Nexus 5 on AIO wireless thread - Nexus 5 General

Figured I'd start a thread for us aio wireless users to discuss the likes/dislikes. Is anybody else on aio?
Overall I'm satisfied with the service, just wish I got LTE at my house. The capped data speeds are more than acceptable, does all I need it to do.
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1stx2 said:
Figured I'd start a thread for us aio wireless users to discuss the likes/dislikes. Is anybody else on aio?
Overall I'm satisfied with the service, just wish I got LTE at my house. The capped data speeds are more than acceptable, does all I need it to do.
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I am generally happy with the service. You are capped fairly low on the LTE speed, but I have not had any trouble streaming 1080p video or anything else for that matter. So it's fine for me. The one thing that I hate is that when you have used your allotted data, you HAVE to buy more. They don't just turn off LTE, they throttle your 3g so hard you can't even check your email without timing out. Also, on the website(or in the app) I have yet to see any way to accurately track my data use so far this month. They show it as a purple bar which is impossible to get an accurate reading on, These may be relatively minor things, but they are annoying. Otherwise I'd rate them as excellent. But next month I am switching to T-Moblie for a month to try them out. Unlimited data WITH Unlimited LTE for $70 a month with no taxes. I'm paying that now AIO for 7 gigs(which i can easily use). If their coverage is good, I'll be staying put.

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I am generally happy with the service. You are capped fairly low on the LTE speed, but I have not had any trouble streaming 1080p video or anything else for that matter. So it's fine for me. The one thing that I hate is that when you have used your allotted data, you HAVE to buy more. They don't just turn off LTE, they throttle your 3g so hard you can't even check your email without timing out. Also, on the website(or in the app) I have yet to see any way to accurately track my data use so far this month. They show it as a purple bar which is impossible to get an accurate reading on, These may be relatively minor things, but they are annoying. Otherwise I'd rate them as excellent. But next month I am switching to T-Moblie for a month to try them out. Unlimited data WITH Unlimited LTE for $70 a month with no taxes. I'm paying that now AIO for 7 gigs(which i can easily use). If their coverage is good, I'll be staying put.
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Yea the capped data doesn't bother me. I haven't hit the data cap yet and hope I don't. I wish I could go with tmobile , but they have absolutely NO,NONE, NODDA service where I live
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1stx2 said:
Yea the capped data doesn't bother me. I haven't hit the data cap yet and hope I don't. I wish I could go with tmobile , but they have absolutely NO,NONE, NODDA service where I live
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Let me know on the capped speeds when you reach them
i want to see whats speed while capped

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Let me know on the capped speeds when you reach them
i want to see whats speed while capped
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That cap we are speaking of is permanent. It's always there. You are always capped at 8 MegaBITS per seconds(not to be confused with real MBs). I think that is somewhere around 1mb per second. I generally get right at 8mbits per second download. Now once you run out of data, it's unusable if that's what you are asking.

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That cap we are speaking of is permanent. It's always there. You are always capped at 8 MegaBITS per seconds(not to be confused with real MBs). I think that is somewhere around 1mb per second. I generally get right at 8mbits per second download. Now once you run out of data, it's unusable if that's what you are asking.
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Oh, i think ill stick with T-Mobile then.

This is my speed at my house. It does everything I need it to do.
It maxes out the caps at my work just wish it was better at my house.
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1stx2 said:
This is my speed at my house. It does everything I need it to do.
It maxes out the caps at my work just wish it was better at my house.
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You have like no bars there are you like in a dead zone?

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You have like no bars there are you like in a dead zone?
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Pretty much lol I wish I could get Verizon's service on this phone. I get full LTE on my vzw note 2.
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Live in the Denver area and AIO works awesome for me. On LTE 95%+ of time. I'll take "capped" data over unreliable service, any day. Sure Tmo is much faster, but if you live / work / travel in that one particular area where Tmo service goes down and you need it, it doesn't matter how much faster it COULD be. Actually I was sad I had to leave Tmo because I love what they have been doing with upgrading their service, pricing points, etc, but at my shop where I have to tether to provide internet for my business, it just couldn't do the job. Now that I have switched, it's been awesome. A solid LTE connection, even capped is plenty fast enough to do pretty much anything. I pretty much never get buffering from any streaming service (Pandora, Netflix, Youtube (well, it IS Youtube, so sometimes, but that happens even on great wifi if the site is bogged down) and honestly, if you aren't setting around playing with Speedtest.net then it's something that 90% of people would never even notice that it's "slower". Web pages and emails and the like only open SO fast anyway. But what service works best for you matters so much on where you are and what you need to do with it. If I didn't have issues where I work, would never have thought about switching, but now that I did, I've no reason to switch back.

