Hey all, I will be testing a VPN on Straight Talk to see if it will prevent them....

[ThaKizzle]

You guys need to understand they don't care how you use the data. It doesn't matter if you tether, stream, download. Its just about the volume (amount) of data you use. If you use 50MB tethering for example, they are not going to give a sh*t. I routinely tether my ST SIM to use data on my laptop while on the train and have never had an issue. I just keep my data usage below 70MB a day for the most part.

Doesn't matter how many times we tell people this they still have some way to find bad in something that is a great value!

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[Shawn744]

Speaking of escaping, let me butt in for a second and ask, do you think if I activate a new sim/account with a new number and use it in the same iPhone, they would immediately notice via my IMEI and I'd still be throttled ? The only way they could have my IMEI is if it was transmitted via the sim. I never gave it to them in any way. I'm asking because this is the course of action I'm taking next week at my service end date.

Thanks guys.

-Straight Talk customers will prevail!-

[rpk3]

In response to your original question about "hiding" data use, or for that matter "hiding" with VPN.

Simply put, this would be impossible to try and achieve, VPN simply puts your OPEN connection behind a proxy to hid referrers and http resolve. Data is still in use....

Tell ya what, when you figure that out. You PM me, and let me know- I will fund your start-up and we will be rich!

[~~Tito~~]

Obviously, I cannot hide it as in hide how much bandwidth... I just want to hide the traffic, and what exactly the data I use is. I just want them to know how much data I use, and not what I use with it. I do not want data discrimination.

[11fabe]

I understand there is a cap,but that is not going to stop me for trying to find the way of use full unlimted internet...it take me months to hack the mexican company but i did so it would be possible here!!!

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[pzwnyc]

Obviously, I cannot hide it as in hide how much bandwidth... I just want to hide the traffic, and what exactly the data I use is. I just want them to know how much data I use, and not what I use with it. I do not want data discrimination.

I honestly don't think anyone, except DHS, cares about what you do with the data; just how much you use.

[~~Tito~~]

Still, I want to prevent that from ever happening. I am using straight talk right now, my area is a bad signal area but at least I am off edge(I am getting between 700kbps and 900kbps), so long as I get 2-3mbps average I am okay. Any more would be great, but in Las Vegas T-Mobile was fast, but not everywhere had HSDPA or HSPA+, so I would be around town and some spots would be fast, and others would be edge or extremely slow.

[W2PMX]

Obviously, I cannot hide it as in hide how much bandwidth... I just want to hide the traffic, and what exactly the data I use is. I just want them to know how much data I use, and not what I use with it. I do not want data discrimination.

They don't look at what data you're using, just how much you're using. So they've already hidden the nature of the traffic from themselves. If you stream 50MB of audio or video a day they won't bother you. If you download 5GB of web pages a month they will. ALL they look at is quantity.

[Shawn744]

Still, I want to prevent that from ever happening.

lol what are ya doin on there that you're trying to hide from the DHS hahaha

[~~Tito~~]

Even so, I like to hide behind my VPN wall lol. Straight Talk is pretty nice though. Pretty even coverage, and data works great! I am in the process of porting my old number to Google Voice already since the verdict was given early on.

[vloke]

I have an iPhone 4 and was on AT&T using 11GB of data per month then of course last Oct AT&T started throatling my data so slow after I think 4GB it was unusable. Primary I browse internet, watch YouTube videos, listen to the radio through an app, email, and of course various apps like Facebook, banking, etc. ........3 months ago I ordered a SIM off the ST website and ported my number over to ST....I live in Los Angeles and the ST service is the same as AT&T. ......BUT within two weeks my data was shut off so I called ST and they asked if I was using the internet, tethering, etc etc (I'm not tethering) and they turned me back on but told me I need to use WiFi. :::QUESTION::: I started using WiFi a lot but wish to use it less....so at what amount of GB per month will they turn me off? If they do turn me off is there a chance they won't turn me back on? Etc... Thank you.

[silentjudge]

so at what amount of GB per month will they turn me off? If they do turn me off is there a chance they won't turn me back on? Etc... Thank you.

Theres no set amount and we don't know what the true cut off is. The rule of thumb is 100MB a day and 2GB a month max.

[chuckknight]

I do not want data discrimination.

Oh, you're one of those. Technically speaking, there's no reason they couldn't censor, throttle, or do any number of things to screw with the data connection they provide to you. It's not yours, it's theirs, and they *allow* you to use it. But I've never heard of *anything* that would make me think they participate in data discrimination...StraightTalk *or* ATT.

Has anyone using StraightTalk ever experienced anything resembling data discrimination?

[11fabe]

Any update Tito?
I have pass tge 400mb a day and im about to reach the 5G this month...i call when i pass the 2.5 G

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