@Pawprints1986 , while bands are different between 3G and 4G, data is predominantly on 4G due to much better latency which can be a greater benefit than pure speed. The phone would only fall back to 3G if a 4G connection was not available locally which is extremely unlikely these days. The traffic shaping is applied only on the 4G network, with a lot more aggression on the so called 3G speed plans. So if you are on a 3G speed plan and are lucky to be located in an area where towers are very lightly loaded, you could force the phone to 3G and get unthrottled data. This little workaround has been talked about extensively in this forum.
As for wishing and hoping for a better deal on a 2GB plan in the $30 range, that ship has sailed long ago and is never coming back. I did have an account with this very plan but it have since updated to the $40/15GB plan. Deals for existing customers come once every second blue moon, must take advantage at every opportunity.