1stx2 said:
Figured I'd start a thread for us aio wireless users to discuss the likes/dislikes. Is anybody else on aio?
Overall I'm satisfied with the service, just wish I got LTE at my house. The capped data speeds are more than acceptable, does all I need it to do.
AIO wireless website
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Love the icon, Geaux Tigers!
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Aio user chipping in here. I've been a user since they first went national after the whole AT&T buyout. Great service and I get a signal everywhere. On paper, the HSPA+ and LTE caps sound bad, but in real time use, it's more than enough for anything you'd be doing on a smartphone. It's enough to stream 1080p video, upload photos to facebook, casually surf the web, etc.
Aio is going to be merged with Cricket Wireless once AT&T finishes the buy out of Leap Wireless. Supposedly, according to AT&T's CEO, service will still be through AT&T, and pricing/plans will be the same.

Another satisfied AIO customer here. I dropped my unlimited data Verizon plan because I wanted a Nexus 5. So far I absolutely LOVE AIO!!!
The capped speeds don't bother me at all, it is plenty fast. I was nervous about leaving Verizon, but now I am so glad I did it - I became a believer in AT&T's nationwide LTE network.
I'm on the $55/month plan (all taxes and fees included) so I save $43/month from what I was paying for Verizon (rip off). If I add up all the savings plus take into consideration the 3rd month is free with AIO, I will save $528 just in the first year! :good:
Will be interesting when AIO gets absorbed into Cricket, which is now owned by AT&T. I've been assured that my experience will not change once the switch happens...

I don't understand the benefit of AIO over AT&T GoPhone. The $60 GoPhone plan has the same 2gb of data but no limits on LTE. And you can get refills for about $55 on CallingMart.

bozzykid said:
I don't understand the benefit of AIO over AT&T GoPhone. The $60 GoPhone plan has the same 2gb of data but no limits on LTE. And you can get refills for about $55 on CallingMart.
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So it's unlimited?
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So it's unlimited?
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Paying $60 for 2gb is NOT better than paying $70 for 7gbs I can't live on 2gbs, I've went over 7 before! GoPhone is great I suppose but really, the plans on Aio are cheaper and have higher limits.

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Love the icon, Geaux Tigers!
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It's the only way I know!
Landara said:
Paying $60 for 2gb is NOT better than paying $70 for 7gbs I can't live on 2gbs, I've went over 7 before! GoPhone is great I suppose but really, the plans on Aio are cheaper and have higher limits.
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This x1000. There is no way I could survive on 2gb a month.
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Hmm just looked into switching but AIO my N5's IMEI is coming up as being on the stolen/lost list, WTF?

bioyuki said:
Hmm just looked into switching but AIO my N5's IMEI is coming up as being on the stolen/lost list, WTF?
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bozzykid said:
I don't understand the benefit of AIO over AT&T GoPhone. The $60 GoPhone plan has the same 2gb of data but no limits on LTE. And you can get refills for about $55 on CallingMart.
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GoPhone's limited $60 (+ tax) plan cuts you off once you reach the (unthrottled) 2GBs/month, and then you must pay $10 per GB if you wish to keep using data.
AIO's unlimited $55 (tax included) plan only reduces your speeds after you go over the (throttled) 2GBs/month, but you still get data and there is no additional charge. You do however have the option of paying $10/gb if you would like to keep having LTE at the higher speed instead of it being reduced...
Not saying one is better than the other but there is a clear difference, and I prefer not to be cut off/or charged if I hit 2gb/month which I occasionally do. For someone who never goes over 2GB/month then GoPhone may be the better option. In my experience AIO's throttled data speeds are plenty fast enough for anything!
As my screenshot shows a few posts above, I am getting 8+mbps down and 11+mbps up. Would you mind posting a screenshot of a speedtest while using GoPhone for comparison?

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Throttled after 2GB of data usage? WTF?

