I have a new Moto X phone with carrier T-Mobile. The service is "pre-pay" (cheaper) and I'm on the 500 MByte/month plan. After 500 MBytes, the service is still "unlimited", but throttled to 2G performance.
1) Is the connection indicator still supposed to show 4G while speed throttled down? It does, which seems wrong to me.
While on my daily walks, I carry the phone in my pocket, usually playing an "instant mix" from my Google Play Music library. When the service becomes throttled, it often fails to download the next song. If I skip to next song, it will sometimes play, but I think this is when the song has already been listened to recently. If I do nothing and arrive home where it can connect to my home WiFi, the song will invariably download and begin playing.
2) Is it normal for Play Music to fail to download tracks, and stop, while service is being throttled?
I have a theory, which is why I asked the two specific questions above. My guess is that T-Mobile is not actually providing 2G service while throttled (hence the indicator still reading "4G"). Instead they may be time-slicing the 4G service, something like 2 seconds on, two seconds off, etc. This would cause innumerable dropped packets. My theory is Google Play senses all these dropped packets and gives up, deciding that my device is not worth bothering with. Is this possible?
Regardless, can someone suggest settings which will enable me to listen to instant mixes for the duration of my walks? It's frustrating not having a reliable source of music.
-- Rich
1) Is the connection indicator still supposed to show 4G while speed throttled down? It does, which seems wrong to me.
While on my daily walks, I carry the phone in my pocket, usually playing an "instant mix" from my Google Play Music library. When the service becomes throttled, it often fails to download the next song. If I skip to next song, it will sometimes play, but I think this is when the song has already been listened to recently. If I do nothing and arrive home where it can connect to my home WiFi, the song will invariably download and begin playing.
2) Is it normal for Play Music to fail to download tracks, and stop, while service is being throttled?
I have a theory, which is why I asked the two specific questions above. My guess is that T-Mobile is not actually providing 2G service while throttled (hence the indicator still reading "4G"). Instead they may be time-slicing the 4G service, something like 2 seconds on, two seconds off, etc. This would cause innumerable dropped packets. My theory is Google Play senses all these dropped packets and gives up, deciding that my device is not worth bothering with. Is this possible?
Regardless, can someone suggest settings which will enable me to listen to instant mixes for the duration of my walks? It's frustrating not having a reliable source of music.
-- Rich
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