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In reply to the discussion: Verizon to disconnect unlimited data customers who use over 100GB/month [View all]Lonusca
(202 posts)47. Yes lets be honest
I'm not in the middle of nowhere. I am in the Bay area - 1 mile from a major interstate. No cable and no DSL available.
I have a 4G antenna on my house. Luckily I can afford it. The numbers I saw in an earlier post are pretty accurate for cost
The lack of high speed options for a HUGE portion of America are severely lacking. Especially if the posts I read around here are to be believed - that we should view internet as a utility
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Verizon to disconnect unlimited data customers who use over 100GB/month [View all]
NWCorona
Jul 2016
OP
Maybe a short YouTube video, but if I am going to watch a movie, I will do it on a
still_one
Jul 2016
#26
I chromecast movies from my phone to a large screen tv. Lots of people do.
DisgustipatedinCA
Jul 2016
#54
Chromecast is a data killer too! I couldn't believe my usage when I first got it
NWCorona
Jul 2016
#17
Residential use should be limited to 1.5Mbs - Nobody needs more than T1 speeds
snooper2
Jul 2016
#65
Actually a lot of options. T-Mobile, Sprint, even under the right bundled package AT&T,
still_one
Jul 2016
#28
Why I only use my phone to make and receive calls. Occasionally I use the camera
hobbit709
Jul 2016
#8
Verizon probably would win; however, I believe that a case can be made that at the time we chose the
24601
Jul 2016
#62
I'm not with Verison. I don't have a smartphone (yet) Thinking about it. Flip phone forever.
YOHABLO
Jul 2016
#33
My favorite smartphone feature is the Kindle App, basically it's a bunch of books with me
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2016
#40