its been a month now and we all have our toys configured hopefully.. whats your current data usage? my billing cycle ends 1-6, so ive still got time to eat up that data; 12.551 gigs so far
13.251 a few hours later... IIHF hockey on nhl.com!
i use 11-12gb a month.
About 6GB this month. And I feel like a hog using that much. Some guy over at Rootzwiki posted up that he used 82GB this cycle and only half of his cycle was on the Note 2, the other half was on 3G with some other device. Needless to say, I was offended. The statement "this is why we can't have nice things" comes to mind, in topic of unlimited data being removed and abusers like him.
2.5-3GB, I really should use more since I have unlimited..
I'm unlimited but have actually seen my data usage wane. I USED to use about 30 GB a month in my Thunderbolt days, but since got the Note2, I actually use Wifi at home and I work on a University Campus which is covered by Wifi corner to corner. The last two months I've averaged about 7GB actual 4G, the rest was all Wifi (and it's only so much because I've taken a week off in November and almost 3 weeks in December and drove around a lot)
I use around 3-4 gigs between my phone and tablet
6 gigs a month on an average plus whatever I use on WiFi.
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This I the most I've ever used. Already 4.5gb and my cycle ends on the 3rd. Even if there's wifi available, I never use it if I have lte.
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About 1 to 2 GB a month, unless my family and I go upstate on the weekends. We have no internet connection there, so tethering is a must. My usage has gone down since my school implemented student WiFi and now I don't have to tether there everyday.
Haven't really used that much since I picked up my Note on the 23rd. Only about 382 MB since then :/
about 2-3 gigs per month on the cell network, but i use wifi 80% of the time so i would guess about 8-10 gigs/month
most ive ever used was 45gb in one month, that was when i was on my galaxy nexus when it launched and it was my first lte device. now i use around 8-20gb a month.
When I upgraded to the Note 2 earlier this month, the VZW store employees were all called in to look at my account.I had an average data usage of 44MB per month with 2 LTE devices.
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When I upgraded to the Note 2 earlier this month, the VZW store employees were all called in to look at my account.I had an average data usage of 44MB per month with 2 LTE devices.
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MB or GB??? If you only use 44MB then you should not even have a smart phone....
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4-11gigs lol. Usually 4 since I would just use WiFi, but lately I've just been using my 4G. Still have unlimited.
I use to use over 10gb a month, but now I use less than 1gb shared between 3 phones. My wife is a nurse and is on wifi at home and at work, I spend my days at home or at a university campus, so I'm on Wifi all day. I have my music in the cloud, but I don't stream, I download 200-300 mp3s at a time and listen to them from phone storage. Sounds better and no unforeseen interruptions that way. I use the occasional data for browsing news articles and such when out and about. My son is too young (2yr old), and has data disabled on his phone. Mainly just used for childrens story books.
Currently on a 10gb shared data plan, but I think I'll lower to 6gb at the end of this billing cycle.
22 gigs right now and cycle ends on the 3rd. This is normal for me.
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Last month 267gb!!! I'm unlimited!!!!
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Last month 267gb!!! I'm unlimited!!!!
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Almost at 17GB with a little over a week left in my cycle
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In my opinion, I think Sprint should do a 10GB or 5GB data cap before throttling.
Why?
We will NEVER have decent speeds due to thousands of people abusing the "Unlimited"
If there was a cap, the people that are using their phones for home internet and torrenting using well over 30GB of data a month and they got throttled it would help the network A LOT!
Most of us dont even use more than 5 Gigs a month anyways.
The whole unlimited thing just isn't realistic
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In my opinion, I think Sprint should do a 10GB or 5GB data cap before throttling.
Why?
We will NEVER have decent speeds due to thousands of people abusing the "Unlimited"
If there was a cap, the people that are using their phones for home internet and torrenting using well over 30GB of data a month and they got throttled it would help the network A LOT!
Most of us dont even use more than 5 Gigs a month anyways.
