Data usage warning so soon! - Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE

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Wow, I just bought the phone Saturday!
Triggered the default 2GB of data warning already.
I'd never make it on another carrier, I'd be buried in data overages.
I haven't tethered, watched any lengthy video or streamed any media.
Thank Dan for unlimited data.
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Nice sir but would you mind me asking what are you using so much data on? 0.0

Racer Of All said:
Nice sir but would you mind me asking what are you using so much data on? 0.0
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porns!!!

Cause of the whole HTC custom delay I almost went with AT&T till I realize how easy it is to go over 2gb of data. 2gb isn't much at all.

shook187 said:
Cause of the whole HTC custom delay I almost went with AT&T till I realize how easy it is to go over 2gb of data. 2gb isn't much at all.
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Theirs is really only 2gb? Holy crap. I was thinking it was 5 gb when I was telling people at work how you can't beat Sprint's unlimited data.
I'm on wifi a lot of the time (home and work) so I really limit my sprint network usage.
According to my stats (reset on the 1st), I've used 450 mb in the last 6 days on mobile and 900 mb on wifi. I feel like I've had pretty light usage this past week too. I'm going to be house sitting for a week starting tomorrow so I expect to use AT&T's cap over 3g in a matter of days

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Nice sir but would you mind me asking what are you using so much data on? 0.0
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Not even sure really, hell the Google+ is a huge head scratcher, I've come back to it sure but only a few minutes here & there, hell you'd think I lived on it looking at the image .
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I agree OP - if/when Sprint drops unlimited data I am EXTREMELY SCREWED

Kujila said:
I agree OP - if/when Sprint drops unlimited data I am EXTREMELY SCREWED
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Hell if Sprint drops unlimited data THEY would be extremely screwed lol. No other reason to stay on a ****ty network with limited data...

Doomstang said:
Theirs is really only 2gb? Holy crap. I was thinking it was 5 gb when I was telling people at work how you can't beat Sprint's unlimited data.
I'm on wifi a lot of the time (home and work) so I really limit my sprint network usage.
According to my stats (reset on the 1st), I've used 450 mb in the last 6 days on mobile and 900 mb on wifi. I feel like I've had pretty light usage this past week too. I'm going to be house sitting for a week starting tomorrow so I expect to use AT&T's cap over 3g in a matter of days
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you do realize this is just the default settings in the usage app on this phone right? 2GB was not placed there by Sprint and you can actually increase what you want the Data warning to be as i just did in this photo

BrianBaker said:
you do realize this is just the default settings in the usage app on this phone right? 2GB was not placed there by Sprint and you can actually increase what you want the Data warning to be as i just did in this photo
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Yes I fully understand that's just the default warning...I had ICS on my Evo 3D and saw the warning and adjusted it to no cap. I was just meaning to say how crappy it would be to really be limited at just 2GB.

SPreston2001 said:
Hell if Sprint drops unlimited data THEY would be extremely screwed lol. No other reason to stay on a ****ty network with limited data...
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You better say that .... Unlimited is the only reason why I have stayed with sprint so long. considering leaving because of all the lies they tell.
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BrianBaker said:
you do realize this is just the default settings in the usage app on this phone right? 2GB was not placed there by Sprint and you can actually increase what you want the Data warning to be as i just did in this photo
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Yeah, this may be true.... but why pre-install a data tracker on a phone whose network is unlimited. Kinda pointless unless you plan on changing something very shortly. Sprint can monitor people abusing the unlimited data so It just seems a bit fishy. Sprint is notorious for telling the customer one thing and doing another. Secondly why is this tracker only on an LTE phone.

Are you using the photo upload on google + and dropbox over 3G?

bluephi1914 said:
Yeah, this may be true.... but why pre-install a data tracker on a phone whose network is unlimited. Kinda pointless unless you plan on changing something very shortly.
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It's just part of ICS...not like Sprint added it in. They would have had to gone out of their way to remove the data tracker and then people would get mad that built in features have been removed.
My desktop PC has built in battery monitoring capabilities. It's never going to be battery powered but it's just part of the OS

