return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoGoogle Fi is launching a $35 / month unlimited planwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoWhy is this a thing for US phone networks? Why do they care whether the ones and zeroes sent/received stay on the phone or not? Data is data. It shouldn’t be any more complicated than that.
minus-squarejoshchandra@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoMaybe they are in bed with ISPs.
minus-squaretwisterpop3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoSome of them are ISPs. I’ve received mail from both Verizon and AT&T about getting a 5G Internet “connection”. It just connects to the cell towers. Someone came by so I demoed one and it was awful. The latency was, predictably, unhinged.
minus-squareLka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoBecause they can. I have the same gripe.
minus-squarebarsoap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoBecause it’s not illegal to bill you extra for it.
Why is this a thing for US phone networks?
Why do they care whether the ones and zeroes sent/received stay on the phone or not? Data is data. It shouldn’t be any more complicated than that.
Money. Simple as that.
Maybe they are in bed with ISPs.
Some of them are ISPs. I’ve received mail from both Verizon and AT&T about getting a 5G Internet “connection”. It just connects to the cell towers.
Someone came by so I demoed one and it was awful. The latency was, predictably, unhinged.
Because they can. I have the same gripe.
Because it’s not illegal to bill you extra for it.