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Comment by Aurornis

6 hours ago

That's not bad for the cheap plan. Even the slow mode is fast enough for video conferencing and doing basic remote work. They still have a separate unlimited plan for anyone who needs more.

They explicitly say video streaming will be "limited" aka it won't work like you want it to

  • I haven't done a video call on it but it does work for youtube. It's best to pause a video at the start but it buffers and plays just fine. Blocky but certainly watchable.

  • Zoom works in 500kbps environments in my experience.

    You won't be in crispy 720p or 1080p, but you can still talk to other people.

  • If the data speed is sufficient but they’re intentionally throttling video you could maybe get around it a VPN.