[quackerhacker]

I have an unlimited ipad data plan on AT&T, and for 1 month straight, I streamed video constantly just to test if they throttled or capped Unlimited Ipad plans. 128GB in 1 month and I was still getting 50+down/15up.

Evidence: My twitter images twitter.com/MichaelLargent

[shawnz]

Leeching 128GB would only take 6 hours at the speeds you describe. I would certainly hope that they don't cap you after a period that could be as short as 6 hours!

[quackerhacker]

Well, I'm actually outside of the LTE area, so I ran my test on 4G HSPA+.

The image for the speed test was to see if they throttled at the end of the month.

Just to be clear...don't try this on a supposedly Unlimited iphone data plan, or straight talk unlimited...doesn't work lol.

[delinka]

I'm not sure what any of this has to do with the math. You claim 128GB over a 50Mb connection. That's less than six hours of constant streaming. Unless you want to qualify it with "during the times AT&T actually provided reliable service," your numbers seem off. A lot.

[quackerhacker]

Maybe I wasn't clear (sorry). At the end of my testing after using 128GB (end of the month), I did the speed test to check if I was throttled.

And just because my ipad was capable of that high DL speed, my hosting server that I was constantly streaming HD movies from, isn't capable of that upload throughput (50Mbps uploading).

[cmsmith]

You're assuming that streaming video can provide data at the same rate as speedtest. In reality those numbers are nowhere close, and don't reflect the reliability of AT&T's service.

[delinka]

I'm not assuming anything. I'm asking for clarity.

[ricardobeat]

You'll have a hard time finding a 50mbit stream on the internet...

[nwh]

Eh? I'm regularly pushing several times that out of my $5 VPS.

[ricardobeat]

In a single video stream? 1080p uses 10mbps max. Are you japanese or do you have 4k/8k[1] equipment from the future? :)

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_high_definition_televisio...

[quackerhacker]

I won't doubt you, but HEY if you could send a link, I could use a VPS that has that kinda of pipeline for that price :)