So I've just been notified that i am in the top 5% of data usage and I have been throttled BIG TIME. From getting 8000-10,000kb down to now only getting 150 down. Are you kidding me att?
The kicker is I've only used 2gb of data! Is this att's way of finally trying to make the unlimited plan disappear?
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So I've just been notified that i am in the top 5% of data usage and I have been throttled BIG TIME. From getting 8000-10,000kb down to now only getting 150 down. Are you kidding me att?
The kicker is I've only used 2gb of data! Is this att's way of finally trying to make the unlimited plan disappear?
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Damn... wish I could say I didn't expect this.
If I begin to get throttled at 2GB, I will request a hard copy of the report of all AT&T users Data usage... seems only fair if they can determine I am in the top 5%, that I should be able to see their proof... Plus I assume it would cost them a bt of money to print that and mail it.
Thankfully it has not happened yet.
It may be regional. I am near ny. Point is this. If 3 months ago the top 5% of user were getting double digits in data usage, how the help does that drop so fast when more and more people are getting fast smart phones that use more data.
Something is fishy.
Where are the lawyers on this forum. This is the end of unlimited data as we know it. **** you AT&T
Yeah, unfortunately its not the top 5% of users, its the top 5% of "unlimited" users. All these people that are getting smartphones or have got smartphones in the last almost 2 years cant get unlimited data unless they already had it and are grandfathered in. As people change their data plans for plans with tethering, leave AT&T, or just drop their unlimited data for one reason or another, stop being factored into that number. As the number of unlimited users drop, so will the amount of data that you have to use to be considered to be in the top 5%.
The fields from which they use are plan-unlimited platform-android then they narrow it down to LTE and since there are not alot if LTE users especially with unlimited they do it quick I have a sgs ii with unlimited and I was at 6gb on hspa and 3g and 3 gb on my vivid , guess which one got the throttle message.....
I went crazy on att about this , I got credit but its automated....
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I am not even on LTE here. It's all hspa. Throttled at 2gb. Such bull****.
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Yeah, unfortunately its not the top 5% of users, its the top 5% of "unlimited" users. All these people that are getting smartphones or have got smartphones in the last almost 2 years cant get unlimited data unless they already had it and are grandfathered in. As people change their data plans for plans with tethering, leave AT&T, or just drop their unlimited data for one reason or another, stop being factored into that number. As the number of unlimited users drop, so will the amount of data that you have to use to be considered to be in the top 5%.
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This will eventually lead to selflimitation, people will start using less and less, and we'll might even see throttling after 1GB in the future (top 5%)...
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ClippinWings said:
Damn... wish I could say I didn't expect this.
If I begin to get throttled at 2GB, I will request a hard copy of the report of all AT&T users Data usage... seems only fair if they can determine I am in the top 5%, that I should be able to see their proof... Plus I assume it would cost them a bt of money to print that and mail it.
Thankfully it has not happened yet.
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You will probably probably see it soon. They didn't even send me a notice telling me that I'm approaching top 5% and I wasn't even at 3GB. I remember it happened exactly a week ago on the 1st of the month, as I watching some clips in the afternoon and everything was just as usual, then later that night when I popped open the browser, NOTHING would load correctly. NOTHING!!! Freakin eh...
At first I thought I had a bad connection, then when I got to an area to 5 bars it was still giving me 150. I switched apn and got hspa speed back and thought maybe ATT is doing some maintenance work or something, they couldn't be throttling me at a shade below 3GB. Needless to say, my billing cycle starts on the 3rd of the month and of course LTE came back on.....THROTTLED!!!!!
If they are going to throttle (not that I agree throttling at 2GB is right, because it is downright RIDICULOUS), at least cap it to a speed where people can still somewhat browse the web, 150 is F*cking stupid. Normally I'm not a person to display extreme anger in forums, but this has gotten me to be pretty pissed at how they are BSing the unlimited customers.
So what can we do about this? Can we get some sort of class action lawsuit going? I dont know how to do any of this but I think we have the right to make a big stink about this.
Face it we are getting ****ed right now!
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You will probably probably see it soon. They didn't even send me a notice telling me that I'm approaching top 5% and I wasn't even at 3GB. I remember it happened exactly a week ago on the 1st of the month, as I watching some clips in the afternoon and everything was just as usual, then later that night when I popped open the browser, NOTHING would load correctly. NOTHING!!! Freakin eh...
At first I thought I had a bad connection, then when I got to an area to 5 bars it was still giving me 150. I switched apn and got hspa speed back and thought maybe ATT is doing some maintenance work or something, they couldn't be throttling me at a shade below 3GB. Needless to say, my billing cycle starts on the 3rd of the month and of course LTE came back on.....THROTTLED!!!!!
If they are going to throttle (not that I agree throttling at 2GB is right, because it is downright RIDICULOUS), at least cap it to a speed where people can still somewhat browse the web, 150 is F*cking stupid. Normally I'm not a person to display extreme anger in forums, but this has gotten me to be pretty pissed at how they are BSing the unlimited customers.
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It's their way of thanking us for being customers of theirs over the years. I was Cingular before att bought them. Gsm carriers that can compete against the titans are not in my area. Sad times indeed
Edit: Does anyone have a few billion dollars lying around or some wealthy investors that would be interested in starting up another US cellular company? Lol. No or sparse competition has allowed this to happen
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I got throttled once I hit 2GB too. So unlimited means <2GB at LTE speeds for $30 but you can pay $30 for 3GB. Got to give it to ATT, unlimited data but speed will vary drastically. For me it was less than 100KB. From 20MBps to 100kbps. Pretty sad.
It's not just LTE. It's hspa too.
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It's not just LTE. It's hspa too.
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Yup, but lte users can create a HSPA APN and avoid the throttle while using the HSPA network.
Please explain. Becuase I normally use the stock pta apn, but also have the hspa+ one and the wap.Cingular one that I have added in, and all of them were throttled the same for me.
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Please explain. Becuase I normally use the stock pta apn, but also have the hspa+ one and the wap.Cingular one that I have added in, and all of them were throttled the same for me.
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I used the apn from this thread when I was throttled on LTE and was able to get back HSPA speeds for the remainder of my billing cyle.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1338109
I have been getting throttled every month around 3gb about 10 days each time from my billing cycle end date, the last 2 months I didn't even receive a warning or a throttle message, just happened.
Haven't been on an unlimited plan for some time..out of curiosity..this only pertains to those grandfathered in on an unlimited plan correct?
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Ohhh.. look what I found
looks like people are starting to take notice. I pay 160 /mo for 3 phones and have been with them for many years. I'm waiting for them to nail me, but someone needs to take them to court. So just because 5% heavily use their unlimited plan they are impose this BS.. OK so the other 95% that dont do they rest discounts since they dont use that much?. what crap
I'm so pissed at this I'm going to run 6 hours of Netflix tonight!
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Haven't been on an unlimited plan for some time..out of curiosity..this only pertains to those grandfathered in on an unlimited plan correct?
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Unlimited users only. The pay per gb plans do not see any throttling. More usage on those plans = more revenue
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Wind/Mobilicity Speed Tests

