Sprint forcing premium data on ALL SMARTPHONES

[austin420]

well, you only get those "supposed" speeds up to 5 gigs anyway, after that they throttle you down to 56k, so, enjoy that! btw, i still say its a fluke. why can only the hd7 get this speed? the other tmo 4g phones dont. i tried. and tried and trtied. its some kind of bug in wp7/ p.i.e.

[tx_dbs_tx]

Originally Posted by BlackDynamite

Blatantly false. I keep seeing parrots repeat this, but it is flat out false.

T-Mobile has uncapped data. They supposedly reserve the right to slow the speed down on abusers after they hit 5 gigs, but I have not seen any reports of it ever actually happening. Sprint, by the way, also reserves the right to throttle the speed on abusers (with no reports of it actually happening).

Verizon has unlimited data plans listed on their website too. And in fact Verizon was just in the news because they said even iPhone users will get unlimited data. AT&T answered that by saying they will also give unlimited data on a case by case basis.

Unfortunately you haven't done your homework. Read the small print over at Verizon and you are STILL going to pay a lot more for Verizon's so-called unlimited data plans. And until they stand behind their recent claims of unlimited data, its not real yet. Use over 5gb data in billing cycle on Verizon or AT&T and then come post your thoughts. T-Mobile openly throttles after a predetermined amount usage.. might as well call it capped. You won't be watching youtube on those throttled speeds! Yep you amaze me too.

[BlackDynamite]

Originally Posted by tx_dbs_tx

Unfortunately you haven't done your homework. Read the small print over at Verizon and you are STILL going to pay a lot more for Verizon's so-called unlimited data plans. And until they stand behind their recent claims of unlimited data, its not real yet. Use over 5gb data in billing cycle on Verizon or AT&T and then come post your thoughts. T-Mobile openly throttles after a predetermined amount usage.. might as well call it capped. You won't be watching youtube on those throttled speeds! Yep you amaze me too.

Speaking of homework, you know Verizon lost a lawsuit over calling plans unlimited that really weren't and were forced to pay everyone back and either make it unlimited or stop calling it unlimited, right? and this was a few years ago:
Verizon settles lawsuit over 'unlimited' data plans - FierceBroadbandWireless

Again, Verizon has unlimited data, and have said the iPhone will also have unlimited data. T-Mobile has unlimited data that they reserve the right to slow down after a certain amount on abusers. They got that idea from Sprint, who has been reserving that right for several years now.

[BlackDynamite]

Originally Posted by austin420

well, you only get those "supposed" speeds up to 5 gigs anyway, after that they throttle you down to 56k, so, enjoy that! btw, i still say its a fluke. why can only the hd7 get this speed? the other tmo 4g phones dont. i tried. and tried and trtied. its some kind of bug in wp7/ p.i.e.

They only throttle the speed on supposed abusers. I think you have to have a lot more than 5 gigs, or several months in a row or something like that for it to actually get throttled. The text you get at 5 gigs is automated, but the throttling is only on abusers.

Supposedly anyway.

[Dr.8820]

don't blame the messenger . don't get offended, but you just admitted that the hd7 in YOUR neighborhood got what i got and you still think it's a fluke? now you're blaming the entire hd7 line? wowzers!

[austin420]

i think its a fluke because the other 4g phone 3 feet away from it consistently got 4 times less speed. it is fully and totally a fluke. a false positive if you will. i dont know what else to say. if it can only be replicated on the hd7 and not on the other 4g phones, what does that mean to you?

[austin420]

and my neighbor hood is not lit up with hspa+ either, so how do you explpain that that phone in my area got hspa+ speeds?
oh yea, its a fluke.

[BlackDynamite]

Originally Posted by austin420

and my neighbor hood is not lit up with hspa+ either, so how do you explpain that that phone in my area got hspa+ speeds?
oh yea, its a fluke.

At least they haven't announced it as being launched in your neighborhood yet. T-Mobile is notorious for having it lit up long before they announce it. Even Sprint had wimax lit up for several months in my area before they announced it.

[Dr.8820]

Does that sprint tattoo hurt your butt when you sit down ?

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[austin420]

does that tmo earing in your left ear weigh your head down?
its funny that when there is evidence of the fact that those speeds are bunk, you can only go back to "sprint sucks"