AT&T 4G

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Well Apparently I was but I was never throttled but got warning texts every so often... NOW its if you use OVER 3GB a month your automatically slowed down...you can still use UNLIMITED BUT its slowed down so you can really do much of anything... Its funny because my data usage went up ALOT on my reports when I really didn't think I was using more data after they started the warnings.....so the "new" uproar" with legacy AT&T customers who signed up when AT&T first offered the IPHONE 1 with unlimited data at a higher rate (30.00 a month at the time) is that you are now essentially CAPPED at 3GB on an unlimited plan but you can use unlimited but its slowed down to almost 56k speeds..simply because AT&T cannot bill you like they can someone who signs up today and cap their usage than charge more...

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FYI on the original post

It appears that Apple devices that connect to an LTE network (which everyone is okay with calling 4G) will show "LTE" on the top of the device so there is no confusion over whether you are on "real 4g" or "marketing 4g"

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Are you really one of the top 5% nationally of data use?

There was a tale from the Civil War that it was OK for troops to appropriate bits of farmers fences to use as firewood as long as they only took the top rail.
Unfortunately, the definition of "top rail" was subjective, to the point where the bottom rail eventually became the top rail as enough troops passed by.

at&t can whittle away at what they claim to be the top 5% indefinitely, using the same logic.

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The Whirled does some digging....

After much debate and disputed uses of the term, the International Telecommunications Union decreed in December 2010 that HSPA+ could be considered a 4G technology. AT&T didn't immediately adopt the term for its networks, but T-Mobile did. Yes, T-Mobile uses HSPA+ for its Tulsa 4G network.

The reason the ITU granted the technology 4G status is because HSPA+ has the capability for incredible speeds. The tech can be upgraded to a potential top download speed of 168 megabits per second.

Meanwhile LTE, the 4G technology gradually being rolled out by Verizon, U.S. Cellular, Sprint, T-Mobile and AT&T in other areas of the country, tops out at 150 mbps.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?subjectid=52&articleid=20120325_52_E4_ULNShp707703

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My new cell phone pops popcorn, works as a small hammer, and has a fish locator app.

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My new cell phone pops popcorn, works as a small hammer, and has a fish locator app.

Darn small phones.  Where's a big phone hammer when you need one?