return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agoGoogle Fi is launching a $35 / month unlimited planwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square58linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·24 days 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-up0·24 days agoMaybe they are in bed with ISPs.
minus-squaretwisterpop3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·24 days 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-up0·24 days agoBecause they can. I have the same gripe.
minus-squarebarsoap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·24 days 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.