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N1 Castrated! T-Mo throttled my data connection

Got the following text message this morning:
Free T-Mobile msg: Your usage has reached the data threshold for your rate plan this month. Your speed has been reduced for the rest of this billing cycle.
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Sure enough, i'm now getting 96 kbs down / 105 kbs up.
I wasn't aware there was such a threshold on the Android unlimited data plan. I sure don't remember seeing that in the fine print.
Rather annoying that I didn't know this was coming.

I can't say anything about the fine print although I assume there would certainly be some information about the cap but I wish state or federal government would go after telco's who keep claiming unlimited while actually have a cap set.
It's not so bad in your case where I guess it is still unlimited, just throttled, but in Canada if we go over our "unlimited" amount we actually get charged per kb.
Now perhaps if Tmo said it is unlimited 3G data it could be even more frustrating.

Well how much data have you used?

That's a normal T-Mobile thing. Any of the other 3 carriers will shut you off and/or bill per KB.
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RogerPodacter said:
Well how much data have you used?
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This ^
+10 char

T-mobile has a fair usage clause. Basically unlimited means that you get to use what the "average" data usage is from all of tmo's data users. If you go over that, you still get data free but you get throttled. It is to help keep the network from being overloaded. Also Tmo doesn't charge you for tethering like every other carrier and I would assume that by getting that message you have been tethering all month.
I have used about 3gigs of data on Tmo and never had that issue come up. You must really be sucking down some data. Be thankful you are not on one of the other carriers. They would have hit you with a huge tethering bill and the associated data charges!

As far as I know the softcap is 5GB.
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wow. I checked my account with t-mobile and I had used a whopping 10 gb this month! (I usually average about 4 gb but for the last week I let a coworker with an iPhone 4 tether off my line, and between us, we were sucking up over 1/2 a gig a day.)
No more data for you iPhone dude.
On the bright side, my billing cycle ends in a couple of days.

Wow, I'm really happy to see 5GB is the softcap! I just hit 1GB and started getting really worried. All this tethering to my PS3 for Call of Duty is adding up lol.
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I use about 1GB a month...I'll never reach 5GB, but good to know I have some room to spare Definately, Tmob is the best for data compared to the other carriers.

tanman1975 said:
Got the following text message this morning:
Sure enough, i'm now getting 96 kbs down / 105 kbs up.
I wasn't aware there was such a threshold on the Android unlimited data plan. I sure don't remember seeing that in the fine print.
Rather annoying that I didn't know this was coming.
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YESSSSSSSSSS!!!! I LOVE T-Mobile for doing this to the ones that abuse the fair usage of the network! T-mobile made me a happy man today

I thought the cap was 10gb. If the OP used 10gb like he said, then it seems 10gb is the cap.

Why did the OP have an iphone tethered to him? Makes no sense!

The Android "plan" for T-Mobile has a 10GB softcap. Not the 5GB softcap.
The throttling is to 50kbps for the rest of the billing-cycle but it looks like there's a bit of give on the throttling.
Cheers,
Kermee

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Why did the OP have an iphone tethered to him? Makes no sense!
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Because the iphone has less bars in more places?

I don't get it. If there's a cap then it's not unlimited. If it's not unlimited why is T-Mobile allowed to advertise it as that?

Mokurex said:
I don't get it. If there's a cap then it's not unlimited. If it's not unlimited why is T-Mobile allowed to advertise it as that?
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unlimited data, not unlimited 3g/H as it turns out
I gave iPhone guy access so he could setup his new iphone4, also demo facetime and hd youtube (which he can't do over 3g). I suspect he abused the connection since my data usage more than tripled those days...

Mokurex said:
I don't get it. If there's a cap then it's not unlimited. If it's not unlimited why is T-Mobile allowed to advertise it as that?
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It is still unlimited. Just throttled. 10 gigs is more than generous.

yeah it is unlimited but to keep network congestion down after you use a certain amount of data they slow you down. They don't charge you more though. The other carriers do a real nice tethering charge if you go over a certain amount, saying that you didn't pay to tether and you would never use that much data if you weren't. T-mo is awesome, believe it!

It could be worse. Some broadband providers are throttling users on their home accounts due to excessive bandwidth usage.

