Because it’s not illegal to bill you extra for it.
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TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 21 hours agoWhy is this a thing for US phone networks?
Why do they care whether the ones and zeroes sent/received stay on the phone or not? Data is data. It shouldn’t be any more complicated than that.
barsoap@lemm.ee 13 hours ago
joshchandra@midwest.social 18 hours ago
Maybe they are in bed with ISPs.
twisterpop3@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Some of them are ISPs. I’ve received mail from both Verizon and AT&T about getting a 5G Internet “connection”. It just connects to the cell towers.
Someone came by so I demoed one and it was awful. The latency was, predictably, unhinged.
lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 hours ago
Because they can. I have the same gripe.
icedterminal@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
Money. Simple as that.