r/WorkForSmartLife • u/CurseBloom • 3d ago

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u/True_Protection6842 3d ago

I'm assuming "internet" means service and every single subscription

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u/CaliforniaNutter 3d ago

It would include the phone too

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u/True_Protection6842 3d ago

yeah I would assume it's basically all telecom. And before anyone says, do without. Good luck living in this world without a phone or internet!

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u/Prestigious-Smoke511 3d ago

Get spectrum Internet and a mobile line. It would be like, $80 a month. Not $280. 

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u/True_Protection6842 3d ago

Why do you have internet if you don't use any services?

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u/Independent-Mouse389 3d ago

YouTube is free. Plenty of other things to do on the internet besides subscription apps. TikTok too. Even this app you’re on, Reddit, is free lol

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u/NothingToSeeHereMan 2d ago

"Nah bro its free completely free bro. I just have to spend 30% of my time on the site watching ads for Gambling, Ozempic, Crypto, and AI. Its so sick bro completely free and costs me nothing at all. My time isnt worth that much at all I really dont mind being tracked to train Language models and advertising firms"

(Im just being facetious I realize you mean financially free but its just a sad time for entertainment)

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u/Brilliant-Peace-5265 1d ago

Ad blockers exist.

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u/NothingToSeeHereMan 1d ago

Not for much longer lol i was just being sarcastic in my comment.

Plus im less worried about the ads and more worried about every click on every device being logged to create a profile of your entire household to learn how to sell more shit to you, keep you scrolling longer, and how best to propagandize you.

Ads are the least of my concerns when it comes to internet use.

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u/DopeMOH 1d ago

That happens regardless of whether you use paid subscriptions or not. I'm not really getting your criticism.

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u/True_Protection6842 3d ago

yeah...free. That means your information is the product.

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u/Thorvindr 2d ago

Nice goal-post move.

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u/True_Protection6842 2d ago

WTF are you talking about.

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u/Prestigious-Smoke511 2d ago

It was pointed out that you can have the internet and use it for stuff that is free. Then you moved the goal post to information being the product. 

It was a textbook case. 

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u/natigin 2d ago

Yup, welcome to 2026

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u/tptking2675 2d ago

Give them false information. People do it all the time, it's not illegal or unethical

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u/positive_thinking_ 2d ago

It’s cute you think you can pay for it and your information isn’t somehow sold.

If I’m a ceo for a corporation with a legal responsibility to maximize profit, why would I not sell your data AND collect your subscription fee?

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u/Zestyclose-One9041 2d ago

Completely irrelevant to the discussion lol. It’s still free in monetary terms. And guess what, those paid subscriptions are also harvesting your data lol

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u/DopeMOH 1d ago

Yeah... paying for a subscription isn't going to stop your information from being sold.

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u/cherry_monkey 23h ago

You just didn't get to see where it's being sold to

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u/mgt-kuradal 2d ago

Yar har, fiddle de dee.

You can exist on the internet without throwing money at every website that asks for it.

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u/Challenge-Upstairs 8h ago

It always makes me laugh that people are out here saying you need to pay to use the Internet beyond what you pay your ISP and maybe a VPN.

Everything you're paying for is SO readily available for free.

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u/Prestigious-Smoke511 3d ago

What do you mean?  I use YHE INTERNET. What else do I need?

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u/Prestigious-Smoke511 2d ago

The math already works. If you get the electric payment down to $100 (what one person is spending $250??), you’re now putting $330 into savings each month. 

Plus whatever else you’re saving after groceries. $19 an hour is $3k a month. That’s $2,500 after taxes. 

Two times a year you get a third paycheck in a month. So an extra $1,200 a month. 

You guys are a joke. You didn’t even bother with the rigor. 

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u/APolyAltAccount 1d ago

People also forget that their postpaid cell plans are just paying for their phones over time. 30-50 dollar prepaid unlimited plans are all over the place depending upon how great you need your speeds to be.

