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		HPsquared on May 31, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Engineering for Slow Internet The lower-bandwidth connections get completely saturated by modern phones with modern data allowances. Back in the day I had 500MB a month on 3G, for instance. I can use that in a few minutes these days.

kjkjadksj on May 31, 2024 [–]

Thats been true since the iphone 3g with unlimited data plans though

HPsquared on May 31, 2024 | [–]

Modern phones and apps use a lot more though. YouTube 1080p60 or even 4K, for example.

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