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AT&T throttles me every month @ 5GB ):
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You get what you pay for.
You knew you'd get throttled.
Switch to Sprint or Tmobile.
I think that's the only 2 carrier still offering unlimited and unthrottled data.
But with Sprint like others said their speeds feel like you're always throttled
You get what you pay for.
You knew you'd get throttled.
Switch to Sprint or Tmobile.
I think that's the only 2 carrier still offering unlimited and unthrottled data.
But with Sprint like others said their speeds feel like you're always throttled
I DID know I would be throttled. But this, this is insane. I mean, is 100 Kbps too hard? 256 would be nice.
Yup even when throttled I just remind myself how blisteringly fast it would be if I were on Sprint and I feel... Well... Still pretty bummed, but glad I'm not on Sprint.
Sprint totally blows.
I guess I should count my blessings to even have .5Mbs true unlimited rather than the .01Mbs they deal with on their whored out network.
Trick is STILL working by the way. Averaging 6-10Mbs with over 6.4GB dl'd this month. I'll take it!
Sprint totally blows.
I guess I should count my blessings to even have .5Mbs true unlimited rather than the .01Mbs they deal with on their whored out network.
Trick is STILL working by the way. Averaging 6-10Mbs with over 6.4GB dl'd this month. I'll take it!
Not much you can do about that.
Sometimes is higher and other times very slow.
At least they didn't shut you off completely or cancel your account completely like some other MVNO's do.
you had an older iPhone too right? you know they did throttle at 3 gigs a month. They upped it to 5 gigs when the lte iPhone 5 came out. ID like to see how pissed you would of been if you where throttled at 3. Be happy you have 5 and buy a bigger storage iPhone next time and load music on it if you want to stay under 5...
It's a matter of principle, AT&T specifically states it's a Unlimited plan, they should live up to their claim. Otherwise it is false advertising and a class action lawsuit is in order!
Sure it does. He has no job and no life. Spends every waking moment on his phone. Lol What did everybody do with their time before smartphones?
No, I'm the guy telling OP to be happy with 512 Kbps, because I don't get the same treatment on ST. And no, I have iphone 5c.
After disabling airplane mode call yourself and when it goes to voicemail wait 5 seconds then hang up... Then turn LTE back on and retest your speed.
Enterprise plans typically don't throttle, this is true for the major US carriers. I don't know the exact reasoning why this is true for enterprise and not for consumers but I suspect it's because they know they'd be in for bigger fights if they throttled speed when working with business critical data. We have AT&T, Verizon and Sprint accounts at work with several unlimited data plans on each of them along with several users across all three that use well over 5GB (8-12GB seems to be the average) each month. I personally averaged about 7GB on my old AT&T account and never saw any sort of throttling.
Even with my personal (non-work) iPhone I've only just now been hit with throttling on my grandfathered unlimited plan. I was out of town for 10 days with plenty of LTE coverage but no wifi access. Right now I'm at 0.5MB speeds and 7GB of data for the month.
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I attempted the same 3 times, doesn't work for me. iPhone 5, 7.0.3, AT&T.
I don't think I get throttled at all. I average 8 GB a month on my unlimited plan. I think it has more to do where you live.
That airplane mode trick DOESNT work. I've tried it like 10 times on different locations. Nothing.
The enterprise unlimited data plan is an option. It makes sense they wouldn't throttle it.
The enterprise unlimited data plan is an option. It makes sense they wouldn't throttle it.
+1 it's the best move I have ever madeSwitch to VZW and buy a line with unlimited data through AOL. You'll get service everywhere
Sure, except Verizon's coverage sucks here. Their LTE would cut in and out and often stick on 2G "O".
It doesn't work FOR YOU. I'm sorry that it isn't. Are you calling the people on here that are having success liars? Just curious.
buy a cellular booster and antenna for your car or home
You do have options to make it workUm. YES IT DOES. I'm just as shocked as anyone, but I have been unthrottled since last evening and I had been strapped to .5Mbs since 2 weeks ago for being over 5GB (and my reset date isn't until the 6th). I've been averaging over 10Mbs since last night (about my average unthrottled 5GB speed).
And can you CONFIRM that Enterprise isn't throttled? I know it "makes sense" that it wouldn't be, but no one has confirmed it at this point. The added benefits are just access to "business intranets" and such, no where does it indicate it's not throttled...
Regardless, until the trick stops working (which may be any second, I dunno), I have my throttling issue solved. I'm shocked and amazed, but it is still working fine...
Hello, I want this to work for you... Borrowed this from a similar post:
The "trick" of doing a full reboot of the phone, disabling LTE, enabling Airplane mode, calling yourself, waiting for the popup to disengage Airplane mode, doing so, and then re-enabling LTE seems to have accomplished the same thing that happened when I switched phones mid month (they aren't throttling me now).
I think there must be some sort of reset at the tower level that happens when this occurs. There must be an explanation, as I was being throttled, and now I'm not, all during the same billing cycle.
Many reasons... but the main one is that I want fast and unlimited data when I'm not home or at work. But when I'm somewhere where there's wifi I hop on it as it allows for more accurate location and for me to be able to talk and surf at the same time.