Doomstang said:
It's just part of ICS...not like Sprint added it in. They would have had to gone out of their way to remove the data tracker and then people would get mad that built in features have been removed.
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O how true that is people would of had a fit
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SPreston2001 said:
Hell if Sprint drops unlimited data THEY would be extremely screwed lol. No other reason to stay on a ****ty network with limited data...
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That's the ONLY reason I stay on sprint!! Even though it takes longer to do anything, I can still do a lot more than on any other network for the price. I always use over 4gigs every month. Would be a lot more if it counted what I use on WiFi.
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NCRoadster said:
Are you using the photo upload on google + and dropbox over 3G?
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Ahh, the auto photo uploads. Wow if I racked that up from the current camera app, thats nuts.
Yes, I am.
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Wow, I just bought the phone Saturday!
Triggered the default 2GB of data warning already.
I'd never make it on another carrier, I'd be buried in data overages.
I haven't tethered, watched any lengthy video or streamed any media.
Thank Dan for unlimited data.
Sent from my EVO LTE
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If you don't mind me asking... how the hell did you use 2gb of data on sorry ass sprint 3g. If i streamed video for a month straight i think it would buffer for half of the time, not even letting me reach 2gb.

It's not "sorry", everywhere. My area is ok 3G wise. Sprint outpaces Verizon 3G in my area.
I'm away from home now but this is the crappiest I've had:
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Been with sprint for 13.years... As soon as they drop my unlimited I'm going to tmobile.. It blazes around me..
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Noiro said:
It's not "sorry", everywhere. My area is ok 3G wise. Sprint outpaces Verizon 3G in my area.
I'm away from home now but this is the crappiest I've had:
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Yeah I get around 600-700kbps on download but that is more than enough for the things I'll be doing on the go. I can even stream Netflix with no buffer (after the initial one, of course). It honestly is not that bad but then again I don't live in a busy area. I reckon in that scenario it would suck.

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Is Verizon throttling my 4g?

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I'm not sure, as I can only speak from my own personal experience.
I currently have +56gb downloaded this billing cycle, and I'm still getting as of my last speed test 42.56mbps down.
I think if they throttled, they would have already cut me off a while ago.
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Awfully long PING time. Although you had 3 signal bars. Maybe the network experiencing slowdowns in your area due to heavy usage??
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randpost said:
I'm not sure, as I can only speak from my own personal experience.
I currently have +56gb downloaded this billing cycle, and I'm still getting as of my last speed test 42.56mbps down.
I think if they throttled, they would have already cut me off a while ago.
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56gb?????? WTF
There have been issues with 4g everywhere throughout the day. Unless you were in the top 4% of the data users for last month they most likely didn't throttle you and if they did you would have noticed it already. They do it on a month by month basis and unthrottle you at the end of the month assuming that you didn't somehow end up in the top 4% again.
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Awfully long PING time. Although you had 3 signal bars. Maybe the network experiencing slowdowns in your area due to heavy usage??
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56gb?????? WTF
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I've been trying to improve my torrent ratio on private torrent sites via 4g. so i nearly filled my sdxc64gb card to pad my upload stats. Thank god I have excellent 4g coverage in my area. 4g easily beats my Cox Premiere connection, although I do have to limit my peer connections to maintain excellent speeds.
randpost said:
I've been trying to improve my torrent ratio on private torrent sites via 4g. so i nearly filled my sdxc64gb card to pad my upload stats. Thank god I have excellent 4g coverage in my area. 4g easily beats my Cox Premiere connection, although I do have to limit my peer connections to maintain excellent speeds.
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Well then, dont be surprised if VZW throttles your connection. Thats hella HUGE bandwidth.lol
