• vimmiewimmie@lemm.ee
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    6 days ago

    While some might criticize the author’s methods, I did learn something cool from this article.

    https://calyxinstitute.org/membership/

    Unthrottled, unmetered, (supposedly) truly unlimited internet,

    For not much more than I pay for my (definitely throttled) mobile service, it’d seem like a fair trade between the two. With certain considerations given to service availability and local network speed.

    There is even a pixel phone given to members of certain memberships.

    Something I wanted to make easily available to anyone passing through here.

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      5 days ago

      I used Calyx Internet (the lowest tier) for 3 months. I get like 25-35 Mbps most of the time.

      BUT like occasionally, you get dropped to less than 5 Mbps for like hours or perhaps an entire day, and when it is experiencing its low speeds, sometimes my deprioritized cellular internet is still slightly faster. Basically the point is: It’s not exactly a home internet replacement.

      There is even a pixel phone given to members of certain memberships.

      That’s not really a membership. You pay $800 upfront for the first year of the “membership”, and then its $5 per month for subsequent years. Its just a nice way of wording a phone purchase. Its completely separate of the internet thing.