No clue if I still have my Unlimited Plan. I haven't made any plan changes, just upgraded phones. But the tethering option in settings is nonexistent, so guess I do have it still?
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So I gave up my unlimited plan today/tired of being throttled
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if I'm throttled I'll still have perfectly usable 3G/LTE speeds (around 500kbps - 1mbps), unlike some other carriers that throttle down to a paltry 128kbps
I was throttled to even less than 3G on ATT. My friend and I ran speed tests from the same location. His old phone is only capable of 3G and he destroyed my speed. I think mine was about 1/4MB.
My carrier in Sweden will not turn on the 4g/LTE in my phone unless I give up my old unlimited data plan and change to a limited plan..
So I'm stuck at 15Mbit/s for data..
My unlimited 3G data is about $28/month
If I want LTE data (50Mbit/s) I have to pay about $67/month for 20GB..
Damn robbery for a few extra Mbit/s..
"Safari feels snappier" is not worth _that_ much
So I'm stuck at 15Mbit/s for data..
My unlimited 3G data is about $28/month
If I want LTE data (50Mbit/s) I have to pay about $67/month for 20GB..
Damn robbery for a few extra Mbit/s..
"Safari feels snappier" is not worth _that_ much
I have 3 on my family plan and the new plan is much more than I currently pay.
Keeping my unlimited no doubt.
Keeping my unlimited no doubt.
At throttled speeds I'm getting about 0.2 mbps while getting 2mbps unthrottled from 0-5 GB of data. Speeds aren't that blazing fast.
Thanks for the info. I'm two hours south in SD so it'll probably be a similar situation over here.
Thanks for the info. I'm two hours south in SD so it'll probably be a similar situation over here.
verizon phones must work with cricket sims then right? since they are all unlocked? this plan looks good
Switch to T-Mobile. Fastest 4G LTE in the world. Truly unlimited 4Th LTE data with no throttling. I can't recommend them enough. T-Mobile is the future!
I gave up T-Mobile yesterday after an 8 month trial. Unlimited data was nice but lack of coverage was very painful. I had little or no coverage most of my 3 hour commute to and from work. I'm disappointed in T-Mobile but will miss unlimited.
I went back to AT&T. I had no problem with them coverage wise. Like most, I wanted unlimited data and thought I'd make it work and settle on the weak spots. With AT&T's double data promo, I have enough shared data for our family. I have to admit I'm not sure I would have gone back without this promo.
iphone has it too the problem is that you pay ATT with there counter.
I will keep my unlimited for ever.
and they better put it back after the iPhone 6 update
Throttling on lte with ATT is 500kpbs. That's usable for web browsing.
I don't know what the OP is complaining about. I have been throttled a few months here and there when I was traveling a lot. Sure can't stream videos as well. But can check emails, go to cnn, nbc news, espn etc without any issues.
Just remember Verizon considered "3G" as anything above 300 kpbs on their CDMA network just 4 years ago and bashed ATT coverage for lack of 3G coverage while EDGE (2.5g) usually maxed out around 200kpbs. (Usually real word use of around 128 jobs).
That's to put things in perspective. 500kpbs on mobile devices on LTE is not bad. Totally usable.
I don't know what the OP is complaining about. I have been throttled a few months here and there when I was traveling a lot. Sure can't stream videos as well. But can check emails, go to cnn, nbc news, espn etc without any issues.
Just remember Verizon considered "3G" as anything above 300 kpbs on their CDMA network just 4 years ago and bashed ATT coverage for lack of 3G coverage while EDGE (2.5g) usually maxed out around 200kpbs. (Usually real word use of around 128 jobs).
That's to put things in perspective. 500kpbs on mobile devices on LTE is not bad. Totally usable.
The entire point of my statement was that the data counter on the phone I am using is almost identical to ATT's counter. In my experience, there is no problem with paying AT&T for "their data counter" because the information is the same.
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When I got throttled on my unlimited plan (when I still had it), browsing was painful. Speedtests were well under 200kbps (again, for me).
The fact that some are throttled, some are not, some report usable speeds when throttled, some don't is evidence enough for me that there is no consistency.