T-Mobile will stop hiding slower network speeds from throttled customers<article>
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If you exceed your data plan's limit on T-Mobile, you aren’t cut off entirely from the Internet. Instead, T-Mobile throttles your speed, downgrading it to somewhere between 64Kbps and 128Kbps.</p><p>
But if you use a speed testing app after hitting the limit—like
Ookla’s Speedtest.net—it will measure the current network speed,
not how slow your throttled connection actually is.</p><p>
The FCC forced some concessions from T-Mobile that will make it easier to find out exactly what speeds you're receiving on a throttled connection. The self-branded “uncarrier” will now send out a text message with a link to a test that accurately measures your throttled data rate.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2851729/t-mobile-will-stop-hiding-slower-network-speeds-from-throttled-customers.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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T-Mobile will stop hiding slower network speeds from throttled customers