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Well then, dont be surprised if VZW throttles your connection. Thats hella HUGE bandwidth.lol
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TBH, I expected some throttling long ago on previous 4g phones, yet it never happened. I wouldn't be surprised or upset, I actually feel as if I deserve it. Anyway I currently have 6 phones on my account, 5 which are family planned and 1 that isn't (My Rezound), and all have unlimited data plans, but my phones is the only one actually using abnormal amounts of data. I'm not sure if that plays a part in the scheme of things.
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I've been trying to improve my torrent ratio on private torrent sites via 4g. so i nearly filled my sdxc64gb card to pad my upload stats. Thank god I have excellent 4g coverage in my area. 4g easily beats my Cox Premiere connection, although I do have to limit my peer connections to maintain excellent speeds.
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There's no reason to be using that much data from a phone. I'm going to try to be nice but you are the reason they cap data and throttle speeds, so the best decision is to get a home network before they cap even older plan's.
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brisdaddy1207 said:
There's no reason to be using that much data from a phone. I'm going to try to be nice but you are the reason they cap data and throttle speeds, so the best decision is to get a home network before they cap even older plan's.
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I have a home network connection and i get 50mbps down and 5mbps up. I'm still going to use my unlimited 4g data for all it's worth and more. Is there some unwritten rule that I should police myself in regards to 4g data consumption?
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I've been trying to improve my torrent ratio on private torrent sites via 4g. so i nearly filled my sdxc64gb card to pad my upload stats. Thank god I have excellent 4g coverage in my area. 4g easily beats my Cox Premiere connection, although I do have to limit my peer connections to maintain excellent speeds.
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Rotflmao. Seriously man. Keep it on the DL.
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I think the point is that wireless data is limited bandwidth so as more users come on 4g, there is less to go around. It's not wired which should be more unlimited. I can understand them limiting the top abusers.
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You're not being throttled. Verizon doesnt throttle 4G, only 3G, and on congested towers during peak times. The whole network is having an outage today. So that's probably what it is.
zetsumeikuro said:
You're not being throttled. Verizon doesnt throttle 4G, only 3G, and on congested towers during peak times. The whole network is having an outage today. So that's probably what it is.
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This ^
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randpost said:
I've been trying to improve my torrent ratio on private torrent sites via 4g. so i nearly filled my sdxc64gb card to pad my upload stats. Thank god I have excellent 4g coverage in my area. 4g easily beats my Cox Premiere connection, although I do have to limit my peer connections to maintain excellent speeds.
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What ratio are you trying to pad? It's an easy way to get caught sharing illegal content sharing that much at that speed, I should know and I got caught sharing at 20 kbs kept it low to stay invisible, worked 99/100 like they say about everything. After the email from cox I am done at torrent sites.
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What ratio are you trying to pad? It's an easy way to get caught sharing illegal content sharing that much at that speed, I should know and I got caught sharing at 20 kbs kept it low to stay invisible, worked 99/100 like they say about everything. After the email from cox I am done at torrent sites.
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torrents can be legal. With that said, I'm on private torrent sites. I'm free of the MPAA and organizations like it reporting my actions to my ISP. I don't have to fear those annoying letters from COX Communications (they allow over 10 infractions per account anyway.) I'm not saying I would have anything to fear anyway, since I'm 100% legit :x
Hey*guys and gals. Show your support and send this guy a quick note. Please do not allow VZW to "throttle" unlimited 4G LTE plan owners. He is on our side. Don't enter a BS email address.
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AT&T updates its throttling stance on Unlimited data plans

