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Roam 50GB is now Roam 100GB

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Re: Roam 50GB is now Roam 100GB

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Post by dayyan »

PaulDavisThe1st wrote: post #17

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

Noted, your principles are clearly priceless. The rest of us will just keep enjoying the world’s best mobile internet while you hold the line.

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Post by ibejoeb »

This makes the $50/mo plan viable for wan failover. Still have the cgnat issue, but there's some documentation about requesting an ipv4 address from support. Has anyone succeeded with that?

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Post by gordonhart »

lta wrote: post #58

Regardless of the price and the data, I'd never subscribe to this service due to the owner. I'm looking forward for alternatives from a more neutral vendor

Would you rather buy from Jeff Bezos or a Chinese state-owned enterprise? Those are your likely options within the next 5-10 years.

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Post by frogperson »

PaulDavisThe1st wrote: post #17

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

The more I learn about Musk's past, his family, his ties to the paypal mafia, the more I want absolutely nothing to do with him.

Him or any of his companies will never see a penny from me.

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Post by dayyan »

iloveitaly wrote: post #70

Really interesting that Starlink continues to improve the service when they have an absolute monopoly on fast, portable satellite internet.

That's the magic of the free market. Even with no direct rival yet, Starlink innovates like crazy because the threat of competition is always there and consumers demand excellence. Unlike state-granted monopolies, those parasitic structures stagnate and plunder the people.

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Post by hinkley »

sib wrote: post #68
bahmboo wrote: 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.

The first modem that I owned was 1200 baud. The first one that I used was 110 and it was exciting when it was upgraded to 300. It took ~20 years from when I first got online until my home internet reached 512kbps.

I bought a cheap 1200 and then once I had use for it I saved up for a USR 14.4 with a shiny extruded aluminum case. At one point I was sharing that with two roommates using SLIP and surplussed Cisco coaxial NICs.

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Post by ibejoeb »

lta wrote: post #58

Regardless of the price and the data, I'd never subscribe to this service due to the owner. I'm looking forward for alternatives from a more neutral vendor

See also the "Fuck You Elon" exhibit at this past Burning Man, powered by starlink.
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