Using SGS2 on an AT&T dumbphone plan. Chime in please!

Have SGS2...(again!).
I set up my account on phone with AT&T. Getting my Similar card tomorrow. Have a dumbphone 'Razor's plan.
Told I've read of a number of folks with cheaper dumbphone plans.
Would really to hear of your experiences on it...specifically data speed performance....especially if you've used BOTH smartphone and dumbphone arrangements with ATT on this device.
Thanks very much.

Also!...the dumbphone plans have 'unlimited' data (s'why I'm trying this vs the 4G I'd be capped at)..
I know I have to use data with caution, but do you think that 4G total could be used (worst case) without red flags going up with the ATT 'Man'? !

I'm on $50 att gophone plan and so far so good. I've been using it for a week now...
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wootek76 said:
I'm on $50 att gophone plan and so far so good. I've been using it for a week now...
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Where are you? Get data speeds consistent with 4g?..3-6M's?

I'm on the $15 unlimited plan, and been on 4G plan as well. Both times same speed, around 1-4 Mbps around Seattle area.
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Been on a At&t dumbphone plan for about a year with no problems from at&t
(I was using the Samsung vibrant before my S2)
I get about 2-6mps depending where im at. I've gotten up to 7mps in Dallas, Texas when i go to visit

Elite GunnerX said:
Been on a At&t dumbphone plan for about a year with no problems from at&t
(I was using the Samsung vibrant before my S2)
I get about 2-6mps depending where im at. I've gotten up to 7mps in Dallas, Texas when i go to visit
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What kind of monthly data do you accumulate?
Thanks

I had the dumbphone unlimited $15/mo plan briefly OP and I can tell you that it works.
I went back to the unlimited smartphone $30/mo b/c I was grandfathered after practically imploring them to put me back on it b/c they kept (at&t csr) that I had been warned that if I switched to the dumbphone unlimted plan I would never be given a chance to be put back on the smartphone unlimted.
But anyways, it does work and at one point I got like 7.3Mbps down which is real HSPA+ speeds faster then HSPA+ 7.2, which the GSII is capable in theory of HSPA+ 21 so even on the medianet dumbphone unlimted plan I think with enhanced backhaul you'll be able to get wonderful data speeds on a dumbphone plan on your Galaxy SII.

rockky said:
What kind of monthly data do you accumulate?
Thanks
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1 to 2 gigs a month! I try and stay under the radar

rockky said:
Where are you? Get data speeds consistent with 4g?..3-6M's?
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No, not at all. When I run the speedtest.net it only shows .30mbps but when I'm using the phone it gets the job done so I can't complain... I think it's the best bang for the bucks...

chestvrg said:
I had the dumbphone unlimited $15/mo plan briefly OP and I can tell you that it works.
I went back to the unlimited smartphone $30/mo b/c I was grandfathered after practically imploring them to put me back on it b/c they kept (at&t csr) that I had been warned that if I switched to the dumbphone unlimted plan I would never be given a chance to be put back on the smartphone unlimted.
But anyways, it does work and at one point I got like 7.3Mbps down which is real HSPA+ speeds faster then HSPA+ 7.2, which the GSII is capable in theory of HSPA+ 21 so even on the medianet dumbphone unlimted plan I think with enhanced backhaul you'll be able to get wonderful data speeds on a dumbphone plan on your Galaxy SII.
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what modem?

Hmm... I. Don't really mind paying the extra bucks if the internet use is better...ie: something about the 4G plan that actually enhances 4G connection lol!
Kind of thinking it's not. It's just about $ for Att.

I go over 5gigs a month with my data package. Im using the old iphone 2g plan that can eventually be upgraded to the unlimted 30 plan. Been using dumbphone plans for 4-5 years with no issue.
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rockky said:
Hmm... I. Don't really mind paying the extra bucks if the internet use is better...ie: something about the 4G plan that actually enhances 4G connection lol!
Kind of thinking it's not. It's just about $ for Att.
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But the truth is it doesn't
Best thing is try out for urself and see if you find any difference.
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kirdroid said:
But the truth is it doesn't
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Some people who've moved to a 4G plan said it improved speed. Others have said it hasn't. It seems pretty inconsistent. With AT&T's network itself being inconsistent, it's really hard to say if there's a true difference using different APNs and a full 4G plan. Once the Attain comes out we can see what its users are getting as a comparison of what's possible.

