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We’re not surprised to hear that T-Mobile is enforcing a 1GB soft-cap on 3G data transfers. Afterall, big-dog carriers like AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint have all jumped on-board the bandwidth throttling train – it makes sense for T-Mobile to keep as much of their 3G pipeline as traffic-free as possible. It’s not something we like hearing, but soft-caps on data transfers keep those few customers looking to take advantage of unlimited data plans with P2P transfers and streaming video, ruining the party for the rest of us.
T-Mobile states in their legal disclaimer that reserves T-Mobile’s right to choke a user’s 3G downstream data-transfer speeds of 50Kbps “If your total data usage in any billing cycle is more than 1GB.”
So, potential T-Mobile 3G customer would be wise to take heed and avoid any excessive video streaming or file-download habits using their T-Mobile 3G data plan. The only question is – will a 1GB soft-cap be sufficient for the power user?
Find T-Mobile’s 3G network ToS here.
[Via: BerryReporter]
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Will Park
Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...
