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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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[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I’ve tried the threatening to leave phone calls but it does nothing. I’ve considered doing cellular.

I need my IP for my public sites and gaming. Everything else idc.

[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, you have to be ready to actually leave and not just bluff. I can tell you straight-up that once I actually left for a month, they started to send multiple come-back letters slashing my price to almost half. The fact that they could have simply been charging me less the entire time with no problem was what pissed me off enough to try to keep going without Wi-Fi and now it's been over 2 years and counting. I've visited a lot of interesting libraries as a direct result!

What games are so specific as to require the same IP? If you can try lasting just a month, they will absolutely offer you discount deal to return.

[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That's awesome! Especially that it has got you to visit libraries more.

Sorry, I should have been more clear. I prefer my current ISP because for some reason they haven't changed my IP in almost a year which makes my selfhosting run more smoothly for my public sites. I also need internet for gaming, being able to VPN into my network, and for P2P.

I could live with using my phone for gaming but idk what I would do for my websites, VPN access, and P2P traffic.

[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 3 points 6 days ago

Oh, yeah, running multiple public sites could definitely present a challenge. This may not be doable, then...