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submitted 2 days ago by user224@lemmy.sdf.org to c/softwaregore@lemmy.world
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Just decided to check an ad on YouTube, and yeah, it's a scam as I should've expected.

As for the speeds in ToS

However, please note that for unlimited mobile internet data plan Subscription users internet speed throttling will be applied. That means that You will either:

(a) receive 15 GB of data at full speed, after which the speed will be reduced to 256 kbps for the remainder of the 1-month cycle; or

(b) receive up to 1 GB of data at full speed each day, after which the speed will be reduced to 256 kbps for the remainder of the day.

They also say something along lines of "people pay $600 for data in 6 months, our unlimited data costs just a fraction of that", and yeah, I suppose 9/10 is a valid fraction.

Also, email us to cancel subscription?

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[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

also the good old "here's 3 plans that aren't usable, so the extortionate cost of the 'unlimited' (which in theory is of course infinitely more than you'll ever need) plan looks vaguely acceptable."

fuck an entire off, charge a dollar per gigabyte you fucking parasites, or even better stop pretending that data caps are in any way acceptable and just charge people for the bandwidth.

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

In Slovakia we have a carrier that's doing a new and improved way of nefarious to get around EU roam like at home regulations.

They sell unlimited base package with just 4GB + unlimited sms/calls for EUR 20/ month. From that, with such a price, they have to commit full 4GB for roaming. But now take this, with this, and only this specific plan you can purchase an additional unlimited data package for just EUR 5/month. Since the roaming cap is based on the price, and they calculate the data package separately, the data they have to offer for the same price is far lower.

Calculation time: If calculating for unlimited package as EUR 25/month (what you pay in reality):

  1. ~20.33 without VAT
  2. Divided by wholesale data cap for 2025 (EUR 1.30/GB) = ~15.63
  3. Times 2 is the required result: 31.27GB

But you only get 10.25GB, what gives?

  1. From "base" take entire 4GB
  2. For bullshit package, calculate 5/123*100/1.3*2 = ~6.25GB
  3. Add base 4GB, and you get 10.25GB

Looks legit enough for people who don't know, but is far less than would otherwise be required.

The carrier is 4ka (Swan Mobile) and the roaming data calculation is described here: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/roaming
The latter exactly check out with what's being provided.