Comment on Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 sucks up to 180 Mb/s of internet bandwidth while in flight — equivalent to 81GB of data per hour

SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Buddy, today you’re going to learn about data caps.

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  • darreninthenet@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They still a thing? Not sure they’re that common in the UK at least 🤷🏻‍♂️

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    • Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Thank your regulators then. There are very much still a thing. Not because they need to be. But because they allow ISPs to make more money by setting arbitrary limits.

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  • DJDarren@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I reckon it’s been a good ten years since I had a data cap on my home internet. These days I pay £30 a month for unlimited 900mbps fibre and it’s wonderful.

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  • umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    this isnt a thing on most countries on earth for “landline” internet

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    • Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I agree with you. They’ve even become a level of corporate governance with the whole copyright issue.

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• RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Because my ISP charges $50/mo extra for the “privilege” of having unlimited data.

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  • SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s more than I pay for unlimited gigabit here wtf 😭

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    • RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I love where I live, but my biggest miss on moving was leaving my fiber network behind and moving to Cox monopoly territory.

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      • MirthfulAlembic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’m in the same boat. Their only competition where I am is DSL, other than 5G/satellite.

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    • DJDarren@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      ‘Land of the free’, init.

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  • pacology@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My biggest pet peeve is that they sell you a service, at a certain speed, that you can only use for like 50 hours a month…

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  • lud@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s insane!

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  • caboose2006@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Mine too.

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• Retro_unlimited@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  My Starlink plan is 50gb per month!

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