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France here, for 20€ I got 100GB domestic + 15GB EU roaming, which is very much asymptotic to unlimited for me. Considering moving to 50GB (domestic+EU roaming)

by lloeki 8y ago

France here, for 20€ I got 100GB domestic + 15GB EU roaming, which is very much asymptotic to unlimited for me. Considering moving to 50GB (domestic+EU roaming) for 25€ and stop worrying when I cross a border.

dalu 8y ago
50 or 100GB isn't really a whole lot. I couldn't live with those limits. OUr 2 person household usually generates/consumes 600GB-1TB traffic / month. IPTV, Games, Downloads, Uploads.
- lloeki 8y ago
  Who said you need to funnel everything through your mobile plan? Of course downloading a single Xbox One game would burn through the whole allowance but why on earth would I do that when I'm at home? Maybe completely unlimited plans will come some day, but in the meantime I don't feel limited at all just by being pragmatic and sensible.
  - gsich 8y ago
    Because your landline is too slow.
  - JshWright 8y ago
    "Funneling everything through your mobile plan" was the basis of this comment thread (asking about when we can stop worrying about WiFi and just watch Netflix on our phones)
    - lloeki 8y ago
      > asking about when we can stop worrying about WiFi and just watch Netflix on our phones Streaming Netflix is a blip on the radar and effectively consumes not that much, as witnessed while I was on vacation for two weeks and binge-watched on the train (three times 7 hours didn't even cross the 5GB mark).
Tharkun 8y ago
15GB EU roaming? I thought the EU got rid of that nonsense?
- detaro 8y ago
  Not entirely, no. From what I understand, a provider is allowed to limit you in roaming to the volume you'd get at a set rate (I believe right now at around 7 €/GB, with set steps reducing it the next years) for the price of your plan. So if you pay 50 € per month, your provider is allowed to cap you at 50€/(7€/GB) = ~7 GB while roaming.
  - AnssiH 8y ago
    Also, operators can request (yearly) authorization to apply limited surcharges in case the roaming rules would cause "unreasonable losses", example: https://www.viestintavirasto.fi/en/ficora/news/2017/fouroperatorsauthorisedtoapplyroamingsurcharges.html https://www.viestintavirasto.fi/en/ficora/news/2017/fouroper...

by lloeki 8y ago

dalu 8y ago

50 or 100GB isn't really a whole lot. I couldn't live with those limits. OUr 2 person household usually generates/consumes 600GB-1TB traffic / month. IPTV, Games, Downloads, Uploads.

lloeki 8y ago
Who said you need to funnel everything through your mobile plan? Of course downloading a single Xbox One game would burn through the whole allowance but why on earth would I do that when I'm at home? Maybe completely unlimited plans will come some day, but in the meantime I don't feel limited at all just by being pragmatic and sensible.
- gsich 8y ago
  Because your landline is too slow.
- JshWright 8y ago
  "Funneling everything through your mobile plan" was the basis of this comment thread (asking about when we can stop worrying about WiFi and just watch Netflix on our phones)
  - lloeki 8y ago
    > asking about when we can stop worrying about WiFi and just watch Netflix on our phones Streaming Netflix is a blip on the radar and effectively consumes not that much, as witnessed while I was on vacation for two weeks and binge-watched on the train (three times 7 hours didn't even cross the 5GB mark).

Tharkun 8y ago

15GB EU roaming? I thought the EU got rid of that nonsense?

detaro 8y ago
Not entirely, no. From what I understand, a provider is allowed to limit you in roaming to the volume you'd get at a set rate (I believe right now at around 7 €/GB, with set steps reducing it the next years) for the price of your plan. So if you pay 50 € per month, your provider is allowed to cap you at 50€/(7€/GB) = ~7 GB while roaming.
- AnssiH 8y ago
  Also, operators can request (yearly) authorization to apply limited surcharges in case the roaming rules would cause "unreasonable losses", example: https://www.viestintavirasto.fi/en/ficora/news/2017/fouroperatorsauthorisedtoapplyroamingsurcharges.html https://www.viestintavirasto.fi/en/ficora/news/2017/fouroper...