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Is Unlimited Internet Really Possible?

I will not write a single line about how important the internet is today. Because you are already using the internet and you know very well how much you need it! Now the question is about unlimited internet access.

In our country, people use the internet in two ways. A huge population is dependent on the entire mobile network. And people living in the city use broadband internet.

Broadband users in particular claim that their internet is completely unlimited. On the other hand, people who use mobile internet ask why their operators are not offering unlimited plans. But is there really such a thing as unlimited internet? And why don't mobile operators come up with unlimited internet plans? Let's discuss everything in today's article.

Unlimited internet

The answer to the question posed in the title of this article is, "No"! Technically, your internet is not unlimited even after you use broadband. Now after hearing this, many will say, "I don't have any data limit, so why don't you call it Unlimited?" Well, I'm not very good at math, but this math is so simple that I can easily explain it to you.

See Internet can be limited in three ways.

 First: by setting a limit on your data speed,

Second: Put a limit on your bandwidth usage and

Third: Putting a limit on time. What broadband service providers do is they put a limit on your internet speed. Your broadband internet plan may be limited to 10mbps or 20 Mbps or 30 Mbps.

Now with this limited speed, you can consume up to a certain amount of internet data even if you download it 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for a whole month. Now that amount could be a few hundred gigabytes or a few terabytes, and it's limited, unlimited but not, right?

Now, this may seem unlimited to you, as there is no cap on the bandwidth usage of broadband internet. Technically you can download or upload a certain amount of data throughout the month, but that limit is much higher than your usage. So you think broadband internet is unlimited but now you know it is not unlimited.

Why mobile internet is not unlimited?

When I talk about unlimited internet, I don't want to talk about mobile internet here. Because there are very few broadband users across the country where most people are dependent on the mobile internet.

Many people question on social media or in different places why mobile operators are not providing unlimited internet. Many people send me direct messages or emails asking me why mobile operators do not provide unlimited internet.

You see, the biggest difference between a mobile operator and a broadband service provider is in technology. Broadband internet is usually delivered to your home via cable.

And mobile internet can reach your home or outside without it. Wireless technology is much more expensive than using wires. There are many reasons why mobile operators do not or cannot provide unlimited internet. Below I have tried to mention several reasons so that you have a lot of advantage in understanding the whole thing.

Mobile internet is expensive.

Broadband internet is much cheaper than mobile internet. Because building broadband internet infrastructure is cheaper than mobile internet. Somehow the story ends with just inserting a broadband cable into your home. If you want to increase your speed later, broadband service providers can do it from their end, without the need to change it or change any infrastructure.

On the other hand, if mobile operators are thinking of upgrading their network, the entire tower needs to be upgraded. Suppose your mobile operator is providing 3G services in your area. If they want to provide 4G services, they will need to upgrade their towers, install new radio antenna transmitters etc. for 4G. Thus, every time the technology changes, the entire infrastructure needs to be changed again and again in this mobile internet case.

And upgrading this tower is a costly thing. Mobile operators need to spend millions of rupees on this. And they withdraw this money from the customer. Besides, operators need to install multiple towers to properly receive signals in a given area. Not only is the work done by installing the towers, but the towers also have to be maintained regularly, and the operators have to spend a lot of money every month for these. All the money in the house has to be taken from the customer, so mobile services are expensive.

Limitations in mobile internet technology

There are two terms when you use the internet with mobile or the technology used by mobile operators (SIM companies) to get the internet to you. The first term is wireless technology, and the second term is the bandwidth connection. If we talk about WiFi hotspots, So what is the need to use the hotspot on the phone to use the Internet on the PC? Of course, the phone has to have WiFi and keep its data connection on, right? But what if you run a WiFi hotspot without keeping the phone's data connection on? In that case, of course, you will not get an internet connection, although your PC will have a WiFi connection.

What does this mean? Not only WiFi, but you also need an active internet connection, then you will be able to broadcast the Internet through WiFi. Mobile operators use the same principle. 2G, 3G, 4G - these are just wireless technologies like WiFi, but you must have a broadband connection to the cell tower to use them to provide internet access. The internet is sent to your phone from that broadband connection by creating a hotspot through 2G, 3G, 4G wireless technology. Now mobile towers must have T1, T3 type lines connected with a lot of high bandwidth capacity.

