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too. I don't know if this feature is limited to Straight Talk on AT&T or if it also works with T-Mobile, Verizon and Sprint based Straight Talk accounts. If you are a Straight Talk or NET10 user please try texting USAGE to 611611 and leave a comment letting everyone know if it works and whether you are using NET10 or Straight Talk and with which underlying carrier.



Update 2/27/14: Based on user comments here and on Howard Forums, sending USAGE to 611611 is working for most users on Straight and NET10 unlimited plans using any of the operators (AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon). At least two Straight Talk AT&T users have confirmed that the code works. If it works with Straight Talk I suspect it will work with NET10 too. I don't know if this feature is limited to Straight Talk on AT&T or if it also works with T-Mobile, Verizon and Sprint based Straight Talk accounts. If you are a Straight Talk or NET10 user please try textingand leave a comment letting everyone know if it works and whether you are using NET10 or Straight Talk and with which underlying carrier.Based on user comments here and on Howard Forums, sending USAGE to 611611 is working for most users on Straight and NET10 unlimited plans using any of the operators (AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon).





This is something I've been hoping for a long time that Straight Talk would do. Straight Talk says data is throttled after 2.5 GB in a month but there are many complaints on the forums and elsewhere of throttling at much lower usage levels.





There's been speculation that Straight Talk is throttling regardless of how little data has been used if they detect streaming or tethering.





Having a counter at the network level should go a long way to finding out what's really happening and keeping Straight Talk and its users on the same page about data used and under what conditions throttling occurs.





A number of Straight Talk users on HowardForums users are reporting that they received a text this morning saying;