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**assohillA** · 11-17-2011, 01:26 AM

0.27 mbps seems like you are on EDGE not on 3G. verify your cell coverage, what it says on the display. Doe sit indicate 3G?

No I'm definitely on 3g. When I run speed test it spikes up to over 1mbps and then drops immediately to the .26-.27 range so apparently they are throttling to 256kbps. The upload speed is between 1-2Mbps. Every so often it gets unblocked and I have amazing speed for a little while. I have tried buying by the day, by the week, as well as buying "full" instead of social but the speed is the same. Better than nothing but not great by any means. Claro seems to really restrict data as most of their "illimitado" data plans either give you 1-5GB of download per month and then block you or they only allow 500mb and then throttle you to 256kbps. At least Orange only throttles to 384kbps but they have oversold their service to the point that it is unusable in my area (Samana'). If Claro had an actual "illimitado" plan I would gladly pay to get the kind of speed they are capable of here.

11-17-2011, 01:26 AM	#21
assohillA Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 447 Senior Member	0.27 mbps seems like you are on EDGE not on 3G. verify your cell coverage, what it says on the display. Doe sit indicate 3G? No I'm definitely on 3g. When I run speed test it spikes up to over 1mbps and then drops immediately to the .26-.27 range so apparently they are throttling to 256kbps. The upload speed is between 1-2Mbps. Every so often it gets unblocked and I have amazing speed for a little while. I have tried buying by the day, by the week, as well as buying "full" instead of social but the speed is the same. Better than nothing but not great by any means. Claro seems to really restrict data as most of their "illimitado" data plans either give you 1-5GB of download per month and then block you or they only allow 500mb and then throttle you to 256kbps. At least Orange only throttles to 384kbps but they have oversold their service to the point that it is unusable in my area (Samana'). If Claro had an actual "illimitado" plan I would gladly pay to get the kind of speed they are capable of here.
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