Can you avoid using your 4G data limit by switching to EDGE?

[FreakyLocz14]

I have a question. I just switched from regular T-Mo with truly unlimited everything to Walmart Family Mobile because with my associate discount I only pay $26.72 per month versus over $75 per month. My plan is unlimited talk, text, and 5 GB soft cap data. I have only 7 days left in my billing cycle and have used 2.75 GB so far, so my monthly usage is probably around 4 GB.

My question is if I switch my data signal to EDGE while I'm simply browsing web pages and not streaming nor downloading anything, will usage still count against my high speed limit? Also, is the throttle basically down to EDGE speeds?

 

[Almeuit]

To my knowledge I don't think so. I would think it would still count and once at the limit it would then force Edge versus it being an option.

 

[delrey1900]

In my experience yes. When I first got TMO, I had signal issues at my office. Per TMO's instruction, I changed my phone to Edge only for a week to see if my signal issues were solved. During this time, my data was still counting according to TMO's site.

 

[boogas8]

I'm fabulous switch to edge it will not count towards your data. I used to do it all the time on T-Mobile before I had more data.

 

[trekgraham]

In my experience all data counts but call and verify

 

[Droidsarethebest]

It will count against your data

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