For customers on an unlimited plan with a 3G or "4G" phone (i.e. HSPA+), you'll now be able to enjoy full data speeds up to 3GB, after which you'll then see your speeds decrease until the start of the next billing cycle. If you have a 4G LTE phone, however, you'll have a full 5GB to play with before the throttling kicks in.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/01/...ttling-changes-now-kicks-in-at-3gb-or-5gb-fo/
Glad they cleared that up, even though throttling still sucks. I got throttled for the first time in February after I hit 2.1GB. At least now I know I can go up to 3GB.
I wonder if I can smooth talk a CR to switch me to an Unlimited 4G LTE plan so I can go up to 5GB and not be throttled?
Hmmmmmm, still doesn't sound "unlimited" to me...
Maybe at that point my phone bill should be throttled since I'm really not getting "unlimited" that I pay for.
Guess at least they finally made an announcement
So $10 every GB before throttling was the math they used.
Red5 said:
For customers on an unlimited plan with a 3G or "4G" phone (i.e. HSPA+), you'll now be able to enjoy full data speeds up to 3GB, after which you'll then see your speeds decrease until the start of the next billing cycle. If you have a 4G LTE phone, however, you'll have a full 5GB to play with before the throttling kicks in.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/01/...ttling-changes-now-kicks-in-at-3gb-or-5gb-fo/
Glad they cleared that up, even though throttling still sucks. I got throttled for the first time in February after I hit 2.1GB. At least now I know I can go up to 3GB.
I wonder if I can smooth talk a CR to switch me to an Unlimited 4G LTE plan so I can go up to 5GB and not be throttled?
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I just saw this as well! Heh. bout time they wised up.
jasvncnt1 said:
Hmmmmmm, still doesn't sound "unlimited" to me...
Maybe at that point my phone bill should be throttled since I'm really not getting "unlimited" that I pay for.
Guess at least they finally made an announcement
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They're still giving you unlimited data, but there is not guarantee of speed.
Do a lot of people in general actually use 3GB data a month? Outside of download porn, I'd have to try real hard to get to 2GB.
Basically we're grandfathered into an "unlimited" 3GB, after which you get about as much data as a dumbphone.
NJGSII said:
They're still giving you unlimited data, but there is not guarantee of speed.
Do a lot of people in general actually use 3GB data a month? Outside of download porn, I'd have to try real hard to get to 2GB.
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I get that..but once you get throttled the speeds are just about worthless.
What if you buy a car and they say, yup you can drive it for 5 miles as fast as ya want. But after 5 miles your going to be dropped back to 20 miles an hour
Its AT&Ts subtle way of forcing users off of the Unlimited plan and get on a tiered plan... which would be 3GB anyway. So why would a person pay$30 to get 3GB when they currently pay $25 and can go up to 3GB and then be throttled but still get a little more? I dont like the idea of being throttled either, but they've been doing it for a year and they are not going to stop... so Im tired of seeing people complain about something that wont change... yet our plan is still better than the 3GB tiered plan.
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They're still giving you unlimited data, but there is not guarantee of speed.
Do a lot of people in general actually use 3GB data a month? Outside of download porn, I'd have to try real hard to get to 2GB.
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I go way over 3GB every month. But, I make no effort to use wifi unless I am downloading something 300MB+ (read: video podcasts, TV shows). Here is my past usage. That month that I am under 5GB is the only month I am under 5GB in the past 12. That month I switched to wifi whenever possible, to see the minimum amount of data I could use without changing my use habits. I don't have access to wifi at work, and seldom in public. I don't tether, or download porn, or torrent (when on data, I do torrent, but switch to wifi).
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Never been warned of throttling, or throttled. But, I never see speeds as fast as 3MBps in my "4G" town.
I'm fine with throttling after a certain level. I think it makes sense, and makes it easier to understand. If I start to be throttled I know I will have to change my use habits, that's life. Why fight what we can't change? Where I live att is the only carrier that provides stable data. Sprint is useless, Verizon's 3G kinda works, and TMo won't even get edge connectivity. But, att pushes 2-3 MBps consistently, and calls never drop (after turning in my iPhone). I expect they will test this for a while, as they continue to tweak the throttle threshold and speed. I also expect them to bring back unlimited, like TMobile does it. So that everyone is "Unlimited", and you select how much data you want at full speed. I see this as the groundwork for that. Att is the carrier most vocal about data usage expected to increase like 20,000 fold in the next 3-5 years.
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not that I agree with throttling but yes, that still is unlimited. They're not stopping your data after 3GB. They're just slowing it down. Thats still an unlimited plan, so there's nothing illegal with this.
nyydynasty said:
not that I agree with throttling but yes, that still is unlimited. They're not stopping your data after 3GB. They're just slowing it down. Thats still an unlimited plan, so there's nothing illegal with this.
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Who said anything about illegal?
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What do they throttle speeds at?
If it was 5gb then I wouldn't mind so much, but 3gb just seems not right.
nyydynasty said:
not that I agree with throttling but yes, that still is unlimited. They're not stopping your data after 3GB. They're just slowing it down. Thats still an unlimited plan, so there's nothing illegal with this.
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Exactly my point. I don't agree with it either, but after they're throttling you you're still getting data.
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Exactly my point. I don't agree with it either, but after they're throttling you you're still getting data.
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I only been throttled once, and have you actually tried using throttled internet?
It takes forever to even load XDA.
At least they have clarified when they will begin throttling. One day, some enterprising mind will start up a GSM cell carrier with unlimited data! Or some enterprising mind at a current GSM carrier will bring back unlimited data.
I do go over by 5 by 2-3 gbs month because i use it for my work internet source. Questionable on illegal, but highly unethical. Unlimited speed is implied as well as amount. Thats like me asking for the money back from the previous 7 or 8 years that i was never getting close to 1GB, let alone 5, or the thousands of dropped calls throughout the years... They should just suck it up till our contracts end then require you to get a new plan.
Oh well ... thats my soap box
Oh, yeah they throttle to snail pace. Minute to open a page in browser is ridiculous...
Now I'm done
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Unbelievable. I'm angry at myself for canceling my unlimited data plan just two weeks ago to get the 3GB tiered plan, because they were throttling my unlimited plan at 2GB.
I'm going to call them and see if there is anything they can do about this..
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Exactly my point. I don't agree with it either, but after they're throttling you you're still getting data.
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Umm....not really. It's pretty unusable. They've recently bumped up the speed to about 270 kbps (it was previously around 100 kbps), but I still think it's over the top. If they bump the speed up more, raise the limit at which throttling will happen, and only throttle during peak times, I'd be alright with it. What's the point of throttling during off peak times, when no one is using data?
I also think they should discriminate throttling based on saturation.
The current method completely alienates a fair amount of their customers.
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I only been throttled once, and have you actually tried using throttled internet? . . .
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Exactly.