I know there are a number of speed test threads for the Nexus 4 but I want this one to be specifically for mobilicity and wind customers.
I have mobilicity's fake 4g premium data.. network type is set to lte/gsm/CDMA auto
Here are 7 test results with a peak of 10mbps down anyone on wind or Mobilicity will know that the speeds are unheard of.
These tests show an average speed of around 8 Mb but typical speeds are generally much closer to the 3.5 to 4 MB range.
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Where in Mississauga did you take these speeds? I'm so thrilled.
Near heartland and about 1 km away from a newly erected tower (Terry fox and eglinton).
Keep in mind these were taken on a Saturday morning between 10-1130 (minimal congestion)
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Ah, I live near the area too. Thanks for the reply!
Really awesome speeds...
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That's impressive I work in a wind store and have never been able to pull those kinda speeds.
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Damn, I feel sorry for you guys that live in Canada if you think those are good speeds...? The upload is horrid but the ping times are pretty good.
shojus said:
Damn, I feel sorry for you guys that live in Canada if you think those are good speeds...? The upload is horrid but the ping times are pretty good.
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$25/m +$10 premium data.
How to complain?
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Damn, I feel sorry for you guys that live in Canada if you think those are good speeds...? The upload is horrid but the ping times are pretty good.
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Wind doesn't have a great network, but when you pay $29 a month for unlimited everything you don't expect lightning quick download speeds. I was with them for awhile but I had to switch back to Rogers for reliability purposes. Still, those are good speeds for wind. Hopefully they continue to improve their network.
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i dont know if they changed it, but when i had my galaxy nexus before nov 13, i was on basic data and i couldnt get more than 2 mbps, but i did get around 800kbps upload,
i wonder if got the fast speeds for basic data users too now, if not im going to switch to premium data
I managed to get 12 mbps down on wind at major mac and weston thats using Htc One S
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Damn, I feel sorry for you guys that live in Canada if you think those are good speeds...? The upload is horrid but the ping times are pretty good.
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I wouldn't feel sorry for me. As stated above, I pay $24.25/month for my BTS plan with unlimited local calling, unlimited text and unlimited data.
Can you find me a comparable plan in the States?
Wind here on HMP (no premium data) $45 Unlimited everything taxes in
3MBPS is my max DL. Home and office have towers within 1km> radius. Good enough to stream Netflix and I can watch Walking Dead with no pixelation. I exceed 5GB of data per month and would love to have 10MBPS but for extra $10 no way. The speed now is good enough for me. It's bearable.
I'm on mobilicity on the BTS (BACK TO SCHOOL PLAN), and I always get at least 1.5 - 2Mbps, (On my lg optimus one), the data's not that great but I love having unlimited everything. Can't wait to get a nexus 4.
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I wouldn't feel sorry for me. As stated above, I pay $24.25/month for my BTS plan with unlimited local calling, unlimited text and unlimited data.
Can you find me a comparable plan in the States?
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Let's not forget the coverage is pretty limited and the network is largely hit or miss.
To the OP, I think you are one of the first people I've seen with actual HSPA+ speeds on Mobi with their premium add-on. On the other hand, having to pay an extra $20 for that add-on kinda ruins the low-price idea of Mobi in my opinion.
To address multiple posts keep in mind that mobile is city is no contract. There is no denying that coverage is shoddy but at 40/month with no lock in and unlimited everything I'm not complaining.
To the previous poster: I actually only pay 40 dollars a month including the premium. I was actually on the friends and family plan for 35 dollars and in order to get the premium data I had to switch to 1 of the new plans which pissed me off.
I got in touch with Stewart Lyons and he personally saw to it that I got what I wanted. Ended up getting the new 50 percent off plans with everything I currently have plus extra roaming minutes and premium data for 5 dollars more than what I was previously paying.
All that said though the speeds are not consistent and I would really love to have 20 + MB/s... not willing to switch to one if the big 3 on a three year contract for that.
Telecomm in our country is so f****ng backwards
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Telecomm in our country is so f****ng backwards
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LOL that's it? Everything is so F-ing [email protected] here in Canada we're pathetic to be considered one of the top cities to live in the world. We can't even produce an Octopus card for our public transit system. How about capping our Internet? I could go on and on.
I'd still choose to live here over the US though (well, IF I really had to move to the US I'd move to Hawaii).
Let's not forget the coverage is pretty limited and the network is largely hit or miss.
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If you don't travel much then it doesn't matter.
the most i got was 8mbs, what is the best setting for hspa+, right now i keep it as cdma/gsm auto, to the OP you put lte/cdma/gsm, when LTE isnt supported whats the point
Yea I pretty much can't argue with that.
To previous post there really is no point I just do it on the off chance that it picks up layaway frequency and boosts my dbm.
The fact that I have an LTE microsim just makes it intuitive for me to want to keep it on that setting you never know what impact it may or may not have.
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It's really frustrating when Mobilicity caps my $600 Note 2 at 2 mbps. $25 is a great deal though.

