Page Plus: "Better & faster data speeds"

[Regsey]

I received the following text from Page Plus (71098):

Page Plus: Great news - our network has improved! Better & faster data speeds are now here! Click to learn more: http://A01.PGPL.CO.

Did anyone else receive this text? So far I have not noticed any difference in speed, but hopefully Page Plus will no longer be throttling just as I've read here on Howard Forums about other Tracfone brands.

[aKansasKid]

Umm...that link looks suspicious. It's not immediately directed to Page Plus' domain at pagepluscellular.com. Moreover, there's no mention of this on their webpage. And, lastly, the 5 Mbps throttle is not by Page Plus, but is by Verizon, which limits all MVNOs to 5 Mbps download speeds.

And, no, I haven't received that text on any of the 3 PP numbers in our family.

[freakonomics101]

I entered the link manually and came up fine. Didn’t redirect me to anything.


Verizon iPhone 7+ 128 GB Jet Black & Verizon iPad Pro 9.7 32 GB Space Gray

[Volaris]

I know a lot of Total Wireless (Tracfone) users have been mentioning seeing uncapped speeds over the past few months. Is there any cap now?

[lscheres]

Straight Talk VZN/CDMA service got a speed increase also. I think it must have been on VZN's end

[Yeswap]

I entered the link manually and came up fine. Didn’t redirect me to anything.

The link in the text is shortened using a link shortening service. All shortened links redirect, that's how they work. This one redirects to extras.pagepluscellular.com/en/14979-A01

[Regsey]

Having read here on Howard Forums about people suddenly getting much faster speeds on Total Wireless I was happy but not too surprised that the same would be true on Page Plus. But my download speeds are still around 5 mps, even after restarting my phone. Hopefully this was an authentic Page Plus message and hopefully these changes are coming.

[monkeyboy]

It sure would be nice to get more than 1gb on the $30 plan...

[pclover]

At some point I'd expect the PagePlus brand to merge with one of their other brands.

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[zomboromano]

I wish more could do tests on this. One person still getting low speeds could just mean their area is naturally slow

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[Regsey]

My download speed is still around 5 mbps--just over at 5.25 if that's significant (above the supposed 5 mbps cap?) A little disappointed, but hopefully the text I got indicates changes to come.

[tvike60]

Rochester, NY. 5.36 down 2.29 up.

[un0335]

Don't forget to restart your phone.

[zomboromano]

Let me just add I'm on Total Wireless getting 50 to 75 Mbps down. Just switched over with a new byod

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[loboheeler]

A couple of us on TracFone saw the increase also. Mine is 45-55 Mbps down. One time close to a new tower got 42 up! Doing an Ookla Speedtest is expensive at these speeds, so I will use a small download just to verify it's still working. A 10 MB file is a blink of the eye.

Thinking Verizon is doing this as a test in select areas. Seems most users are still throttled.