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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?

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[-] mvirts@lemmy.world 31 points 2 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@lemmy.world 10 points 2 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@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

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

[-] sneaky@r.nf 2 points 2 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@lemmy.world 2 points 2 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@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Yep sounds familiar ๐Ÿ˜…

[-] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

damn, I share almost a TB/day.

[-] derpgon@programming.dev 6 points 2 months ago

Hopefully only Linux ISOs ^/s^

[-] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago
[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Wow.

How many nintendo roms are there?

[-] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

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

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 2 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.

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