They will no will no longer throttle mobile internet to unusable speeds after data allowances are exhausted, so it is kind of a “minimum universal connection” via mobile.

  • RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    12 days ago

    I lived for years limited to similar speeds, you are hilariously wrong.

    That’s 240p YouTube, most of the time. Sometimes it won’t load 240. Most downloads through a browser will fail outright. You can download something, have that download saturate your entire internet and knock you offline. Anything autoplaying is aids. If someone messages you a link with a thumbnail you’ve just been DoSd, not DDoS because it only takes one person to kick you offline.

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      12 days ago

      If you’re out of data, don’t stream video.

      If you’re out of data, don’t download big files.

      If you’re out of data, don’t use websites with a lot of data (such as autoplaying videos), without a plugin or something to minimize it.

      If your chat can break your entire 400 k connection just by sending you a link, you should probably look at using some other software. Although of course that’s hard, if your friend aren’t willing to follow.