Re:New 5G protocol vulnerabilities allow location tracking
by ng55QPSK on Sunday March 28, 2021 @12:43PM
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But keep in mind, that data caps exist to limit the impact of single users to the overall capacity. With 5G capacity everywhere, the will look different (way higher).
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Re:New 5G protocol vulnerabilities allow location tracking
by serf on Sunday March 28, 2021 @05:01PM
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>With 5G capacity everywhere, the will look different (way higher).
In the US I went from unlimited data 3G to 10gb during the 4G LTE days, down to eventually 5gb (Verizon).
There are many I know with the same personal experience.
I have no doubt that big data plans will one day be ubiquitous -- but I have much more doubt that mobile providers are actually trying to provide me with a better experience and more freedom to do what I want.
They care about profit, and that's about it.
They gave away big data plans when few people cared about actually using them, and now that the phones and the userbase has caught up to those numbers the providers pull the rug from under them in order to secure further profits -- god forbid the user demand forces upgrades, that'd ruin the profits even further.
Re:New 5G protocol vulnerabilities allow location tracking
by kalleboo on Monday March 29, 2021 @01:34AM
(#26618016)
You can see this where I live - all the main carrier 5G data plans are unlimited data, whereas they never offered any unlimited LTE plans (the last time there was an unlimited plan was on the original WiMAX)
Re:New 5G protocol vulnerabilities allow location tracking
by reaperducer on Sunday March 28, 2021 @12:48PM
(#26611832)
That's what they said about 4G, and 3G. We've seen this movie before.
Re:New 5G protocol vulnerabilities allow location tracking
by ng55QPSK on Sunday March 28, 2021 @01:02PM
(#26611982)
And your 4G cap is what you had with 3G?
Re:New 5G protocol vulnerabilities allow location tracking
by reaperducer on Sunday March 28, 2021 @03:40PM
(#26613572)
When 4G came online, yes it was.