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Is anyone having really slow data in San Francisco? For the last couple of days, my data speed is really slow. I can barely load a page. I'm over the 5GB cap, so I'm pretty sure T-Mobile is throttling my data. However, before I use to be able to turn data off and back on and my speed would be fine. Just wondering if anyone else in SF is noticing really slow speeds on T-Mobile.
T-mobile DOES throttle internet speeds after the GB cap is reached. Also you are in a bigger city so you will have to share the connection with more people. I've heard reports that the SF speeds can be slower in some locations.
I think TMO found a way to block us. I am also in SF and got hit by the data throttling today. I've tried changing it to edge, then back to 4g - no luck. Then I tried changing APNs.. still didn't work.
Like I said they will throttle ur speeds if u pass 5gb...they don't block u
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CTR01 said:
Like I said they will throttle ur speeds if u pass 5gb...they don't block u
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... block us from the loophole where you change the APN in order to get around the throttle.
Well blocking a loophole is expected since not every n1 user knows/uses that its only "blocking" a few of the total # of tmo customers.
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I am paying for unlimited data plan (which means staying under top 5% users ).
This month I went on vacation, and my kids used up 2GB on netflix, and now I have data at snails pace for the next 2-3 weeks. Is there any way around this?
I am already upset that they dont have gingerbread yet for this phone.
Any help? I read that services.jar can be modified... any good guide for first time users? or anybody can help?
Thanks.
Im having the same problem my internet is so slow now im about to cancel my line with att
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From 2:30 - 6:00 pm my browser speeds are horribly slow. The only way around it is to use wifi.
BigCiX said:
From 2:30 - 6:00 pm my browser speeds are horribly slow. The only way around it is to use wifi.
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I am sure one way would be to change to a 4GB plan by paying an extra $10...
AT&T is not good at math.. for them "unlimited < 4GB"
All these wireless providers are doing this throttling crap. The all advertise unlimited data, then throttle the data rate at some arbitrary amount of data.
I would call AT&T and tell them to unthrottle you or you are going to go to Sprint or Virgin Mobile.
Actually, if I had it to do all over again, I would go with Virgin Mobile or Sprint. My next phone will not be an AT&T or Verizon phone.
The only reason I used AT&T was because Verizon and Sprint dont work in my wife's office.. Their service is still horrible everywhere except her workplace. I had hoped iphones may have helped AT&T, but seems Apple made most of the money
Well they finally did it virgin will be throttling after 2.5 gigs wich is nothing 3 movies.,The unlimited internet was the only good thing they had and it was slow 3g. Well guess ill be canceling and going back to tmobiles 5gig 4g. Not a smart move by virgin there gona loose half there customers.
Anyone else experiencing this?
You could be getting throttled from the Mothership.
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This is only at night? Every night then in the day your ok.
I noticed that in my area before. I think they are working on upgrades during night when network traffic is low.
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Yes , on peak lte speeds really suck in my area also, my fix is to go to mobile connections and choose wcdma,gsm (4g). It usually gives me 1.8 MBS . Too bad device/network can't determine fastest speeds vs strongest signal. You will be pleasantly surprised by switching to 4G
You right. For the first few months after lte was introduced in my area I was using 4g only. I had faster and steady downloads with up to 2mbit uploads while lte was randomly dropping connection, swithing to 4 or 3g. For 4g I was using 4g apn settings what originally came with my note 2 not latest lte apn setting.
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I have unlimited data so it shouldn't be throttled. I talked to T-mobile yesterday and they don't even know what could be causing it. This just started 2 weeks ago. I did get a free sim card and $30 off my bill so can't complain too much.
Lubricatd said:
I have unlimited data so it shouldn't be throttled. I talked to T-mobile yesterday and they don't even know what could be causing it. This just started 2 weeks ago. I did get a free sim card and $30 off my bill so can't complain too much.
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Downloading torrents? I heard that T-Mobile will throttle you if they notice.
same thing happens to me at night, i've checked it consistently around midnight and it's always under a meg
Nope. Between my girlfriend and I we have only used 70 gigs.
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Downloading torrents? I heard that T-Mobile will throttle you if they notice.
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That was the first of 3 back to back tests. These were the other 2. Higher overall reading but really inconsistent while testing. Even then, usually when T-mobile hits the throttle switch, a speed test will show normal data speeds.
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Probably working on towers in your area at night...
Just talked to T-mobile again yesterday. Still No Update from the engineers. They haven't been doing any maintenance on the towers. Maybe I just got a bad Note 4. I Got On the 2nd Shipment when it released. My Gf got her Note 4 about a month ago and she isn't having any of these issues.
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Lubricatd said:
Anyone else experiencing this?
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Hi,
So what is the speed you got regularly or during the day?
radiowc said:
Hi,
So what is the speed you got regularly or during the day?
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15-20 down 5-8 up. Here's the part I can't figure out. I was randomly doing iplookups yesterday and my ip location jumped from Texas to Alabama to Washington then back to Texas towards the end of the night. And I live in Louisiana.
