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Anon lives on a budget (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (10 children)

No, it's definitely on the pricier side.

$30/line is a common price for unlimited phone service.

You can get home Internet for $40-$50/month.

I think I pay 25 for Internet and 30 for unlimited phone.

EDIT: in fact if you're income limited there are cheaper government subsidized plans.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    You can get home Internet for $40-$50/month.

    That's more like $100/month once the temporary pricing ends and the bullshit fees are applied.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago*

    So the $40/month at mint isn't a promotional rate, and the $50/month price at Xfinity says it's good for 5 years.

    I mean you can find alternatives that do exactly what you're talking about, but I feel the examples I provided are valid, sustainable prices for Internet.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (7 children)

    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?

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    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.

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