It's all coming undone.
Surrender to the Sacred Law or perish, utterly wasted.
It's all coming undone.
Surrender to the Sacred Law or perish, utterly wasted.
I spend a lot of time in remote areas so I'm constantly hitting various limits for mobile Internet. The reps are often trained to say they don't throttle ... because what they are doing is "deprioritizing" heavy users. The way to think of it, which is mostly technically accurate, is "throttling" would be they see the amount of traffic you are generating and then say "No, 10% of that from now to end of billing cycle." What they instead do is go down a couple of layers in the OSI model and instead say "That device gets access to the tower only after everyone else has had their shot."
Yes, its semantic bullshit.
I know of a handful of ways to spot throttling by looking at the Layer 2/3/4 frames and packets. I don't know of any way to spot deprio from an endpoint device except to wait until the end of the billing cycle and see if the problem goes away.
It's entirely possible that rebooting, and thus reregistering with the tower, puts you into a higher priority bucket for a few minutes. In fact, one well known trick for being able to get a call through in an emergency is to go into airplane mode and back thus reregistering with the tower and putting you in a "new device" priority classification.
I spend a lot of time in remote areas so I'm constantly hitting various limits for mobile Internet. The reps are often trained to say they don't throttle ... because what they are doing is "deprioritizing" heavy users. The way to think of it, which is mostly technically accurate, is "throttling" would be they see the amount of traffic you are generating and then say "No, 10% of that from now to end of billing cycle." What they instead do is go down a couple of layers in the OSI model and instead say "That device gets access to the tower only after everyone else has had their shot."
Yes, its semantic bullshit.
I know of a handful of ways to spot throttling by looking at the Layer 2/3/4 frames and packets. I don't know of any way to spot deprio from an endpoint device except to wait until the end of the billing cycle and see if the problem goes away.
It's entirely possible that rebooting, and thus reregistering with the tower, puts you into a higher priority bucket for a few minutes. In fact, one well known trick for being able to get a call through in an emergency is to go into airplane mode and back thus reregistering with the tower and putting you in a "new device" priority classification.
" What they instead do is go down a couple of layers in the OSI model and instead say "That device goes access to the tower only after everyone else has had their shot."
This is what I've been feeling like. Late at night, 2am ish I seem to be able to get 1mbps speeds.
One odd thing is my download speed is ALWAYS slower than my upload speeds, no matter in the middle of the night or after I removed my SIM card and rebooted the phone (which does temporarily boost my speeds)
I've been using anywhere from 50 to 90GB's of data a month through hotspot for nearly a year now, so it'd be weird that they just now decided to start jewing me. I'd like to have good faith in them but getting a new SIM card is my only option left other than leaving the company.
> " What they instead do is go down a couple of layers in the OSI model and instead say "That device goes access to the tower only after everyone else has had their shot."
This is what I've been feeling like. Late at night, 2am ish I seem to be able to get 1mbps speeds.
One odd thing is my download speed is ALWAYS slower than my upload speeds, no matter in the middle of the night or after I removed my SIM card and rebooted the phone (which does temporarily boost my speeds)
I've been using anywhere from 50 to 90GB's of data a month through hotspot for nearly a year now, so it'd be weird that they just now decided to start jewing me. I'd like to have good faith in them but getting a new SIM card is my only option left other than leaving the company.
They may have spent more time dicking with their Quality of Service configurations for download due to needing to knock down streamers.
As to suddenly getting deprio hammer, could be more end devices in your area or a topology change with the towers. Hard to know.
They may have spent more time dicking with their Quality of Service configurations for download due to needing to knock down streamers.
As to suddenly getting deprio hammer, could be more end devices in your area or a topology change with the towers. Hard to know.
When I first contacted them about a week ago they told me Verizon, who's towers they use, were currently in the process of implementing 5G networks which could have an affect on my speeds, but they told me my speeds should not be as bad as sub 100kbps.
But 1) I'm a bit rural and don't think we have 5G here yet, and 2) I know several people who have Verizon and haven't been having any issues with their internet speeds recently.
I haven't had to use internet this slow since 1998
When I first contacted them about a week ago they told me Verizon, who's towers they use, were currently in the process of implementing 5G networks which could have an affect on my speeds, but they told me my speeds should not be as bad as sub 100kbps.
But 1) I'm a bit rural and don't think we have 5G here yet, and 2) I know several people who have Verizon and haven't been having any issues with their internet speeds recently.
