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StrangeDoctor
305 days ago
What exactly is the point of abusing the word “unlimited” here?
You’ll never be able to go over 168GB, let them call it the 169.69 plan
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SG-
305 days ago
just like going to an all you can eat buffet, you're _limited_ by what you can fit in your stomach. it's pretty simply.
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stavros
305 days ago
Do you also consider your unmetered fiber connection to not be unlimited?
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sekh60
305 days ago
You pointed out the difference yourself, it's unmetered, not unlimited.
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stavros
305 days ago
What's an unlimited connection to you?
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dkiebd
305 days ago
Almost all wireless plans have a cap on the amount of data you can download on top of the speed cap.
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Szpadel
305 days ago
so the only true unlimited internet is the one that have infinite bandwidth
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neilalexander
305 days ago
This is surely satire. Obviously most people wouldn’t understand the relevance of or know where that number came from.
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amanaplanacanal
305 days ago
It's completely unrealistic. Musk would have to call it 169.420
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