Evo LTE vs. ATT one X

Highly considering taking back my LTE and picking up a One X on ATT. I just can't handle 200kbs speeds when ATT has HSPA+ in my area running 8000kbs. Hell most of the time my data won't even function. Compared to my OG and 3D Evo, that actually worked decently.
What would I sacrifice? Battery life? Obviously the camera button, kickstand, and SD card..
You'd be sacrificing the chances of being a part of Network Vision. Wait til it hits your area and try out the LTE and new 3G updates, then make your decision.
don't forget you also have to worry about the locked bootloader issue. Although there's a workaround available already, it looks very high-risk:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671396
if you think the things you listed above is a good trade-off for 3/5gb of fast data, then go for it.
Who knows when so-called Network Vision goes live in unannounced markets. If you're not part of the 1st or 2nd wave and/or paying $50 or less/mo as part of some SERO plan, I'd return and go with a more mature data network.
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atlgator said:
Who knows when so-called Network Vision goes live in unannounced markets. If you're not part of the 1st or 2nd wave and/or paying $50 or less/mo as part of some SERO plan, I'd return and go with a more mature data network.
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i agree 100%. While I'm sure sprint is doing their best to revamp their network it wouldn't be wise to sign into another 2 year contract with them if your data speeds are that terrible and you don't know when the network vision upgrade will hit you...Also everybody is assuming that network vision is going to be the second coming of Jesus for sprint, but until they actually prove themselves you have no reason to believe that their network is going to get any better.
Wimax was absolutely useless for the large majority of sprint customers because of how unreliable it was. I'm sure LTE is going to be better, but i'm not going to take sprints word for it until it proves itself.
To each their own. I don't' mind the 3G so much, because everywhere I go has either open wifi, or there's wifi at work and at home. Problem solved - at least for me.
Most importantly, you're going to miss out on the true unlimited plan. Goodluck with that limit data.
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Most importantly, you're going to miss out on the true unlimited plan. Goodluck with that limit data.
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right, no unlimited data, and if there is a "unlimied" it slows down over time, aside from that...its hell expensive..but if you dont mind paying alot of extra for higher speeds...why not.. and from what i read i dont recomend the att one for the reason that it does not have external storage.
3 GB is plenty of data, I bet you don't even use half that per month on sprint. I'm not torrenting on my phone or anything, most apps are less than 20mb, and I'm not streaming full hd movies on a tiny screen.
Do yourself a favor, remember the best speed that you have ever had on sprint (hell even WiMax, I'll be lenient, 6Mbps). Now go into a Verizon or AT&T store and watch their 3g speed absolutely destroy that.
I;m in Dallas, so the city is an LTE firebed, I went into a AT&T store and ran a speed test on their network. I was getting anywhere from 32Mbps to 52 Mbps, yes, you read that correctly, approximately 8x the best speed of sprint.
Stop crippling your phones.
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3 GB is plenty of data, I bet you don't even use half that per month on sprint. I'm not torrenting on my phone or anything, most apps are less than 20mb, and I'm not streaming full hd movies on a tiny screen.
Do yourself a favor, remember the best speed that you have ever had on sprint (hell even WiMax, I'll be lenient, 6Mbps). Now go into a Verizon or AT&T store and watch their 3g speed absolutely destroy that.
I;m in Dallas, so the city is an LTE firebed, I went into a AT&T store and ran a speed test on their network. I was getting anywhere from 32Mbps to 52 Mbps, yes, you read that correctly, approximately 8x the best speed of sprint.
Stop crippling your phones.
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If your not doing ne thing like streaming or torrenting what do you need faster data for?
Id rather have slow data, and have it be unlimited...than have it fast and worry about going over. I dont argue that VZ or ATT dont have better networks...they do...but they also charge twice as much for it while giving you less.
Sprints 3g is fast enough for 99% of what i do on my phone (light browsing, email, fb, etc), and the other 1% im usually on wifi for or lte when it comes out in my area.
Would i like Sprint to be faster...sure...do i need it bad enough that id be willing to spend 2 times what i pay now..not a chance.
mastarifla said:
3 GB is plenty of data, I bet you don't even use half that per month on sprint.
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3GB is plenty? Yeah its plenty if you don't ever used Pandora, iheart or any other streaming radio app and you could forget about if you ever plan to use netflix or youtube. What's the point of all that speed if you can't hardly utilize it. Sorry but I'll take my change on getting locked in a unlimited LTE plan like Sprint then a teasing and expensive plan like AT&T.