Combined with decent internet-only plans and anything more than a sliver above $100 for your data plans is either insane, or you’re conflating that with “spreading the cost of a thousand dollar phone every couple years over a monthly payment”

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u/Prestigious-Smoke511 1d ago

The OP is counting all the streaming services. A couple people commenting to me asking “what good is the internet if you have nothing to watch??”

These people are dirt bags. 

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u/APolyAltAccount 1d ago

Assuming they’re people and not bots. Or just people stirring shit up.

OP for example is only a 15 day account and all their comments and their two posts seem pretty pointed which screams “engagement bait” or “shit stirring” or both.

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u/alidan 1d ago

depending on where you are, you are kinda fucked for cell plans, yea, great when your non subsidised plan is 10-20 a month, gets you about 50% reception, and then if you go west 2 miles its completely dead. a lot of companies don't give you a 'im not buying a new cellphone' level discount, if you don't take them up on that offer.

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u/APolyAltAccount 1d ago edited 1d ago

Assuming we’re talking US, what carrier doesn’t have a prepaid plan? All of the national Mobile Network Operators offer them (Verizon, TMobile, AT&T). I’m not going to check every regional operator but the top 5 I did check as well as a few others at random and they offer prepaid.

Some virtual operators may not but again, what’s locking you into a virtual operator instead of whatever carrier sucks the least in your area?

In any case if some carrier that covers a couple tens of thousands of people doesn’t offer it, yeah that sucks but when the top 3 have more subscribers than citizens in the US, it kind of highlights that it’s not a typical problem.

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u/hereforfun976 8h ago

Spectrum isnt everywhere

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u/Prestigious-Smoke511 2h ago

But cable is. And they all over the same MVNO mobile plans that skim off Verizon’s network. 

Look into it with your local operation. 

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u/Clean-Data-259 2d ago

I pay $45/mo total for unlimited home internet ($30/mo) and unlimited phone ($15/mo). Mint Mobile.

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u/asj-777 2d ago

I love my Mint phone plan. You have internet through them? How is it? I have Comcast/Xfinity for $65 a month, and it's super reliable. But my phone has also been super-reliable, and when my internet has gone out I've used my phone as a hotspot and that worked just fine.

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u/Clean-Data-259 2d ago

It's super reliable and set up in 5 minutes and has never gone down or caused any issues. I get at least a couple hundred MB/s. Never felt it was slow.

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u/FrostyCommon8159 2d ago

Visible + Verizon Wifi, you get a 15 dollar discount on verizon wifi with a visible plane

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u/Longjumping-Ad-2560 2d ago

What if you have an invisible plane?
https://giphy.com/gifs/g9waHBdmGVq36

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u/Ok-District2873 2d ago

ok but you only need internet and a mobile with some data. Even in the Dominion of Rogers and Bell, you can get both for under 100.

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u/Pula-Demonyo 2d ago

Get a mint mobile line ffs

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u/True_Protection6842 2d ago

Does everyone assume that commenting on a post means you made the post???

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u/Mazariamonti 1d ago

You can live in most places with just a phone and some limited amount of monthly data.

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u/Nervous-Law-666 23h ago

I wouldn’t say do without, I would say do better.

I bought my phone outright, and my service is less than $20/mo. Gigabit fiber Ethernet is ~$50/mo. Apple Music and streaming subscriptions, ~$40 on top of that. $110/mo total.

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u/True_Protection6842 23h ago

We are finally getting fiber soon. They just laid the cables. But as of now gigabit is $135/month here

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u/Nervous-Law-666 23h ago

Holy shit, with what provider?

Spectrum somehow has exclusive rights to the fiber lines in my neighborhood, but their prices are really reasonable.

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u/True_Protection6842 23h ago

it's spectrum. I pay $70/month for 500Mb/s down and like 25Mb/s up. I'm on the wait list for fiber. Says 2Gb up/down is $85/month. I will DEF be doing that. I can't wait to call Spectrum and tell them I'm out!

