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I'm guessing by now some people have had the phone long enough to have gotten close to 2.5 GB or over on 4G WiMax. For the people that have gone over the 2.5 GB are you being throttled on WiMax or just on 3G? I still can't believe how bad Sprints advertising is, not to mention their clueless CSRs.
thebryceee
Android Expert
I had to have gone over 2.5 gigs on 4G by now. Downloaded several ROMs and watched a ton of HD YouTube vids and I still have full speed. If I'm not on 4G, I'm on WiFi. If I'm on 3G, I'm sleeping lol
Lol, is there no way that we can find out how much data we have used exactly?
You have ICS, does it not track wimax usage separately?
thebryceee
Android Expert
Nope. Could download an app but I'm too lazy lol
Leslie Ann
Android Expert
We have had people at over 5gigs with no throttling.
Sprint has an unlimited bandwidth contract with Clearwire who own Wimax, and Virgin has told media outlets that 4g is unlimited.
However, when you exceed 2.5gigs of data, regardless of what radio (1x,2g, 3g, or 4g) they will throttle 3g, and 3g only.
Sprint has an unlimited bandwidth contract with Clearwire who own Wimax, and Virgin has told media outlets that 4g is unlimited.
However, when you exceed 2.5gigs of data, regardless of what radio (1x,2g, 3g, or 4g) they will throttle 3g, and 3g only.
If you download 3G Watchdog, it will track your usage. In settings there is an option to include WiMax as part of your data usage.
SoulDroid1
Member
If you go to "Settings", under "Wireless & Networks" there is a "Usage" section. It gives you a nice handy-dandy graph, but does not distinguish between 3G or 4G as far as I can tell. As for it's accuracy, not sure there, either. Interestingly, although you can set the threshold on it, mine is set at 2GB. That doesn't mean I'll get cut off, most likely I'll get a notification or pop-up warning me.
Below the graph, it lists how much data each app has used. For me Google Play Music is the biggest offender at 29.55 MB.
There are two options, btw: "Restrict Background Data" and "Show Wi-Fi Usage". Don't think I'll find either of those very useful, but you guys might!
Wow, I kind of just want to cancel my home internet connection now because I live in a 4G area...
DXBroadband
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*bump*
Wanted to check and see if anyone hit a throttle on their 4g in the past billing cycle or since picking up the phone. I'm starting to use it more and more and want to make sure this isn't something I need to worry about. I'll likely be using 3-4GB of 4G monthly.
Wanted to check and see if anyone hit a throttle on their 4g in the past billing cycle or since picking up the phone. I'm starting to use it more and more and want to make sure this isn't something I need to worry about. I'll likely be using 3-4GB of 4G monthly.
thebryceee
Android Expert
4G is unlimited, 3G is not. If you hit 2.5 gigs worth of data on either 3G or 4G, then your 3G will get throttled.
I went well over 2.5 gigs worth of data on 4G on my last billing cycle.
Edit: well actually that's what someone said it was. None of my data speeds were throttled at all. Something is wrong with their data tracking because it said I used no data on the last billing cycle as well as this one.
I went well over 2.5 gigs worth of data on 4G on my last billing cycle.
Edit: well actually that's what someone said it was. None of my data speeds were throttled at all. Something is wrong with their data tracking because it said I used no data on the last billing cycle as well as this one.
dreddydroid
Newbie
Ive had the phone since launch, and almost exclusively use 4g. I have been using the phone as my main Internet connection wifi hotspot because the 4g is faster than my comcast believe it or not.
Anyhow I racked up wayyy more than 10gb on 4g last cycle, never throddled. already used the hell
out of it again this cycle, not throddled...I think its only the 3g folks
Anyhow I racked up wayyy more than 10gb on 4g last cycle, never throddled. already used the hell
out of it again this cycle, not throddled...I think its only the 3g folks
joshua8790
Member
I went to 3.7GBs of 4G data when I went to Las Vegas. When I left, I was never throttled, funny thing is though, I also tried checking my account for how much bandwidth I used, apparently they don't show you how much you used on your account, but it's probably just my account though
From what I can tell, they have turned off throttling for all Evo V users. I'm not sure if this is just temporary, possibly because of a problem accurately tracking 3G vs. 4G use on the Evo V, or a step to encourage Evo sales/usage in an attempt to move people off of 3G.
From what I've heard from Evo users, none of them have a data usage number on the VM website. In my case, I had an Evo for about three weeks before returning it. While I had the Evo, the website did not track my bandwidth usage. When I returned my Evo, I temporarily swapped back to my Optimus V and immediately it started tracking my usage that I had done on my OV. And it was only tracking my OV usage, it did not add the usage I had done on the Evo, despite being 3 weeks into my plan month.
Leslie Ann
Android Expert
That may be true.
It seems we are kind of split between Sprint and Virgin on things, so that may be causing some conflicts for them in terms of tracking.
I can confirm my account isn't tracking data either.
It seems we are kind of split between Sprint and Virgin on things, so that may be causing some conflicts for them in terms of tracking.
I can confirm my account isn't tracking data either.
euphan1555
Android Enthusiast
Before i bought my first evo on 7/6 i wrote vmusocialcare and asked them if 4g was unlimited and their response was yes only 3g has a cap atm.so imo they just dont have a way to tell the difference between the two so both are uncapped for the time being.now things can always change and they end of capping 4g as well but for now im loving unlimited 4g.
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Deleted User
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They don't throttle 4G at this time I asked them on there twitter. https://twitter.com/VMUcare/status/221399751730540544
So seeing how this is VM they may never throttle the 4G but we may get throttle for 3G.
So seeing how this is VM they may never throttle the 4G but we may get throttle for 3G.
OctopusOptimus
Member
It's kind of odd they don't throttle the cellular 4G but they throttle the home 4G (10GB). That's a major selling point to me, if the 4G on their Overdrive Pro wasn't throttled, I'd be switching from my current ISP (Road Runner Lite, $30 a month) to them. I get 1mbps on RRL, yet get 5-10 over WiMax in my house. But 10GB isn't gonna do anything for me.
I doubt you will ever see 4G throttled, or at least not until after Sprint's contract with Clear expires. As I understand things, Sprint's contract with Clear has no usage limits for Sprint's subscribers, and Sprint pays a fixed cost that isn't dependent on the amount of data used. So, there really is no reason for Sprint/VM to want to throttle 4G -- it costs them the same no matter how much data is used.
The only possible argument is that they would throttle because overuse causes slow data speeds, but that isn't likely to happen since Sprint is moving users off of WiMax and onto LTE -- at worst VM users on WiMax should keep usage about the same.
OctopusOptimus
Member
They may eventually throttle it, if for no other reason than just to make Sprint's new LTE network more attractive to heavy data users. Why would anyone pay more for Sprint's unlimited data plans when they can simply get a cheap Virgin Mobile plan? Sure LTE is faster but WiMax is fast enough for many, Sprint needs to have an advantage in order to get people to pay that extra $ and jump on their network. Setting a speed or data cap is probably going to (eventually anyway) be it.