What is the difference between cellular data being used on my phone and cellular data being used on my notebook? Data is data.

    • Tacostrange@lemmy.ml
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      8 months ago

      The ISP shouldn’t care what kind of traffic is going through the network and show it down by type. It should be neutral to it

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        8 months ago

        They can care about what device they’re providing internet to. Net neutrality is about where content is coming from.

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          8 months ago

          They provide internet to the phone. What the phone does with it (e.g. provide a hotspot), is another story.

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            8 months ago

            That depends on whether the connection is sold to cover one device or several.

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        8 months ago

        Right… they can still impose data caps. They’ll just do the cap at the plan level, like most already do. OPs just on a cheap plan.