T-Mobile starts going after LTE tethered data ‘thieves', says some use up to 2TB per month

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Why have'nt people lawyered the fukk up with regards to these providers and this "unlimited" shyt. They should'nt be able to use that word in any of their advertisements or marketing. It's deceptive.

Go to an all you can eat buffet and try eating entire catering trays worth of food. you'll politely be asked to leave

Only for the worst of the abusers is the plan not technically unlimited. For all other intents and purposes, and for 99% of their customer base, it's unlimited.

and :mjlol: at people lawyering up when we both know damn well the terms and services explicitly state that a) data usage may be limited in extreme cases and b) a user contract can be terminated at any time for any reason
 

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:laugh: if they including Metro, I'm one of the 3000. I've been eating good off PDAnet + Kodi + Netflix for a while now. shyt is bascially portable Cable. What you know about pulling up to a lil broke bytch crib, hooking yo laptop up to her dynex flatscreen and having her with the :gladbron:face?
 

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Why have'nt people lawyered the fukk up with regards to these providers and this "unlimited" shyt. They should'nt be able to use that word in any of their advertisements or marketing. It's deceptive.


Simple because those people using that much data like in these complaints are people more likely than not downloading or streaming media illegaly
 

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you won't get eliminated if you keep it HD and don't leave Netflix streaming literally 24/7, lol.
and for ultra HD 2TB is 7hrs of video everyday!!!! i'm like don't you have school or a job?!??!

get some rabbit ears and watch regular tv if you don't have cable....cause routinely you have people asking for links to basic cable on this forum routinely, lol. Hell you have people asking for links to CBS, ABC,NBC like they can't get some damn rabbit ears from the store. :snoop:

and don't leave torrents uploading all day/night seems like the main issue.
 

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Why have'nt people lawyered the fukk up with regards to these providers and this "unlimited" shyt. They should'nt be able to use that word in any of their advertisements or marketing. It's deceptive.
People should, tracfone lost a class action suit for limiting unlimited plans, I'm waiting on my check from that
 

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Can't even fault T-mobile. They are a solid provider, fair rates, excellent customer service, little to no bullsh1t.

They should call out and get rid of the network leeches. Let them go somewhere else. The sh1t is a privilege, not a right.
:what: Change shyt up and see how many customers they lose :camby:
So basically people pay for unlimited data on the phone and they're complaining that those people are using unlimited data?
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Don't call it unlimited data then
Exactly
Did y'all not read the article? It's talking about those that tether. T Mo plans include 7gbs of tethering at no charge. They are going after those who tether, hotspot well over even that 7gbs, not regular phone use.
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They're actually about to nix unlimited altogether soon tho.
Why would they do that? I mean Sprint just went to unlimited to try and poach Verizon customers, which worked.
:laugh: if they including Metro, I'm one of the 3000. I've been eating good off PDAnet + Kodi + Netflix for a while now. shyt is bascially portable Cable. What you know about pulling up to a lil broke bytch crib, hooking yo laptop up to her dynex flatscreen and having her with the :gladbron:face?
So you're tethering using Tmobile in order to use those programs on your laptop?
 

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Yeah I actually pay for Metros Hotspot but it's only 2.5 gigs of data which ain't shyt. I use Pdanet which hides your tether usage and use the native Windows Netflix app along with Kodi and the shyt works just as fast as home broadband.
 
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It's supposed to slow down after a point tho and I believe they're saying that these "data thieves' " workarounds are getting them to leech more high speed data far beyond that throttle point. Makes sense, if some folks are using TBs of data in a month, as those throttle points are still within GB ranges, unlimited or not. Also, I've noticed T-mobile's network become much shyttier lately (slowdowns despite having data to spare and having enough LTE bars, lost of reception often, even in areas that didn't use to happen at) and if some cats are dl-ing that much data, then it sounds about right. A friend of mine told me that among the Big 4, T-mobile just took 4th place from Sprint as far as their data speeds/reception goes. Service been so shytty lately, I've been considering going back to Verizon. Only thing stopping me is the amount of savings we're about to see now that my phone is also paid off and T-mobile making music streaming free (tho this becomes moot if the service is acting like shyt, which it has been). Verizon's service was MUCH better, that's for sure.

Oh, and @Big Jo, T-mobile's customer service has been utter shyt too in my experience with them.
but didn't the fcc just come down on them for regulating or throttling internet?


AT&T’s unlimited data throttling to be punished with $100 million fine



i guess they are only going after those who hide it.. but if you don't use a special app or hide it then its ok?? i'm confused as fukk
 
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