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"when you share your Bridge’s connection with Sidewalk, total monthly data used by Sidewalk, per account, is capped at 500MB" Given that it's US-only, where mo
by BrentOzar 5y ago
"when you share your Bridge’s connection with Sidewalk, total monthly data used by Sidewalk, per account, is capped at 500MB"
Given that it's US-only, where most internet plans have pretty high caps, it's hard for me to get upset about this. I would have expected my Echoes alone to use more than that during normal monthly operation, playing music, fetching news, etc.
- peteretep 5y agoI’d expect data caps to be some of the worst in the US. Poorer countries had their internet infrastructure put in much more recently. That said, I also suspect you can’t just look at mean (average) speed to get a feel for that.
- dudul 5y agoData caps have little to do with infrastructure as demonstrated this the past year.
- dan1234 5y agoMy main concern with sharing like this isn't the bandwidth usage, but what happens when someone abuses the connection (downloading/sharing child porn as an example). I don't want anything to do with it if there's even the slightest chance I'd end up on the hook for someone else's crimes.
- peteretep 5y agoMy understanding is that you aren’t sharing a general connection to the internet, you’re specifically letting Amazon devices tunnel some data back to Amazon’s parent servers. You’d also likely have a pretty good case against Amazon if using their product as directed caused your trouble with the po po
- visarga 5y agoOr run a spam bot from your IP and get you in trouble with Google.
- hsbauauvhabzb 5y agoOr get your ip blackholed on AWS
- hnlmorg 5y agoMy concern is less illegal and more about device manufacturers using this to bypass any internet settings I choose (eg to block ads and trackers).
- martin8412 5y agoMost countries don't have the concept of caps at all except for cellular connections(for obvious reasons)
- secondcoming 5y agoI have unlimited 5G for £25pm.
- hsbauauvhabzb 5y agoPer there account or per mine? I can rotate MAC address pretty easily