Dodo's Price Hike and Speed Cap Change - Worth Switching Plans?

Dodo’s plan used to be perfect for me. I’d always hit the 2GB cap, but the unlimited calls, texts, and 1Mbps unlimited data worked just fine. Now, they've raised the price from $10 to $15 and reduced the speed cap to 256Kbps, which has made it much less usable.

I'm thinking of switching to Amaysim’s $5 unlimited call/text-only SIM ($60 yearly) and using the extra savings to find a $5-$10 data-only SIM as second SIM card. But I'm struggling to find unlimited (capped) data at all now within that price point.

Has anyone made a similar switch, or do you have better suggestions for a budget-friendly setup?

I’m not big on SIM-slutting since I don’t want to risk losing my number, but I’m open to moving around from time to time.

Tags for federation: @frugal

5G in Australia or Malaysia - who did it better?

During my trip to Malaysia, I noticed a Huawei store—something that’s become rare in Australia. While Huawei phones aren’t banned, they’re hard to find due to the lack of Google services and Australia’s reliance on those seevices.

But it got me thinking: Australia has excluded Huawei from its 5G infrastructure, whereas Malaysia has taken a different approach by considering Huawei’s involvement in its 5G rollout. How do you view these differing tech strategies?

#infosec

Fixed the PowerShell script issue where it reboots outside of operating hours regardless of the time. Now, it only reboots if it's running and hits the specified time; otherwise, it waits. Made good progress by moving everything to Python. Also removed the API requirement for public holidays by using holidays.Australia(subdiv='VIC').

#Done #V1 #homelab

🚀 Super pumped to finally have Mastodon running on my own hardware with a dynamic IP address using Cloudflare's reverse proxy! It took two weeks of trial and error, but I made it. Now writing a guide on how I did it to confirm best practices (and hopefully get a free audit).

#homelab