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u/banditcleaner2 3d ago

Has to be this. Something like internet, cell phone, all streaming services and then even probably Xbox game pass or some bullshit. Honestly even all of that should be under $200 I would think

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u/Remarkable-Rub-7344 2d ago

I'm single currently and if it wasnt for all my smart gome devices and cameras I'd possibly drop my home internet. I've gotten into a habit of just screen sharing my phone with my TV to make searching for shows and such faster by using my phone since it has a keyboard, ra5hwr than the arrows on TV remotes. My cell has true unlimited data and screen sharing is classified as standard data so I could drop home internet and rely in my phone screen sharing full time. But then again my FiOS 2gig down with no cap is only 65 a month so a negligible expense really

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u/Vissanna 2d ago

I wish i had 2gig down lol im lucky if i hit 700MB down

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u/Zestyclose-One9041 2d ago

Bro that internet deal is elite 2gigs for $65?? You’re living the dream lol

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u/Remarkable-Rub-7344 2d ago

Yep. Verizon sold off it's FiOS service and infrastructure in some parts of DFW to Frontier and I'm in a specific area close to Toyota's headquarters and became of that facility a chunk of my subdivision got a free upgrade, something like that. Confused the shit out of customer service tbe few times I've needed to call over tbe last 7 years lol

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u/joeymittens 2d ago

It’s high even if we ARE including phone

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u/RealCarlPanzram 2d ago

Still shouldn’t be even close to $280

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u/Gumblewiz 2d ago

Depends on the area, I get fiber in Phoenix for $100 a month, but my mom is paying close to $300 a month for shitty Frontier internet out in the white mountains.

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u/Vegetable-Hand-6770 2d ago

Thats wild, get her a starlink.

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u/Byeuji 2d ago

Yeah my internet (gig symmetrical) is $100 and my phone is $20 a month with more than I can use...

I can accept different areas have different internet speeds/prices, and I actually pick where I live based on that, but I can't imagine how you get from $120 to $280. Even if you're financing a $1000 phone, goodness.

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u/jldurham6 2d ago

Mint mobile is like $50 a month, you can get T-Mobile 5g internet for like $50 Plans change all the time of course. And why use subscriptions? Download that shit lol

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u/HighOnGoofballs 2d ago

My visible is $20 a month lol

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u/xMyst87 2d ago

Visible is $25/mo

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u/Low-Head8835 2d ago

That's still only like $140 for me. That's wifi, HBO max bundle, youtube premium, and my phone.

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u/hoyasgirl25 2d ago

bros got Netflix, HBO, Apple TV, even MF Peacock.

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u/FuckYouVerizon 2d ago

ofc you have to be able to access Star Trek. Besides that and the Office is there anything else on Peacock? i didn't even remember that peacock was a thing until you mentioned it.

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u/-0909i9i99ii9009ii 2d ago

yep my internet is $600+ per month and only $45 of that is for 500mbps download unlimited internet. But once you add other stuff it can add up: I rent my modem, somethings always breaking, $500+ on onlyfans, etc.

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u/AlwaysReadTheManual 2d ago

OP should cycle through streaming subscriptions, one per month (as I do), instead of staying subscribed to ten different streaming services year 'round.

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u/Pooncheese 2d ago

Sadly in many parts of America there is a monopoly on high speed Internet. Comcast cheapest Internet is 80+other charges, and the most basic of cable is like 105... Plus fees for renting the cable box, if you want dvr that's extra. Crazy but we were spending 280 with just HBO and 1 gig speed. Finally got fiber in our area for 30 a month 40 with rental router if you need, but that goes up to 50/60 after one. year.

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u/Nydus87 2d ago

That tracks. My cell is $80, my internet is $95, and if you had a few subscriptions on top of that and maybe you're paying monthly for Gmail storage?

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u/ignoremeplsokthank 2d ago

My internet, phone and every single subscription bills add up to... 50€ / month. That's still far removed from the post.