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?

  • Nougat@fedia.io
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    12 days ago

    AOL used to be $19.95/mo for forty hours, then an additional charge per minute beyond that.

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      12 days ago

      Oh god, taking me back to their stupid always-on-top timer on the screen. It was anxiety inducing. I’m so glad pay by the minute internet didn’t last, can you imagine??

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        12 days ago

        I can. My phone bills were over $400 for a while in the early 90s. $400 in 1994 is worth over $850 today.