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Does anyone else intentionally have no ISP-provided Wi-Fi at home and instead ration mobile data for Internet access? (programming.dev)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Flagstaff@programming.dev to c/frugal@lemmy.world

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I've had no ISP-provided Internet access since Feb. 2023 or so and, while it's been a pain at times, I still haven't caved into returning to the evil monopoly that is Spectrum, so far, and probably won't for as long as I can't land a remote job. ArrowDL, while not perfect, has been pretty good at download management for the most part in conjunction with mobile data-hotspotting.

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[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's awesome! Especially that it has got you to visit libraries more.

Sorry, I should have been more clear. I prefer my current ISP because for some reason they haven't changed my IP in almost a year which makes my selfhosting run more smoothly for my public sites. I also need internet for gaming, being able to VPN into my network, and for P2P.

I could live with using my phone for gaming but idk what I would do for my websites, VPN access, and P2P traffic.

[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 3 points 3 weeks ago

Oh, yeah, running multiple public sites could definitely present a challenge. This may not be doable, then...