Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

So how much does AT&T actually throttle you down after your 5GB's on LTE

K

krashx7

macrumors regular
Original poster
Jul 5, 2012
126
0
Are you bascially just getting 3g speeds after that? Seems to me that even throttled LTE speeds would be good enough to do anything. Anyone experience this yet? Unlimited plans I mean.
 
You pointed out something that I imagine a lot of unlimited users did not realize. Now that the iPhone 5 is LTE, throttling does not kick in until 5 GB whereas 3G kicked in at 2 GB.

Another perk of the iPhone 5 - an additional 2 GB of un throttled data for unlimited users!
 
krashx7 said:
Are you bascially just getting 3g speeds after that? Seems to me that even throttled LTE speeds would be good enough to do anything. Anyone experience this yet? Unlimited plans I mean.
Click to expand...

I hope they don't throttle past normal 3g speeds, but I have a feeling they will throttle as much as they do for 3g users now. I don't think I will hit the 5gb very often though.
 
I think dropping someone from LTE to 3G non-HSPA+ is enough of a throttle after running on LTE for a little bit lol.
 
I figured that we would just be throttled down to 3G. I don't think ATT would even tell us what we are going to be throttled down if we asked.
 
Not sure I know when I go over 3 gb on my 4S the speeds are unusable. Literally slower than edge speeds
 
AT&T employees were told it was throttled to the same levels as it is now...so basically EDGE speeds.

I would think at this point throttling that low is ridiculous, throttle to 3-5Mbps should be fine.
 
schizbomb said:
AT&T employees were told it was throttled to the same levels as it is now...so basically EDGE speeds.

I would think at this point throttling that low is ridiculous, throttle to 3-5Mbps should be fine.
Click to expand...

That wouldn't work because they are throttling to try and deter you from your unlimited plan.
 
Is it still 5GB if I am on a family plan? I.E. two iphones with unlimited data, we share minutes...I have the iP5 (or will come friday) she has the 4S...so how many gigs do we get before throttle? 8?
 
You'll be throttled to 500kbps or less. It's absolutely worthless and effectively a limited data plan.
 
Hobbes. said:
Is it still 5GB if I am on a family plan? I.E. two iphones with unlimited data, we share minutes...I have the iP5 (or will come friday) she has the 4S...so how many gigs do we get before throttle? 8?
Click to expand...

5GB for your iphone 5 and 3GB for her 4S.
You cant combine them together, its not a shared data plan. You both have your seperate unlimited data plans with different throttling caps.
 
Applejuiced said:
5GB for your iphone 5 and 3GB for her 4S.
You cant combine them together, its not a shared data plan. You both have your seperate unlimited data plans with different throttling caps.
Click to expand...

Good. Just wanted to verify. That's totally perfect.
 
Great news. I usually hit the cap for just the last few days of the month. 5gb is more reasonable. Time to move my spotify streaming quality back to extreme.
 
fins831 said:
ATT confirmed LTE throttling will occur at 5GB because LTE network can handle the bandwith and stress of data 100x better than 3G antiquated tech
Click to expand...

And this will relieve stress on 3G network for this to be the throttled speed...but AT&T wants those unlimited plans gone.
 
Thedeathbear said:
And this will relieve stress on 3G network for this to be the throttled speed...but AT&T wants those unlimited plans gone.
Click to expand...

This is true, in a sense. At first only slightly, but as time passes and more cities get LTE, more and more...eventually they will phase out EDGE for LTE expansions, so 3G throttling is an eventuality, just years off.

I am just glad I have LTE in the tri-county area I live in, and tested it other day at 11-18Mbps, which is incredible for mobile.
 
Tarp09GT said:
You pointed out something that I imagine a lot of unlimited users did not realize. Now that the iPhone 5 is LTE, throttling does not kick in until 5 GB whereas 3G kicked in at 2 GB.

Another perk of the iPhone 5 - an additional 2 GB of un throttled data for unlimited users!
Click to expand...

Actually, I thought I read the the 5GB applies to LTE but you still get throttled after 3GB of 3G. This makes sense, since most iPhone 5 users will still be using 3G a large amount of the time. I'll try to find the source for this.
 
noobinator said:
That wouldn't work because they are throttling to try and deter you from your unlimited plan.
Click to expand...

My thoughts exactly. The point of throttling is to make it so you don't use too much data in a given billing cycle. It would be worthless to drop back to 3G speeds as that's what people use now and think that's fine.
 
DArsenault said:
Actually, I thought I read the the 5GB applies to LTE but you still get throttled after 3GB of 3G. This makes sense, since most iPhone 5 users will still be using 3G a large amount of the time. I'll try to find the source for this.
Click to expand...

That's false.
If you're using an LTE device you're on the LTE cap of 5GB.
Its not your fault AT&T hasnt updated their coverage to your area to LTE yet.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back