 CptGeminiInside your computerPremium
join:2004-11-29
Corpus Christi, TX
kudos:6
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| Throttling... sucks... I went over my 2GB plan with t-mobile on purpose a couple of months ago to see if I would get throttled this time because earlier last year in april I went over my 5gb limit I had at the time by like 300 mb and never got throttled even though I got a text saying I was. This time when I got throttled the dialup like speeds were so slow that some apps like facebook wouldn't even work at all, hell most apps didn't even work and had to use wifi hotspots when I was out and about. When I was at the movie theater when it happened someone had their wifi hotspot on their phone turned on and it was open so I went in and used it a bit while i was there  . |
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| No sympathy I have no sympathy to those fools who continue to pay for throttled services. Sprint may not be the fastest but at least it's truly unlimited. |
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| for now. Sprint is going down hill rather quickly. Especially with all that $$$ going to Apple. No room to expand really, network upgrades will be where they are most needed for ROI and caps and overages will be coming.
And throttling is still UNLIMITED they are NOT stopping or billing in overages. |
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rradina
join:2000-08-08
Chesterfield, MO | reply to CptGemini
Re: Throttling... So at least for you, is it fair to say that regardless of the technical description of what AT&T does, throttling==service interruption? |
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| Ironic? If ATT is making it so that people who use over 2 gigs of data are all part of the top 5% and are therefore burdensome to the network...And they are selling a 3 gig plan for $30...Wouldnt that mean that everyone who is using the allotted data that they actually PAID for and are entitled to...mean that all legitimate users of the 3 gig plan would become part of the 5%? That doesnt even make any sense...
How can you be part of the people "burdening" the network by using over 2 gigs on your unlimited plan...and yet youre totally allowed to go over 2 gigs, and use 3 gigs, so long as your plan is different?
So logically, if everyone went to the 3 gig plan, and all used 3 gigs exactly, would thereby overly tax ATTs network which cant purportedly handle even 2 gigs per person o_O;; |
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CptGeminiInside your computerPremium
join:2004-11-29
Corpus Christi, TX
kudos:6 Reviews:
·RoadRunner Cable
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Re: Throttling... said by rradina:So at least for you, is it fair to say that regardless of the technical description of what AT&T does, throttling==service interruption?
Pretty much but its in general. 56 kbps on a smartphone is god awful, a lot of apps that need the internet either won't work or take longer than most are willing to wait to load up. Actually during speedtesting the best I was able to pull was about 48 kbps and unthrottled I see up to and beyond 6mbps on my 3G phone.
EDIT: also most of the data used was from the market like updating apps, maybe uploading a backup of the phones data with maybe 1 or 2 downloads of something of a good size. |
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 rit56
join:2000-12-01
New York, NY
·RoadRunner Cable
| The US of A The basis for all commerce now is to screw everyone for however much you can get away with. What's the point of using a mobile device if it's going to cost 400 a month? Verizon's LTE plans will be to attack Frontier's area, the area they just sold them with their LTE for the home service. The Frontier dsl which is much slower will be a better deal. I hate them all. |
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BiggA
join:2005-11-23
EARTH | Not transparent, but necessary They need to make it more transparent, but this is necessary, given that they only have a certain amount of capacity on their air interface. Not getting T-Mo didn't help either. |
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rit56
join:2000-12-01
New York, NY | Do you work for them? What a load. Four times a week Karl posts a piece here about the myth of limited capacity and how it's total bullshit. They simply want to gouge people. Throttle service, locked phones, terrible plans. |
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 Camelot OnePremium,MVM
join:2001-11-21
Greenwood, IN
kudos:1 | reply to starcaptor
Re: Ironic? You could also flip it around. If, at 2Gb of usage, you are in the the top 5%, then the other 95% of their customers on the 3Gb plan are obviously over paying for a service they don't use. |
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Re: Not transparent, but necessary This should be illegel, FCC DO SOMETHING FFS |
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Exactly, get everybody off the unlimited plans so we can make more money. The greatest thing in history. I know that if I can get the top 5% off there unlimited plans I can sock them with overages, overages, and overages. My wallet get bigger, my investors have a big on there faces, and my costomers can just get screwed.
Sarcasm, but true of course.  |
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 espaethDigital PlumberPremium,MVM
join:2001-04-21
Minneapolis, MN
kudos:2
 ·Vitelity VOIP
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Re: No sympathy said by 25139889:for now. Sprint is going down hill rather quickly. Especially with all that $$$ going to Apple. No room to expand really, network upgrades will be where they are most needed for ROI and caps and overages will be coming. As a Sprint user I haven't noticed any decline in the network here in the Minneapolis market.
