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Data Usage?!?

kind of sucks, yeah they grandfathered in the price, but not the usage. I'm already upto 16% used, and before i was unlimited.

Its still going to show what you use every month.





wtf i thought if we had the $60 plan before the change we would keep the same price and also the unlimited data usage
Yes that's true..if you change plans though then right back into the tiered plans with data caps:)
 
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It says 5GB and I got a message from metro pcs saying I went over my data usage so they are lowering down my 4G LTE speeds :(

How many days did it take you to hit 5GB? How much are they slowing it down by? Can you do a speed test and screen shot?

When I was with tmobile, they slowed my speeds down to around 35kbps (4.5KB/sec) which is INSANELY slow. You can't even use google maps, facebook, etc. This used to piss me off SOO much. I was pissed, but I realized that there's nothing I can do about it, so I just got used to the 5GB a month.

If you don't mind me asking, what'd you use your 5GB on?

kind of sucks, yeah they grandfathered in the price, but not the usage. I'm already upto 16% used, and before i was unlimited.

There's no such thing as "grandfathered in" at metro pcs since we have no contract. Being grandfathered in is a term that's used at contract carriers since they had contracts that were signed that didn't cap data.

I know that guy at metroPCS facebook said "no, you're grandfathered in," but he's lying/doesn't know what he's talking about.

ANYWAYS. Most of you guys aren't going to pass 5GB unless you tether a LOT and/or use your phone as your primary internet source, so don't worry about it. If you do use your phone as your primary internet (I've done that before for a few months), then you just have to figure out how to ration it so that you don't hit your cap. Or pay the extra $10. Or get internet at home.
 
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How many days did it take you to hit 5GB? How much are they slowing it down by? Can you do a speed test and screen shot?

When I was with tmobile, they slowed my speeds down to around 35kbps (4.5KB/sec) which is INSANELY slow. You can't even use google maps, facebook, etc. This used to piss me off SOO much. I was pissed, but I realized that there's nothing I can do about it, so I just got used to the 5GB a month.

If you don't mind me asking, what'd you use your 5GB on?



There's no such thing as "grandfathered in" at metro pcs since we have no contract. Being grandfathered in is a term that's used at contract carriers since they had contracts that were signed that didn't cap data.

I know that guy at metroPCS facebook said "no, you're grandfathered in," but he's lying/doesn't know what he's talking about.

ANYWAYS. Most of you guys aren't going to pass 5GB unless you tether a LOT and/or use your phone as your primary internet source, so don't worry about it. If you do use your phone as your primary internet (I've done that before for a few months), then you just have to figure out how to ration it so that you don't hit your cap. Or pay the extra $10. Or get internet at home.
Well I pay my phone bill on the 27th of each month so do the math and I really don't know what I used it on I guess I used a lot of data using the apps
 
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ok till now i thought i was granfathered in... my data meter stayed at zero and all was good. this morning i checked the web and used 4%... meaning that im not unlimited... but the mymetro app (yes i reinstalled this bloat for this exact reason to track my data) says my plan included unlimited data access. WTF!??!?!
So did mine :(
 
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How many days did it take you to hit 5GB? How much are they slowing it down by? Can you do a speed test and screen shot?

When I was with tmobile, they slowed my speeds down to around 35kbps (4.5KB/sec) which is INSANELY slow. You can't even use google maps, facebook, etc. This used to piss me off SOO much. I was pissed, but I realized that there's nothing I can do about it, so I just got used to the 5GB a month.

If you don't mind me asking, what'd you use your 5GB on?



There's no such thing as "grandfathered in" at metro pcs since we have no contract. Being grandfathered in is a term that's used at contract carriers since they had contracts that were signed that didn't cap data.

I know that guy at metroPCS facebook said "no, you're grandfathered in," but he's lying/doesn't know what he's talking about.

ANYWAYS. Most of you guys aren't going to pass 5GB unless you tether a LOT and/or use your phone as your primary internet source, so don't worry about it. If you do use your phone as your primary internet (I've done that before for a few months), then you just have to figure out how to ration it so that you don't hit your cap. Or pay the extra $10. Or get internet at home.


you miss the point, I got this phone and plan being told the price i pay will give me unlimited, now they go and change it, that's bull. If i find out they aren't honoring the agreement made when i got this plan I will be canceling both phones. and don't give me this contract crap. .
 
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Well they just got me to i have the older 4G 50 plan and they are counting everything as data now i had 0 data used yesterday morning then last night it said 55% was used i called and they said i used up my data checking emails facebook and ebay app WTF!! No-way They said my plan of 1 gb is for everything But here is a copy and paste of my plan lol !! they told me to upgrade to the 2.5gb plan .. They Are Crap !! Im selln my esteem and Jumping Ship
• Three-Way Calling
• Caller ID
• Screen-it
• Call Waiting
• Premium 411
• Extended Home Roaming
• mail@metro
• PocketExpress
• Domestic Long Distance
• Loopt
• Mobile Instant Messaging
• Picture Messaging
• Navigation
• Short Code Alerts
• 1GB multimedia streaming
• Text Messaging Feature
• International Text Message
• Enhanced Voice Mail
 
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like i posted on the howardforums when u reach 90% on ur meter and u get this txt message from metro your not grandfathered in on no unlimted plan im on the old $50 plan and 2 days i ago i went from being 0% to well now 90%..... epic thinking of having them switch me over to new $50 plan since im not seeing any benefits on old plan.

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like i posted on the howardforums when u reach 90% on ur meter and u get this txt message from metro your not grandfathered in on no unlimted plan im on the old $50 plan and 2 days i ago i went from being 0% to well now 90%..... epic thinking of having them switch me over to new $50 plan since im not seeing any benefits on old plan.

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is this saying you have just under 10 gigs left for the month? kinda confused
 
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