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this post was submitted on 27 Dec 2024
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I'm glad most home internet has gone unlimited, too. In my comparison spree, I didn't even see any that were limited, though I'm sure they still exist somewhere
My thing that I feel like I got to grow up seeing get better isn't internet speeds, it's mobile data allowances. The first phone plan mum had that I remember anything about had 2gb data for $30 a month. When I got my first phone plan, that climbed up to 5gb for the same price.
When I moved to melbs, I ditched Telstra and doubled it at Optus with 10gb a month. I switched to boost for a little while who were offering 15 a month. Then when I turned 14 and could sign up for Amaysim, I switched to them and started getting 30 a month. Then after I'd been with them for a year, they just all of a sudden upgraded me to 55gb a month at no extra cost. I've only ever been on a $30/mo plan.
Having to keep an eye on data usage was fun haha. Even when I was on 10gb, I had to setup a little thing on my phone that would automatically turn my data off every 100mb so I would be more aware of my usage. I never had any left by renewal time, which means I had to have used an average of 280mb per day. Not a lot without wifi
I don't use a lot of data, so having everything unlimited means all the NBN plans are very expensive for what I use. I'm on a Telstra 5G plan instead, and have found that after I run out of data and they reduce the speed it is still good enough for me to use, so I'm just on their $25 a month plan. I run out of data allowance for the higher speed a week or two into every month. Occassionally if it is very congested and slows more than usual I will switch to using my mobile as a hotspot - I have a $120 a year 120gb plan for that with Catch, and don't generally use that much data. So my monthly spend for mobile & home internet is $35.
Obviously if you do a lot of gaming or high resolution video streaming (or just have lots of people in your household) this wouldn't work, but for general browsing and watching videos on my tablet it is the cheapest option I've been able to find.