Why do cell phones have a data limit but home internet doesn’t? I understand bandwidth limits, but how can home internet get away with giving users all the data they can use, but cell phone providers can’t?

  • @mvirts
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    313 months ago

    My home Internet charges extra when I use more than 1 TB per month. Not sure but I think it’s metered both up and down.

    • @Kaiyoto
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      103 months ago

      I remember Comcast suddenly started enforcing a limit of about 1 TB some years ago when I had them. Realized it happened when I renewed my contract to get a lower price again for a promotional period. Apparently I agreed to a new contract or something that included the new limit. >:|

      • @Scolding7300
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        63 months ago

        FCC is looking into that, I think it was during Trump’s administration

        • @[email protected]
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          23 months ago

          I currently have that cap and wondering how I will be able to play MSFS2024 under these conditions. Absolute trash they get to enforce this.

          • @Scolding7300
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            23 months ago

            Had the same thought, and a rep already told me I’m 200gb away. Let’s hope some of the stuff is cached.

            Just try to pnpy so flights at 30k ft or above so you don’t have to load ground textures lol

      • @mvirts
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        23 months ago

        Yep sounds familiar 😅

          • @Valmond
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            23 months ago

            Wow.

            How many nintendo roms are there?

            • thermal_shock
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              23 months ago

              switch roms range from 6-20GB each. plus SNES, full collection about 5gb.

              • @Valmond
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                13 months ago

                Ah yes, switch games are not tiny small cartridges.

                Gotta finish my “arcade” box-stick-raspberry one day …

                5GB you say? That’s so incredibly cool actually.