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minus-squareMr_Blott@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up38arrow-down5·1 year agoData caps? Are those some sort of hats I’m too European to understand?
minus-squareHupf@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up41·1 year agoSpeak for yourself. Here in Germany, we enjoy data caps and bad coverage.
minus-squareLetterboxPancake@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkDeutscharrow-up9·1 year agoI think I’m doing it wrong, I just can’t get myself to enjoy it.
minus-squareMrMakabar@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 year agoMobile data plans often have them and the used to be more common back in the day.
minus-squarecerement@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 year agoanything in the US sold as “unlimited” generally has a soft-cap that if you exceed it, your speed gets throttled
minus-squarekilleronthecorner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoWe have these in the UK too. Many networks have contracts with fixed monthly data allowances
Data caps? Are those some sort of hats I’m too European to understand?
Speak for yourself. Here in Germany, we enjoy data caps and bad coverage.
I think I’m doing it wrong, I just can’t get myself to enjoy it.
Consume harder
Mobile data plans often have them and the used to be more common back in the day.
anything in the US sold as “unlimited” generally has a soft-cap that if you exceed it, your speed gets throttled
We have these in the UK too. Many networks have contracts with fixed monthly data allowances