Comment on I have unlimited cellular data on my phone but not if I use it as a hotspot.
owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 8 months agoI tried that, the carrier could still differentiate it from local traffic (or at least my speed test results were vastly different).
dan@upvote.au 8 months ago
It’s possible they’ve gotten smarter these days.
I don’t know how ISPs are allowed to do this when it’s a very obvious violation of net neutrality.
owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 8 months ago
If I recall correctly, they justify it by claiming they need to do deep packet inspection to balance traffic. There’s a fuzzy line between them needing to optimize their network equipment and respecting privacy, and the rulings seem to favor the former.