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T-Mobile confirms Speedtest data no longer counts against data allowances

<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href='http://www.imore.com/t-mobile-confirms-speedtest-data-no-longer-counts-against-data-allowances' title="T-Mobile confirms Speedtest data no longer counts against data allowances"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/field/image/2014/06/Speedtest-iPhone-5s.jpg?itok=mHdxYrcm' />[/url]</p> <p>T-Mobile's Uncarrier 6.0 announcement brought "Music Freedom" to the carrier (http://www.imore.com/uncarrier-6-t-mobile-frees-music-your-data-limits), giving unlimited streaming at no cost, and now T-Mo is doing us another favor and making Speedtest data not count against your data allowance either. Following some detective work, T-Mobile has confirmed that data used by the Speedtest.net app — and other similar apps — will no longer count towards your full-speed data allowance. <!--break-->From T-mobile:</p>

<p>"The Ookla Speedtest.net application is designed to measure true network speed--not show that a customer has exceeded their high-speed data bucket. Other speed test providers are also whitelisted."</p>

<p>That means customers can run as many speed tests as they want on the T-Mobile network, and reserve their often-limited high-speed data for other apps and services. Just another way the carrier continues to flex its network capacity muscle.</p> <p>With moves like this that barely take up any data in the grand scheme of things but are big customer-facing winners, we can't blame them for wanting to whitelist some data traffic from going against your cap. The upside for T-Mobile is even more customers showing off their network speeds through the Speedtest app (http://www.imore.com/tag/speedtest) without worry that it will push them closer to their limited allowance of high-speed data.</p> <p>Source: FierceWireless (http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/confirmed-t-mobile-exempting-speed-testing-data-monthly-data-allotments/2014-06-26)</p> </div></div></div><div id="comment-wrapper-nid-25385"></div><img width='1' height='1' src='http://tipb.com.feedsportal.com/c/33998/f/616881/s/3bea39df/sc/4/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/>

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