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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 3 months ago* (last edited 1 month 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.~~ Update: I'm now using AB Download Manager to mitigate download cancellations at the throttled speed.

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[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago (17 children)

I'm sorry, what?

Are you confusing wifi with internet? Wifi is free. It costs nothing. Internet is a different story. You can have wifi without internet, and you can have internet without wifi. They are not the same thing.

[–] deur@feddit.nl 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No. They are clearly understanding the difference.

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca -1 points 3 months ago

Obviously they don't.

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