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The illusion of "unlimited data" - RolloTheGreat - 03-13-2017
All the plans I see throttle speed at 22-24GB.
I asked my son how data went through his phone on WiFi in the last month- 115GB. So "unlimited data" wouldn't even last him a week.
RE: The illusion of "unlimited data" - dmcowen674 - 03-13-2017
That is a crazy amount of data over cellular network.
That is what fixed line wireless is designed for not the regular cellular system.
RE: The illusion of "unlimited data" - RolloTheGreat - 03-13-2017
(03-13-2017, 08:44 AM)dmcowen674 Wrote: That is a crazy amount of data over cellular network.
That is what fixed line wireless is designed for not the regular cellular system.
That is his wifi, he uses 8-10 a month on cell network.
RE: The illusion of "unlimited data" - RolloTheGreat - 03-13-2017
(03-13-2017, 12:51 PM)gstanford Wrote:(03-13-2017, 06:06 AM)RolloTheGreat Wrote: All the plans I see throttle speed at 22-24GB.
I asked my son how data went through his phone on WiFi in the last month- 115GB. So "unlimited data" wouldn't even last him a week.
The telco's can't sell you wi-fi, they can sell you cellular data and with Ajit Pai heading up the FCC expect them to do everything they possibly can to discourage wi-fi use and encourage cellular, up to and including paying stadiums to turn their wi-fi off during the superbowl.
otherwise how will the poor money-starved hard done by telco's rake in even more obscene profits?! (and Mr Pai is chairman of the FCC to make that happen).
The "unlimited" plans are a better deal, just not revolutionary. 22-24GB is still a lot of data and throttled free might be better than paid overages on a big plan.
RE: The illusion of "unlimited data" - ocre - 03-18-2017
My cable internet is pretty splotchy. The "60 MB" package is is all over the place.
I dont know how these internet providers get away with it. The higher the speed, the higher the variance.