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Re:Netflix’s biggest bingers get hit with higher internet costs by medof on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @08:57AM (#20695021)
In EU (the Netherlands) you can get 4G unlimited for phone for about 20$. I live with my friend hosts his own server for backups and home cinema.

For movies/tv shows/games we probably spend few TB a month.

I had never heard about such thing until now, it's ridiculous to have cap and I'm so glad that I don't have to live in such a place.

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Re:Netflix’s biggest bingers get hit with higher internet costs by concert-gilled on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @09:18AM (#20695182)
It is actually unlimited? Several companies in the United States offer "unlimited data" but throttle speeds after you use 50 GB~ so much that it is basically unusable.
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Re:Netflix’s biggest bingers get hit with higher internet costs by markus92 on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @11:07AM (#20696308)
Unlimited has to be unlimited by law. After 10gb of usage a day, you need to text a number (for free) to get a few more gb, and so on. That's just there to prevent flooding the network too much.
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Re:Netflix’s biggest bingers get hit with higher internet costs by medof on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @10:03AM (#20695645)
From what I have heard it depends on the mobile provider. Some have daily limit around 10+ GB. But that seems quite reasonable. I have monthly 10GB 4G for my phone and I have never hit it. I've heard stories after a screw up the mobile provider gave unlimited 4G for a year and the guy used it as his internet at his home.
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