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Do yourself a favor, remember the best speed that you have ever had on sprint (hell even WiMax, I'll be lenient, 6Mbps). Now go into a Verizon or AT&T store and watch their 3g speed absolutely destroy that.
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I hate to nit-pick, but EVDO Rev. A caps out at roughly 3000 kbps. I'm not sure where you're going to find a Verizon 3G device that will "destroy" 6 mbps considering that's what they're running on 3G devices.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution-Data_Optimized
While you can also argue that HSPA+ isn't truly 4G, and actually a modified 3G network, and based on the 3GPP standard. AT&T loves to tout this as part of their 4G network, and have fooled most non-technical people. These networks can provide a theoretical 160+ mbps, so yes, any network that can truly take advantage of newer HSPA+ hardware (phone and tower) can pull down incredible speeds.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSPA+
We all know it's not fair to judge these figures against LTE networks, but as an example, my iPhone 4S will pull down about 1.3-1.6 mbps depending on the time of day. I'm excited that they're upgrading my phone after some hardware issues, and will be joining the Android fold once again with either a GNex or EVO LTE.
Ninja Edit: http://i.imgur.com/mHTEM.png - Recent 2 mbps Sprint speedtest. I'm only getting 1.5 mbps tonight though.
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starplaya93 said:
i agree 100%. While I'm sure sprint is doing their best to revamp their network it wouldn't be wise to sign into another 2 year contract with them if your data speeds are that terrible and you don't know when the network vision upgrade will hit you...Also everybody is assuming that network vision is going to be the second coming of Jesus for sprint, but until they actually prove themselves you have no reason to believe that their network is going to get any better.
Wimax was absolutely useless for the large majority of sprint customers because of how unreliable it was. I'm sure LTE is going to be better, but i'm not going to take sprints word for it until it proves itself.
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I totally agree. Sprint has yet to prove their network can stand up to what the other carriers offer so ill believe it when I see it....
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shook187 said:
3GB is plenty? Yeah its plenty if you don't ever used Pandora, iheart or any other streaming radio app and you could forget about if you ever plan to use netflix or youtube. What's the point of all that speed if you can't hardly utilize it. Sorry but I'll take my change on getting locked in a unlimited LTE plan like Sprint then a teasing and expensive plan like AT&T.
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What good is unlimited data for music streaming apps in the car when the frigging phone keeps buffering?
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3 GB is plenty of data, I bet you don't even use half that per month on sprint.
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I use my 4G tablet as a wifi hotspot for my laptop at work. I typically burn through 500mb of data a night 4 nights a week. 1 work week = maxed out data.
Sprint 4G Data
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3GB of data is NOTHING.
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What good is unlimited data for music streaming apps in the car when the frigging phone keeps buffering?
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Yep this is what I hate the most.... Trying to stream music and it's always buffering..... Trying to stream low quality videos on YouTube and it's buffering....Like every two seconds...
DarkManX4lf said:
Yep this is what I hate the most.... Trying to stream music and it's always buffering..... Trying to stream low quality videos on YouTube and it's buffering....Like every two seconds...
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That's odd. I play Pandora and iheartradio with my phone all the time over Bluetooth to my helmet when I'm riding my motorcycle. I've never had a problem with either of them they both play flawlessly with no noticeable buffering.
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That's odd. I play Pandora and iheartradio with my phone all the time over Bluetooth to my helmet when I'm riding my motorcycle. I've never had a problem with either of them they both play flawlessly with no noticeable buffering.
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Not really all about how outdated their towers are in that area by my house speeds suck literally, five minutes down The road one way they are great go down Five minutes the other way they are worse lol
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Not really all about how outdated their towers are in that area by my house speeds suck literally, five minutes down The road one way they are great go down Five minutes the other way they are worse lol
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Well then, the only logical solution is to move. LTEvo > House.