The whole unlimited thing just isn't realistic
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I'm actually starting to think the same, I'm tired of having to be dealing with horrible internet speeds due to people who constantly brag about torrenting/downloading/tethering 10GB's+ a month, if they are so desperate they should just pay for home internet.
Yeah, having a data cap of 10Gigs or even 5 wouldnt be a problem. There is NO way we could use that much data unless we are torrenting or doing something ridiculous. Plus, we would have WAY better speeds
10 I'd be ok with 5 not so much
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I Completely Disagree
If you want a data cap go to Verizon and pay for the more decent speeds, If you want to be throttled go to T-Mobile. Sprint is marketing its unlimited data which brings it its customers. I agree that people are using too much but to each his own since they paid for Unlimited
Let the flaming begin
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10 I'd be ok with 5 not so much
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Yeah I could handle 10GB when I was with tmobile i use 5+ in under 2weeks
Now I average 7-11GB
No torrents or teathering
Just YouTube and email/web browsing
My question to the OP and anyone who thinks this is a good idea... "have YOU ever been throttled?
It sucks and I've had it stick for a few months in a row with tmobile... They gave me some nice credits but it was garbage that they couldn't even fix/turn it off when it should be...
Time will come when Sprint will have throttled/tiered data... But not any time this year or first quarter so I'm good (contract ends in June)
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I am going to agree, tiered data plans are the only way we will ever see good speeds. The unlimited can stay but not at current pricing. You are completely right, because the people that abuse it are the ones too cheap to get separate internet plans for home and mobile. They are the ones destroying our speeds. At the same time, some of the problem is sprints network equipment, but when you can do a speed test and see higher upload speeds than download, that is a symptom of capacity, too many people using the download stream at the same time.
I do agree. Capping data would be great because
-It will stop people from using it as their primary connection
-It will make more people go on WiFi when they are at their homes
-People will stop using data like crazy
If they do cap it, it should be reasonable like 3-5GB cap or if you have 2+ people (family plan) 8-10GB cap. This will actually help data speeds a lot. Remember how you got 2000 kb/s that time at 3am in the morning? Data will basically be that fast all the time.
Well I'm a hoger but I also like a cap so it can make me stop using so much even if I try to use a bit I go over so I'm trying to cut back so other can have 3g I do have 4g and lately this month I've been using it more thoe
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or the best way to have fast 3g all of us is sprint to add evdo rev b and advance to it 4g so we can use to but we know sprint is stupid and follow the blue and red haters
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I'm pretty sure it would suck just as bad with a data cap...
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I'm pretty sure it would suck just as bad with a data cap...
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exactly. their slow data has more to due to congestion (in terms of amount of people) than people abusing the unlimited data. remember, every one had unlimited data 1.5 years ago and did not have these speed issues you see on sprint.
Sounds good to me.
But I really wish that USA had a GSM dominated cellular market. HSPA+ is just sooo much better than 3G on Sprint...The one thing I really like about ATT and T-MO.
As long as Sprint continues to offer unconditional unlimited data people will use it to the maximum capacity. That is the nature of anything unlimited. As a result, quality decreases for all.
You should also be taking full advantage of your data, you pay for it and Sprint prides itself on providing it. Think of it as a buffet.
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Sounds good to me.
But I really wish that USA had a GSM dominated cellular market. HSPA+ is just sooo much better than 3G on Sprint...The one thing I really like about ATT and T-MO.
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That n phones could be used anywhere in the world lol
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i have a 30mb connection at my home that i pay for, i still use 20-30gb a month because I'm not home, I'm a truck driver. i vpn to my home network, i netflix, i YouTube. it is against the TOS to torrent but i don't on sprint because i can at home then download the tottered objects through tonido and subsonic.
there is a market for unlimited, i couldn't go to Verizon or att because i can't afford the $300 monthly bill
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My question to the OP and anyone who thinks this is a good idea... "have YOU ever been throttled?
