Newsflash: many of your cars are governor limited to 120 or 130 miles per hour, even though the car could go faster. The vast conspiracy!
Will the telephone spontaneously combust if it downloads too fast?
Your iPhone and iPad Are Limited. T-Mobile is the Exception
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Re: Your iPhone and iPad Are Limited. T-Mobile is the Exception
#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
In the peninsula where many Hacker News readers probably reside, their network is pretty great. In Austin, using T-Mobile is a lot like not having a data plan and having a phone with only moderately high probability. People who call you will sometimes get some message saying that your number doesn't exist. The opt-out process for T-Mobile's DNS hijacking is not satisfactory: > Note: In order for opt-out to work prope…
> > Note: In order for opt-out to work properly, you need to accept a "cookie" indicating that you have opted out of this service. If you use a program that removes cookies, you will have to repeat this opt-out process when the cookie is deleted. The cookie placed on your computer will contain the site name: " http://tmob.search-help.net . Do you have more information about how this works? I cannot imagine how a cook…
I hadn't actually tried using the opt-out, but I did think it was impossible for it to work as described. I tried it just now, and it just replaces the ads with a 404. So it would be more correct to say "There is no opt-out for the DNS hijacking."
Re: Your iPhone and iPad Are Limited. T-Mobile is the Exception
#33Newsflash: many of your cars are governor limited to 120 or 130 miles per hour, even though the car could go faster. The vast conspiracy!
I imagine cars are tested for max speeds much like ropes and carabiners are given weight ratings. The governor probably enforces these ratings because although your car could go faster, things might start breaking. Faster internet speeds aren't going to melt your CPU.
>Faster internet speeds aren't going to melt your CPU.
Not, but they are going to melt the network.
Isn't it obvious, especially to a technical crowd like HN? And yet, you didn't mention this issue. Why?
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#34I just added two iPhone 5s to my AT&T family plan, and I regret it. They use up their data allotment in about 4 days, even if they never leave the home wifi, so I insist that the cellular data is kept off and only enabled when needed. Meanwhile, the WP8 and Android devices on our plan use only a fraction of their data allotment each month. Is it possible that Apple is responsible for this problem, and should do somet…
Having two AT&T iPhone 5's on our plan, I can in no way corroborate your experience. Looking at the history for one of these phones, it has entire plan months that remain below the lowest data plan threshold. Seriously, there's a problem that needs resolving. Search the web, hit up AT&T support and/or an Apple store, etc.
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#35I just added two iPhone 5s to my AT&T family plan, and I regret it. They use up their data allotment in about 4 days, even if they never leave the home wifi, so I insist that the cellular data is kept off and only enabled when needed. Meanwhile, the WP8 and Android devices on our plan use only a fraction of their data allotment each month. Is it possible that Apple is responsible for this problem, and should do somet…
As someone who checks his usage daily I can assure you that if you are on Wifi you should not see your data plan used at all.
Re: Your iPhone and iPad Are Limited. T-Mobile is the Exception
#36In Singapore, using LTE (Singtel), I could get 30Mbps up/down, and around 30-40 ms latency on my iPhone 5.
Beat that, US!
Re: Your iPhone and iPad Are Limited. T-Mobile is the Exception
#37Another win for T-Mobile. I have to say, for all the negative things I've heard about them in past years, the more I hear about the company the harder I think about switching from Verizon. No contracts for service, they separated phone subsidies from phone service, and reasonably priced data plans. Does anyone use T-Mobile? How is their network?
I'm on T-Mobile, but I'm not going to lie: Verizon has a superior network. All that 700mhz LTE is amazing. However, T-Mobile's network is fine for me (their DC HSPA network really does approach LTE speeds at times), and they more than make up for it with things that I also care about that you mentioned.
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#38Another win for T-Mobile. I have to say, for all the negative things I've heard about them in past years, the more I hear about the company the harder I think about switching from Verizon. No contracts for service, they separated phone subsidies from phone service, and reasonably priced data plans. Does anyone use T-Mobile? How is their network?
I switched from AT&T to T-Mobile because AT&T just pissed me off with mandatory data plans. T-Mobile's network is nowhere near as good for me as AT&T's was. I hope that it improves. The biggest problem is looking at my phone and seeing "0 bars." Also, the data plan doesn't work with one of my phones. Ironically, the same phone AT&T forced me to have a data plan for. Maybe it would have never worked.
As someone on AT&T now but whose contract has expired, I read stuff like this with great interest. I tested my friend's iphone 5 last week here and he was getting 22mb d/l and 10mb u/l. I could swear at AT&T a whole lot but still enjoy those speeds.
Re: Your iPhone and iPad Are Limited. T-Mobile is the Exception
#39Another win for T-Mobile. I have to say, for all the negative things I've heard about them in past years, the more I hear about the company the harder I think about switching from Verizon. No contracts for service, they separated phone subsidies from phone service, and reasonably priced data plans. Does anyone use T-Mobile? How is their network?
I have had great experience being on T-mobile for about 5 years. Their customer service is exceptional and they also allow you to unlock your phone after 3 months. However there are a couple of things that do irritate me: [1] They sniff the header of every web-request looking for desktop browser string. If found they sent you a warning text threatening to cut off your service. It sucks especially when you move to a n…
Is the browser sniffing still an issue? What sort of plan are you on? T-Mobile changed some things last month (http://www.tmonews.com/2013/04/t-mobile-will-begin-bundling-...). You may be able to shift to a plan that includes (limited) tethering at no real cost.
The default includes only 500MB of "high speed" tethered data, but you can add higher amounts.
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#40In Singapore, using LTE (Singtel), I could get 30Mbps up/down, and around 30-40 ms latency on my iPhone 5. Beat that, US!
In an Atlanta I get 15-25 Mbps regularly outdoors (very close to downtown). The speeds are higher where there isn't too much concrete and people. I have also seen 55Mbps in suburbs of Atlanta.
This is on At&t.