BarryH_GEG said:
Some people who've moved to a 4G plan said it improved speed. Others have said it hasn't. It seems pretty inconsistent. With AT&T's network itself being inconsistent, it's really hard to say if there's a true difference using different APNs and a full 4G plan. Once the Attain comes out we can see what its users are getting as a comparison of what's possible.
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No need to wait for the attain to test the data speeds, the Infuse and Atrix are already H+ devices.

chestvrg said:
No need to wait for the attain to test the data speeds, the Infuse and Atrix are already H+ devices.
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Someone already posted that putting an Infuse SIM in an SGS2, side-by-side, the SGS2 got faster speeds (for them). I'd guess the radio and APN's are going to be different in the Attain. Maybe we can learn some stuff from its settings once it comes out since it'll be optimized for AT&T's network. Including some of the *#X#* settings.

Sprint to delay 4G LTE, what a shock!

http://www.pcworld.com/article/245561/sprint_delays_4g_lte_rollout.html
The good news, if one can take seriously any statements coming from Overland Park, KS., is that Sprint will support 4G through 2015. This, of course, like the terms of our contracts, is subject to change at any time for any reason. I guess the $1.5 billion "Investment" in Clear, anticipated legal fees and class-action payouts in light of the C.I.Q. melt-down, and not-to-be-realized data mining profits have taken their toll.
Have you forgotten some old proverbs:
Honesty is the best policy
Cheaters never prosper
The cover-up is worse than the crime
How about trying a new one,
Our customers can handle the truth.
End of rant.

The LTE uncertainty is why I am holding off on an upgrade till at least late 2012.

Jayavarman said:
The LTE uncertainty is why I am holding off on an upgrade till at least late 2012.
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It's why I'm switching to Verizon after the first of the year. They already have working 4g that gets 20mbps down.

My warrant officer has an HTC jet stream on at&t running lte 26+ down speed test I'm planning on switching it honestly isn't that expensive for what I need
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The network upgrade is proceeding as planned they just wont have the devices until the second half of 2012.

sitlet said:
It's why I'm switching to Verizon after the first of the year. They already have working 4g that gets 20mbps down.
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And to add to that they just purchased a large amount of spectrum to use for lte. I'm 90% going to switch to Verizon when my contract ends next October. Unless sprint pulls something really good out of their ass..
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I use a ton of data so ATT or Verizon isn't an option. I'm fine with my evo through most of 2012 until the LTE phones come out. I'm confused about some of the posts in here though. Sure, 20mps is awesome....but doesn't that mean you just hit the cap sooner?

makisupa79 said:
I use a ton of data so ATT or Verizon isn't an option. I'm fine with my evo through most of 2012 until the LTE phones come out. I'm confused about some of the posts in here though. Sure, 20mps is awesome....but doesn't that mean you just hit the cap sooner?
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No, its just how much data you can pull in chunks. Whether you download a 100mb file at 500kb/s or 25Mb/s , its the same amount of data, you'll just get it faster at 25Mb/s.

I wish I was getting 500kbps lol I live in the Indy area and can't get ****
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teh roxxorz said:
No, its just how much data you can pull in chunks. Whether you download a 100mb file at 500kb/s or 25Mb/s , its the same amount of data, you'll just get it faster at 25Mb/s.
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Since vz data is not unlimited you actually do hit the cap faster. I know if i had 4g or lte i would be jammin on that data!
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interloper said:
Since vz data is not unlimited you actually do hit the cap faster. I know if i had 4g or lte i would be jammin on that data!
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If that's how they're operating, they're literally robbing you.

Sprints data is unlimited. Verizon and att have a capped plan. You get x amount of data for x amount of money. If you go over you pay. I like sprint. I live in a rural are and roam off a verizon tower. I still dont hit the data roaming limit and only the voice roaming limit once. And i have 9 lines on two plans.
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Yes but our unlimited data means nothing if you can't get any data to begin with I love sprints plan but hate their service right now its unfortunate since I'm generally happy except for my data speeds
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I get sweet speeds on WiMax and good speeds on 3G. I'm sticking with Sprint since I routinely use more than 5GB of data each month. Every month a bit more. Soon I'll be over 6GB/mo.
Although, all bets are off if they don't get the Galaxy Nexus by Feb.

