Don’t know about US, but where I live, the “unlimited mobile Internet” is always “fast connection up to X GBs used, then you slow down to a crawl where loading a text-only website takes three minutes, but you’re still technically not limited and can access the Internet” kind of deal.
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Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 23 hours agoWhy would you pay $30 for unlimited data and then pay another $50 a month on top of that for a second unlimited data? Unless you are running a bunch of servers for people outside of your LAN, what is the point?
Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 22 hours ago
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 18 hours ago
Not sure exactly what they go with but it’s never been a problem even downloading several big games from steam. I suppose if you want TBs a month you may want to look into the fine print.
Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 hours ago
My cheap phone plan came with 10gb of data until they throttled the speed to a crawling pace. 10gb isn’t a lot to run for home Internet.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 8 hours ago
That is pretty shit, not had a problem even after 100GB with mine.
papertowels@mander.xyz 10 hours ago
I’m laying out what I think are reasonable options that folks would want. Unlimited cell phone data for $30 paired with a steady, low latency cable line for $50 seems to be a combination that most folks could use.
It’s definitely not optimized for saving money. You could save a lot of money if you wanted to focus on that. Helium mobile has a free 3gb/month plan, no credit card needed. For home Internet you’d be at the mercy of your local ISPs, but I’m sure there are more affordable plans that could be picked.
zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 23 hours ago
The $30 is for mobile service, the $50 is for home Internet service.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 18 hours ago
4G can be home internet too, stick a regular SIM card into a 4G router. Probably 5G now but my setup is a few years old.