How can I get Sprint to respond to this slow data?

I've been calling every day, every day they tell me no data outages in my area. Have another Sprint user in my building getting same speeds. I've resorted to installing a 3G roaming PRL because they simple won't do anything about it. Before 9/4 the data was fine, slow at times, but I could at least stream Pandora, etc...
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Sorry that's so hard to see... but it's less than 100kbps download on almost ALL of them... It's slower than 56k modem most of the time. I have 3G symbol with 4/6 bars and never had bad data like this in the location before 9/4/2012.
Well you could hold your breath or move to city with lte... Jk but yeah I feel ya on the slow data.
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Ever heard of "Sprint Vision"? Maybe its happening in your area now.
via EVO.
This is usually what happens when you contact Sprint for issues:
A Speedtest screenshot would've done this justice .vs the off centered text.
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Blackcircle said:
Ever heard of "Sprint Vision"? Maybe its happening in your area now.
via EVO.
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Is it common that when the roll out vision data speeds go to crap before they get better? It's funny as it only seems to be in this 2 mile range around my work. By my house, I'm getting 3G speeds above 1400kbps (which I've never got before). I've told Sprint that, told them that I've updated my profile, basically told them everything and that I just want them to tell an engineer despite what their system shows, that their is slow data in this address range... Still nothing.
Guess I'll just get my contract terminated for roaming...
Genjinaro said:
A Speedtest screenshot would've done this justice .vs the off centered text.
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A speedtest is ONE run. This is a speedtest export of MANY runs.
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A speedtest is ONE run. This is a speedtest export of MANY runs.
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In the Speedtest Application, just hit the "RESULTS" tab below & it'll give you every run, (date + time, download, upload & ping)
I'm well aware of that, but I wanted more results than that displays, so I exported to CSV. I've fixed the first post so it was better formatting.
fldash said:
Is it common that when the roll out vision data speeds go to crap before they get better? It's funny as it only seems to be in this 2 mile range around my work. By my house, I'm getting 3G speeds above 1400kbps (which I've never got before). I've told Sprint that, told them that I've updated my profile, basically told them everything and that I just want them to tell an engineer despite what their system shows, that their is slow data in this address range... Still nothing.
Guess I'll just get my contract terminated for roaming...
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I have read that speeds can be affected during the switch over. In my personal experience, it also depends on geographic location. I live in Lake Worth FL, I get 2mb down and almost 900kb up from my house on 3g. Now, I work in North Miami Beach, I'm lucky if I get 100kb down and 3 kb up down here, even on 5 bars. This is even before the LTE rollout. Just because you have a good signal, doesn't mean your data will be fast. I think some areas may be over subscribed, they just don't have the bandwidth available for all their devices in some areas. Hopefully this will get better as they rollout LTE in my area.
If they are upgrading to vision it would be more likely that your speeds would fluctuate rather then stay at a constant low. They may be repairing towers in that area and pushing the load onto remaining towers. That essentially cripples available bandwidth. Had to put up with a similar issue for almost 3 straight months. They should tell you if there are any repairs or improvements being done. Have you tried having your call escalated?
Call customer retentions. Quit messing around with the customer support people who have no power
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Rxpert said:
Call customer retentions. Quit messing around with the customer support people who have no power
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+1 on this. That was going to be my recommendation as well.
CR will probably credit you which looks like you are entitled with the crappy service. And yes, data gets worse during NV upgrades, especially when they are working on the backhaul to the towers. It gets worse before it gets better then you will know its almost time to light up LTE. in short, nothing much more you can do other than leave Sprint but I'm thinking it will be regretted in the end.
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When you say respond what exactly are you wanting them to do?
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Quis89 said:
When you say respond what exactly are you wanting them to do?
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Uh, fix it. No one should have data this slow consistently. Every single second. I understand periods of slowness, but this is absurd.
And, it looks like they fixed it last night... Back to normal 400-600kbps.
I've had data that slow at home for close to 15 months, all I got was an Airave (sounds like a motto on a t-shirt).
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Uh, fix it. No one should have data this slow consistently. Every single second. I understand periods of slowness, but this is absurd.
And, it looks like they fixed it last night... Back to normal 400-600kbps.
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lol there are places that have had data that slow for 2+ years now with no fixes from sprint.
Get an Airave!, I just moved to a remote area of Hawaii, no data and 1bar at best. Two days after calling for an airave I recieved it. Now 5bars and full 3g. Best part is its free!
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I believe i am being throttled

