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Re:AT&T to pay $60M over U.S. allegations it lied in 'unlimi... by bashy on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @06:00PM (#21457726)
Do they mean kilobits or kilobytes?
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Re:AT&T to pay $60M over U.S. allegations it lied in 'unlimi... by user5994461 on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @06:54PM (#21458254)
This has to be bytes, you wouldn't be able to open a website in entire minutes if it were bits.
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Re:AT&T to pay $60M over U.S. allegations it lied in 'unlimi... by opencl on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @07:36PM (#21458565)
Oh they do mean bits, it is indeed completely unusable after you hit the limit and get throttled.
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Re:AT&T to pay $60M over U.S. allegations it lied in 'unlimi... by monocasa on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @07:34PM (#21458555)
It's bits; they're limiting you to 2G. And yeah, it's basically useless.
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Re:AT&T to pay $60M over U.S. allegations it lied in 'unlimi... by victoro0 on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @07:37PM (#21458572)
Internet speeds are usually measured in bits though, and include the protocols overhead, not just the final bytes transferred in HTTP.

Right now my download speed is 10.62Mbps and upload speed is 13.38Mpbs. That is some heavy throttling indeed.

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