So now your mobile internet speed depends on two factors, firstly, how much bandwidth you have to handle the broadband-connected to your tower and how much of the wireless technology (2G, 3G, 4G) you have connected to the internet. Has the ability to supply.

For example, suppose you have three wireless routers in your home and a 200 megabits / second broadband connection. The three routers work using 3 WiFi standards 802.11a, 802.11n, and 802.11ac (these are meant to be compared to 2G, 3G, 4G, respectively). The 802.11a standard has the maximum bandwidth speed of 54 Mbps, the 802.11n has the maximum bandwidth speed of 300 Mbps, and the 802.11ac has the maximum bandwidth speed of 1300 Mbps.

So if you connect WiFi to Router 1 (802.11a) you will only get speeds up to 54 megabits / second, broadband line speeds of 200 megabits are of no use, as your wireless technology does not have the capacity to handle that bandwidth. When connected to Router 2 (802.11n), and Router 3 (802.11ac), you will be able to use the full bandwidth of the broadband line effortlessly, as these two technologies have the ability to handle all the bandwidth of your line.

When you think of 2G, this technology does not have the power to give you more speed, so even if your operator's internet speed is fast, you will not get good speed using 2G, on the other hand, 3G technology is not so advanced, let's say the tower has 100 megabits / second line, but 3G does not have the power to accept the speed itself, with the increase in the user, the bandwidth of 3G technology will decrease, no matter how high the speed of the net installed in the tower, 3G will no longer be able to handle the user.

When you switch from 2G network to 3G network or switch from 3G to 4G, it means you have switched from small radio frequency to large radiofrequency. This will open the way for more downloads and uploads to take place faster and faster. So not only do operators have to have high-speed internet connections, but they also need to have wireless technology to deliver them to the users.

As the number of users on the mobile network increases, it becomes more difficult to handle the internet, they have the bandwidth, but there is a flaw in the system that delivers them to the user. Suppose 3G technology allows 50 users to use the internet at a good speed from one tower. Still, if there are 500 users, you will not get good speed even if you have high-speed bandwidth in the tower connection, because 3G itself does not have bandwidth capacity to handle 500 users.

Mobile operators have no shortage of bandwidth or internet like the rest of the broadband ISPs. Still, the problem is with wireless technology, if they come up with an unlimited plan, users will increase download/upload a lot, which will cause 3G or 4G technology bandwidth problems for new users. Or not everyone will be able to get good speed on average.

The main reason for slowing down the internet when you have a fair use policy is not allowing you to use more internet (depending on which package you have subscribed to). Another reason is to provide better speed for more users at that time. Now operators must upgrade their network devices if they really want to handle more users, which is hugely expensive, so they control these issues by reducing bandwidth speeds.

Can unlimited internet on mobile ever be possible?

As I said before, there is no such thing as unlimited internet, there is always a limitation. But yes, unlimited internet can be introduced by removing the bandwidth limit on mobile internet like broadband. Mobile operators will have to invest a lot more in their network first.

And in the current 3G or 4G technology, providing such unlimited internet is a very challenging thing. However, with the advent of Five-G technology, un-metered internet like broadband can also be seen on mobiles.

Where 4G operates below 8 GHz frequency, 5G will operate in the 30-300 GHz range. The higher the radio frequency, the higher the bandwidth speed. To support this huge radio frequency range, 5G will be able to handle huge data, and secondly, 4G will be able to support as many devices per meter as 5G will be able to support 1,000 more devices.

This means that you will get the high-speed net in 5G, with the ability to handle many users, mobile operators will then be able to sell unlimited plans. But as I said before, this internet will not be cheap at all!

So hopefully, by now, I have understood that there is no such thing as unlimited internet. The term unlimited is used in broadband, it is also a limited internet! And you also know why mobile operators do not offer unlimited internet plans.

In fact, to provide mobile internet properly, operators have to face many kinds of problems. Slight skies or rain can cause your internet speed to slow down. Where there is no difference in broadband speed as a result of these natural environments. Each internet connection has its own benefits, but I hope I have covered the topic completely today.