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   Message 106,789 of 107,822   
   Carlos E.R. to Graham J   
   Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might    
   12 Feb 25 11:56:02   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-02-12 11:11, Graham J wrote:   
   > Daniel70 wrote:   
   >   
   > [snip]   
   >   
   >>   
   >> Quite easy ..... but expensive!! I went down to the local Council   
   >> Library (to make use of their Internet connection) and loaded $35 on   
   >> to my Mobile phone account .... and, tonight, connected via my   
   >> Tethered phone and, with-in about 30 minutes, had used up almost all   
   >> of my $35 credit.   
      
   I don't know how many gigabytes is that. What did you (Daniel) do,   
   download movies?   
      
   >>   
   >> Tomorrow, I might try loading $35 Mobile Data and see what the   
   >> difference is.   
   >>   
   >> In either case, I don't see this as a long term solution to my   
   >> situation. ;-(   
   >   
   > Have you thought about moving to the UK?  Here you could get an   
   > unlimited landline connection for about £35 per month.  Then - depending   
   > on your location - you could get 100Mbits/sec download, 20 Mbits/sec   
   > upload using a fibre connection.   
      
   I have  622.67 Mbps down,  617.86 Mbps up; latency 10 ms, fluctuation   
   1ms (Telefónica Spain, fibre to the home). Measured on   
      
      
   I can't give you a figure for the connection price, because mine   
   includes the fixed phone, mobile phone, and TV.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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