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by chrisconroy 3082 days ago
FYI they will throttle users down to 256kbps if an individual user goes above 15G.

https://support.google.com/fi/answer/6201699
1 comments
praneshp 3082 days ago
But you can go back to full speed at the $10/GB rate again.
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j_s 3082 days ago
I may have missed my chance to participate in this discussion, but this is the part I didn't understand.

Does this mean that when 1 phone goes past 15GB, it is necessary to opt-out of the cap to return to normal speeds?

If not (and it doesn't make sense if opting out of the cap is somehow possible), is there ever any case where someone would _not_ want to go back to the normal speed as they cross the 15GB on the way to passing the cap?

Is the intention just to throw in a minor speed bump requiring the affected 1% of users to contact support every month (leaving the few that are ignorant throttled)?

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praneshp 3081 days ago
Great question. If I remember I'll reply somewhere in a month, I'll try to go past the 15GB mark by then. Opting out of the cap would make this useless for me.

But if you were reimbursed by an employer upto $X and that's what you want to spend, not going to normal speed starts to make sense.

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