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I was throttled on T-Mobile... I hated it with the passion of a thousand burning suns
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I use Netflix and YouTube and other various streams while I am at work, and when I need a program I download it on my phone and some tethering.... I use well over 8gb a month... and that's just me, there are three people on my plan (who use significantly less) Fastest connection I can get at home is a 768kbps and I'm too far away to use the WiFi on my phone (not that I use my phone at home anyways) but I tether when my sisters decide to rape our house connection. I don't torrent with it but I still use a ton of data.
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I use Netflix and YouTube and other various streams while I am at work, and when I need a program I download it on my phone and some tethering.... I use well over 8gb a month... and that's just me, there are three people on my plan (who use significantly less) Fastest connection I can get at home is a 768kbps and I'm too far away to use the WiFi on my phone (not that I use my phone at home anyways) but I tether when my sisters decide to rape our house connection. I don't torrent with it but I still use a ton of data.
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That's another point why it will suck when and if they throttle...
Netflix cannot be watch let alone youtube... And don't get me started on the lonely nights my girlfriend is out of town and I watch pRon..... It all would be impossible...
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I Completely Disagree
If you want a data cap go to Verizon and pay for the more decent speeds, If you want to be throttled go to T-Mobile. Sprint is marketing its unlimited data which brings it its customers. I agree that people are using too much but to each his own since they paid for Unlimited
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I guess you didnt see the wsj about Sprints unlimited data today? I hope you all don't expect Sprint to still have unlimited data by the end of 2012.
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
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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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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.
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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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Pro-throttle here! Stop bogging down my network
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Considering that throttling is only encouraging users to find work arounds and quadruple their data consumption in retaliation/effort to up the 5%, I'd have to say I would be against it...
And if my 2gb of data is congesting the network...I would say ATT has got some pretty serious issues to work on.
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Pro-throttle here! Stop bogging down my network
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I would rather they do away with the tiered data and bring back unlimited. Then they could offer tiered throttling plans. 50 bucks for unlimited data with throttled after 5gb.
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I would rather they do away with the tiered data and bring back unlimited. Then they could offer tiered throttling plans. 50 bucks for unlimited data with throttled after 5gb.
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Unlimited is Unlimited! This is robbery! AT&T made this deal with its customers and now they wanna cheat them! It isn't fair. I know that life isn't fair but if you can't cheat them and skip paying for a few months then they should have to live up to their end as well! I pay for the 4GB/tethering plan but I still think that AT&T should cut the BS out and give these people the service that they deserve!
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Pro-throttle here! Stop bogging down my network
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That's not the point. The point is AT&T is breaking contract they signed with Unlimited data users. Some being throttled at 1GB. It's not right.
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That's not the point. The point is AT&T is breaking contract they signed with Unlimited data users. Some being throttled at 1GB. It's not right.
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Actually, no, it's still unlimited. They're not cutting off customers. Throttling at 1g, however, is pretty asinine. I've heard of 1.5-2g, which IMO is pretty reasonable. I don't stream nonsense to my phone, but I have all of my email, google sync, app updates etc etc all going to my phone and I use maybe 600m/month on average.
Back to the point of the second poster, I have to agree, a lot of this is because of assholes who eat 10-20-30+ gigs a month tethering. I'd have to be they're the .5% of the users or smaller, yet using most of the bandwidth. So this is how companies compensate.
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Cisco Ironport shows the above site to be blocked due to malware, please clean/straighten it up for access.
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Interesting. I accessed it from my work computer just fine and where I work the security is tight.
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i got a message saying i was in the top 5% so i checked my data and i was at 2gigs you got to be kidding me
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Actually, no, it's still unlimited. They're not cutting off customers. Throttling at 1g, however, is pretty asinine. I've heard of 1.5-2g, which IMO is pretty reasonable. I don't stream nonsense to my phone, but I have all of my email, google sync, app updates etc etc all going to my phone and I use maybe 600m/month on average.
Back to the point of the second poster, I have to agree, a lot of this is because of assholes who eat 10-20-30+ gigs a month tethering. I'd have to be they're the .5% of the users or smaller, yet using most of the bandwidth. So this is how companies compensate.
