Roam 50GB is now Roam 100GB

Post by yandroid » Thu, Jan 15, 2026, 6:39 AM UTC

jader201 wrote: post #207

Salgat wrote: post #139

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I would kill for a web renaissance to return to this format of webpages, as least as an option. Not only loading improves, but also navigation and accessibility.

> but also navigation and accessibility Counterpoint, HN is notoriously hard to use on mobile (still better than some, but it's clearly designed for desktop, and not super responsive). But agreed, that's independent of the slim nature of the webpage (which is still possible with a good mobile UX).

Post by ChocolateGod » Thu, Jan 15, 2026, 6:45 AM UTC

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Indeed. That's why, when they finally kill old.reddit, I may legitimately stop using it entirely. They've already banned most of the good apps, forcing the pretty terrible official one.

New reddit is a travesty. It feels a satirical mockery of modern webdev

Post by londons_explore » Thu, Jan 15, 2026, 6:49 AM UTC

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londons_explore wrote: post #249

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Thing is, the heaviest users are often the ones with some malware on their machine using up 100% of the bandwidth. When you limit that to 512kbps, thats still 129 gigabytes a month, on top of the 100 gigabytes a month you let the user use at high speed. When a typical user might use just 10 gigabytes a month, it seems dumb to let one user use 23x what everyone else is paying for/using, especially when that user is mo…

> it seems dumb to let one user use 23x what everyone else is paying for/using Bandwidth is use-it-or-lose-it. If nobody else was using it, then it doesn't hurt anything. And during high demand traffic shaping hopefully gives their traffic even lower priority.

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jan 15, 2026, 6:59 AM UTC

darknavi wrote: post #253

huydotnet wrote: post #212

Unrelated to the conversation, but the post title was something like "Starlink roam 50GB is now 100GB and unlimited slow speed after that", then a minute later it's now "Roam 50GB is now Roam 100GB". Was this change made by a mod or OP, and why would someone making that change? I do think the original title was more descriptive, and the new title was completely out of context, or it's imply that everyone is using Sta…

The guidelines[0] state: > ... > Otherwise please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize. 0: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Post by M95D » Thu, Jan 15, 2026, 7:26 AM UTC

christina97 wrote: post #279

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Speed isn’t great, but that’s about 25% of “full speed” use over the course of a month, 600k seconds. Considering sleep is about 30% of a month as well, and assuming you’re not on a phone all day while working, it might be hard to hit that cap. Speed isn’t great, to reiterate. The cost is 30x cheaper than what I pay, and my speed, at my house, is 10mbps. No cap, but I use like 5gb/month. Or am I way off and you hit t…

I believe parent meant that 1 mbps is the speed AFTER you hit 75 GB per month.