Why do cell phones have a data limit but home internet doesn’t? I understand bandwidth limits, but how can home internet get away with giving users all the data they can use, but cell phone providers can’t?

  • snooggums@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    Limits on home service used to be more common, but some plans still have caps. My home internet has a cap, it is just really, really high and they charge you more for exceeding it instead of cutting off access.

    My phone also has a cap, but the cap means the connection is throttled instead of charging more.

    I have had a home plan in the past woth no limit, but they didn’t offer service to my new house when I moved.