Hey people I understand sprints network is unlimited etc.... but me and the other person on my line are rooted and we tether he used probably near 15-20gb i used probably about 5 and ever since the 30th of december my 4g connection has been unreliable to the point where i have to turn on 3g to use the internet or it will just hang at loading the website or the app i even did a speedtest with other people that have sprint in my area they easily get over 10mbps while i cant even get 1mbps unless i throw 3g on..... my question is can i do anything about this? we both have sprint note 3s stock rooted i checked the towers in my area all are good! I called sprint they made me do a network reset etc update profile and prl nothing changed! please help
Could be defective but I don't think you're being throttled. Try taking the battery out for a few minutes.
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Hey people I understand sprints network is unlimited etc.... but me and the other person on my line are rooted and we tether he used probably near 15-20gb i used probably about 5 and ever since the 30th of december my 4g connection has been unreliable to the point where i have to turn on 3g to use the internet or it will just hang at loading the website or the app i even did a speedtest with other people that have sprint in my area they easily get over 10mbps while i cant even get 1mbps unless i throw 3g on..... my question is can i do anything about this? we both have sprint note 3s stock rooted i checked the towers in my area all are good! I called sprint they made me do a network reset etc update profile and prl nothing changed! please help [/QUOTE
My wife and I are with Sprint as well and we both strongly believe that Sprint throttles 4g LTE at 5 gb download. Every month when I hit 5 gb I can't connect to 4g until the next billing cycle. We are going to see how Spark is this year and if it's as piss poor as the current 4g we are jumping over to AT&T.
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w7excursion said:
Could be defective but I don't think you're being throttled. Try taking the battery out for a few minutes.
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Sprint has to be throttling I know my device is not defective it just so happens it's happening to both lines on my account we both used a decent amount of data I wonder if there is some sort of work around
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jamal717 said:
Sprint has to be throttling I know my device is not defective it just so happens it's happening to both lines on my account we both used a decent amount of data I wonder if there is some sort of work around
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Call and if they can't fix it on the spot demand credits to your account!
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Call and if they can't fix it on the spot demand credits to your account!
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Agreed. If you aren't in a roaming area, they shouldn't be throttling you. Make sure that you update your PRL and profile, reboot, then call them. There are a lot of factors, including times of day, towers from which you're pulling, &c. They know this info, so I suggest that have your facts before calling.
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jamal717 said:
Sprint has to be throttling I know my device is not defective it just so happens it's happening to both lines on my account we both used a decent amount of data I wonder if there is some sort of work around
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No throttling. 5gb isn't anything. I've used close to 100gb with no problems. For years I've easily gone over that 5gb mark. Someone here in another thread used almost 200gb. Just sounds like tower overload. New customers around Christmas time makes sense. Sprint should be able to see that.
Edit: For anyone that wants to see the unthrottled usage lol http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2592679&page=4
I'm having a similar issue. Will have to keep a close eye on it. I thought it was just my phone or the towers acting funny
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No throttling. 5gb isn't anything. I've used close to 100gb with no problems. For years I've easily gone over that 5gb mark. Someone here in another thread used almost 200gb. Just sounds like tower overload. New customers around Christmas time makes sense. Sprint should be able to see that.
Edit: For anyone that wants to see the unthrottled usage lol http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2592679&page=4
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Ya if data is not fast enough to stream some video in an area with lte coverage I would call and see whats up. Or go take your phone to another of the same model and compare signal strength. You can go into testing settings and make sure both are on same tower and see actual signal dBm.
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Good lord that's a lot of premium data lol. Should be a sin to use that much but it's not on Sprint .
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....... it's not on Sprint .
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Yes that is sprint lte at its best I love this phone/service. I cant see me needing spark untill phones have 4k displays and 4k video out. Maybe for really congested/populated cities its needed. wimax never made it here and lte is pretty new for us too, spark is probably years away for me anyways.

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