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One thing that is not mentioned is that in some European countries (like in France where I live), there is no limit to the amount of data transfer you can use i
by Jacqued 14y ago
One thing that is not mentioned is that in some European countries (like in France where I live), there is no limit to the amount of data transfer you can use in a month -- that is, on the home optic fiber lines, not on the mobile ones.
I have a $30 100Mbps plan, and if I want to download 10 TB in a month, there is no additional charge for that.
Mobile plans cost around $20-25 and are tipically capped at 3GB per month.
But don't worry, we're still complaining very much, that the lines are too slow and expensive.
- jeltz 14y agoUnlimited plans for Internet over wire is the norm in most European countries. The only exception I know of is the UK. And at least in Sweden it has been like this since broadband was introduced.
- TeMPOraL 14y agoI can confirm that for Poland; I've been using an unlimited cable Internet here for like, 8 years or so.
- bearmf 14y agoIt is also the norm in US.
- jeltz 14y agoOk, could be confusing you with Canada then. There I know for sure most connections have a monthly bandwidth limit.
- philjohn 14y agoI'm on FTTC in the UK (BT Infinity) and on the £26 a month plan it's unlimited (as in, really unlimited). They do throttle BitTorrent though, but that's no great loss for me.
- gcb 14y agoit was the norm everywhere in the world until some 10-5yr ago. after all, they are already charging you based on advertised speed right? so think about it: they advertise "10MB/s for $50/mo". 2592000 seconds in a month. so they are advertising "25.920 GB/mo." ...but they only allow you to use 2 GB/mo how is this even possible with current advertising laws? Can i pay them with a check that says $50, and in small print, =only good for $0.50?