I haven't had to use internet this slow since 1998
Does that happen with a different phone and the same sim card? Have you done a factory reset for troubleshooting sake, yet? Have you manually configured your APN?
If not that, they might just be throttling you. Who's your provider? How much data do you use per month? How much do you pay?
I've been paying $15/month with mint.
Does that happen with a different phone and the same sim card? Have you done a factory reset for troubleshooting sake, yet? Have you manually configured your APN?
If not that, they might just be throttling you. Who's your provider? How much data do you use per month? How much do you pay?
I've been paying $15/month with mint.
who's mint?
who's mint?
mint mobile
mint mobile
thanks - i don't yak a lot on the phone so i think i'll stick with Ting
thanks - i don't yak a lot on the phone so i think i'll stick with Ting
Yes I factory reset my old phone and still have the problem.
I bought a brand new phone, put in the old SIM and still slow speeds.
I have not manually configured the APN (I don't even know what that is)
I go through Visible which uses Verizon towers. $40/month for unlimited everything.
Yes I factory reset my old phone and still have the problem.
I bought a brand new phone, put in the old SIM and still slow speeds.
I have not manually configured the APN (I don't even know what that is)
I go through Visible which uses Verizon towers. $40/month for unlimited everything.
Oh, Visible...y, I'd put money on you getting hit with the deprio hammer.
Oh, Visible...y, I'd put money on you getting hit with the deprio hammer.
The weird thing is that I've been using anywhere from 50 up to 100GB's of data per month for the last 9-10 months at this point, so to hit me out of the blue is odd. Basically use my phone as a modem for my computer via hotspot.
Also what is Mint? I'm probably going to try the new SIM card and if that doesn't do it I'm throwing these guys in the gas chamber and moving on to a different company.
The weird thing is that I've been using anywhere from 50 up to 100GB's of data per month for the last 9-10 months at this point, so to hit me out of the blue is odd. Basically use my phone as a modem for my computer via hotspot.
Also what is Mint? I'm probably going to try the new SIM card and if that doesn't do it I'm throwing these guys in the gas chamber and moving on to a different company.
you can give the new sim card a shot, I know I had that solve a t-mobile issue some years ago for me. Also as a reseller direct verizon customers will get priority over visible. Beside that, I suggest a new carrier.
you can give the new sim card a shot, I know I had that solve a t-mobile issue some years ago for me. Also as a reseller direct verizon customers will get priority over visible. Beside that, I suggest a new carrier.
What was the t-mobile issue you were experiencing that the new SIM card fixed?
What was the t-mobile issue you were experiencing that the new SIM card fixed?
I have had a legacy grandfathered Verizon unlimited plan for a long time. I live where the hotspot feature is my only option for internet. I also use it when I travel. My experience is that the upload speed has almost always been sub-par no matter where I am. I have my Verizon phone and a Sprint/T-mobile (work phone) in front of me. Both MOTO g7. The Verizon phone is rooted. I just ran speedtest on both. Verizon 60.7 down 0.80 up. Sprint 11.6 down 4.10 up.
I have had a legacy grandfathered Verizon unlimited plan for a long time.
I live where the hotspot feature is my only option for internet. I also use it when I travel.
My experience is that the upload speed has almost always been sub-par no matter where I am.
I have my Verizon phone and a Sprint/T-mobile (work phone) in front of me. Both MOTO g7. The Verizon phone is rooted.
I just ran speedtest on both.
Verizon 60.7 down 0.80 up. Sprint 11.6 down 4.10 up.
Well for one, a phone is for making phone calls. Two, because of this, I use a retarded flip phone because all of the above mentioned shit you are going through, is a waste of my White time.
Well for one, a phone is for making phone calls. Two, because of this, I use a retarded flip phone because all of the above mentioned shit you are going through, is a waste of my White time.
I don't have home internet, and so it's way cheaper to use mobile data for my home internet via hotspot
I don't have home internet, and so it's way cheaper to use mobile data for my home internet via hotspot
I too live in the middle of nowhere, but I work off of cellular because of the big fucking cell tower at the end of my road to nowhere. In fact, I am typing to you on this feature right now.
I too live in the middle of nowhere, but I work off of cellular because of the big fucking cell tower at the end of my road to nowhere. In fact, I am typing to you on this feature right now.
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