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Yes. 30GB is excessive but the percentage of those is less than the guy who may use 4-5GB (which is reasonable) and is being throttled at 1-2GB.
If they want to throttle then the Bernstein should be refined. Packages should be sold as someone else suggested. $30 unlimited 3GB throttle. $50 unlimited 5GB throttle. And so on.
Just my. 02, agree or not that's how I see it.
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Since they are going to throttle us, why is it at 2gb? The 3gb tiered data plan is the same 30.00 price as our alleged unlimited plans.
At least start the throttling at 3gb! This is madness to me since they continue to advertise theze great network speeds, yet there are places in the US that don't have 3g let alone 4g. Theo.my reason they keep speeding.g up the network is because it gets the tiered plan holders closer to their limit even faster so the can charge more.
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Frrrrrrunkis said:
Since they are going to throttle us, why is it at 2gb? The 3gb tiered data plan is the same 30.00 price as our alleged unlimited plans.
At least start the throttling at 3gb! This is madness to me since they continue to advertise theze great network speeds, yet there are places in the US that don't have 3g let alone 4g. Theo.my reason they keep speeding.g up the network is because it gets the tiered plan holders closer to their limit even faster so the can charge more.
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Because 3GB data plan was just in effect in about a month. Most who signed up for 3GB probably haven't see their first bill yet.
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.
http://m.afterdawn.com/article.cfm/2012/04/04/sprint_confirms_4g_lte_will_be_unlimited
Woohoo
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I should hope so. They charge you $10 a month extra now for data.
I agree. We got boned hard with crappy WiMax. 3G has been awful lately. We need a break.
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I agree. We got boned hard with crappy WiMax. 3G has been awful lately. We need a break.
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Same thing here in NJ.
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Same thing here in NJ.
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Ever since sprint got the iPhone, bandwidth has gone to crap. It's that simple. That's why they didn't get the iPad.. already strained 3g network.
"Why Sprint Got Shut Out of Apple’s iPad Party"
http://mashable.com/2012/03/08/why-no-sprint-ipad/
So lte phones will be out soon, but when will we have lte service?
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unlimited, on a limited network. Look how much 4g verizon,att has. I believe sprint has the smallest footprint when it comes to 4g. I know I'll probably never see it in West Virginia.
I use to have 5 lines with Sprint on their everything family plan. I've winded down to 2 and in May it'll be 0. Their data's slow, in DC. To load Google Maps to find a place near you took a couple of minutes. It was embarrassing.
Sprint - 2 Smartphone lines, $150 (unlimited data)
ATT - 2 smartphone lines, $150 (3gb data)
VZ - 2 smartphone lines, $150 (4gb data)
All our texts go via Google Voice for over a year now....
Honestly, when I hear unlimited, I'm really hearing "slow."
Why does everyone hate sprints data? Its always been AMAZING for me, 3G is always atleast 1mbps can sometimea get up around 1.8, I have 4g in my home town and ive gotten it in quite a few other states for example mississippi, missouri, etc.. I usually get around 8-10 mbps on 4g nd I knoe thats not up to speed with lte but thats more than ill ever need haha besides ive used their network to download over 15gbs of movies in the same week before and that really puts their unlimited plan to use!
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Most people get way less than that
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I made sure to point out that graduated it's in DC... The voice calls are always greater, but data.... that's another story.
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are they going to charge $10 "premium" data?
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are they going to charge $10 "premium" data?
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They already do, the 10$ premium data is for all smartphones with or without 4G capabilities... Here ya go...
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They already do, the 10$ premium data is for all smartphones with or without 4G capabilities... Here ya go...
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I know that they already do, when I signed up for them they told me that this fee was because of the 4G connectivity. So now I am wondering if this is going to be charged when you use an LTE phone?
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I know that they already do, when I signed up for them they told me that this fee was because of the 4G connectivity. So now I am wondering if this is going to be charged when you use an LTE phone?
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changed from a 4g fee to a smartphone fee ages ago...so if your LTE phone is a smartphone (always will be) $10 you pay yes?