how big of a data plan and how much data do you use?

so i lost my udp, but now have 12g of data. im curious what size data plans everyone has and what you actually use. having never had a tiered data plan before now im paranoid im gonna go over. with the udp i tethered my phone instead of getting home internet, during my last move i broke down and set up roadrunner.
I have an All-you-can-eat tariff average usage is about 15-20GB per month. But looking at the way you've worded your post I'm going to assume you're in the States? Not sure you guys have tariffs that generous over there.
yea, im in the us. i used to have unlimited data, but my note 2 is almost dead and with 3 kids and having moved a few weeks ago funds to flat buy outright just isnt there. i used to download torrents,tether, run netflix, ect daily. i would average 40-50 gigs a month, but that was with no home internet though.
I'm on a grandfathered AT&T "unlimited" data plan with my Note 2. I use just short of 5 GB per month on average. I get AT&T's throttle warning on the last day of the month many times.
I'm on wifi at work and at home, so data is really only used in the car.
I'm on ATT grandfather plan. I used about on avg 18-20gb a month, throttled after 5gb.
If I wasn't throttled I'd probably use double or so.
Probably the main reason I'm thinking of switching to Tmobile since they don't throttle on their highest plan. But I'm getting pos/neg responses about their services.
Anyone have it in Orange, CA area with advice?
I avg about 16gb on Tmobile unlimited. I have good coverage at home and at work. I live in GA.
Verizon unlimited, I use anywhere from 4-8 GB a month.
Sprint unlimited, between me and my wife.....around 15 - 17 a month. I have a friend though that has T - Mobile and uses somewhere between 30 - 60 GB a month. He also once cause they said there wasn't a limit used 3500 GB.
T-Mobile unlimited and use about 20 a month, also about another 3 of tethering. I had Sprint and could only use about 5-6 because the network was so slow on the Note 3.
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Verizon unlimited here about 12-15 gb average
RavenY2K3 said:
I have an All-you-can-eat tariff average usage is about 15-20GB per month. But looking at the way you've worded your post I'm going to assume you're in the States? Not sure you guys have tariffs that generous over there.
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Did you just take a shot at the good ol' U.S. of A?
Straight Talk 2.5gb and I don't think I've ever gone over. What are you guys doing with your phones that you need 10-20 gb of data a month?
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Did you just take a shot at the good ol' U.S. of A?
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Lmao, not in a derogatory manner I assure you lol.
T-Mobile Unlimited. Normally under 20GB a month. No house usage though as I have 50mb/20mb business connection at the house.
I am grandfathered into the ATT Unlimited. I grow angry every time I hit 5gb....the throttling is horrible. I use my phone for the GPS daily and I hit some high data marks. Its frustrating. I actually call and ***** about the throttling everytime I hit it. It makes me that mad. Unlimited, yes, but I need full speed for all data I use. Still happy with ATT, but that one think may make or break it after 10 yrs.
Verizon unlimited. I'm anywhere from 30 to 80 GB a month depending on how many ROMs I download. ☺
I have the sprint $60.00 unlimited everything, most I have used is 50GB. This month I have used 20GB.
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Those of you with double digit data use what do you use it for? I avg maybe 3-5gb a month and can't fathom how to use more. Just curious.
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I average about 200 GB per month. Mostly with Netflix and uploading to YouTube. Sprints coverage is one of the worst but I cant go without the unlimited data.
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I average about 200 GB per month. Mostly with Netflix and uploading to YouTube. Sprints coverage is one of the worst but I cant go without the unlimited data.
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You don't get throttled?
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$80 tmobile unlimited plan

