Virgin Mobile bids farewell to unlimited too.

[lou61166]

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-20...bids-farewell-to-unlimited-too/?tag=cnetRiver

 

[mjs2011]

i have never tethered, but i do download music to my phone. i'm guessing i don't fall in the 3%.

is there a way that we can see how much data we use?

 

[EmilVee]

i have never tethered, but i do download music to my phone. i'm guessing i don't fall in the 3%.

is there a way that we can see how much data we use?

I'm sure there are apps available.

Sucks to be the guy who posted a thread here who used something in the area of 17 GB. No longer.

 

[anthonycr]

i have never tethered, but i do download music to my phone. i'm guessing i don't fall in the 3%.

is there a way that we can see how much data we use?

I dont think there is any way to see, ive looked on the site. it would be nice to know though, i dont want my connection slowed. i dont see why they have to limit data usage, what work does our using the web cause them???

 

[mmarz]

i have never tethered, but i do download music to my phone. i'm guessing i don't fall in the 3%.

is there a way that we can see how much data we use?

DU Meter from the market.

 

[pbailey212]

Get 3g watchdog it will show your usage

 

[lou61166]

I dont think there is any way to see, ive looked on the site. it would be nice to know though, i dont want my connection slowed. i dont see why they have to limit data usage, what work does our using the web cause them???

I do not think basic web browsing you will have to be concerned about,this cap,it's the ones who replace there home internet with it,or stream media all day.cell networks get bogged down with these types of abuse,and effect other users,now you will have some say that is the providers fault for not upgrading their network to handle these types of use,i for one with not be effected by this,the only time i stream music or use 3g is when driving for Google,music or Google Maps.

 

[EmilVee]

I do not think basic web browsing you will have to be concerned about,this cap,it's the ones who replace there home internet with it,or stream media all day.cell networks get bogged down with these types of abuse,and effect other users,now you will have some say that is the providers fault for not upgrading their network to handle these types of use,i for one with not be effected by this,the only time i stream music or use 3g is when driving for Google,music or Google Maps.

This right here. 2.5 GB is plenty for a smartphone. Anyway, people can go past 2.5 GB, just be ready to face the slowdown. NBD for 97% of us.

 

[lou61166]

This right here. 2.5 GB is plenty for a smartphone. Anyway, people can go past 2.5 GB, just be ready to face the slowdown. NBD for 97% of us.

But the things that people use to go over the cap like streaming or downloading giant files through tethering will not be to happy with the dial up speeds that throttling will create.

 

[Eollie]

I'm sure there are apps available.

Sucks to be the guy who posted a thread here who used something in the area of 17 GB. No longer.

As sad as it is, that type of person is the reason things like this happen.
Most of the people using the phone as internet for home dont post about it so the real number of phones being used is unknown.

Several months back a rom dev posted how every carrier would end up doing this and people said he was crazy. I think it is so funny that when it happens people are like OMFG WHY YOU TAKE MY INTERWEBS!!!!!!!!11111111????? Then when reminded of the advanced warning given they are like nobody ever believes that guy.

 

[mmarz]

Isn't throttling done at the phone level with the phone's own software routing you through the provider's servers?

I thought it was settled that the Optimus V Phones sold so far come with the throttling capability turned off:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/vi...gin-sprints-bandwith-throttling-tut-test.html

Most likely this will only effect new unrooted phones. We are safe from throttling.

 

[mjs2011]

thanks for the advice all. i'm not too worried then if i don't tether. i just browse the web a lot and listen to music through google music.

 

[Eollie]

Isn't throttling done at the phone level with the phone's own software routing you through the provider's servers?

I thought it was settled that the Optimus V Phones sold so far come with the throttling capability turned off:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/vi...gin-sprints-bandwith-throttling-tut-test.html

Most likely this will only effect new unrooted phones. We are safe from throttling.

Couldnt they implement this via a OTA? Maybe this means they will push GB out faster then planned.

Even still people need to be more careful using the phone as a home wifi provider.

 

[mmarz]

Couldnt they implement this via a OTA? Maybe this means they will push GB out faster then planned.

Even still people need to be more careful using the phone as a home wifi provider.

Sure, but why would you accept the OTA update? Even if you did, the post above shows how to disable the throttling.

 

[easyguy]

Hmmm, they raise the prices and now will start throttling.

Hopefully I wont be affected by this, I listen to Pandora for 2 hours each day. That is my car commute from and to work.

 

[Eollie]

Sure, but why would you accept the OTA update? Even if you did, the post above shows how to disable the throttling.

I dont think you will get the notification and most customs have the ability to accept it removed.

Just saying they could patch this in via a OTA and to make it less suspect they could go ahead and give us GB.

 

[raynoldsk]

Isn't throttling done at the phone level with the phone's own software routing you through the provider's servers?

I thought it was settled that the Optimus V Phones sold so far come with the throttling capability turned off:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/vi...gin-sprints-bandwith-throttling-tut-test.html

Most likely this will only effect new unrooted phones. We are safe from throttling.

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That thread is a garbled mess, and I couldn't find anyone who claimed it worked who would repond to questions about how.

Not that I wanted to do it, but anyone following that link hoping to do this will be disappointed.

 

[nin]

90% of the time my phone is hooked to Wi-fi luckily.

 

[tli]

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Hopefully I wont be affected by this, I listen to Pandora for 2 hours each day. That is my car commute from and to work.

If my calculations are correct, you probably would be affected... At 2 hrs per day, and based on Pandora's BW requirements, you've about 9 days of listening to HQ audio--and twice that if at normal quality--before hitting the 2.5GB limit. I don't know what the throttled rate would be, but if the rate is at least 150Kbps, then Pandora would still work--if minimally. Any slower throttle rate, Pandora would be unusable.

 

[Kreatur3]

I listen to Pandora about 3 hours a day with good traffic lol. Guess I'll be screwed.