• shortwavesurferOPM
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    7 months ago

    Not quite yet. They are only affecting the very top tier of users currently. I think it will have to get further down to the more normal user before we can truly say that.

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        7 months ago

        1,25 TB is nothing.

        It’s insane to have data caps on home internet.

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          7 months ago

          It’s not a data cap. It’s a low prioritization threshold. You still get unlimited data after that. But you can be slowed down if the tower is congested.

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            7 months ago

            It is a precursor to a cap. And slowing down is how most caps work on top of fees. Remember, home Internet on T-Mobile is already deprioritized when faced with phone data usage.

            • shortwavesurferOPM
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              7 months ago

              That sounds like your regular mobile data plan. Not a home internet plan.

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                  7 months ago

                  Oh yeah, that would definitely do the trick. The home internet is its own specific plan and has unlimited data with this 1.2 terabyte low priority threshold.

                  • /home/pineapplelover@lemm.ee
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                    7 months ago

                    I think the concept is pretty much the same though right? The low priority is extremely slow and almost unusable like on mobile

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          7 months ago

          Streaming TV (1080p, if I had 4k TVs it would be worse)
          Working from home
          Watching YouTube
          Gaming
          Phones on wifi
          Random tech projects
          The stuff no one talks about
          My Son doing his homework

          Streaming TV is the heavy hitter, and these ISPs know that.