I tried in the Note 3 forum but it's a cluster fu.. over there so I am gonna try here. Does anyone or has anyone used this plan? I want to switch to this one so I can use my phone as a hot spotfor my computer when I'm at home but I don't want to hit some fine print limit. So I'm hoping someone here has done the same in the past.
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I tried in the Note 3 forum but it's a cluster fu.. over there so I am gonna try here. Does anyone or has anyone used this plan? I want to switch to this one so I can use my phone as a hot spotfor my computer when I'm at home but I don't want to hit some fine print limit. So I'm hoping someone here has done the same in the past.
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That will give you truly unlimited data from your phone, with I think 3gb of native tethering.
Do a search and you'll find a lot of answers on how to acomplish what you're trying to do.
Keywords: WiFi tether router
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iunlock said:
That will give you truly unlimited data from your phone, with I think 3gb of native tethering.
Do a search and you'll find a lot of answers on how to acomplish what you're trying to do.
Keywords: WiFi tether router
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Thanks For The reply but that's not quite was I was asking about. Getting around the tethering limits is relatively easy I was curious if I use say 100gb playing like Final Fantasy 14 plus my normal usage will t-mobile come at me and say I've used to much data you know?
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dmonger11b said:
Thanks For The reply but that's not quite was I was asking about. Getting around the tethering limits is relatively easy I was curious if I use say 100gb playing like Final Fantasy 14 plus my normal usage will t-mobile come at me and say I've used to much data you know?
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No, you will be fine.
Like I've said, do a search and you will see that people here are using hundreds of gigs, some even 1tb+. Truly unlimited is truly unlimited.
I do 300+gb a month and never experienced a slow down or anything of that nature.. Blast for it..
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I hate how some people take advantage of *unlimited data. Eventually they will do away with it because of this type of use
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I hate how some people take advantage of *unlimited data. Eventually they will do away with it because of this type of use
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Some of these people who use it as a dedicated internet shouldn't advertise it.
this is not how T-mobile setup their plans.
$80 unlimited is phone only data. The plan included 5GB tethering over t-mobile hotspot app.
I hope carriers block the abusers and not punish us all
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I hate how some people take advantage of *unlimited data. Eventually they will do away with it because of this type of use
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Agreed. We already went from $70 unlimited to now $80 unlimited.
??? Self-limited or Communty-limited, Unlimited Data ???
Why should someone who is paying for an unlimited data service, not utilize it as to their own prospective needs, or be punished/restricted for doing so???? Anyone urging the same for anyone elses say, TV usage??? Or HULU views??? Isn't it at all feasible, in this world of tolerance (haha), that someones legitimate needs might just be different from someone elses???
Wanna punish someone??? Why not suggest say, the Service Provider, who makes BILLIONS (in profit) annually, providing a service that CLEARLY does NOT cost what is charged, by any reasonable standard?!?!? And I'm OFF my SOAPBOX!!!
Sorry for the rant as well...
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I hope carriers block the abusers and not punish us all
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lol? I pay for unlimited, I use unlimited, whats the problem?
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Why should someone who is paying for an unlimited data service, not utilize it as to their own prospective needs, or be punished/restricted for doing so???? Anyone urging the same for anyone elses say, TV usage??? Or HULU views??? Isn't it at all feasible, in this world of tolerance (haha), that someones legitimate needs might just be different from someone elses???
Wanna punish someone??? Why not suggest say, the Service Provider, who makes BILLIONS (in profit) annually, providing a service that CLEARLY does NOT cost what is charged, by any reasonable standard?!?!? And I'm OFF my SOAPBOX!!!
Sorry for the rant as well...
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Consciously using and abusing versus using subconscious is different. Like me I don't monitor what I use. is use Wi-Fi when I can, etc. I don't rely on my MOBILE phone for my internet. Why don't they get an ISP for heavy use. If you use 100gb pm on a cellphone in a billing period, you must not work and thus you should have access to a WiFi network. To brag about using high amount of data is duh mm .. Learn the game! I'm thinking of the future I don't want them to punish all of a for a few defiant couch potatoes
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domhall said:
Why should someone who is paying for an unlimited data service, not utilize it as to their own prospective needs, or be punished/restricted for doing so???? Anyone urging the same for anyone elses say, TV usage??? Or HULU views??? Isn't it at all feasible, in this world of tolerance (haha), that someones legitimate needs might just be different from someone elses???
Wanna punish someone??? Why not suggest say, the Service Provider, who makes BILLIONS (in profit) annually, providing a service that CLEARLY does NOT cost what is charged, by any reasonable standard?!?!? And I'm OFF my SOAPBOX!!!
Sorry for the rant as well...
