tbolt throttled on 3g. maybe.

[shaddix]

I thought it would be interesting to test and see if the thunderbolt is immune to the 3g throttling put in place recently. Preliminary tests say it isn't.

I was getting 1.5mb+ on speed tests as I worked my total usage up to 10gb(9.5gb over 3G, .5gb over 4G). At 8.5gb I was still getting 1.5mb+ even after a phone reboot. After hitting 10.3gb I restarted the phone and I am no longer able to get 1.5mb+, I can hit just under 1mbit download. This is with the speakeasy speedtest.

I'm going to go see lincoln lawyer now in birmingham and if they have 4g there I will test there to see if that is throttled as well. Probably won't be any 4G though and I am stuck with 1mbit on my tbolt for the rest of this billing period(and maybe the next lol).

So be warned!

Like I said this is just my first test(I did about 15 speed tests). Maybe it was just unlucky heavy usage by others around here when I was doing the tests. We will find out soon enough! BBL

 

[theGman911]

Great to know Thx. Was wondering what the CAP was.... looks like 10g's if u are indeed being throttled.

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[shaddix]

No throttle on 3g in Birmingham. Getting consistent 2mbps down. Perhaps it is tower specific. We will find out when I get home.

 

[shaddix]

I had seen that some people were saying the cap was 8. But I didn't get slowed at 8. I am home now and I am pulling more than I was before, so I'm thinking now the slower tests earlier were just a fluke. Dunno if I want to keep pushing it any more, would suck if I actually DID get throttled for a whole two months.