One of our members has brought it upon themselves to help arm users with inside knowledge so that we are not left in the dark anymore. He brings us word that there are some changes going around over at T-Mobile that are now in “For training only” status.
This means that all the employees are being trained on these policies, but there is no definite date for them to take place and they have a slight chance of changing. He reports that the 10GB data cap is coming, but its not just for G1 owners, this cap will cover all phones including the SideKick line. Half of the calls that user receives are customers with over 50GB of data already used. He also went on to say, “when you reach the 10GB cap we will strike the mighty throttle upon your line to 50kb or less.”
Also as we previously brought up T-Mobile will be adjusting Internet pricing for many phone including the SideKick who’s data pricing may go as high as to double the current price. T-Mobile will also be changing the mid-grade phones Internet service and rebranding it under the name web2go. It appears that T-Mobile has had a lot of time to think about how data plans now match up to their new 3G network.
if not that would stir up some problems...not for me, but they put the cap out there for somebody with 10GB+
I think 10 GB is too low, especially with new abilities to tether coming. I was hoping on using the 3G for home internet (it's about 850K at best according to my testing, which is what the standard for DSL was about 2 years ago...so not great but not bad).
Anyway, I think TMo ought to rethink it's data plan pricing because their 3g network is far from robust...still needs a lot of work.
Unless you are d/ling tons of videos or using the connection for a server, 10gb is quite generous.
I think 10 GB is too low, especially with new abilities to tether coming. I was hoping on using the 3G for home internet (it's about 850K at best according to my testing, which is what the standard for DSL was about 2 years ago...so not great but not bad).
Anyway, I think TMo ought to rethink it's data plan pricing because their 3g network is far from robust...still needs a lot of work.
It means that even though you are paying for an unlimited plan, T-mobile reserves the right to cut you off once you reach 10GB.
But doubling the price of our internet plans? F that.
Ah lets hope thats true. Because seriously, if they tried this, and some other company has come out with a better piece of hardware running Android- I'm OUT
The great thing about Android is that one company is not going to have you by the nuts to get it. And every 6 months a better piece of hardware is gonna come out running it on various carriers. So its gonna create some nice healthy competition
And I'm already wanting a hardware upgrade
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I think its horse **** and 10 gb is not much data at all... think about if you use myspace without the silly app. Even at that I'm paying for what is said to be UNLIMITED yet their gonna change it on me AFTER i sign a contract for 2 years. GG t-mobile GFG
BUT it would be messed to institute the cap on users that have already signed a contract for unlimited. Tmo is good about Grandfathering people on thier plans I have voice plan with them that hasnt been available for 2.5years. But if they do change it for current users that is grounds to leave your contract w/o penalty although you may need to have a lawyer help you.
"Unlimited" just means that you can transfer as much data as you want. They are not cutting off your data, they are simply capping the speed once you go over 10gb. You will still have the internet, just not at the full speed.
Tethering? T-Mobile already said that their service was not to be used for tethering. They said they won't stop people from using tethering software, but it is against their terms to use tethering.
As already stated -- their network is not meant to be your source of internet at home. Bandwidth is shared and while you're sucking it all up downloading with your home computer, everyone else on the network is suffering.
I have no problem with the 10gb limit. I will never reach it, and I'm glad that T-Mobile is taking an initiative to prevent people from constantly sucking down bandwidth I could be using.
I also propose the word "workweek" to be redefined as "2 days during the week in which people perform menial tasks yet are paid as if they worked 7", and "children" be redefined as "offspring which can be sold for medical experiments, the lot of them".
I also propose the word "workweek" to be redefined as "2 days during the week in which people perform menial tasks yet are paid as if they worked 7", and "children" be redefined as "offspring which can be sold for medical experiments, the lot of them".
and for whomever said they are not "cutting" it off they are just "limiting" you...that's outrageous,SIMPLY BECAUSE WE AS THE CONSUMER ARE PAYING FOR THESE EXTRA SERVICES.
and for whomever said they are not "cutting" it off they are just "limiting" you...that's outrageous,SIMPLY BECAUSE WE AS THE CONSUMER ARE PAYING FOR THESE EXTRA SERVICES.
We as consumers should realize that we cannot use services sold by companies as they are labeled but rather as the company intends for us to use them.
In reality, they are trying to be as fair as possible. They are giving you a lot of bandwidth to use, as they are everybody else, but understand that there are some who will use up vast amounts of bandwidth for unforeseen purposes. This is so Jane Doe can still load up the internet that she hasn't used in three weeks at a fast pace. If you have two dogs of the same size, and one eats faster than the other, is it fair if the other one doesn't get as much food?
Just so everyone knows, YOU STILL GET ALL THE DATA YOU WANT, YOU JUST DON'T GET THE SAME SPEEDS IF YOU ARE A GREEDY BASTARD. Those who are complaining are whining about T-Mobile trying to be fair to their customers
There's no way a normal user could get anywhere near that, even with tethering and lots of downloads.
There's no way a normal user could get anywhere near that, even with tethering and lots of downloads.
Anyway, that's still a lot of data. I live with two other guys and we all download pretty heavily. We almost never hit 30GB a month combined, and that's on our home wifi connection.
Here's the math:
I'm assuming that your average 3G download speed will be 700 kilobits per second. Depending on your location, you might get a little higher than this, or much lower. I'll also assume your upload speed is 150 kilobits per second, which is extremely high--you'll rarely if ever get a 3G connection with >150 kbps upload, at least not on T-mobile's current system. Combine those, and I'll assume constant data transfer rate of 850 kilobits per second.
10 gigabytes is 83,886,080 kilobits. Divide 83,886,080 by 850 and you'll get ~98,689 (rounded down to the nearest whole number). That's the number of seconds you can run your phone at 850 kilobits per second before you hit the 10 gigabyte cap.
Divide 98,689 by 60, and you get ~1,644 (again, rounded down). That's the number of minutes you can run your phone at full speed before hitting the cap.
Divide 1,644 by 60 again, and you get 27.4 hours before you hit the cap.