• 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.

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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.

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      7 months ago

      Oh boy, is that home internet only or is that home internet and your mobile devices? Because I think the home internet line gets 1.2 terabytes of its own regardless of how much mobile usage you have.

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        7 months ago

        Home Internet only. Two of us work from home remotely on Teams video meetings for 8 to 10 hours a day, streaming, gaming, and game downloads and updates.

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          7 months ago

          Oh yeah, that would definitely do it. What kind of speeds are you getting on home internet and on your mobile line? Because depending on the speeds you are currently getting, you may honestly have to switch to cable or fiber with that kind of usage.

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            7 months ago

            We had Frontier FiOS. Kept going out and wasn’t reliable. I was a long time customer but they wouldn’t let me take advantage of gig speed so they kept me stuck at 150/150 at $90 a month. With T-Mobile Home Internet, it’s a range of 200 to 500 Mbps down at $40 a month, which is fine. That’s the current speed even with me going over my monthly “limit” right now with 7 days of the bill cycle left.

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              7 months ago

              Okay, if it’s that high, you should be good, even if you end up over the 1.2 terabyte priority limit. Because that tower has quite a bit of capacity remaining on it.

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      7 months ago

      Please add whatever this picture says as text for more information. See rule 2.

      Edit: thanks