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This is pretty wild, $50/month for unlimited data. It looks like between new cell tech and low orbit satellites we're finally going to see real competition betw

This is pretty wild, $50/month for unlimited data. It looks like between new cell tech and low orbit satellites we're finally going to see real competition between ISPs in the coming years.

0x445442 7y ago
Thank heavens! This tech can't come soon enough. My ISP runs a co-ax just below the surface of the road to my side of the street to the junction box. It then runs the co-ax along the edge of my driveway along the property line with my neighbor. It then runs the co-ax across my driveway, laying the cable in the section divider groove with a thin layer of caulking over the cable. I literally run over the cable every time I park my vehicle. I've seen other places in our neighborhood where this is done in the sidewalks and the cable has been ripped up on the sidewalk. If pedestrians don't step over the cable they'll trip over it. It's a complete joke.
- pplante 7y ago
  Where do you live? I have never seen such a half-assed install. I'm not doubting what you described, just curious what location has such lax building codes.
  - 0x445442 7y ago
    Phoenix AZ
pwg 7y ago
But, is it really unlimited? Or is it the typical "unlimited [star]" where the [star] points to a tiny, 5 point font, footnote at the bottom of a page where they actually detail that you can use as much as you like, up until you use X units, then they throttle you until next month, unless you pay an extra $39.95 for extra data units.
- freehunter 7y ago
  It’s a valid question. T-Mobile for their cell service only offer “unlimited” plans but it’s two kinds of “unlimited”. There’s “5gb at LTE speed and then unlimited at 2G speed” and there is “truly 100% unlimited with no catch”. I’ve run up over 100gb in one month on my truly unlimited T-Mobile plan and never had any issues. But who knows what their ISP offer will be.
  - JohnTHaller 7y ago
    The truly unlimited will de-prioritize you after around 50GB iirc.
- basch 7y ago
  what even is unlimited? there is a finite amout of time in a month, and a finite amount of throughput per second. xGbps*2.628e+6s is already your max.
mkching 7y ago
I live in a semi-rural area and with no cable/fiber/dsl options available. In my experience, most home internet offerings from the big mobile carriers will throttle you fairly quickly if your usage goes to a few hundred GB (easy to do with streaming, os updates, etc). They may not have a limit, but once you're throttled it is basically unusable.
- toomuchtodo 7y ago
  Seems reasonable compared to having no internet at all, especially compared to satellite internet service like DirecWay/HughesNet/Echo Star.

This is pretty wild, $50/month for unlimited data. It looks like between new cell tech and low orbit satellites we're finally going to see real competition between ISPs in the coming years.

0x445442 7y ago

Thank heavens! This tech can't come soon enough. My ISP runs a co-ax just below the surface of the road to my side of the street to the junction box. It then runs the co-ax along the edge of my driveway along the property line with my neighbor. It then runs the co-ax across my driveway, laying the cable in the section divider groove with a thin layer of caulking over the cable. I literally run over the cable every time I park my vehicle. I've seen other places in our neighborhood where this is done in the sidewalks and the cable has been ripped up on the sidewalk. If pedestrians don't step over the cable they'll trip over it. It's a complete joke.

pplante 7y ago
Where do you live? I have never seen such a half-assed install. I'm not doubting what you described, just curious what location has such lax building codes.
- 0x445442 7y ago
  Phoenix AZ

pwg 7y ago

But, is it really unlimited? Or is it the typical "unlimited [star]" where the [star] points to a tiny, 5 point font, footnote at the bottom of a page where they actually detail that you can use as much as you like, up until you use X units, then they throttle you until next month, unless you pay an extra $39.95 for extra data units.

freehunter 7y ago
It’s a valid question. T-Mobile for their cell service only offer “unlimited” plans but it’s two kinds of “unlimited”. There’s “5gb at LTE speed and then unlimited at 2G speed” and there is “truly 100% unlimited with no catch”. I’ve run up over 100gb in one month on my truly unlimited T-Mobile plan and never had any issues. But who knows what their ISP offer will be.
- JohnTHaller 7y ago
  The truly unlimited will de-prioritize you after around 50GB iirc.
basch 7y ago
what even is unlimited? there is a finite amout of time in a month, and a finite amount of throughput per second. xGbps*2.628e+6s is already your max.

mkching 7y ago

I live in a semi-rural area and with no cable/fiber/dsl options available. In my experience, most home internet offerings from the big mobile carriers will throttle you fairly quickly if your usage goes to a few hundred GB (easy to do with streaming, os updates, etc). They may not have a limit, but once you're throttled it is basically unusable.

toomuchtodo 7y ago
Seems reasonable compared to having no internet at all, especially compared to satellite internet service like DirecWay/HughesNet/Echo Star.