Verizon's guidelines are a bit nebulous as to who actually gets throttled. Does anyone have concrete experience with being throttled? And can illuminate the "rules" as per experience. I average more than 5 gigs per month. Anyone else?
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I average 20-30 and have never been throttled.
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I average 5-7 a month and have not been throttled that I know of while on a custom rom (which I believe has the components tired to throttling removed) However, about a week ago I went back to stock for a few days and noticed much slower speeds on the same modem. I have read and been told many times that 5gig seems to be the magic number but I can't say for sure. This is just my experience
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I use 10-15 and have never noticed any problems on stock or a custom rom
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I'm going to check this one out; I'll wait until I have around 20GB and do a speed test; I'll post back with results.
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My monthly term is nearly over and speed test sites no discernible difference 25GB after the fact. Life is good...
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Well if I have been throttled yet, don't think you guys will 
That's 69.24013 gigs for August and 83.47177 gigs for September
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That's 69.24013 gigs for August and 83.47177 gigs for September
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Rock on dude! You've outdone me by a lot! Why is your monthly cost so high?
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Throttling effects top 5% of users with a 3g phone on an unlimited plan.
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You guys are insane, what are you doing on your phone to get 85gb of transfer?
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Download ROMs, stream music via Google Music Beta, download apps, upload content. You know, smartphone tasks
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Jesus.. I know some people have been "grandfathered" in with the unlimited.. but how does that work when you have to re-up? don't they only offer the pay per use now on new contracts?
I could have gotten unlimited when I had my blackberry, but now that i'm on my fassy the only option I had was 2/5/10gb and so on.. but I don't tether or anything.. It's pretty hard for me to use 2GB a month..
I could have gotten unlimited when I had my blackberry, but now that i'm on my fassy the only option I had was 2/5/10gb and so on.. but I don't tether or anything.. It's pretty hard for me to use 2GB a month..
I use between 5gb-7gb a month. I got my Droid Charge just a week before they cancelled unlimited data plans so I could be grandfathered in. I can see using 10gb even 15-20gb but any more than that a month and I have too much time on my hands. Cool though to see people using so much data and no signs of throttling. Hoping in 2 years there will be some revelation amongst mobile carriers and data plans will make sense again.
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Users who are currently grandfathered with remain grandfathered to unlimited unless they remove it from their plan for any reason (like going to a "dumbphone" then back to a smartphone) or cancelling their plan. It will remain unlimited even after a contract renewal.
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To you guys with 80+ GB of use per month, you guys must really like streaming things.
I use like 3 a month and I thought I was being cool haha.
I use like 3 a month and I thought I was being cool haha.
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I use probably from maybe a gig per month to at most 5 GB. I also have unlimited data, and I haven't seen much throttling from what I've noticed. I don't do much streaming, maybe occasional YouTube or something, or AudioGalaxy for music (not sure if that uses data actually, probably does). Other than that, I don't use my DX for much.
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5-10gb a month for me, I don't feel like I'm a heavy user. It's just difficult to not use that much data on 4g. The speeds encourage you to use your phone as you want to...the downside is that the battery doesn't encourage you :-( Can't wait to kick this TBolt to the curb.
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Does anyone know what happens when your contract expires? Can you pay month-to-month without commitment and still keep unlimited?
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