• Patches@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    What annoys me ever more is that despite paying for the 4K tier of the streaming platform, and the ‘best tier’ on my Internet plan. If I were to watch a not insignificant amount of 4k movies - I would hit my ‘data cap’ and be unable to use the Internet at all for the rest of the month.

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        1 year ago

        That I have a data cap of 100GB and after that I am at 56kbps speeds? Because we treat the internet as a luxury instead of a utility.

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          WTF, Internet providers once tried to impose data caps on home internet here in Germany, but they dropped that real fast.

          And 100GB isnt even a lot of data, its more like a top tier phone plan, not even close to enough for a home.

          I will soon get gigabit fiber for 40€ per month, so yeah.

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            Hey now, that’s unfair to 3rd world countries. I live in a 3rd world country and we don’t have data caps lol. Only place I’ve heard of them is in the US and Australia (notably not 3rd world countries).

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            Welcome to comcast ‘business practices’. I have a 1 TB cap too, I think they charge $10 per bundle of 50 or 100 gb after, or something equally ridiculous for ‘overage charges’.