What is the difference between cellular data being used on my phone and cellular data being used on my notebook? Data is data.

  • Uranium3006@kbin.social
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    3 months ago

    the reason is wireless network carve outs from network neutrality and them wanting to abuse their monopoly status to upcharge you for every little thing

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      3 months ago

      Remember when they charged 10 cents a text for data that went through the cell tower in the same way a voice did?

      • brbposting@sh.itjust.works
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        3 months ago

        Almost wish they still did but only if it meant more of us were using Signal.

        Who am I kidding though, we’d be using What’sZuck like our European & LatAm friends. “WhatsApp: At Least It’s Not WeChat”