T-Mobile set 1GB G1 3G cap: threaten throttling for heavy users

[shmokinponcake]

well done. youtube junkies will definitely have issues with this.

[DesignDawg]

Again: The language doesn't say they WILL throttle. It says they CAN. That said, I would rather see the limit higher as well, just in case. But for me there are a few points that keep me from losing sleep over this:

It's not as if they are going to charge you or cut you off. They would in theory slow you down. Big difference.

Also, do I think I might break the 1 GB barrier on downloads on my phone? Yes, I do, BUT not on the 3G network. In my experience, there's wifi practically everywhere. Day to day, I have it at work, at home, at my parents', my friends' pretty much everyone's house, and I've found, when hanging with friends, most restaurants even have open wifi networks. The phone will seamlessly jump onto these networks as I understand it, so I would be surprised to see my data usage going over a couple hundred MB. This is the experience my friends are having with their iphones. One of them doesn't even have a data plan (bought his phone without contract), and doesn't miss it.

[baked ant]

Text messages ~ 2kb so 500,000 is 1GB
MMS ~ 20kb so 50,000 is 1GB
Google Street View Im not sure but I would say ~ 500kb so 2,000 is 1GB
Pictures ~ 20kb-1MB (depending on source, assume aroung 100kb) so 50,000 to 1,000 is 1GB (assuming 100kb is 10,000 for 1GB)
Youtube Video ~ 3MB/minute is 333 minutes for 1GB
Songs ~ 3MB-4MB is about 300 songs for 1GB

Hope this helps.

thanks!

[sushi420]

DesignDawg - why don't you think you'd go over the 1gb on the 3G network?

[Jorsher]

DesignDawg - why don't you think you'd go over the 1gb on the 3G network?

- Most of us will not always be in a 3g network
- The phone automatically switches to open access points (saves T-Mobile as a company, and us as a consumer bandwidth)
- Most of the heavy traffic can be done on a computer
- I'd have to use 33MB a day, which I don't think I'll do since I mostly want it for IM/Email, and the occasional web-browsing

[DesignDawg]

DesignDawg - why don't you think you'd go over the 1gb on the 3G network?

Yeah. Answer above and below. I pretty much covered all that in great detail.

[sushi420]

Also, do I think I might break the 1 GB barrier on downloads on my phone? Yes, I do, BUT not on the 3G network.

i guess i read that like, you didn't think you'd break the 1gb barrier on the 3G network, but on EDGE you would....my bad

[DesignDawg]

i guess i read that like, you didn't think you'd break the 1gb barrier on the 3G network, but on EDGE you would....my bad

Got ya. No, what I was explaining (and I could have said it clearer, I guess) is that I'm sure I will download more than 1 GB per month with my phone, but very little of it will be over 3G. I see 3G being, for me, just a "gap filler" between wifi networks.

[Jorsher]

Also, lets not forget we'll still have browsing at 50kbps, which is still 8-10x faster than dialup. A lot of us dealt with dialup at home for years, so what's the biggie about having a not-3g-but-faster-than-dialup connection on a mobile device.

[New World]

Also, lets not forget we'll still have browsing at 50kbps, which is still 8-10x faster than dialup. A lot of us dealt with dialup at home for years, so what's the biggie about having a not-3g-but-faster-than-dialup connection on a mobile device.

Yeah, I know what you mean, but I'd still rather have 3G available when its needed.

Anyways, as its been repeated over and over. T-Mobile has the right too, but it doesn't mean they'll actually do it.