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After 8 months with Verizon, I had a scare when I ended up with 1.997GB used of 2GB. I upped it immediately to 4GB a month and I haven't gone over 2GB since.
This is why i hate tiered data plans. Why should the consumer have to stress about having to pay overage fees for data?? The overage fees are completly unreasonable, its $10/gig i believe? All carriers should follow Tmobiles plan of throttling after you hit a certain cap.
Usually they'll admit it was somewhat of a money grab, but then they argue that throttling is misleading and frustrating for users.. but I would think letting them go over their cap and charging them more for it would be even more misleading and frustrating.
I dont see how its misleading unless this customer has no defintion of what a "cap" is in thier vocabulary. Though working in IT, ive learned to assume that the user doesnt know
This is why i hate tiered data plans. Why should the consumer have to stress about having to pay overage fees for data?? The overage fees are completly unreasonable, its $10/gig i believe? All carriers should follow Tmobiles plan of throttling after you hit a certain cap.
Just moved to T-Mobile in mid-February from Verizon. We had unlimited data with Verizon but, we were sick of playing games to retain that and they kept wanting to mess around when we would consider adding texting back on our plans. In the half month I started with T-Mobile I racked up about 5GB by downloading some of my apps and music onto the new phone. I also tethered a bit for that as well, to see what that was like. I just wish I could have unlimited tethering as the LTE signal I get is more reliable, faster, and lower latency than the wired I have. I'd seriously drop it in a heartbeat even if it meant paying more on the wireless bill each month.
verizon (and at&t) = you rather pay more for better coverage/service
therefore, verizon sees you as willing to pay more (when you go over), instead of being throttled (because you demand the high speed data when you need it)
don't like it? move to tmobile (or verizon MNVOs)
I have a tmobile plan with unlimited data. It throttles when you hit 22GB during the billing cycle. I use about 20GB of month on my data plan. My 4G LTE is a lot faster than my uverse at home at the moment so I tend to not use my wifi.
I have an "unlimited" data plan from when I got my first iphone 3G. rabble rabble rabble about changing the terms of my unlimited contract...
ANYWAY - I just got a notification from AT&T that I've approached 5GB of data for last month. If I exceed 5GB - I will be throttled. My first response "F U" After that, I looked at my history - and I use a solid 3.5 to 4.5 GB of data a month. Now this strikes me as odd since I pretty much only websurf, and watch the occasional funny video sent to me by buddies. I wouldn't have guessed I used that much data since I don't tether, I don't stream pandora, etc. So my question is how much do you all use, and what for?
2GB of data seems woefully small if I can double that from websurfing and a few you tube videos a week...
Its only better if you are in rural areas, other than that its the same coverage and i get much better LTE speed with Tmobile now(33Mbps) than i did with Verizon(15Mbps).
Zarathustra[H];1040689143 said:It's very market and location dependent.
IMHO benchmark speeds are relatively useless on mobile devices once they get over a couple of megabits.
What IS more important IMHO, is never hitting a dead zone.
i agree with this. past 10mbps, it's hard to tell the difference
t-mobile has dead spots even in my city/suburban areas. tmobile's 1700/1900/2100 spectrum sucks at penetrating buildings too
verizon = coverage AND service. and you pay for this priviledge
Zarathustra[H];1040689143 said:It's very market and location dependent.
IMHO benchmark speeds are relatively useless on mobile devices once they get over a couple of megabits. At those speeds you can do all your browsing and streaming anyway. The 15Mbps vs 33Mbps comparison is completely meaningless in real world use on a phone IMHO. It's not like its a desktop and you are torrenting, gaming etc. etc. etc.
You are correct but i do tend to torrent and download large apps on my phone frequently. Lots of the time LTE data is faster than most in home internet
Zarathustra[H];1040692079 said:Then you sir, are part of the problem and why we no longer are offered unlimited data plans.
Tethering is supposed to be a temporary "while on the road" - type of thing, not a replacement for ground internet.
All major data transfers should go over land based broadband. There simply is not enough spectrum for mobile data to replace land based broadband...
This is why we can't have nice things...
Zarathustra[H];1040692079 said:Then you sir, are part of the problem and why we no longer are offered unlimited data plans.
Tethering is supposed to be a temporary "while on the road" - type of thing, not a replacement for ground internet.