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T-Mobile right now is in a huge state of expansion, whilst trying to maintain reliability during peak hours in your area, they will be maintaining the strength of the network during late hours
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T-Mobile right now is in a huge state of expansion, whilst trying to maintain reliability during peak hours in your area, they will be maintaining the strength of the network during late hours
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That's perfect fine and what I assumed, but why wouldn't they just say that when I called them? I've talked to their top level of engineering and he didn't say a word about maintenance.
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My recent speed test on T-Mobile 4g with new note 4. Don't know if it's the phone or the network.
karlbu said:
My recent speed test on T-Mobile 4g with new note 4. Don't know if it's the phone or the network.
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Reboot phone, turn off all messengers. In settings in speed test app choose server hosted by Tmobile, run the test. If still very slow try in another location where you are connected to different Tmobile tower. If still slow you are either being throttled by Tmobile or you have defective phone. Put your sim card to friend's phone and run test again. If very slow then throttling, if normal then phone is damaged. Another issue could be network itself. To check this you would need someone with Tmobile smartphone to perform test at your location using their device and sim card.
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Does anybody know why my data on the nexus 6 is so slow only time it's decent is in the early morning hours like 2am 3am etc but I know you're gonna say well maybe the network is congested no every other phone I have gets decent speeds all day even my sons Alcatel one touch which is a hspa phone my hspa speeds are faster on my nexus than LTE, my Z3, unlocked droid maxx and lg g2 all get almost 30mbs down and bout 15up while my nexus maxes out at like 2mbs down and 8mb up. I'm on 5.1 stock unrooted
A pic of my speed test results
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Does anybody know why my data on the nexus 6 is so slow only time it's decent is in the early morning hours like 2am 3am etc but I know you're gonna say well maybe the network is congested no every other phone I have gets decent speeds all day even my sons Alcatel one touch which is a hspa phone my hspa speeds are faster on my nexus than LTE, my Z3, unlocked droid maxx and lg g2 all get almost 30mbs down and bout 15up while my nexus maxes out at like 2mbs down and 8mb up. I'm on 5.1 stock unrooted
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your apn or congestion?
snoopy1e11 said:
Does anybody know why my data on the nexus 6 is so slow only time it's decent is in the early morning hours like 2am 3am etc but I know you're gonna say well maybe the network is congested no every other phone I have gets decent speeds all day even my sons Alcatel one touch which is a hspa phone my hspa speeds are faster on my nexus than LTE, my Z3, unlocked droid maxx and lg g2 all get almost 30mbs down and bout 15up while my nexus maxes out at like 2mbs down and 8mb up. I'm on 5.1 stock unrooted
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Do you have the Unlimited LTE Data plan?
I've had this as well. I'm on T-Mobile in Phoenix Arizona. When I'm out and about, I'll run speed tests and range anything from .50 Mbps to 4mbps download speeds on LTE. Well, that's assuming I can even connect to data. Usually just get the ! instead.
Yes I have unlimited LTE
I'm on unlimited. When I sideloaded the 5.0.1 D OTA update my phone was fast. When I switched to the 5.1 M update it slowed to down a lot. I flashed 5.1.1 T-Mobile update and it's still slow. It doesn't matter the time of day or server. It's just slow. Right now I'm on 5.1.1 unrooted. I'm thinking about flashing the 95R radio from the 5.0.1 update and see what happens.
Edit: My 3G is faster than my LTE. My Nexus 5 is fast.
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I'm on unlimited. When I sideloaded the 5.0.1 D OTA update my phone was fast. When I switched to the 5.1 M update it slowed to down a lot. I flashed 5.1.1 T-Mobile update and it's still slow. It doesn't matter the time of day or server. It's just slow. Right now I'm on 5.1.1 unrooted. I'm thinking about flashing the 95R radio from the 5.0.1 update and see what happens.
Edit: My 3G is faster than my LTE. My Nexus 5 is fast.
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That's exactly my problem slow LTE, 3g is faster but I haven't gotten 5.1.1 yet
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your apn or congestion?
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My APN is the fast.T-Mobile.com APN that came with the phone I deleted all the other apns
im having a weird data issue too. connectivity on lte and wifi or both erratic after updating to 5.1.1 last night. going to wipe it this am and see if that fixes it.
Same here.
Since moving from my Note 3 (16 to 20 Mbps down) to my beloved Nexus 6 I am getting horrible speeds. This morning a little more than 1 Mbps. I put in a repeater to see if that would help speeds, but no. I was just assuming that I was on an oversold tower. I AM on the unlimited plan. I have also been wondering if I am throttled. I go to my father in laws house and I have gotten 50Mbps down on this Nexus. I would like to add that I don't think it is the phone. I used an adapter and put my nano Sim back in my Note 3 and got the identical results. So it leads me to look at my service being cut or my tower oversold.
Something is wrong with my APN I use the stock APN that comes on the phone it's slow but there is also an APN for metro PCs if I use that one it's get like 10mb down and up maybe I need the stock T-Mobile apn