AT&T Unlimited Data - I'm Throttled!

[insimbi]

I recently upgraded from the iPhone 4S to the 5s and now have LTE speeds - which are great. Today I noticed my speeds seemingly very very slow. I got online and noticed my data usage is at 5224 MB. I guess 5GB is the limit before AT&T starts to throttle your speeds.

This sucks. I guess there is nothing to be done other than wait for my new billing cycle to start - which thankfully is in a couple days. I love the unlimited plan, but I wish it was truly unlimited. Dang! I guess I need to turn off iTunes Match and wait to update apps when on wifi instead.

 

[Applejuiced]

That's well known for years now.
On unlimited LTE plans its 5GB and on 3G unlimited data plans its 3GB.

 

[predation]

I recently upgraded from the iPhone 4S to the 5s and now have LTE speeds - which are great. Today I noticed my speeds seemingly very very slow. I got online and noticed my data usage is at 5224 MB. I guess 5GB is the limit before AT&T starts to throttle your speeds.

This sucks. I guess there is nothing to be done other than wait for my new billing cycle to start - which thankfully is in a couple days. I love the unlimited plan, but I wish it was truly unlimited. Dang! I guess I need to turn off iTunes Match and wait to update apps when on wifi instead.

it is unlimited....lol

 

[alent1234]

if you have to wait to update your apps, then you are using old apps

so uncool

 

[insimbi]

if you have to wait to update your apps, then you are using old apps

so uncool

Whatchu talkin' bout Willis?

 

[alent1234]

if you listen to music off local storage or sync your itunes match via wifi instead of streaming it,

another major uncool

 

[JoeFkling]

they dont f around either. I got the text that I was getting close to the limit, then boom, next day, no netflix.

 

[atticus27]

it resets every month. It sucks though, because I get around 50mbps down on LTE and the throttled speed is around 500k.

 

[lelisa13p]

if you have to wait to update your apps, then you are using old apps

so uncool

Whatchu talkin' bout Willis?

I think he means that it's uncool that you're forced to use old app versions until you get within wifi range as opposed to being able to update apps wherever you are, at any time.

 

[insimbi]

Yea. Would be cool if app updates didn't count toward your monthly data as well.

 

[rdowty]

AT&T doesn't know what unlimited means.

If you're on an unlimited plan it's unlimited only until you hit the limit.

If you're not on an unlimited plan it's truly unlimited but so is your bill.

 

[megapopular]

I recently upgraded from the iPhone 4S to the 5s and now have LTE speeds - which are great. Today I noticed my speeds seemingly very very slow. I got online and noticed my data usage is at 5224 MB. I guess 5GB is the limit before AT&T starts to throttle your speeds.

This sucks. I guess there is nothing to be done other than wait for my new billing cycle to start - which thankfully is in a couple days. I love the unlimited plan, but I wish it was truly unlimited. Dang! I guess I need to turn off iTunes Match and wait to update apps when on wifi instead.

Hello, this worked to get myself and a friend of mine unthrottled: 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.

 

[insimbi]

You're a genius! That trick worked . Thanks!

 

[megapopular]

You're a genius! That trick worked . Thanks!

Me? Genius? No, lol, I just did a google search and found somebody on macrumors that knew this trick... Every time I see a throttling post I make sure to spread the good word! Enjoy, I know I am!

 

[Mrbobb]

Me? Genius? No, lol, I just did a google search and found somebody on macrumors that knew this trick... Every time I see a throttling post I make sure to spread the good word! Enjoy, I know I am!

One hopes AT&T is not monitoring Macrumors.

 

[megapopular]

One hopes AT&T is not monitoring Macrumors.

I know, right? Maybe they are... Just couldn't keep this to myself, though.

 

[ROLLTIDE1]

Can you still change the APN to get around a throttle ?

 

[Applejuiced]

Can you still change the APN to get around a throttle ?

Nope.

 

[frito1224]

I don't really ever get throttled anymore since lte has come on in my area Occasionally my speeds will slow down so i just turn the phone off and once it comes back on its good but i have used almost 30 gigs this month and haven't had a problem

 

[Giuly]

Unlimited Data

 

[ra1nman67]

FWIW this is still working for me. Noticed the slow down at 5 GB, now even worse at 6 GB. Had to use the method 5 times but after 5th time it worked and speeds went from .49 mb to over 19. same location when testing.

 

[jav6454]

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Not quite... we pay $30 a month for no caps, where as other pay the same $30 for a data cap and overcharges. Yes, we might get throttled according to area, but we still get to have more than 30GB without a hitch.