself unthrottled. The ImEi trick always works
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Change APN, don't get throttled?
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Don't say that. Gez. Its only in certain areas. There are still plenty of people that haven't been throttled. You just don't hear from themes much
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They've been doing it for months and its everywhere not just in select areas but most people wouldn't ever use enough data to get throttled.
The only real change is that now they've set the throttle cap at 3gb for HSPA+ phones & 5gb for LTE phones. Up until last month they were basing the throttling on being in the 'top 5%' of other users in your area, which resulted in people on 'unlimited plans' getting throttled under 2gb.
Whoops I hitbthebthanks button. People are not getting throttled like they are supposed to. Its pretty easy to see. They are being selective
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Whoops I hitbthebthanks button. People are not getting throttled like they are supposed to. Its pretty easy to see. They are being selective
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Well thanks for the thanks anyway lol.. I was always suspicious of how they were throttling but now that they've set some actual numbers in stone I feel a little better about it. I'm a little irritated though that I pay for two identical unlimited data plans (for the past 5 years) and now one gives me 3GB while the other gives me 5GB.. even though I pay the same for both.. Oh well, its better than randomly being throttled at 2GB I guess.
At about 6.5gbs (which is pretty low for my average monthly usage) and have not been throttled even after reviving notification.
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Well...it is true that they are supposedly trying to only throttle in areas that are congested
That could explain the lack of throttling of some.
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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 $10 per Gb..no throttling.
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There's a work around where you can change your apn and get lower HSPA+ speeds back while being thottled.
Found it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19169588&postcount=1
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Reclaim said:
There's a work around where you can change your apn and get lower HSPA+ speeds back while being thottled.
Found it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19169588&postcount=1
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Att does not throttle there limited plans greenhouse they can charge you more when you go over. If on unlimited you can get your full speed back very easily through the ImEi trick.
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Att does not throttle there limited plans greenhouse they can charge you more when you go over. If on unlimited you can get your full speed back very easily through the ImEi trick.
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Very awesome! Though I sold my older phones. Womp Womp...
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Must have been a bad time of day Yes i.signed on for 5g 50$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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Just curious who has the old $30 plan and how much you guys are using with your M8's? Post your usage.
I'm on that plan, I only use 1-2 Gb per month tho.
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I average about 8gb a month but after that 5gb mark they throttle my speed down to a fifth of what i normally get.
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I average about 8gb a month but after that 5gb mark they throttle my speed down to a fifth of what i normally get.
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Anyway to get unthrottled?
Not that I know of.
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BlockEight88 said:
Anyway to get unthrottled?
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Change to a tiered data plan ?
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Yup loving unlimited, I use about 5gb a month and have never been throttled yet?.. Even used to teather with it
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Anyway to get unthrottled?
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Its been asked and attempted before on various devices; and I've never seen a solution that worked.
I'm still on a grandfathered unlimited plan as well. I'm not sure if "enjoying" is the right word, as I'm constantly cognizant of, and trying to stay under the 5GB throttle limit.
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Its been asked and attempted before on various devices; and I've never seen a solution that worked.
I'm still on a grandfathered unlimited plan as well. I'm not sure if "enjoying" is the right word, as I'm constantly cognizant of, and trying to stay under the 5GB throttle limit.
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Yeah. I'm trying to change the APN, but so far nothing is getting me unthrottled.
network [email protected] change anything on phone to "undo" it...once flagged your throttled,no matter what
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network [email protected] change anything on phone to "undo" it...once flagged your throttled,no matter what
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I'm getting low pings and about .58mbps down. Streaming and everything seems to be working ok.