Galaxy S5 Download Boost Disabled by Top Three Mobile Carriers

[life0riley]

This is disappointing!

Verizon, AT&T and Sprint Disable Download Boost on Galaxy S5

What mobile phone/carrier combination is the best?

[MoonRise]

Not surprising though. They couldn't charge a price for it so they disable it. I guarantee they'll come back with some lame excuse of how it degrades their throughput and for other users too. Lame, lame, lame! Greedy #@^&%^$ are all they are.

[vinnywright]

ya like throttling your Internet ..... thay half to actually do something ,to slow it down, and charge you more to do nothing so it's fast ..............lame lame lame and evil.

VINNY

[charles052]

They're already up to S5! I only got an S3 last year.

This is why I hate technology so much. I'm always behind. I'm still waiting to upgrade my computer from DDR2 ram to DDR3. Hmm.. I might do it in the next decade...

[life0riley]

My son has an S4 Active. It's a nice phone! I'd be ticked if I bought the S5 thinking it had faster download speeds only to find out later my mobile throttled it.


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[SteveRiley]

What mobile phone/carrier combination is the best?

Oh, this is easy: T-Mobile plus any phone you like! Their new un-contract plans absolutely kick ass. Oh, and they have the coolest CEO in the universe. Watch the below clips (warning: strong language).

[life0riley]

Oh, this is easy: T-Mobile plus any phone you like! Their new un-contract plans absolutely kick ass. Oh, and they have the coolest CEO in the universe. Watch the below clips (warning: strong language).
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Thanks. That's going to be the plan. I'll wear headphones when I watch the videos.


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[Teunis]

Indeed, that's the way we do it in Europe, get a phone yourself and a plan of choice.
It costs some up-front but at the end of the typical 2 year contract you are better off.

That's how I got my Nexus 4, they are like anything Nexus not even officially available in The Netherlands so like many others I bought it in Germany and put the SIM from my old n900 in it.

[jpenguin]

The best coverage for around where I live is US Cellular, Verizon and Sprint are next, T-Mobile ain't to good round here

My Motorola Electrify M is decent, not enough RAM or processor though

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[Teunis]

I hadn't yet tried to scan for available networks here in Lafayette, LA.

The companies' Blackberry has a (Dutch, corporate) Verison contract and automatically connects to AT&T on 2G.
The scan reveals the only other option is T-Mobile 2 & 3G
Calling costs €1.00 p/m, texting €0.42 and data €5.00 p/MB.

My private Nexus with a very cheap Dutch KPN contract (no free minutes or text but ~750MB per month for €7.50) connects to T-Mobile 3G.
But the price is rather spectacular, calling €1.42 p/m, being called €1.02 p/m, sending a text €0.76 and receiving is free.
Data is €10.12 p/MB!!!

Back home I could for roaming probably chose from at least 5 different providers.
The EU has last week decided as of 2015 inter-EU roaming has to be for the same price as national costs.
Which possibly means national tariffs could go up.

So I use a Voipbuster SIP contract that is at a one-off cost of €10.00 free for 3 months and then between 1 and 1.5 cents per minute to most of the Western world.

Regardless of the bitching about the Euro it stands at US$1.38 compared to US$1.30 a year ago.

Would I go for a less than minimum contract I'd probably get better prices.

[woodsmoke]

dduuuuhhhh Comcast,

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