How much data does an average person used in a month? For all carriers?
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sitlet said:
It's why I'm switching to Verizon after the first of the year. They already have working 4g that gets 20mbps down.
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And their highest data plan can be used up in 30 minutes at that speed lol

sitlet said:
It's why I'm switching to Verizon after the first of the year. They already have working 4g that gets 20mbps down.
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Wait until there is network congestion and lets see the speeds then. Currently in Indianapolis I have way better 3G speeds then version does and no caps and 4G though not official as it's still under Clear but it's 11Mb down all day..
When Sprint launched 4G in St. Louis and Chicago the speeds were a lot faster then they are now that there is more users on the network. Also faster the speed the faster you will hit their cap and the faster you will be complaining because you have to pay the overages.
$30 a month for 2GB vs. $10 a month for unlimited. The numbers don't lie but like the old saying goes a fool and his money are soon parted.

I've used different radios and all that I'm by no means a noob my friend don't get me wrong if I could I would stay but unfortunately I'm at my best 1mbps and I only get that late at night during the day when I'm up 200k at best its maddening
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Dont feel so bad guys, some people have it worst. My best download speeds most of the time is around 48kbps on a good day I'll be at 129kbps
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Switching to verizon in feb when contract is up.

TMOBILE vs SPRINT

Thinking of jumping ship to tmobile since 4G has never been offered in my area for Sprint. Also the pricing is a little better than Sprint? However outside of my area service is non-existent unless I force my phone into roaming? I like the data plan Sprint has but believe Sprint will change there data plan in the coming months. With that I will be grandfathered in until my contract ends. So if someone could tell me if they have trouble with data and signal or if it is great, or what they have to do get signal since tmobile is gsm instead of cdma?

mikerowes69 said:
Thinking of jumping ship to tmobile since 4G has never been offered in my area for Sprint. Also the pricing is a little better than Sprint? However outside of my area service is non-existent unless I force my phone into roaming? I like the data plan Sprint has but believe Sprint will change there data plan in the coming months. With that I will be grandfathered in until my contract ends. So if someone could tell me if they have trouble with data and signal or if it is great, or what they have to do get signal since tmobile is gsm instead of cdma?
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What?!?!
I'm not sure what you are asking. Not knowing where you are at, generally speaking if you have good sprint signal you would have good t-mobile signal. If you do not have good sprint signal, you may have just as poor t-mobile signal as their tower footprints are similar. If you live out from a city or something, AT&T or most especially Verizon have much larger footprints.

Do you mean they have a better price but for less services? Like not having unlimited texting or something? I thought Sprint had the best price.

Evo_Shift said:
Do you mean they have a better price but for less services? Like not having unlimited texting or something? I thought Sprint had the best price.
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I believe the pricing is very similar, but you get speed cut back on data once you go over the limit of your specific plan. Sprint data on thier network is not throttled or limited.

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What?!?!
I'm not sure what you are asking. Not knowing where you are at, generally speaking if you have good sprint signal you would have good t-mobile signal. If you do not have good sprint signal, you may have just as poor t-mobile signal as their tower footprints are similar. If you live out from a city or something, AT&T or most especially Verizon have much larger footprints.
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Sprint and Tmobile have very good signal in my area. However No 4G for Sprint, but 4G for Tmobile is here. Once you leave my city since I travel outside it for work alot the signal fades. I then use "ROAM Control" to force into to roam mode. I need to know is there a way to force Roaming on the Nexus S or any other phone on the TMobile network?
US Cellular is very good in the rural areas but it is CDMA and the pricing is quite a bit higher.

Well TMobile post paid plans are better, I think for 45 dollars you get, one hundred mins, unlimited texts, and five gbs of data
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I believe the pricing is very similar, but you get speed cut back on data once you go over the limit of your specific plan. Sprint data on thier network is not throttled or limited.
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Thanks for your info. It will not bother too much since I dont use over 2 GB a month.