All major data transfers should go over land based broadband. There simply is not enough spectrum for mobile data to replace land based broadband...
Also spectrum has nothing to do with how much someone downloads, it has to do with how many users can utlize the spectrum frequency. You actually think thats why companies are changing to tiered plans?? Haha, they are in it for the cash and controlling thier customers.
Zarathustra[H];1040692232 said:They are charging tiered plans because people abused the unlimited plans.
Don't get me wrong, I think US Cell Carriers are awful compared to the global competition, and I disagree with them on most all fronts, but this one I actually understand where they are going.
As soon as clever kids figured out how to hack their phones and tether them, cutting their land broadband lines and using mobile data for home use, the model quickly became unsustainable.
I actually think Verizon took the right course here (not sure about other carriers, as I haven't had them recently) where they now offer plans with caps and overage fees, but on the other hand, tethering is free and enabled by default (no hacking or monthly fee required (as long as you don't run into overages)
This way, I'm paying for my 3 gigs of data, and I can use those 3 gigs as I please, and it also serves as a disincentive for those looking to abuse the mobile data plans and cut their land broadband lines.
With a little luck, over time they will cease grandfathering in unlimited data plans, and everyone will be on a capped plan, freeing the mobile data of congestion caused by abuse.
For those who complain that the bandwidth hogs on unlimited data ruined it for the rest of them, don't you think it would have been easier for these carriers to just throttle or terminate the service of these very few rather than make sweeping changes to their billing system and for all of their customers?
Or, why don't Verizon and ATT for instance at least offer the CHOICE of throttling to 2G levels after you go over your tiered plan, rather than overages?
Its far more greed here at work than bandwidth hogs.
For those who complain that the bandwidth hogs on unlimited data ruined it for the rest of them, don't you think it would have been easier for these carriers to just throttle or terminate the service of these very few rather than make sweeping changes to their billing system and for all of their customers?
Or, why don't Verizon and ATT for instance at least offer the CHOICE of throttling to 2G levels after you go over your tiered plan, rather than overages?
Its far more greed here at work than bandwidth hogs.
Stupid people always believe the corporations start selling you that other customers are the reason why they charge you more. It's almost akin to the government selling you the idea that there are rampant voting fraud or something. It's called scapegoating a small fraction, sometimes non-existent, groups of people. It's been done throughout history mostly for racial, religious, and economic reasons.For those who complain that the bandwidth hogs on unlimited data ruined it for the rest of them, don't you think it would have been easier for these carriers to just throttle or terminate the service of these very few rather than make sweeping changes to their billing system and for all of their customers?
Or, why don't Verizon and ATT for instance at least offer the CHOICE of throttling to 2G levels after you go over your tiered plan, rather than overages?
Its far more greed here at work than bandwidth hogs.
Its only better if you are in rural areas, other than that its the same coverage and i get much better LTE speed with Tmobile now(33Mbps) than i did with Verizon(15Mbps).
You sure? Ive seen many people use around 40GB and its still at 4G speed. Its possible you were on an overloaded tower?
Zarathustra[H];1040692232 said:They are charging tiered plans because people abused the unlimited plans.
With a little luck, over time they will cease grandfathering in unlimited data plans, and everyone will be on a capped plan, freeing the mobile data of congestion caused by abuse.
If I absolutely have to be put on a tiered data plan, why not give me a larger data allotment or even unlimited data during non-peak hours like from 12AM to 8AM, just like how Verizon gives me unlimited minutes on nights and weekends on my 450 minute plan?
Zarathustra[H];1040694607 said:That would be a fantastic idea, and as competition heats up between the carriers, I wouldn't be surprised if one of the carriers starts doing this, and then the others will be forced to follow suit or lose customers.
Why your gym have no wifi? LOLI watch anime while at the gym, the motion of reading subtitles can put me on the elliptical for over an hour burning 1k calories EASY. I absolutely love it. I however have moved from watching online and hitting my 3gb mark in 10 days easy to downloading and converting to mp4 myself.
I use a 30" 1440p at work and a 27" 1440p monitor at home in addition to a 52" 1080p TV. You couldn't pay me to watch video or surf the web on a phone screen. All I do with my phone is email and occasionally RDP.
T-Mobile here and I use close 6GB a month. I am on their 4GBb plan so anything after that is throttled pretty badly.
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