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> At least for me, phone traffic is free What magical land do you live in that has truly unlimited cell data? And how much does it cost? > how would I even kn

> At least for me, phone traffic is free What magical land do you live in that has truly unlimited cell data? And how much does it cost? > how would I even know if some feature is waiting for "nonexpensive connection" that is not going to come any time soon? The feature is typical used for things like when you enable "only do this on WiFi" type options, it knows that although it is connected to a wifi hotspot, that hotspot itself is using cell data so don't do that expensive thing that you said to only do on wifi. Typically the worst thing that'll happen is you will get a few "are you sure?" style dialogs when you go to install a large game or similar.

tadfisher 13y ago
T-Mobile (US) has never gotten rid of their unlimited data option. Up until recently, they had a 5GB cap whereafter they would throttle the connection to EDGE speeds; they have since replaced this with a generic "don't abuse the network" policy, which I have yet to trigger (some months I have gone over 10GB of usage).
- MacsHeadroom 13y ago
  This unlimited LTE and HSPDA+ 4G plan by T-Mobile is $30/month, for those interested. But only if you buy the start up kit from Walmart. The plan is $70/month otherwise.
buro9 13y ago
> What magical land do you live in that has truly unlimited cell data? And how much does it cost? Three in the UK. GBP 15 per month for an unlimited data plan. It's only 3G, but they've committed to provide 4G for no price bump once they've finished their rollout later this year. What else? Hmm... I used 7GB last month. Spotify mostly, some Ted talks too. No-one's complaining, it really is unlimited cell data.
PeterisP 13y ago
I'm in Europe, my monthly cell bill is ~20usd - it's not truly unlimited as it's slightly speedcapped after 2gb, but there is no risk of unexpected costs. True unlimited would be probably twice that.

tadfisher 13y ago

T-Mobile (US) has never gotten rid of their unlimited data option. Up until recently, they had a 5GB cap whereafter they would throttle the connection to EDGE speeds; they have since replaced this with a generic "don't abuse the network" policy, which I have yet to trigger (some months I have gone over 10GB of usage).

MacsHeadroom 13y ago
This unlimited LTE and HSPDA+ 4G plan by T-Mobile is $30/month, for those interested. But only if you buy the start up kit from Walmart. The plan is $70/month otherwise.

buro9 13y ago

> What magical land do you live in that has truly unlimited cell data? And how much does it cost? Three in the UK. GBP 15 per month for an unlimited data plan. It's only 3G, but they've committed to provide 4G for no price bump once they've finished their rollout later this year. What else? Hmm... I used 7GB last month. Spotify mostly, some Ted talks too. No-one's complaining, it really is unlimited cell data.

PeterisP 13y ago

I'm in Europe, my monthly cell bill is ~20usd - it's not truly unlimited as it's slightly speedcapped after 2gb, but there is no risk of unexpected costs. True unlimited would be probably twice that.