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Rant Thread - What really grinds your gears?

eduardog131 said:
They started throttling to 2G/EDGE speeds if you go over your 3G limit. 8kb/s anyone? Same thing with T-Mobile. On Cricket the throttled speeds were amazing! I had to leave Cricket though..they're CDMA and I can't use a Sensation on Cricket :v sadly.
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Anyways my rant today is that throttling T-Mobile does. After 500MB, you're throttled back to EDGE speeds. Why? I pay for 5GB, I should get 5GB on 4G.
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Is this a doubly limited data plan? So you pay for 5GB, but they really throttle it if you happen to go over 500MB. That sucks. Kind of makes super fast 4G rather irrelevant. The only things you can do with EDGE speeds is basic browsing of mobile sites unless you're patient, email, IM and maybe Facebook updates. Certainly not going to be streaming anything.
 
mikedt said:
Is this a doubly limited data plan? So you pay for 5GB, but they really throttle it if you happen to go over 500MB. That sucks. Kind of makes super fast 4G rather irrelevant. The only things you can do with EDGE speeds is basic browsing of mobile sites unless you're patient, email, IM. Certainly not going to be streaming anything.
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8kb/s = Wheeeeeeee. To be perfectly honest it's not even 4G. Technically its HSPA/H. Same thing as WiMax 4G I believe. I can't load Tapatalk on those EDGE speeds :v makes me sad
 
eduardog131 said:
They started throttling to 2G/EDGE speeds if you go over your 3G limit. 8kb/s anyone? Same thing with T-Mobile. On Cricket the throttled speeds were amazing! I had to leave Cricket though..they're CDMA and I can't use a Sensation on Cricket :v sadly.
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Anyways my rant today is that throttling T-Mobile does. After 500MB, you're throttled back to EDGE speeds. Why? I pay for 5GB, I should get 5GB on 4G.
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Yeah, Cricket's throttled speeds aren't bad, you can still do everything, except streaming video buffers too much to be usable. Pandora even still works fine. They got bought out by AT&T recently, though, and are ditching their CDMA network, so I'm sure Cricket will be terrible now.

SF said he was under his data limit and still getting those speeds. Boost (Sprint) is CDMA so they don't really have 2G network to kick you down to, they just slow your connection a certain amount.

I don't see how T-Mobile can get away with that. 500MB is nothing, and EDGE speeds are unusable. If that's right, they will burn up any good will they have gotten lately very quickly.
 
Gmash said:
Yeah, Cricket's throttled speeds aren't bad, you can still do everything, except streaming video buffers too much to be usable. Pandora even still works fine. They got bought out by AT&T recently, though, and are ditching their CDMA network, so I'm sure Cricket will be terrible now.

SF said he was under his data limit and still getting those speeds. Boost (Sprint) is CDMA so they don't really have 2G network to kick you down to, they just slow your connection a certain amount.

I don't see how T-Mobile can get away with that. 500MB is nothing, and EDGE speeds are unusable. If that's right, they will burn up any good will they have gotten lately very quickly.
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Yay for Cricket. They're merging into a horrible network. Hopefully the prices and stuff are the same (data and stuff); I could use a Sensation on Cricket.
 
I was going to re-read one of my favorite authors, and the ebook I chose (the first of hers I'd ever read, some 30+ years ago) is corrupted...
 
sfbloodbrother said:
I know I say I'm a big fan of Google, but damn does Google Maps suck at driving navigation. Most of the time they can't find a route or even the location of the place I'm looking for. It can't find my college or my eye doctor. It can't load maps on a 3G connection.

Anyone else feel the same way ?
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I completely agree. From a smartphone standpoint, it's hard to see while driving - even with a Bluetooth connection for the audio. Sometimes, the map gets turned around so badly that it creates confusion. I stick by my Garmin - even with the audio off, the upcoming turn directions are displayed, along with the distance to them. There are a few directional glitches in the Garmin, but as long as you follow the purple line - you're usually okay. Google's app definitely needs some fine tuning. Thanks for the relevant heads-up, sfbloodbrother.

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LOveWerks said:
I completely agree. From a smartphone standpoint, it's hard to see while driving - even with a Bluetooth connection for the audio. Sometimes, the map gets turned around so badly that it creates confusion. I stick by my Garmin - even with the audio off, the upcoming turn directions are displayed, along with the distance to them. There are a few directional glitches in the Garmin, but as long as you follow the purple line - you're usually okay. Google's app definitely needs some fine tuning. Thanks for the relevant heads-up, sfbloodbrother.

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Not only that when your on a slow connection the GPS can't follow you at all it just stands still. A GPS us useless if it does not tell you where to go.

I searched for my college and there are 2 campuses 12 miles apart from each other. Google could only find directions to the one 12 miles away from me which is not the campus where my classes are. I fittled around with looking for the campus I wanted until I said screw it.

I went to scout and it found the one u wanted first search.

Google is king of web search, but when looking for directions I'm better off not using google.
 
sfbloodbrother said:
Not only that when your on a slow connection the GPS can't follow you at all it just stands still. A GPS us useless if it does not tell you where to go.
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That's a problem with something that depends on "the cloud" for its mapping data, if you don't have enough bandwidth it's not going to get the information to tell you where to go, it's simple as that. I use a satnav app that can store the mapping and routing data locally on the smart-phone itself for when I actually need to go somewhere.

Google Maps used to be able to store mapping data locally, for when on a slow connection or offline, but they removed this useful feature ...so that's a fail.
 
mikedt said:
That's a problem with something that depends on "the cloud" for its mapping data, if you don't have enough bandwidth it's not going to get the information to tell you where to go, it's simple as that. I use a satnav app that can store the mapping and routing data locally on the smart-phone itself for when I actually need to go somewhere.

Google Maps used to be able to store mapping data locally, for when on a slow connection or offline, but they removed this useful feature ...so that's a fail.
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I remember being able to download maps with Google maps so we could use it for navigation offline. Why would they remove such useful features.
 
mikedt said:
That's a problem with something that depends on "the cloud" for its mapping data, if you don't have enough bandwidth it's not going to get the information to tell you where to go, it's simple as that. I use a satnav app that can store the mapping and routing data locally on the smart-phone itself for when I actually need to go somewhere.

Google Maps used to be able to store mapping data locally, for when on a slow connection or offline, but they removed this useful feature ...so that's a fail.
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sfbloodbrother said:
I remember being able to download maps with Google maps so we could use it for navigation offline. Why would they remove such useful features.
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Open Google maps and zoom to the area you want to save for offline use, type "ok maps" and hit enter or the search icon. Profit. Thank the reverend.

*flies away*
 
03bluecoupe said:
Sounds like someone's missin' Vegas. ;)
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My cousin just got back from a convention in Vegas, and he said that he enjoyed everything except for the dry sinus passages... he made $300 playing slots, and avoided anything 'naughty'. His wife is lovely, to be sure - so being naughty was a non-issue. I remember visiting Vegas during Spring Break many moons ago; my sinuses were dry, too - along with a case of laryngitis... lesson learned: don't do the screech voice while in the desert...

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I've never been to Macau, but I've been to Vegas and it's really one of those places that you can't adequately explain, you really have to be there.
 
I'm with ya there. We toured around the area for two weeks thinking that we may like to relocate out that way to retire. RR Canyon, Sedona, etc were absolutely beautiful... to visit. What struck us was there's no green anywhere, just solid brown. Not sure we could adjust to that. Plus at the rate of decline of Lake Mead, that whole area will probably go belly up before too long due to no water.
 
That I am still getting these at the end of March:mad:

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