BrianDigital said:
Well TMobile post paid plans are better, I think for 45 dollars you get, one hundred mins, unlimited texts, and five gbs of data
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T-Mobile pre paid is 30 dollars for this same plan. Just throwing that out there. That's what I'm using right now. Unlimited data but it gets throttled at 5gb
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tycruickshank said:
T-Mobile pre paid is 30 dollars for this same plan. Just throwing that out there. That's what I'm using right now. Unlimited data but it gets throttled at 5gb
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What are the limitations of your plan, and the cost outright for the phone?

tycruickshank said:
T-Mobile pre paid is 30 dollars for this same plan. Just throwing that out there. That's what I'm using right now. Unlimited data but it gets throttled at 5gb
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That's what I meant do you have any trouble getting phones to work, or is it as simple as popping the Sim in, I'm really thinking about jumping ship I'm getting sick of paying 80ISH dollars a month
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mikerowes69 said:
Sprint and Tmobile have very good signal in my area. However No 4G for Sprint, but 4G for Tmobile is here. Once you leave my city since I travel outside it for work alot the signal fades. I then use "ROAM Control" to force into to roam mode. I need to know is there a way to force Roaming on the Nexus S or any other phone on the TMobile network?
US Cellular is very good in the rural areas but it is CDMA and the pricing is quite a bit higher.
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Sprint is CDMA and T-Mobile is GSM, the phones are not interchangable on each other's network. You would have to get a GSM phone, and it would have to have T-Mobile specific frequencies for HSPDA+ (Their "4G" which is 1700mhz, different that AT&T's 1900mhz) in order to get 4G speeds.

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What are the limitations of your plan, and the cost outright for the phone?
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BrianDigital said:
That's what I meant do you have any trouble getting phones to work, or is it as simple as popping the Sim in, I'm really thinking about jumping ship I'm getting sick of paying 80ISH dollars a month
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I bought my phone (i9020T) used for around 200, but you can still find new ones around on the internet for I think around 400-500 USD maybe cheaper if you can find a good deal. The i9023 (the SLCD screen) is usually cheaper. I found some online for around 300 - 350 USD. Both the i9023 and the i9020T will work with 3G on T-Mobile's network. The data speeds I get are quite good as well. Some places I'll get as much as 5 megs down but the norm is usually around 3 to 4 for me. There are no limitation with the plan really that I can think of. I mean the only thing is that you only get 100 minutes but I've bought Groove IP (VOIP app in the Play Store) so essentially I have unlimited minutes now as well. Only paying $30 a month.
All you have to do is get a T-Mobile prepaid sim from the website and pop it in the phone and you're good to go.

I did exact as user above, $30 and then Groove IP. For my location T-Mobile is vastly faster, but you have to check your location coverage. In big cities Sprint can be fast. Since their phone is CDMA they don't use SIM so their phones goes for slighty lower value. You can get Sprint Nexus S cheaper than GSM version.
Check here for some prepaid plans: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21604722&postcount=2
I hope this doesn't seem like an ass move but, but I have a Nexus S t-mobile for sale.

I can't wait my etc goes down to a hundred in a month, I'm debating just going galaxy nexus or HTC one x, either one that's for sale at best buy and use that buy back plan which my girl didbwith her new iPhone 4s she's been guarenteed 400 bucks before six months, it almost worth it to be a phone whore
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I like the Pre-Paid Montly plans in T-Mobile.
$30 100 mins/UL SMS/ 5GB 4G data Walmart and online?
$30 1500 min-SMS /30Mb
$50 UL min/UL SMS/ UL Data(1st 100 mb at 4G)
$60 UL /UL /UL Data (1st 2GB 4G)
I use the $50, You can change every month to any of the plans.
Tip :If you buy the Card in Calling Mart $100 goes for $95 no tax charged.
So if you pick the $50 it would be like paying around 44+Tax in a post paid (Yes $44 for an unlimited everything).
About Signal, I don't have problems, ATT is a little better(3G+) but much more expensive.
Now I don't like Sprint or Verizon because I like the flexibility of having a GSM unlocked phone.

