If I have an unlimited data plan, should I cancel my home wired broadband?

In fact, if it is a truly unlimited data package, most home wired broadband can indeed be cancelled, and the Internet needs of other devices in the home, such as home computers, can be met by opening a hotspot on the mobile phone.

However, the current unlimited data packages for general users are actually a substitution of concepts. The data is unlimited, but the speed will be limited after exceeding the data set in the package. There are many types of unlimited data packages. The packages with lower thresholds can even be as low as 30 yuan. Of course, there are also packages with higher thresholds of around 300 yuan. The difference lies in the speed limit threshold. For example, the threshold of 30 yuan may be 10G, and the threshold of 300 yuan may be 100G, and so on.

Therefore, as far as the current situation is concerned, mobile networks cannot replace home wired broadband. Home wired broadband generally carries large-volume network activities, such as movie downloads, which generate very high traffic. General unlimited traffic packages are difficult to cover. If you apply for a higher unlimited traffic package to cover this huge traffic, it may not be worth the loss. After all, wired broadband charges are relatively low now. And low-capacity packages can hardly do anything after the speed limit. The current general speed limit is only 1M for the downlink speed, and the speed for downloading files is only 125kb/s. However, this situation may soon improve. It is understood that some operators are currently brewing a new "game" - grading the downlink speed after the speed limit, such as limiting 1M, 3M or 5M.

Apart from the tariff issue (which can be quickly resolved through market forces), what other obstacles are there for mobile networks to replace wired networks?

In fact, the debate about mobile networks replacing fixed wired networks has been popular since the 3G era, but it has never been realized. Even China Mobile, the most active advocate at the time, has begun to promote the development of wired broadband networks on a large scale in the past two years. Why? In fact, there are still many technical constraints, such as the capacity of mobile network base stations, the number of connections, and the stability and latency of mobile networks. In terms of these technical aspects, mobile networks are still a certain distance away from fixed wired broadband networks.

There is another problem. With the popularity of smart homes, many home appliances have Internet access, so there is a demand for 24-hour Internet access. This requires a stable network environment that is online 24 hours a day, which is not available in mobile hotspots.

So, if you want to cancel your home wired broadband, you may have to wait for a while.