whats the throttle cap for att

[utl768]

i have unlimited data but whats the actual limit before they slow you down

 

[saving107]

I don't think a number was given, you just have to be in the top 5% of users who abuse their unlimited data

AT&T plans to throttle the data speed for the top five percent of data consumers--with a few significant caveats.

It will only affect a tiny, small, minuscule number of unlimited data plan users--just the five percent who consume as much as 12 times the average wireless data customer.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/236984/atandt_data_throttling_is_just_a_political_stunt.html

 

[Rodimus Prime]

i have unlimited data but whats the actual limit before they slow you down

Safe to say somewhere north of 2 gigs. 2gigs would be the base line.

 

[Applejuiced]

When are they supposed to start that AT&T 3G speed throttling?

 

[Stealthipad]

Someone at AT&T said you would have to go over 5gb to be throttled back, I think I saw it in another thread here a few weeks ago.

 

[AIP5]

When are they supposed to start that AT&T 3G speed throttling?

I believe it was Oct 1st, or sometime in mid-October. That date also made the rumor sites interpret that as the potential launch date of iPhone 5.

And the cap for AT&T is supposed to top 5% of data users. But some threads here say that they received a "high data usage alert" from AT&T when they passed 10GB. So it seems that a relatively safe guess could be throttling after 4 or even 5GB.
I use about 3-4 GB monthly, and I haven't received any alert from AT&T. So far, that is.

 

[SomeonePlzHelp]

It's after 10 gigs actually.

 

[Applejuiced]

I believe it was Oct 1st, or sometime in mid-October. That date also made the rumor sites interpret that as the potential launch date of iPhone 5.

And the cap for AT&T is supposed to top 5% of data users. But some threads here say that they received a "high data usage alert" from AT&T when they passed 10GB. So it seems that a relatively safe guess could be throttling after 4 or even 5GB.
I use about 3-4 GB monthly, and I haven't received any alert from AT&T. So far, that is.

Interesting.
Since Im on unlimited I dont care if they send me usage alerts as long as they dont throttle me down to edge speeds at 2GB's. That would suck.
4-5GB's plus would be more reasonable.

 

[OMGbrandon]

Does anyone know what the throttled speed actually are?

 

[Kyotoma]

According to their statistics, roughly 2% of their 106.3 million subscribers(as of Q2 2011 Source: Wikipedia, of course) use more than 2GB of data per month, which is where they derived their data plans. That factors out to about 2,126,000 million users using above 2 GB a month. Now, they say the top five percent of those users would be affected since they consume vast amounts of data a month. That's about 106,300 people getting throttled data. The population of an average town.

Now, I average about 8GB a month, and have not experienced any slow downs at all.

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Does anyone know what the throttled speed actually are?

I would imagine that they dumb-down the connection to EDGE.

 

[cyks]

Now, I average about 8GB a month, and have not experienced any slow downs at all.

That's probably because they said they weren't going to begin throttling until October.

As has been said repeatedly, if only 2% (by their own numbers) use more than 2GB of data and they're throttling the top 5% of users, expect to be throttled well before you reach 2GB.

 

[Kyotoma]

That's probably because they said they weren't going to begin throttling until October.

As has been said repeatedly, if only 2% (by their own numbers) use more than 2GB of data and they're throttling the top 5% of users, expect to be throttled well before you reach 2GB.

Actually, it was September first. And your logic has been "repeatedly" debunked and discredited in previous threads.

 

[cyks]

Actually, it was September first. And your logic has been "repeatedly" debunked and discredited in previous threads.

https://www.macrumors.com/2011/07/2...ited-data-plan-customers-starting-in-october/
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story...artphone-data-users-starting-oct-1/2011-07-29
http://www.macworld.com/article/161427/2011/07/att_throttling_heaviest_smartphone_data_users.html
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218760/AT_T_to_throttle_big_users_of_unlimited_data

Starting October 1, smartphone customers with unlimited data plans may experience reduced speeds once their usage in a billing cycle reaches the level that puts them among the top 5 percent of heaviest data users. These customers can still use unlimited data and their speeds will be restored with the start of the next billing cycle. Before you are affected, we will provide multiple notices, including a grace period.