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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 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by 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. Update: I'm now using AB Download Manager to mitigate download cancellations at the throttled speed.

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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I'm sorry, what?

Are you confusing wifi with internet? Wifi is free. It costs nothing. Internet is a different story. You can have wifi without internet, and you can have internet without wifi. They are not the same thing.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I think it is colloquial at this point. No sense being pedantic.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    No, it's not, and yes being peda tix about terms is important. It's education.

    I have an internal wifi network for devices that don't have internet access. I also have a wifi network that is connected to the Internet.

    My wifi doesn't work..figure out what the heck is wrong.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    No, it’s not, and yes being peda tix about terms is important. It’s education.

    Bro can't spell in his own semantics argument.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I have an internal wifi network for devices that don't have internet access.

    What kinds of devices are these? Surely you must know that I'm talking about the general public's phones, laptops, and desktops—not specialized use cases.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Laptops, desktops and servers, automation hardware. My comment was more educational, not a personal attack or anything. Just wanting the correct terms to be used. ISPs have done a great job uneducating people is all.

    It's like saying your electricity is out, when you mean lightbulb is broken. People would say call an electrician, when in reality you just need to address the bulb and not the entire houses electrical system.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Okay, well, that's fine, and I didn't even think it was a personal attack, but the beef I had with your initial comment:

    Are you confusing wifi with internet? Wifi is free. It costs nothing. Internet is a different story. You can have wifi without internet, and you can have internet without wifi. They are not the same thing.

    ... was that you said what not to say, but not what to say instead. So all I can deduce is that you mean for people to say "access to the Internet by means of mobile data instead of Wi-Fi"; is that right?

    There, I edited the post title, haha. For what it's worth, I don't think these other Lemmy users should be putting you down to this extent, either.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I said "Wi-Fi at home," specifically, for Internet access. That service is normally never free, unless you have an incredible agreement or contract of some sort. Why bother to be pedantic if you get the gist of what I mean? Also, you didn't answer the question.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Because the question made no sense since wifi is free, and has nothing to do with internet. Education on the terms, when asking for help provides better answers.

    Saying wifi does not work could mean, the wifi doesn't work, or it could mean the Internet doesn't work. Both are very different and have different forms of diagnostics.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Because the question made no sense since wifi is free, and has nothing to do with internet.

    So you're just dumb or playing dumb to make a stupid point?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Words have meaning, don't change the meaning and expect to be understood properly. At the end of the day, it's your problem when you're given wrong advice and screw things up because you didn't understand the proper terminology, and the stupidly fought people who tried to correct you so you.

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