throttle?! why?

[droidpacman]

I agree with all of you guys I really do. If they sell something they should have clear limits stating after 50 gigabytes we will spoil you too Tim magabites for second or something along those lines. Especially if they are selling this Links subscriptions I did not know that. For me if I am on the road and I want to watch Netflix trust me I will do it but as soon as I get home that phone is going on wifi. That is all I was trying to say is that people try to replace their mobile network with their home wifi and using it unnecessarily. If you are on the train and watch 3 movies and rack up 20 gigabytes so what use it as that is what you are getting. I always thought they did not driving I'm going to date of plans anyway so they must be a change coming something sorta like after 30 gigabytes we will put you in a lower speed or after 40 gigabyte on a lower speed and will be shut off completely after maybe 300 gigabytes or something. However in this should be clearly stated and then people will not be getting upset. For most of us the privilege of having unlimited is just a freedom of mind knowing that if I want to watch this audiobook on YouTube while I am traveling on a road trip I can do so without being charged ridiculous seats on my already ridiculously high phone bill. Unless you are way out in the country anybody who pays Verizon for their data plans have something loose inside. I'm not trying to be mean here so please don't take it that way but I do think people should leave Verizon and AT&T even know AT&T is not quite as bad as Verizon but they should leave Verizon and drove to make the prices come down. I am arguing with them about that now as I feel that our bill of a hundred and twelve or so dollars a month for two phones with one gigabyte of data is just ridiculous I told him I can get unlimited on tmobile for the same price. sorry for my long posts but I really feel strongly about this subject as it seems you guys do as well. Please forgive the long post and if it is at all off topic but I feel it all comes to the same thing.

I'm curious, how do u watch an audio book on youtube?

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[GrooveRite]

My work has wifi. Here is me trying to test it...

It can't even ping the servers let alone do the test (that screenshot was after 2 minutes). This is why I use my LTE at work.

You company either has a poor ISP, poor hardware (wireless router) or just poor IT support. I'd complain if I were you!

 

[UDPGuy]

You company either has a poor ISP, poor hardware (wireless router) or just poor IT support. I'd complain if I were you!

Don't complain to the IT. we can only work with what we have

Posted via Nexus 6 with unlimited international data via AT&T

 

[Almeuit]

You company either has a poor ISP, poor hardware (wireless router) or just poor IT support. I'd complain if I were you!

It is just not a super fast connection and is throttled down. They don't really care to spend money so I can watch my videos at work haha.

 

[GrooveRite]

It is just not a super fast connection and is throttled down. They don't really care to spend money so I can watch my videos at work haha.

That would upset the hell outta me though, lol. I would nonchalantly make my dissatisfaction known, haha! I guess I'm spoiled here. Then again, I kind of am the IT here at my small company. You better believe I'm hogging up all the bandwidth!! lol

 

[Almeuit]

That would upset the hell outta me though, lol. I would nonchalantly make my dissatisfaction known, haha! I guess I'm spoiled here. Then again, I kind of am the IT here at my small company. You better believe I'm hogging up all the bandwidth!! lol

Oh my buddy is the IT head here -- He knows we hate the speeds .. he just doesn't care since he throttles it down so the business PCs work well.

I am fine.. I just use my unlimited LTE and have no worries .

 

[UDPGuy]

Oh my buddy is the IT head here -- He knows we hate the speeds .. he just doesn't care since he throttles it down so the business PCs work well.

I am fine.. I just use my unlimited LTE and have no worries .

Same both Verizon and AT&T. I'm set

Posted via Nexus 6 with unlimited international data via AT&T

 

[HawaiiD]

Same both Verizon and AT&T. I'm set

Posted via Nexus 6 with unlimited international data via AT&T

they still offer UDP's? Or only international data?

Sent from my Sony Xperia Z3 via the Coconut Wireless \000/

 

[Almeuit]

they still offer UDP's? Or only international data?

Sent from my Sony Xperia Z3 via the Coconut Wireless \000/

They do if you have it grandfathered. My buddy still has his unlimited plan on AT&T.

 

[UDPGuy]

they still offer UDP's? Or only international data?

