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by _0w8t 1125 days ago
It all depends on price details. In Norway one needs to pay about 20 Euro/month for a phone subscription with amount of data that allows, for example, watch YouTube or do video calls occasionally outside WiFi. Yet for 35 Euro/month one can get a mobile subscription with 1 TB of traffic with 10 MBit/s speed. That is enough to watch movies and do many kinds of remote work.

Yet the fiber costs at least 50 Euro/month. So it only makes sense to get broadband if it is shared by 4 people.
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tristor 1125 days ago
Sounds like it makes sense to get fiber as soon as 2+ people are sharing it, since it's faster and less than 70 EUR/mo.
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AnthonyMouse 1125 days ago
You still want a cheap mobile plan, so it's not technically cheaper until you have 4 people.

But that's comparing fiber to 10Mbps cellular, and even with 2 people the fiber is dramatically faster and only €20 more expensive. If you can live with 10Mbps then there is presumably some broadband option at no worse than that speed for less than €30 and then you're already ahead with 2 people.

And most people aren't going to be happy with speeds that low, but then you'd be paying more for each cellular plan.

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_0w8t 1124 days ago
In Norway there is no realistic option to have fiber cheaper than 45-50 Euro per month.

Based on personal experience 10 MBit/s is enough for video including full HD options. In fact it worked better than 100 MBit/s that was shared with several users and when somebody was downloading big gaming files.

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