Comment on Why do cell phones have a data limit but home internet doesn't?

over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• CaptDust@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  50GB a month though?? You don’t use any video streaming services at all?

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  • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I do browse through YT videos, but I don’t bother watching full length movies. Honestly, I’ve lost interest in watching newer movies, seems like a waste of time to me. However, I do enjoy educational and scientific content.

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• AndrewZabar@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Wow I go through 50GB in less than a day. Sometimes an hour.

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• superkret@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  That’s more than $1.50 per Gigabyte.
  When you download a game from Steam, most games you literally pay more for the data than for the game.

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  • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You’d be dumbfounded to see what I’ve been able to accomplish using my connection. Terabytes of games archived, I just didn’t have to download nor upload them myself.

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• golli@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  How is 1€/day cheap for such limited home Internet? I guess it might depend on where you are, but unless you are in the middle of nowhere that seems expensive.

  Here in Germany for example, which really isn’t known for its cheap internet, I can find options that offer 100Mbit Flatrates for 20€/month.

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  • njordomir@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    My German friends and family don’t believe me when I tell them how expensive internet and phone is in the US. They all think it’s expensive in Germany. Having said that, there are some big differences in take home pay.

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  • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I ain’t even talking about the internet speed, I’m talking about the data cap. And $1 a day is about as cheap as it gets in my area.

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    • nimpnin@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      as cheap as it gets in my area

      That’s not a very good approach to assess prices

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  • phdepressed@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    $50/mo for internet is a relatively low rate for the US unless you’re lucky enough to live in one of the few places with municipal internet.

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• Atemu@lemmy.ml ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  For ~$30 a month, that’s a complete and utter rip-off.

  Even here in Neuland Germany you get at least decent internet with no caps for that price.

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• NotSteve_@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Where even has that sort of plan anymore? Are you really rural American?

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  • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Guess so. The installation tech had to test like 18 sets of dead phone lines before managing to find one live pair to even connect the internet.

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• scarabic@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Good thing, because some games would take up all of that just to download and install.

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• Nibodhika@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Of course you can complain, I pay less than half what you do for unlimited cellular data.

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• Sylvartas@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Found the American. In France that would be a huge ripoff compared to what the other providers have to offer. Like, literally any VDSL offer is around 30€/month (or under) and no caps

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