I would be more inclined to believe him if he was not pushing his own services to get around it (if the problem exist at all).
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Developer Claims Three Major Carriers Throttle iPhone and iPad Data Speeds
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Being that the Wi-Fi signal is the first thing I saw and the next being the speed I thought he may have tested on Wi-Fi as well.
Being that the Wi-Fi signal is the first thing I saw and the next being the speed I thought he may have tested on Wi-Fi as well.
Clearly this developer and the majority of easily swayed folks to rumors from a developer are Ph.D.s in meshed network designs over multiple redundant arrays in the midst of a multi-regional upgrade for Verizon, AT&T and Sprint.
Just checking coverage maps and the topography changes its amazing how any of these companies can claim nation-wide LTE coverage. They can't but they do.
Being in Eastern WA I already know AT&T 4G LTE isn't even lit yet.
Just checking coverage maps and the topography changes its amazing how any of these companies can claim nation-wide LTE coverage. They can't but they do.
Being in Eastern WA I already know AT&T 4G LTE isn't even lit yet.
I believe it
My friend had an iPhone 4S on Sprint that never saw more than 500 Kbps download speeds. My brother, who also has a Sprint iPhone 4S, also sees similar speeds. My friend switch back to Android, and his phone sees nothing less than 1.5 Mbps downloads in most areas.
My friend had an iPhone 4S on Sprint that never saw more than 500 Kbps download speeds. My brother, who also has a Sprint iPhone 4S, also sees similar speeds. My friend switch back to Android, and his phone sees nothing less than 1.5 Mbps downloads in most areas.
Operators can force mobile phone manufacturers to implement certain special features and/or restrictions before approving the phone for their networks. Happens quite often. I work in mobile phone modem development and a large part of my work is caused by special requirements by operators.
However, that statement about the band preferences is nonsense. If T-Mobile wanted to throttle the iPhone, they would not do that by forcing Apple to implement certain band restrictions. There are better ways to do that. If they artificially limit the iPhone to specific bands, then it most likely implies that they encountered significant problems when testing on other bands in the T-Mobile network.
So "putting the blame on Apple" here indicates a certain level of cluelessness that I would not have expected from someone who has the technical skill to provide these kinds of hacks.
And I did not see any statement there that would have indicated that anything is different with phones by other manufacturers. What are the band preferences of a Samsung Galaxy S4 on T-Mobile?
I'm on ATT and got my fastest speeds yet in the Chicago west suburbs.....Consistently got between 35 to 40 Mbps this morning.
No problems here for me!
No problems here for me!
Claims, accuses, discovers, etc. etc.
Just a note of caution. I've been seeing a lot of iOS Developer [Claims|Accuses|Discovers|Reveals] etc. posts all over the web recently.
Before publishing these things and making them the de-facto truth, better make sure more than a single person has verified them.
Just a note of caution. I've been seeing a lot of iOS Developer [Claims|Accuses|Discovers|Reveals] etc. posts all over the web recently.
Before publishing these things and making them the de-facto truth, better make sure more than a single person has verified them.
Bandwith throttling is different from bandwith capping. Throttling limits server requests, capping limits data speed. All carriers throttle bandwith to prevent server crashes.
What if they have it rigged and it detects "speed testing" it doesn't throttle... hmmm
I've noticed times I've done a speed test "safari seems snappier" but right after with general use it seems slower. (ATT, iP5)
Just applied the iTweakiOS hack.
Before: 21.83Mbps down, 11.57Mbps up
After: 26.22Mbps down, 12.40Mbps up
Not complaining.
Before: 21.83Mbps down, 11.57Mbps up
After: 26.22Mbps down, 12.40Mbps up
Not complaining.
Added "but" statement
What if, the speed is only managed whenever the towers are at a certain capacity, but when you apply the "hack" this management doesn't apply to you?
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What if, the speed is only managed whenever the towers are at a certain capacity, but when you apply the "hack" this management doesn't apply to you?
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That explains why my friend's iPhone 5 on AT&T gets about 40Mbs down while my other friend's Samsung something or other, also on AT&T get's about 80Mbs. Both tests done standing in the same spot. I don't really care, since anything above about 20Mbs is all the same to me.
Ah, now I get what this guy is doing...
From the description, it sounded to me as if that guy was actually providing a hacked modem firmware for the iPhone. But all he does is that he introduces some modifications on the "surface". So now I am not so surprised anymore that he doesn't really seem to know what he's talking about when he mentions those "band preferences". It seems he doesn't really have much knowledge about the inner workings of a mobile phone. Reminds me a bit of those "script kiddies" who download some tools from somewhere which might allow them to compromise a website through trial&error, and then they call themselves "hackers".
From the description, it sounded to me as if that guy was actually providing a hacked modem firmware for the iPhone. But all he does is that he introduces some modifications on the "surface". So now I am not so surprised anymore that he doesn't really seem to know what he's talking about when he mentions those "band preferences". It seems he doesn't really have much knowledge about the inner workings of a mobile phone. Reminds me a bit of those "script kiddies" who download some tools from somewhere which might allow them to compromise a website through trial&error, and then they call themselves "hackers".
Won't be getting any of my business.
Between throttling, shady tiered plans, and helping politicians eliminate our privacy in exchange for more control over our usage, telecom companies in the US make Chinas look good.
Between throttling, shady tiered plans, and helping politicians eliminate our privacy in exchange for more control over our usage, telecom companies in the US make Chinas look good.
Try conducting multiple tests. Speeds fluctuate that much without making any changes to your phone.
I'm in Colorado Springs which got LTE last week, the map says it was updated on 5/29, and it doesn't say the city has any LTE coverage. So it goes both ways apparently. Maybe it's just crappy a data set?
So they want "Healthier" network instead of more money? Doesn't sound like the providers I know. You're very busy thinking of why this must be true. When simple logic says otherwise. How do you explain all the screenshots of people getting higher speeds? Put on you're thinking cap.
That would not work if they do limit the phone to certain categories, because that limitation would happen before they even know what kind of traffic you are attempting to send/receive.