John Legere says Binge On throttling accusations are B.S. as T-Mobile adds 14 more free streaming options
There’s been a lot of noise lately about Binge On, with YouTube and the [read full article]
Binge On criticisms continue with EFF report that says T-Mobile’s service is ‘just throttling’
Binge On has been the target of a lot of criticism lately, most notably from YouTube, which said that T-Mobile was “throttling … [read full article]
Is truly unlimited data going to disappear?
Looking at the U.S. wireless industry over the past couple of years seems to be indicating one thing to me: At some point in the future, truly unlimited data plans will die. Speaking at the Re/code conference yesterday, Sprint’s CEO Marcelo Claure stated that – although unlimited works really well for Sprint now – at some point, it will stop offering unlimited data plans. As the … [read full article]
T-Mobile’s data de-prioritization (aka “throttling” high users) – Explained
Just a couple of days before T-Mobile’s first quarterly earnings call of 2015 a thread on Reddit got our attention. Within it, a customer complained of being “throttled” when – in fact – he was feeling the result of data de-prioritization. It seemed … [read full article]
User complaints of T-Mobile LTE speed “throttling” get John Legere’s attention
A couple of days back, a thread on Reddit started with a user complaining that they had experienced what they believed was throttling. As you’d expect, with a topic like that, the thread soon exploded and now has over 300 comments from people who are customers, fans and even … [read full article]
Clearing up the confusion: T-Mobile addressing data misuse is NOT widespread throttling
This week, we got hold of an internal memo showing how T-Mobile was going to start addressing customers abusing their unlimited data by downloading tons of content through P2P/torrent sites, and breaking the company’s misuse policy. … [read full article]
T-Mobile to throttle customers who use unlimited LTE data for torrents/p2p
In an internal memo to staff, it’s been revealed that T-Mobile is going to clamp down on users taking advantage of their unlimited 4G/LTE plans for peer-to-peer file sharing and other misuse of their data allowance. It reads: “T-mobile has identified customers who are heavy data users and are engaged in peer-to-peer file sharing, and tethering outside of T-Mobile’s Terms and Conditions … [read full article]
T-Mobile confirms speed-test apps exempt from data allowances
Fairly recently we were tipped that T-Mobile would begin excluding Ookla’s SpeedTest app from users’ monthly data allowances. The idea is that once users with data caps in place on their accounts exceeded their allowance, that the SpeedTest will still show the true network performance. On the one hand, … [read full article]
Noticing drastically reduced download speeds? You’re not alone
At the back end of last week I got sent some information from one of our readers regarding some drastically reduced data connection speeds. Since then, a growing thread on HowardForums and another on XDA-Developers seems to show that he’s not alone. I also tweeted out just before the weekend to offer some of our followers the chance to share their experience. Essentially, I wanted … [read full article]
Editorial: I Still Think Throttling Data Sucks, There I said It
I’ve long thought T-Mobile’s loose definition of “unlimited data” has needed to change and now, with AT&T at the center of a throttling data news cycle, “unlimited” is once again called into question. In fact, one AT&T user successfully sued AT&T in small claims court winning $850 after the judge … [read full article]