Geek Posted January 17, 2012 Posted January 17, 2012 <div class="KonaBody"><p><iframe width="620" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XW5aEQzTcW0?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <p>You’ve probably heard the talk of AT&T throttling heavy data users, but now we can see it’s effects ourselves and it’s probably worse than you thought. AppAdviceDaily put together the video up top, skip in about a minute ahead and you’ll see a side-by-side comparison of download speeds on a throttled vs non-throttled iPhone 4S. The speed difference is gigantic, as low as 0.07mbps on the throttled account vs 1.8mbps on the normal account.</p> <p>Throttling is only supposed to impact the top 5% of data consumers and <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/03/17/att-cracking-down-on-unofficial-iphone-tethering-mywi-users/">unofficial tetherers</a> on AT&T on Verizon. These users typically get a warning text message notifying they are using too much of the data they paid for:</p> <p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/throttling-message.jpg" alt="Throttled Data message" title="throttling-message" width="320" height="282" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-26071" /></p> <p>The threshold for being throttled is alleged to vary widely, with some reports saying it’s as low as 1GB and others suggesting it’s over 4GB. Once you’re throttled, you’re basically kicked off the 3G network and stuck on the painfully sluggish 2G EDGE network. </p> <p>If you’re concerned about this, <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/06/02/check-iphone-data-usage-on-att/">check data use on AT&T</a> and Verizon by logging into your account. For those close to their allotted data limit, it may be a good idea to <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/07/02/disable-iphone-data-use/">disable data</a> or at least turn off 3G until the next billing cycle.</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Cw8Tlgq08HVEzpWVBQpJE5rjR_w/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Cw8Tlgq08HVEzpWVBQpJE5rjR_w/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Cw8Tlgq08HVEzpWVBQpJE5rjR_w/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Cw8Tlgq08HVEzpWVBQpJE5rjR_w/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=OLJ2bRv0cgY:BL4L1oBTqIQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=OLJ2bRv0cgY:BL4L1oBTqIQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=OLJ2bRv0cgY:BL4L1oBTqIQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=OLJ2bRv0cgY:BL4L1oBTqIQ:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=OLJ2bRv0cgY:BL4L1oBTqIQ:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=OLJ2bRv0cgY:BL4L1oBTqIQ:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=OLJ2bRv0cgY:BL4L1oBTqIQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/OLJ2bRv0cgY" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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