Sent from my Sony Xperia Z3 via the Coconut Wireless \000/

I bought it about a month ago off some dude on eBay. So I now have unlimited domestic and international data via at&t

Posted via Nexus 6 with unlimited international data via AT&T

 

[Lee_Bo]

I'm a constant 40-50 gig user a month. When I switched to Tmo over a year ago I told them up front I was a data user. I'm in IT and can do a lot of my job remotely and from my phone or my tablet LEGALLY tethered to my phone (Log Me In is nice). I normally have Google Music playing in my car to and from work, and watch an occasional move at lunch. Knock on wood, I have no noticed any decrease in speeds.

 

[raino]

http://www.tmonews.com/2015/06/21gb...mobiles-unlimited-4g-lte-simple-choice-plans/

Unlimited=unlimited*=21GB. They didn't even cap it higher than the highest tier. What a shame.

 

[Almeuit]

21GB "soft cap" quietly added to T-Mobile's unlimited 4G LTE Simple Choice plans » TmoNews

Unlimited=unlimited*=21GB. They didn't even cap it higher than the highest tier. What a shame.

Glad I am in an area that doesn't have congestion issues -- Otherwise this would hurt haha.

 

[raino]

Glad I am in an area that doesn't have congestion issues -- Otherwise this would hurt haha.

Here's what I'm not clear about:

1. Does the net neutrality-violating Music Freedom data count against this cap?

2, Say I'm a new customer who just got unlimited data or--I'm an existing unlimited customer who has stayed under 21GB/month. Is TMO guaranteeing no "de-prioritization" until I hit 21GB for the month?

 

[Almeuit]

Here's what I'm not clear about:

1. Does the net neutrality-violating Music Freedom data count against this cap?

2, Say I'm a new customer who just got unlimited data or--I'm an existing unlimited customer who has stayed under 21GB/month. Is TMO guaranteeing no "de-prioritization" until I hit 21GB for the month?

1. Not sure -- Good question

2. I would say they probably won't mess with those under 21 GB unless really really needed but ... Not sure.

 

[cgardnervt]

All I can say is wow! Not to mention lame. I will stick it out with att.

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[HawaiiD]

It ain't that bad. I noticed my speeds went from about 120+MBs Dl to about 50-70MBs at home normally during mid day through early evening after I went over the 21mbs cap. I can't even tell the difference?Only if I use the speed test app I see it has been throttled. But after 7 pm or so the 120+ speeds come back.

Sent from my D6616 using Tapatalk

 

[Almeuit]

It ain't that bad. I noticed my speeds went from about 120+MBs Dl to about 50-70MBs at home normally during mid day through early evening after I went over the 21mbs cap. I can't even tell the difference?Only if I use the speed test app I see it has been throttled. But after 7 pm or so the 120+ speeds come back.

Sent from my D6616 using Tapatalk

I assume you mean 120 Mbps?

Also that is more load on the towers than the throttle for the priority thing. The throttle (at least from what I've seen on reddit) can sometimes be so so and other times be horrid.

 

[raptir]

I think it's important to keep the terminology consistent. This is not a throttle, it's deprioritization. A throttle necessitates that there is a set speed to which you are reduced which is not the case here. It is not like you can say "if you are on a congested tower, you will see speeds of 1Mbps." The deprioritization just means you're moved lower in the queue. So if a tower is only slightly congested you'll still see very good speeds, but if a tower is heavily congested (as is common at sporting events and etc...) you'll potentially see unusable speeds. Although to be fair, I can see unusable speeds without being deprioritized in heavily congested areas.

In terms of Music Freedom, it is explicitly called out in the details of the throttle:

T-Mobile Accessibility Policy | Hearing and Vision Loss Compatible Phones | T-Mobile

To provide the best possible experience for the most possible customers, and to minimize capacity issues and degradation in network performance, we manage Unlimited high-speed data usage through prioritization. Unlimited high-speed data customers who use more data than what 97% of all customers use in a month, based on recent historical averages (updated quarterly), will have their data usage de-prioritized compared to the data usage of other customers at times and at locations where there are competing customer demands for network resources, which may result in slower data speeds. Customers who use data in violation of their Rate Plan terms or T-Mobile's Terms and Conditions may be excluded from this calculation. Data that might be whitelisted for other (fixed allotment) plan options, such as data associated with Music Freedom, does not count towards Unlimited high-speed data customers’ usage for this calculation. Based on network statistics for the most recent quarter, Unlimited high-speed data customers who use more than 21GB of data during a billing cycle will be de-prioritized for the remainder of the billing cycle in times and at locations where there are competing customer demands for network resources. At the start of the next bill cycle, the customer’s usage status is reset, and this data traffic is no longer de-prioritized.