They also put together a site that tracks work orders for capacity upgrades; it doesn't look like they've slowed down much. See: »network.sprint.com |
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 Oh_NoTrogglus normalus
join:2011-05-21
Chicago, IL | reply to 25139889
said by 25139889:for now. Sprint is going down hill rather quickly. Especially with all that $$$ going to Apple. No room to expand really, network upgrades will be where they are most needed for ROI and caps and overages will be coming.
And throttling is still UNLIMITED they are NOT stopping or billing in overages.
Says who???
Sprint is the only good wireless ISP as they are unlimited.
I have ATT on a family plan, but I refuse to pay for internet as it is not really needed. I use a knockoff phone running android with wifi only so ATT does not detect it as a smart phone and automatically charge me.
If I needed mobile internet my first choice would be sprint. |
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Oh_NoTrogglus normalus
join:2011-05-21
Chicago, IL | reply to BiggA
Re: Not transparent, but necessary said by BiggA:They need to make it more transparent, but this is necessary, given that they only have a certain amount of capacity on their air interface. Not getting T-Mo didn't help either.
Caps does not solve that, they are used to make extra profit off already profitable users on unlimited.
If their tower is congested they have no choice but to throttle until they upgrade the tower, but there is no excuse for caps. |
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Oh_NoTrogglus normalus
join:2011-05-21
Chicago, IL | reply to chunky
Most stockholders of a company do not get any benefit from being profitable or more profitable as stock price is not tied to actual company profits. The stock price is set by traders on the stock market. The company profits can go down and their stock price can go up at the same time.
The only shareholders who can benefit from more profits are those that get issued a dividend because profits are up. |
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 djdanskaRudie32Premium,MVM
join:2001-04-21
San Diego, CA
kudos:4
·Cox HSI
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·Clear Wireless
·Time Warner Cable
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Re: No sympathy I had sprint in chicago. Worst phone company ever for data. 1-1.5Mb was the fastest i got in DuPage when i wasn't at 1xRtt. lol.
I prefer my 10Gb cap with these speeds than crappy unlimited.
»www.speedtest.net/android/136617450.png
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| Once again... time for Class Action! So as long as long as you're on a "TIERED" plan where they can easily charge you for "overages" therefore you won't be throttled.
Why haven't the NY Times, Washington Post, LA Times, Miami Herald, Seattle Times ran stories about AT&T's extortionist, racketeering and mob-like, oh and did I forgot "strong-arm" ways of trying to get customers into more expensive plans.
Furthermore, AT&T's attempt to blame their deficiencies and lack of adequate, planning and infrastructure on those poor souls (me included) who still have unlimited yet limited plans.
AT&T's last class action yielded me a $140.00 check in the mail. Let's see what Sharks I mean lawyers can get out of AT&T's new approach.
At the very least, they should get AT&T to publicly admit that they are: Inadequate and that they suck monkey balls 
Who thought that prices would go up... I always thought that as technology advanced and things got cheaper prices would drop. I guess not with cell phones. |
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Re: Not transparent, but necessary They never needed tmobile. Verizon has less available spectrum than at&t and they already cover most of the country. |
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Re: No sympathy said by espaeth:said by 25139889:for now. Sprint is going down hill rather quickly. Especially with all that $$$ going to Apple. No room to expand really, network upgrades will be where they are most needed for ROI and caps and overages will be coming. As a Sprint user I haven't noticed any decline in the network here in the Minneapolis market. They also put together a site that tracks work orders for capacity upgrades; it doesn't look like they've slowed down much. See: » network.sprint.com My friend in Barrington, IL has been using Sprint for phone and home internet access since 2006. He noticed call issues and data issues with both the phone and home internet right after the iPhone was released to Sprint. All I know is that for close to a month, it was lots of hoping and praying to get a Yahoo page to load. My two cents on Sprint's network near me.
In regards to Unlimited users and the cap, I am one of those users and have yet to receive a message. Granted, my last bill showed me using 2.2 GB of data. I stream Pandora all the time, I am sure that has something to do with it. If I get the message, I will leave for sure. I pay almost $200 a month for both my wife's phone and my phone. Top that off with another $150 for uVerse, give me a reason to leave. |
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