Backup plan is $30 every month for service that's meant to be used infrequently.

Backup plan is $30 every month for service that’s meant to be used infrequently.

  • sylver_dragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    5 months ago

    If your wired home internet is so bad you need a backup, maybe it’s time to just switch ISPs completely. I mean, this might be an interesting “try before you buy” option got T-Mobile’s home internet plan, but you can already kinda do that just by signing up for a month.

    • BrikoX@lemmy.zipOPMEnglish
      5·
      5 months ago

      Most areas in the US only has a single a provider by design. They lobbied so that local governments can’t offer municipal broadband and other for-profit companies just sign shadow deals with each other to maintain monopoly.

      • sylver_dragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        5 months ago

        Yup, I actually live in one of those areas. I used the local cable internet provider, as they were the only option. They were actually really good, when they were locally owned. Then they got bought out by an large provider and went to shit. We ended up moving to T-Mobile’s Home Internet to escape that trap. While cellular based internet does have it’s own issues, it is breaking the stranglehold incumbent ISPs have on a lot of markets.

  • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.orgEnglish
    11·
    5 months ago

    Lol, absolutely not.

    $30/year with 1-2 GB of data on hand and pay-as-you-go after that? Sure, let’s talk.

    My 5 GB/mo plan doesn’t even cost $30/mo, and I can use hotspot with that.