Just curious what you guys have been able to score recently.

I don’t have anything really good to share, been spending too much. Let me live vicariously (and frugally!) through you!

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    8 months ago

    The modems are really expensive though, so I’ve grabbed a cheapish 5g phone instead. Since most traffic goes via my VPN it won’t have to track too many NAT sessions so hopefully it works out OK.

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      The power supply for my FTTP box died last Friday, so I’ve been doing this while waiting for the company to come and fix the fault later today. I basically forgot it happened because I was able to game, download, stream without restrictions like normal. Only thing is I was hotspotting my primary phone and it’s been running hot. But leaves me wondering why I’m paying so much for a fixed connection

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        8 months ago

        Probably for the unlimited data. Best I can find is $au70 a month for 400gb via Belong.

        One other interesting calculation is the starlink modern takes 30 watts at idle. Close to $10 a month in power. The phone should use about $2 a month.

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          8 months ago

          Yup, got about 2.5tb of rollover to burn through on amaysim though, barely put a dent in it by the time the nbn guys came around