I just read the FAQ. It's only supposed to test cellular mobile broadband, not home ISP service. My mistake.
My cellular data has been switched to "off" for over a year. When I'm home I just use WIFI, and I almost never carry my phone when I go out, unless I have a shopping list on it.
I get a whole Gb and unlimited text and calls, for $14 a month...
I get a whole Gb and unlimited text and calls, for $14 a month...
That's really great. I would take that deal. I have unlimited texts and calls plus 9GB with rollover (for one month). But my monthly data usage is usually < 1 GB. So I typically have ~17 GB of data and use less than 1. I'd jump at a plan that cost $14 for 1 GB and charged me even an extra $30 for a second GB.
We just don't use that much mobile data... always on wifi at home, and especially in quarantimes, we haven't been travelling much.
I get a whole Gb and unlimited text and calls, for $14 a month...
That's really great. I would take that deal. I have unlimited texts and calls plus 9GB with rollover (for one month). But my monthly data usage is usually < 1 GB. So I typically have ~17 GB of data and use less than 1. I'd jump at a plan that cost $14 for 1 GB and charged me even an extra $30 for a second GB.
We just don't use that much mobile data... always on wifi at home, and especially in quarantimes, we haven't been travelling much.
If you're in the US, it's Spectrum Mobile (really Verizon) $14 a month, no other fees or taxes, a pretty good deal so far no issues (13 months in)
"Whole Gb" dude don't make me laugh. In evil "socialist" Europe you get 3-5 Gb (depending on the country) unlimited text and calls for under $10. Your laissez-faire capitalism sure does work... but not for the common people.
I'm sure a lot of people are in the same boat. With covid related lockdowns over the last year, people have simply gone out less and therefore use a lot less mobile data than normal. When we had a lockdown here, i disconnected wifi and did a speedtest over mobile. The connection was faster than it's ever been, no doubt due to the fact that 99% of people were at home using wifi with whatever home connection they have.
I just read the FAQ. It's only supposed to test cellular mobile broadband, not home ISP service. My mistake.
I made the same mistake. [slashdot.org] This time the summary is even more misleading that this is apparently only about wireless carriers. My thought was: we have gigabit fiber. How is an android app going to accurately measure that?
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I just read the FAQ. It's only supposed to test cellular mobile broadband, not home ISP service. My mistake.
My cellular data has been switched to "off" for over a year. When I'm home I just use WIFI, and I almost never carry my phone when I go out, unless I have a shopping list on it.
I get a whole Gb and unlimited text and calls, for $14 a month...
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That's really great. I would take that deal. I have unlimited texts and calls plus 9GB with rollover (for one month). But my monthly data usage is usually < 1 GB. So I typically have ~17 GB of data and use less than 1. I'd jump at a plan that cost $14 for 1 GB and charged me even an extra $30 for a second GB.
We just don't use that much mobile data... always on wifi at home, and especially in quarantimes, we haven't been travelling much.
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That's really great. I would take that deal. I have unlimited texts and calls plus 9GB with rollover (for one month). But my monthly data usage is usually < 1 GB. So I typically have ~17 GB of data and use less than 1. I'd jump at a plan that cost $14 for 1 GB and charged me even an extra $30 for a second GB.
We just don't use that much mobile data... always on wifi at home, and especially in quarantimes, we haven't been travelling much.
If you're in the US, it's Spectrum Mobile (really Verizon) $14 a month, no other fees or taxes, a pretty good deal so far no issues (13 months in)
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I'm sure a lot of people are in the same boat. With covid related lockdowns over the last year, people have simply gone out less and therefore use a lot less mobile data than normal.
When we had a lockdown here, i disconnected wifi and did a speedtest over mobile. The connection was faster than it's ever been, no doubt due to the fact that 99% of people were at home using wifi with whatever home connection they have.
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I just read the FAQ. It's only supposed to test cellular mobile broadband, not home ISP service. My mistake.
I made the same mistake. [slashdot.org] This time the summary is even more misleading that this is apparently only about wireless carriers. My thought was: we have gigabit fiber. How is an android app going to accurately measure that?