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this post was submitted on 14 Dec 2025
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Why would you pay $30 for unlimited data and then pay another $50 a month on top of that for a second unlimited data? Unless you are running a bunch of servers for people outside of your LAN, what is the point?
The $30 is for mobile service, the $50 is for home Internet service.
4G can be home internet too, stick a regular SIM card into a 4G router. Probably 5G now but my setup is a few years old.
Don't know about US, but where I live, the "unlimited mobile Internet" is always "fast connection up to X GBs used, then you slow down to a crawl where loading a text-only website takes three minutes, but you're still technically not limited and can access the Internet" kind of deal.
Not sure exactly what they go with but it's never been a problem even downloading several big games from steam. I suppose if you want TBs a month you may want to look into the fine print.
My cheap phone plan came with 10gb of data until they throttled the speed to a crawling pace. 10gb isn't a lot to run for home Internet.
That is pretty shit, not had a problem even after 100GB with mine.
I'm laying out what I think are reasonable options that folks would want. Unlimited cell phone data for $30 paired with a steady, low latency cable line for $50 seems to be a combination that most folks could use.
It's definitely not optimized for saving money. You could save a lot of money if you wanted to focus on that. Helium mobile has a free 3gb/month plan, no credit card needed. For home Internet you'd be at the mercy of your local ISPs, but I'm sure there are more affordable plans that could be picked.