Has anyone been throttled on AT&T lte yet?

[pure3d2]

I know about that. But how does open applications and open devices refer to unthrottled LTE? It doesn't. It was implemented by the FCC.

The FCC is just enforcing the terms. Google pushed for them, else it would be just like AT&T's LTE network.

Verizon's LTE network is on the 700MHz C-Block spectrum.

There are stipulations to this spectrum--Verizon must keep it "open" according to the language of the terms, which were originally proposed by Google as part of their guaranteed minimum $4.6 billion bid.

They can't block 3rd party tethering apps, can't throttle, etc. In fact, the FCC fined Verizon $1.25 million for such violations.

Here's an excerpt:
(c)(1)... The potential for excessive bandwidth demand alone shall not constitute grounds for denying, limiting or restricting access to the network. 47 CFR §27.16

The full document is found here:
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2010-title47-vol2/pdf/CFR-2010-title47-vol2-sec27-16.pdf

 

[mellofello]

How do they determine if the data is lte or not? If you have a lte phone but consume all your data on 3G is it still 5gb till throttle?

 

[Applejuiced]

How do they determine if the data is lte or not? If you have a lte phone but consume all your data on 3G is it still 5gb till throttle?

Yes, since you're on LTE data plan now.

 

[Mbman81]

Everyone on AT&T appears to be throttled if you use voice and data att the same time. Pretty annoyed by this...

 

[deadworlds]

Throttled speeds as compared to not throttled in my area. What frequency does the AT&T LTE network operate on?

 

[aa521490]

Wow. That is a major slowdown but latency seems OK.

 

[lionqueen]

I'm throttled til the 21st :/ i used 11 gigs, but i had the problem where my phone wasnt auto-joining wifi, i just didnt notice it cosit was never a problem before, then when i noticed things were slow, i looked (i was a t home), and lo and behold, i'm on LTE. :/ While throttled i'm consistently getting about .45. Sucks, but i can still do everything-stream audio, ect. Youtube needs to buffer for a bit, then it usually works.

After some messing around, ive gotten my phone to auto-join wifinow, so hopefully it wont happen again.

Oh-i never got a warning, either. Throttled out of nowhere.