I live in Singapore and estimate my monthly data usage is around 20 GB / mo.
I pay about 15 USD/mo.
In Finland the average amount of data transferred per SIM card is 17.3GB/month
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Re: In Finland the average amount of data transferred per SIM card is 17.3GB/month
#32Finland is a tiny developed country it probably has good fiber or coax penetration both of which offer better latency than 4g. So what gives? Its similar to my usage pattern, only time I use mobile internet is when I am out of WiFi range
> Finland is a tiny developed country
Maybe you're thinking of Iceland (population 364,000) rather than Finland (population 5.5 million)?
Re: In Finland the average amount of data transferred per SIM card is 17.3GB/month
#33> Over here, unlimited mobile data means unlimited mobile data. This. Although India has the cheapest data next to Finland, the ground reality is quite different. I tried using 4G as my primary internet connection after COVID, and I got frustrated by "hidden" limits and random throttling from the ISP - ended up getting a fiber line. The 4G modem was a complete waste of money.
Can confirm I've had a similar experience, especially recently. A 4g hotspot worked perfectly for my work from home situation up until July. Post July I started seeing significant degradation in connection quality on Zoom calls that didn't occur on a WiFi network in the same house. Plus reduction in overall speeds beside Zoom during specific times of the day almost like clockwork, this too in recent months also made…
This is a good use case for a VPN.
Re: In Finland the average amount of data transferred per SIM card is 17.3GB/month
#34I live in Singapore and estimate my monthly data usage is around 20 GB / mo. I pay about 15 USD/mo.
Do you stream a lot of video or something? I can't figure out how people reach these figures. I mainly use my phone for Web browsing, podcasts (mostly downloaded at home), and chatting, and never remotely get close to these figures.
Re: In Finland the average amount of data transferred per SIM card is 17.3GB/month
#35Will neighborhood 5G change up the internet availability landscape in the US? I pay $70 bucks a month for cable internet which is oversubscribed and sucks in the evening.
Re: In Finland the average amount of data transferred per SIM card is 17.3GB/month
#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
Phones are smart enough to know that shared networks are mobile behind the scenes and treat them as metered data too. You have to go into the wifi settings to disable that feature and force it as unmetered (how that works and whether you can even do it depends on the phone vendor...)
I'm curious, how does a phone know the WiFi is metered?
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Re: In Finland the average amount of data transferred per SIM card is 17.3GB/month
#37Finland is a tiny developed country it probably has good fiber or coax penetration both of which offer better latency than 4g. So what gives? Its similar to my usage pattern, only time I use mobile internet is when I am out of WiFi range
LOL! American education...
Re: In Finland the average amount of data transferred per SIM card is 17.3GB/month
#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
Phones are smart enough to know that shared networks are mobile behind the scenes and treat them as metered data too. You have to go into the wifi settings to disable that feature and force it as unmetered (how that works and whether you can even do it depends on the phone vendor...)
I'm curious, how does a phone know the WiFi is metered?
I believe this is what the comment is referencing: https://android.stackexchange.com/a/220981
Re: In Finland the average amount of data transferred per SIM card is 17.3GB/month
#39That cost per GB chart is interesting--how can Portugal be 5x more expensive than Spain, or Japan be (what looks like) 30x more expensive than Korea? Are there hidden subsidies or costs driving this or is it from infrastructure, policy, or historical reasons?
Re: In Finland the average amount of data transferred per SIM card is 17.3GB/month
#40I live in Singapore and estimate my monthly data usage is around 20 GB / mo. I pay about 15 USD/mo.
Do you stream a lot of video or something? I can't figure out how people reach these figures. I mainly use my phone for Web browsing, podcasts (mostly downloaded at home), and chatting, and never remotely get close to these figures.
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