When the fuck did a mobile hotspot become something you have to pay extra for?
When the fuck did a mobile hotspot become something you have to pay extra for?
It's my goddamn motherfucking mobile data and MY PHONE. I should be able to use it however I want. My wifi went down because the greedy, cunt-faced shitbags at Comcast stole taxpayer subsidies to enrich themselves instead of actually providing the service we're paying for. I tried to switch to a mobile hotspot and my phone refuses to open one. Everyone responsible for this shit should be fed to alligators locked away in a fucking gulag. We have no rights and live in a corporate plutocracy.
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Definitely sounds like a USA specific issue. In Australia we pay for GBs data, it's up to us what we use it on. I'd be appalled if they tried to pull that bullshit here.
Most carriers include 'unlimited' data, usually broken up in XXXGb at full speed, then unlimited data at much lower speeds.
They did pull that bullshit here though. Personal Hotspot on iOS was a paid extra feature in most cases when it first launched back in iOS 7 (can't speak to the Android side of things personally), assuming you could get it at all. It didn't become standard until later. It's generally standard these days thankfully but it wasn't always.
Basically the same here like I have 20GB at full speed and then slows down a lot. But at least Verizon requires a data plan with any smart phone. I'm only away from wifi maybe 4hrs a month, I only need call/text not data.
My understanding is call/text goes thru the internet now so they force the data plan.
Voice over LTE and WiFi calling.