Why do cell phones have a data limit but home internet doesn’t? I understand bandwidth limits, but how can home internet get away with giving users all the data they can use, but cell phone providers can’t?

  • I_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    This tower has about a 20km radius on average due to topography, covers a stretch of the New England Highway and also covers the nearby village of Black Mountain. A good few hundred phones will be in range I expect.

    The tower also has cells for Optus and Vodafone, but they are a significant minority of customers in this area.

    • SupraMario@lemmy.world
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      7 days ago

      This sounds like an issue with the carriers not actually putting in more towers to properly handle the load though. Aka greed.