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Does anyone else intentionally have no ISP-provided Wi-Fi at home and instead ration mobile data for Internet access? (programming.dev)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by Flagstaff@programming.dev to c/frugal@lemmy.world

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I've had no ISP-provided Internet access since Feb. 2023 or so and, while it's been a pain at times, I still haven't caved into returning to the evil monopoly that is Spectrum, so far, and probably won't for as long as I can't land a remote job. ArrowDL, while not perfect, has been pretty good at download management for the most part in conjunction with mobile data-hotspotting.

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[–] Zerlyna@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Ironically this is my spectrum bill the past few months. They send a letter saying they are upgrading the speed at no charge. Then a few months later the bill goes up.

Nov 2024. $60

Dec 2024. $70

Jan 2025. $70

Feb 2025. $73

Mar 2025. $73

Apr 2o25. $93!!

[–] scytale@lemm.ee 5 points 6 days ago

Same. I call every year to threaten disconnection so they lower it back down. I can’t wait for goole fiber to be available in my area. Otherwise it’s AT&T.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 3 points 5 days ago

Sounds like you were prorated for a plan change on the Apr amount.