Is wiimax still unlimited or is it throttled?

[newevouservm]

^topic

Its been a little over a month since I have been in a wiimax city. Last time I used it I remember it being unlimited.

 

[Granite1]

^topic

Its been a little over a month since I have been in a wiimax city. Last time I used it I remember it being unlimited.

I've never heard of WiMax being throttled, so I think you're good.

 

[SuperAfnan]

^topic

Its been a little over a month since I have been in a wiimax city. Last time I used it I remember it being unlimited.

I've never heard of WiMax being throttled, so I think you're good.

Me neither, but....

Virgin Mobile recently had an update that throttles Wimax to 2.5 gb. Their service now tracks data (its about time ).

 

[newevouservm]

Me neither, but....

Virgin Mobile recently had an update that throttles Wimax to 2.5 gb. Their service now tracks data (its about time ).

.... doesn't mean it will throttle wiimax. It might just only throttle 3g. I kinda don't see how sprint is gonna throttle it anyways since its CLEAR's towers and sprint phones just have access to them. Anyone who tethers their phone daily chime in and answer? Welp if they do then I'm probably gonna switch to tmobile $30 plan. They may leave it alone simply because its a dead network since sprint users are getting their upgrades to LTE devices.

 

[Revenant Ghost]

.... doesn't mean it will throttle wiimax. It might just only throttle 3g. I kinda don't see how sprint is gonna throttle it anyways since its CLEAR's towers and sprint phones just have access to them. Anyone who tethers their phone daily chime in and answer? Welp if they do then I'm probably gonna switch to tmobile $30 plan. They may leave it alone simply because its a dead network since sprint users are getting their upgrades to LTE devices.

Well, I can confirm that you DO get throttled after going over 2.5 GB of data using WiMAX. It just happened to me yesterday.

Fortunately, my bill was almost due, so I just went ahead and made my payment. Then I called Virgin Mobile Customer Service to restart my plan afterwards in order to get back to full speed.

 

[Mtdewd]

Well, I can confirm that you DO get throttled after going over 2.5 GB of data using WiMAX. It just happened to me yesterday.

Fortunately, my bill was almost due, so I just went ahead and made my payment. Then I called Virgin Mobile Customer Service to restart my plan afterwards in order to get back to full speed.

What are your speeds after getting throttled?

 

[jose224]

My speeds after being throttled were about .34 mbps on 3g and wimax

 

[Revenant Ghost]

What are your speeds after getting throttled?

My speeds after being throttled were about .34 mbps on 3g and wimax

My speeds were hovering around that range too.

 

[newevouservm]

ah okay, im probably gonna switch to t-mo sometime for at least then I can use a nexus. Zero point in staying with VM anymore then.

 

[lEquin0xl]

Guess it depends if you get caught or not. I have yet to be throttled.

 

[newevouservm]

Guess it depends if you get caught or not. I have yet to be throttled.

did you get a text message at 80% data usage?

 

[lEquin0xl]

Nope. Never got a text, and i once reqched 20gb.

 

[m-cman]

Nope. Never got a text, and i once reqched 20gb.

Maybe the update hasn't hit your area yet...

 

[newevouservm]

Nope. Never got a text, and i once reqched 20gb.

yeah it probably hasn't reached you yet. I remember not getting a text when I hit 80gb

 

[lolfranks51]

Nope. Never got a text, and i once reqched 20gb.

What do you do that kills 20 GB? I've never killed more than 3...

 

[newevouservm]

What do you do that kills 20 GB? I've never killed more than 3...

can you really not answer this on your own? what can you do on the computer that can use up data quickly? you can probably do on your phone or tether!

 

[magohn]

did you get a text message at 80% data usage?

Yep, I did. While waiting for comcast to finish an install last week, I tethered as I work from home. I received the 80% warning. Luckily, comcast was done and I no longer had to tether.

I did get the warning text though.

 

[Palmetto Fellow]

ah okay, im probably gonna switch to t-mo sometime for at least then I can use a nexus. Zero point in staying with VM anymore then.

Yeah, that's a good idea if you're a heavy data user. 5 gigs and 100 minutes for $30 is a screaming deal if you don't need the minutes.

However, if you regularly go over 5 gigs...you'll be in this boat again. You may want to consider Sprint if your data usage is such that unlimited data is a good idea.

 

[hchen42]

What do you do that kills 20 GB? I've never killed more than 3...

One can easily eat up the data without tethering. I was watching a few NBA playoff games over 4G this past weekend, I think that ate up 1GB.