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>In fact Rogers put out a statistic that something like only 3 people went over 6GB in the first month they offerred it. Rogers has a long history of blatantly

>In fact Rogers put out a statistic that something like only 3 people went over 6GB in the first month they offerred it. Rogers has a long history of blatantly lying about stuff like this, to skew the narrative in their favor. >Youtube data rate is 300kbps high definition video is far in excess of 300kbs >You're trying to tell me that that isn't "basically unlimited"? I think we use the internet in very different ways, if you consider 6GB "basicly unlimited" including tethering. >basic wired internet in Canada starts with a 25GB cap another sad result of the ISP oligopoly

matdwyer 15y ago
I don't doubt that Rogers embellishes things like that. I'm still happy with $30 for 6GB. I'm equal to any "power" user, I work on the road and tether daily while using the iPhone for basically everything. I'm still not getting anywhere near 6GB. You'd literally have to use the iPhone connection as your main internet source to get above 6GB. I'm not torrenting or streaming a TON while on my phone, but I watch mobile streamed hockey (they are at 400 kbps) fairly often. HD video is indeed more then 300kbs - but are my Youtube videos on the iPhone 1080p? Hell no. Even netflix for mobile is severely compressed and still looks OK. You may use more then 6GB of mobile data a month, but as I said before, I'm willing to bet you're in an extremely small percentage there.
- throwaway64 15y ago
  >You'd literally have to use the iPhone connection as your main internet source why is this so crazy? its perfectly possible in areas without insane rates and no competition
  - kalleboo 15y ago
    Example: approx 15% of Swedish broadband users have replaced their fixed line internet with 3G/4G. (source: http://www.pts.se/sv/Nyheter/Pressmeddelanden/2011/Nara-var-femte-mobilkund-har-ringt-via-internet/ http://www.pts.se/sv/Nyheter/Pressmeddelanden/2011/Nara-var-... )

matdwyer 15y ago

I don't doubt that Rogers embellishes things like that. I'm still happy with $30 for 6GB. I'm equal to any "power" user, I work on the road and tether daily while using the iPhone for basically everything. I'm still not getting anywhere near 6GB. You'd literally have to use the iPhone connection as your main internet source to get above 6GB. I'm not torrenting or streaming a TON while on my phone, but I watch mobile streamed hockey (they are at 400 kbps) fairly often. HD video is indeed more then 300kbs - but are my Youtube videos on the iPhone 1080p? Hell no. Even netflix for mobile is severely compressed and still looks OK. You may use more then 6GB of mobile data a month, but as I said before, I'm willing to bet you're in an extremely small percentage there.

throwaway64 15y ago
>You'd literally have to use the iPhone connection as your main internet source why is this so crazy? its perfectly possible in areas without insane rates and no competition
- kalleboo 15y ago
  Example: approx 15% of Swedish broadband users have replaced their fixed line internet with 3G/4G. (source: http://www.pts.se/sv/Nyheter/Pressmeddelanden/2011/Nara-var-femte-mobilkund-har-ringt-via-internet/ http://www.pts.se/sv/Nyheter/Pressmeddelanden/2011/Nara-var-... )