What's your favorite frugal find this week? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by IonAddis@lemmy.world to c/frugal@lemmy.world

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Just curious what you guys have been able to score recently.

I don't have anything really good to share, been spending too much. Let me live vicariously (and frugally!) through you!

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[-] I_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago

Found I can get 5G at home. About half the cost of starlink.

[-] IonAddis@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Oh?

[-] I_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

The modems are really expensive though, so I've grabbed a cheapish 5g phone instead. Since most traffic goes via my VPN it won't have to track too many NAT sessions so hopefully it works out OK.

[-] gila@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago

The power supply for my FTTP box died last Friday, so I've been doing this while waiting for the company to come and fix the fault later today. I basically forgot it happened because I was able to game, download, stream without restrictions like normal. Only thing is I was hotspotting my primary phone and it's been running hot. But leaves me wondering why I'm paying so much for a fixed connection

[-] I_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Probably for the unlimited data. Best I can find is $au70 a month for 400gb via Belong.

One other interesting calculation is the starlink modern takes 30 watts at idle. Close to $10 a month in power. The phone should use about $2 a month.

[-] gila@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

Yup, got about 2.5tb of rollover to burn through on amaysim though, barely put a dent in it by the time the nbn guys came around

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