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This is America ...... EVERYTHING is over priced. That's a moot argument. My argument is on principal and moral. I'm not defending the business at all. They all can lower prices. But I like the idea when I use my LTE I don't have to count !megabytes, when people use LTE on purpose because they feel they can now we risk losing unlimited
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I can see both the points. Eventually the "abusers" will lift the already high prices to an even higher point. That being said - we, as Americans, get absolutely raped on the cost of our service. Not to mention we are among the slowest in the world when we take what we pay into consideration. So part of me is saying "**** these corporate criminals..." Another part is saying "easy does it...don't ruin a relatively good thing..."
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lol? I pay for unlimited, I use unlimited, whats the problem?
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"Consciously using and abusing... Followed by... Why don't they get an ISP... Followed by... You must not work???"
Im REALLY sorry NOW... That I said ANYTHING lol... Why didnt I think of those points to make?!?!?
The point of he T-Mobile network isn't about coverage it's about data that's what they advertise is the "data strong " network they have set up their network to handle the amount of data that is being used unlike the other carriers that have capped data
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Consciously using and abusing versus using subconscious is different. Like me I don't monitor what I use. is use Wi-Fi when I can, etc. I don't rely on my MOBILE phone for my internet. Why don't they get an ISP for heavy use. If you use 100gb pm on a cellphone in a billing period, you must not work and thus you should have access to a WiFi network. To brag about using high amount of data is duh mm .. Learn the game! I'm thinking of the future I don't want them to punish all of a for a few defiant couch potatoes
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This is America ...... EVERYTHING is over priced. That's a moot argument. My argument is on principal and moral. I'm not defending the business at all. They all can lower prices. But I like the idea when I use my LTE I don't have to count !megabytes, when people use LTE on purpose because they feel they can now we risk losing unlimited
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First of all jack ass I was throwing an arbitrary number out there. I have no idea how much data a MMO pulls. Secondly what's the difference between using a cell phone for my Internet and using Comcast besides I can get similar speed for a much better price using T-Mobile. I am only home for maybe two hours after work and that's enough time to eat mess around on the computer for a bit and crash so **** off with your generalizations. It'd make zero sense for me to spend an extra $100/mo on Comcast just to use maybe 20hrs/wk. If you want to pay my bill then I'll call them tomorrow. If not piss off.
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not saying the companies don't make a lot of money, but you do realize that its not 100% profit, setting up 4G LTE and LTE+ speeds for networks is HUGELY expensive.
That being said, competition will always drive prices lower. I sell phones/activations and trust me, 95% of people use 1 gb (or less) each month. we are such a minority that it doesn't matter how much we use.
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not saying the companies don't make a lot of money, but you do realize that its not 100% profit, setting up 4G LTE and LTE+ speeds for networks is HUGELY expensive.
That being said, competition will always drive prices lower. I sell phones/activations and trust me, 95% of people use 1 gb (or less) each month. we are such a minority that it doesn't matter how much we use.
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Well said. The man in the business said it himself and I know a hand full of people in the business and they all have said the same.
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I can see both the points. Eventually the "abusers" will lift the already high prices to an even higher point. That being said - we, as Americans, get absolutely raped on the cost of our service. Not to mention we are among the slowest in the world when we take what we pay into consideration. So part of me is saying "**** these corporate criminals..." Another part is saying "easy does it...don't ruin a relatively good thing..."
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You're absolutely right. It can go both ways, but at the end of the day truly unlimited is truly unlimited. No matter what the nay sayers may think, their opinion can't over rule the fact that truly unlimited is what it is. Lol...
TM, pushed the whole truly unlimited campaign like mad angry birds head on first. Now that customers are utilizing a service that they signed up for, doesn't give TM any right to try and take that away. Truly Unlimited Data is what customers are paying for.
So for them to even complain now is called: hypocrisy.
It also seems that the ones complaining are perhaps jealous or can't afford the $80 plan or maybe jealous of those who have a grandfathered unlimited plan? Who knows. ..
The fact remains, no matter how you tip the scale, documentation will beat conversation any day.
Truly Unlimited is Truly Unlimited. Pretty black and white to me.
And for goodness sake, what's the difference of streaming 1080p Netflix on your phone vs your 1080p TV? ROFL....
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If someone uses 10000gb in a month or 10gb a month the infrastructure cost doesn't change.
I use on average 15-20 GB a month. T-Mobile is flat out the best carrier with the best prices for what they offer. If I'm paying for unlimited data, regardless of whether I use 20 or I use 200 it shouldn't make any difference. T-Mobile makes it a point to advertise that truly unlimited means just that: truly unlimited. They expect people to switch to their network for that very reason. I don't see the person using 300gb a month as an abuser; he/she is taking advantage of a service that is being paid for. They aren't doing it in an unethical way or cheating the system.

