So I am seeding like a mad man and according to my boradband provider I have unlimited usage and data…
But I have heard that others when seeding and they were told they have “unlimited” the broadband provider cut them off after X amount… What can I do to ensure this doesn’t happen?
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t believe this falls under net neutrality. Net neutrality would only come into play if they were (for example) throttling you for most things but giving you full bandwidth for Twitch.tv and YouTube and Netflix, but nothing else.
Exactly right. Net neutrality stipulates that carriers must treat all traffic equally, not how a provider can meter your connection.
Wow. How did I not hear about this before?
Orange used to do this in Slovakia, but they had to cancel it thanks to this.
Plan “Go yoxo” for students (requiring ISIC card) used to have one of those bundled in. 5GB of data + “Unlimited data for social networks”. So Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram, Whatsapp, Messenger, Skype, Pinterest, Telegram, Viber, Badoo, LinkedIn, Samsung and Google messages. Shiny garbage for €15/month. Now it’s 30GB for €18/month.
Sure, it’s an improvement, but still garbage. Currently I get 300GB for €13/month with Swan Mobile.
But it shouldn’t be surprising. They also have this thing for €5/month:
Yep, that’s right. For just €5/month you can get €1 of credit. But don’t worry, you also get 250kB on 5G network.
What can you even do with 250kB???
Geez, receiving a couple marketing emails would exceed 250kB. Maybe if you were using a text only email client and doing nothing else, and you only get emails from close friends and family, that could be sufficient…
I guess you’d also have to be using a non-smart phone, or you’d have to go in and disable all telemetrics and similar features of every app you used…