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Re: Roam 50GB is now Roam 100GB

#22

They could make it 1000GB for US$10/month and I still wouldn't give any money to a company associated with that man.

"That man" is the only person so far who's actually helped the Iranian people get their voices heard amidst government shutdown of the entire internet.

Like it or not, Persians love him.

Re: Roam 50GB is now Roam 100GB

#25

They could make it 1000GB for US$10/month and I still wouldn't give any money to a company associated with that man.

I know everyone has strong opinions about Elon, but for $10/mo I would absolutely get this. At $50/mo, I don't have enough of a need to get it.

Re: Roam 50GB is now Roam 100GB

#26

They could make it 1000GB for US$10/month and I still wouldn't give any money to a company associated with that man.

"That man" is the only person so far who's actually helped the Iranian people get their voices heard amidst government shutdown of the entire internet. Like it or not, Persians love him.

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Re: Roam 50GB is now Roam 100GB

#27
post #2

Nice that instead of completely cutting you off at the cap they put it in super slow 500 kbits. That is actually usable and used to be the fastest speed you could get at home.

No, not nice. Previously, if we exceeded the 50Gb cap, there was the option to continue on at high-speed for $1/Gb. And that's the same price per Gb as the base plan of 50Gb/month for $50. Now, it's either upgrade to unlimited, or enjoy Netflix at 500Kbps. I want the old plan back.

Re: Roam 50GB is now Roam 100GB

#28
post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Be aware that it is bits, so 62.5kb. But I agree, the internet is still usable with that.

> Be aware that it is bits, so 62.5kb Ok, I’m not normally one to be the pedantic bits/bytes guy, but if you’re gonna go and make a bit/byte “clarification” you need to get the annotation correct or you'll just confuse everyone. It’s 500kb (small b for bits) and 62.5kB(capital/big B for bytes).

Shouldn’t it actually be KB or even KiB?

Re: Roam 50GB is now Roam 100GB

#30
I had a “hit” post on bsky [0] (90 likes, big numbers for me) asking whether people would want an unlimited mobile plan throttled at 256kbps for $2/month. Seems like yes?

There’s lots to say about how useable it is (I often get throttled when traveling and it’s really not that bad + it helps curb any desire to scroll videos!)

But mainly I want to ask - I looked into it for a minute and it seems like you couldn’t start an mvno because carriers wouldn’t let you cannibalize them?

You can get very cheap IoT plans but if you tried reselling IoT as esims for consumers, the carriers would kill it?

So yeah - Starlink to mobile is actually the only viable way that routes around this problem?

(((email in profile if you’re cuckoo enough like me and want to start a self service’d throttled mvno)))

[0] https://bsky.app/profile/greg.technology/post/3mbmwsytnyc23

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