Evading T-mobile Throttling on S6

Background:
I love t-mobile and don't wish them harm but I have been having some problems with how fast my 4g data disappears. I am on a grandfather plan that got upgraded. For one extra buck I could have 30 MB of data plus Music Freedom. Despite trying a bunch of firewall's and data restrictions and doing nothing but listening to Spotify the data never lasts more than a few days. And then it's edge speeds which make listening to spotify even on the lowest setting a buffering nightmare.
Question:
How do Increase the amount of data by just a little (I only need like a extra 100 MB) without paying a ridicules $50 a month?
I wouldn't.
http://money.cnn.com/2015/08/31/technology/tmobile-data-theives/
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I wouldn't.
http://money.cnn.com/2015/08/31/technology/tmobile-data-theives/
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That article is about tethering not extending data caps.
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That article is about tethering not extending data caps.
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My point was that if they are going to be that way about tethering, why risk fiddling around with extending data caps in an unauthorized fashion?
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My point was that if they are going to be that way about tethering, why risk fiddling around with extending data caps in an unauthorized fashion?
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This is probably the perfect time to do this while they are distracted with tethering.
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This is probably the perfect time to do this while they are distracted with tethering.
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Ooooo-kay then. ?
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Why don't you just switch to prepaid... the have a 5gb plan for 30 bucks
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Why don't you just switch to prepaid... the have a 5gb plan for 30 bucks
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I don't need that much data.
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This is probably the perfect time to do this while they are distracted with tethering.
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Yea, because no one will notice.... Oh and yes this is doable, thats why the boys over on Verizon and ATT forums could give a rats ass about the amount of data they get, they have the ROMS that exploit the caps.
Yep, lets defraud T-Mobile.....pure genius, while we're at it, lets go down the street and steal the neighbors 4K television. I wouldnt blame them for locking down their phones like fort knox for this reason alone. Look at it like this, If I own a store and people are shoplifting, I pass the extra costs due to lost merchandise and hiring loss prevention personnel to my customers, my customers then whine about the high cost of buying from me and my clientel numbers go in the tank. Dont do it.
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Yep, lets defraud T-Mobile.....pure genius, while we're at it, lets go down the street and steal the neighbors 4K television. I wouldnt blame them for locking down their phones like fort knox for this reason alone. Look at it like this, If I own a store and people are shoplifting, I pass the extra costs due to lost merchandise and hiring loss prevention personnel to my customers, my customers then whine about the high cost of buying from me and my clientel numbers go in the tank. Dont do it.
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That's exactly what I was getting at.
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I don't need that much data.
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How little could you possibly be paying that $30 is too much? Also, music streaming should not count towards your data cap on Tmo. I'd call them rather than trying to defraud them. Especially since T-Mobile alone is basically the reason why carriers are scrambling to reduce just how much they screw us. They've been a huge boon to the consumer in the past couple of years.
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Yea, because no one will notice.... Oh and yes this is doable, thats why the boys over on Verizon and ATT forums could give a rats ass about the amount of data they get, they have the ROMS that exploit the caps.
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Are you being sarcastic or is this for realz?
Maybe you could give me a link to one of these threads.
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Yep, lets defraud T-Mobile.....pure genius, while we're at it, lets go down the street and steal the neighbors 4K television. I wouldnt blame them for locking down their phones like fort knox for this reason alone. Look at it like this, If I own a store and people are shoplifting, I pass the extra costs due to lost merchandise and hiring loss prevention personnel to my customers, my customers then whine about the high cost of buying from me and my clientel numbers go in the tank. Dont do it.
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Okay I wouldn't be stealing data. T-mobile doesn't spend even a extra $0.000000001 if I use Edge speeds or lte. Only other t-mobile customers speed would be effected. But not where I live, I live in West Lebanon NH which only got lte a couple months ago, the closest tmobile store is 30 miles away. I know a lot of people in my town and what carrier they have and I am the only one with tmobile. There is so much bandwidth being unused it's kind of sad.
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How little could you possibly be paying that $30 is too much? Also, music streaming should not count towards your data cap on Tmo. I'd call them rather than trying to defraud them. Especially since T-Mobile alone is basically the reason why carriers are scrambling to reduce just how much they screw us. They've been a huge boon to the consumer in the past couple of years.
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My plan is .... 5 bucks a month. Before you go saying how low that is, this summer I lived in Russia and for 5 bucks I got unlimited lte data with no caps, speeds faster then t-mobile, coverage better than Verizon, signal strength better than at&t, and even lte advanced in some places.
Music streaming does not take away from my data allocation. Its other s*** on my phone that slips through firewalls and data restrictions.
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My plan is .... 5 bucks a month. Before you go saying how low that is, this summer I lived in Russia and for 5 bucks I got unlimited lte data with no caps, speeds faster then t-mobile, coverage better than Verizon, signal strength better than at&t, and even lte advanced in some places.
Music streaming does not take away from my data allocation. Its other s*** on my phone that slips through firewalls and data restrictions.
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Everything is relative. People don't get paid the same in Russia as they do here. It costs more to stand up a tower and buy infrastructure than it does in Russia. It's apples to rubles.
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Everything is relative. People don't get paid the same in Russia as they do here. It costs more to stand up a tower and buy infrastructure than it does in Russia. It's apples to rubles.
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It can't be that big of a difference I worked minimum wage in Russia and that was $4/hour and here it is $8/hour so by that logical all that awesome stuff should be $10 in the US but it doesn't even exist for any amount of money.
Anyway I didn't start this thread to argue about whether it is moral to evade throttling I just came to learn how to do it. If somebody teaches a person to shoot a gun so they can protect themselves and then the person starts killing innocent people with the gun, it is not the teachers fault. So please if you know tell me how to evade throttling.
In fact just tell me if the services.jar method will work, that's all I need.
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