• shortwavesurferOPM
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      6 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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          6 months ago

          1,25 TB is nothing.

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

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            6 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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              6 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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                6 months ago

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

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                    6 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.

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            6 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.