I am still on a unlimited plan on my iPhone 5 after I pass 5 gb I usually get throttled. I'm way past 5 now and almost to 6 and have not been throttled yet. Anyone else have the same experience ? I wonder if they got rid of it, which I doubt they would do.
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AT&T 5 GB throttling gone?
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Same here. I hit 5.5 GB a few months back and was surprised that I didn't get throttled.
If you use data at a fast rate, I just wonder if it takes their systems a little while to catch up with you.
If you use data at a fast rate, I just wonder if it takes their systems a little while to catch up with you.
I was wondering this too.
I used 8gb last month, got the warning text that I was approaching 5gb, but never got throttled.
I used 8gb last month, got the warning text that I was approaching 5gb, but never got throttled.
I think it varies by location and network traffic.
I noticed a few times before when a line on my account got over the softcap and never got a message from AT&T or slower speeds.
Perhaps, but according to AT&T that isn't supposed to happen. On their website, they state that you get throttled at 3GB on 3G and 5GB on LTE -- no matter where you are. I believe the warning message states you "will" be throttled at these benchmarks, not "you may be".
Regardless, I'd be thrilled to get more than that if that policy isn't strict -- and it doesn't sound like it is.
Yep, I know their policy.
Just stating personal past experience.
In some areas with less traffic they might be more lenient with their policy perhaps.
Woops, my bad. I'm on Verizon.
But yeah, I use about 100GB a month on my unlimited. It's my only source of internet and I work from home, so. . . .
I think it should be noted that, at least from prior personal experience, the throttling actions were hardly immediate. I.E. if you blew through 4GB in an hour, it would take AT&T some time to register this and throttle you if this put you over the 5GB limit.
are you saying you are throttled or unthrottled? cuz the speed doesn't seem either low or high
Is it possible the throttling is by account, by region, and by tower? So, if many tiered-plan iPhones are connecting to a tower that you are connected to, and you're over your limit, tiered-plan phones will get priority and your speeds decreased? This seems plausible, but I've never been throttled and not sure how it all shakes down...
I think something has happened. Enough unlimited users have been eliminated or moved over to tiered plans, hence, AT&T no longer feels the need to throttle the select few with unlimited. I noticed that this month, I reached 8GB and I was not throttled. Before it was 3GB, then it increased to 4GB, now, 8GB and full speed still available.