Go Smart mobile on Nexus 4

I am done with Straight Talk. When it works, it works. But when it doesn't, it Sucks. And everyone knows how BAD their customer service is. I'm planning to switch to Go Smart mobile. Anyone use their service? And is it decent? I do ALOT of calls and messaging. But I barely use any data. Maybe 1gb a month from streaming music and navigation. I'm looking at their $35 plan. Any advice would be appreciated.
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it's owned by T-Mobile so just check their coverage map.
For the $35 plan you will still connect to 3G, but throttled to 2G-like speed @ 128kbps. I don't think you can stream and browse with that kind of speed. (You can do it, but it won't be fun).
The $45 plan is throttled down to 1Mbps.
I think the $30 plan is best if you only use WiFi. Other plans get throttled too much for my taste.

Gophone
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Gophone
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This!!! x1000
It just works, flawlessly, all the time... It might cost a little more than ST/Net10, but it is worth it, and if you have any issues just walk into a local AT&T corporate store and they take care of it or their tech support/customer service is actually pretty good from the little I have had to deal with them.

The GoPhone plans don't seem so hot... $60 for 2GB of data on a smartphone is pricey for a prepaid plan. AIO Wireless is owned by AT&T and gives you 2GB for $55, but it's 2GB of high speed and unlimited throttled data.
If T-Mobile has decent coverage in your area then GoSmart would be worth a shot based on your usage. Music streaming would be fine on their faster plan, and even their slower plan should handle low-bitrate streaming.
Since it's prepaid and no contract, why not try it out and cancel after a month if you're unhappy?

raptir said:
The GoPhone plans don't seem so hot... $60 for 2GB of data on a smartphone is pricey for a prepaid plan. AIO Wireless is owned by AT&T and gives you 2GB for $55, but it's 2GB of high speed and unlimited throttled data.
If T-Mobile has decent coverage in your area then GoSmart would be worth a shot based on your usage. Music streaming would be fine on their faster plan, and even their slower plan should handle low-bitrate streaming.
Since it's prepaid and no contract, why not try it out and cancel after a month if you're unhappy?
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AIO Wireless is throttled all the time, read carefully users who have switched, they limit to about 3MB/s, and their MMS is... ummm... questionable, at times.
Go Phone might be a little more spendy, but for the extra $5 or $10, it is worth it to me.

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AIO Wireless is throttled all the time, read carefully users who have switched, they limit to about 3MB/s, and their MMS is... ummm... questionable, at times.
Go Phone might be a little more spendy, but for the extra $5 or $10, it is worth it to me.
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As of September they increased the cap from 4Mbps to 8 Mbps. It's certainly not LTE speeds but that's faster than I ever got on AT&T's HSPA+.

raptir said:
As of September they increased the cap from 4Mbps to 8 Mbps. It's certainly not LTE speeds but that's faster than I ever got on AT&T's HSPA+.
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Good to know that about AIO... I was unaware it changed.
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I used their service for a month, received excellent speeds - for whatever reason just as fast as I would on T Mobile LTE and never had reception problems. The issue for me was the data - I thought it would he throttled when you hit your cap but it just store working altogether. Of you know you can limit yourself it's worth ire bit otherwise I would suggest T Mobile prepaid.

There's always Solavei which I recently signed up for and find it to be the best deal! If you sign up before October 4th then your first month will be $29 (plus tax) and after that you'll pay $49 (plus tax) a month. You get 4gb of 4g data and then throttled to 2g speeds once over the 4gb. You also get unlimited text, mms and calling. SOLAVEI USES T-MOBILES TOWERS FOR DATA/TEXT/CALLS & ROAMS FREELY ON AT&T FOR TEXT/CALLS (NO AT&T DATA)!
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Thanks for all the helpful advice. I just don't want to hop prepaid carriers because I have to buy a sim card every time. And I only need data for gps use. Sometimes I stream but I'm always around wifi. 35 bucks for unlimited calls and texts seems like a steal. I don't mind 2g speeds.
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machoua said:
Thanks for all the helpful advice. I just don't want to hop prepaid carriers because I have to buy a sim card every time. And I only need data for gps use. Sometimes I stream but I'm always around wifi. 35 bucks for unlimited calls and texts seems like a steal. I don't mind 2g speeds.
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Good luck... Just remember if that fail or doesn't work out for whatever reason, GoPhone SIMs are free at any AT&T corporate store.
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acejavelin said:
Good luck... Just remember if that fail or doesn't work out for whatever reason, GoPhone SIMs are free at any AT&T corporate store.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app
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Ah. Thanks for the tip.
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