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Old 10-21-2018, 03:02 PM   #13
TurnerFam
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Brand: Thor Motor Coach
State: Georgia
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yes, You have to be careful about the wording, and the 'limits', on these Unlimited touted plans, even though some will fit many, and some will not, as we all use our 'phones' slightly differently.

If you want TRULY unlimited DATA, none will provide that, they ALL have 'caps', which is the wording or subject your are truly interested in if your main concern is the internet.
Hard or Soft 'limits', or caps, are really just nice terms to say that either the carrier 'MAY' or 'WILL' slow down your speeds, which is the real issue with 'unlimited' data plans.
While a slow speed might be o.k. for very basic email usage, it's hardly what we 'expect' for browsing the net, and doing things online that we have grown used to everyday, and sometimes almost ALL day!

Hotspotting is the other 'issue', as many of us now simply use our phone as the source for all 'wifi' connections for our other devices, like computers, laptops, eReaders, ePads, and the like. Without the ability to use your phone as a wifi source, or a 'hot spot', then you are up the creek without a paddle, and with a large hole in the boat!
If you DO have the ability to hotspot, then you have to be REAL CAREFUL about the wording on the contract/plan...
Some carriers allow what seems as 'unlimited' hotspotting, but the catch is that after a certain use of data, maybe 10GB, your hotspot signal SPEED to your other devices will be woefully slowed, or CRAWLED is a better term, such as down to 128mb. To put that is perspective, 128mb is probably about 1/100th of the speed we are used to.

Also:
Some carriers will have a higher speed when the DO slow down the hotspot, but the action will take effect sooner, sometimes only days into the monthly plan timeframe, leaving 20+ days of 'slow' connection.
If you use your phone for most things, then you'll probably not as readily see much of a slow down, ALTHOUGH, these plans all also slow down the phone's connection speed after a certain number of GBs have been used, such as 22gb, on the plan itself, not just on the specific phone, so it can effect ALL phones or devices on the plan when this happens.

All of this is a little maddening, as you have to really 'assess' your usage, your needs, and the plan design that will, for most months, work 'best' for you. There is no simple or easy or 'one size for all' plan... never.

We used to fight with phone call 'minutes', back in the day.

Then we fought with number of 'texts' sent and received.

Now, even though 'Unlimited Data' is the catchy headline,
we fight about the 'speed' of the internet!

fun : )
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