I got my SKT plan changed over (my phone is on SKT; my studio's internet is a Daecheong-specific KT service, which is different). Luckily, there was a new SK Telecom store close to Daechi Station Intersection; I had thought I would have to walk a bit farther to reach the office I knew about. With this new branch right at the intersection, there was no walk at all. Nice.
My worry, though, was whether this place merely sold phones and accessories, with no option to consult about plans, so I asked an employee, telling him I wanted to change my plan over to unlimited data. He told me to sit down, then he laid out the two options I had: (1) "wholly unlimited" or (2) "general." Wholly unlimited, which I'd seen when researching this problem online, would be W89,000 a month, almost W40,000/month more (i.e., about 60% more) than what I currently pay on the plan I've had since 2013. The general plan, though, wasn't truly unlimited: it was around 12 GB per month (much more than I use, even with my YouTube addiction*) and had a scaled-down rate of only W69,000/month. So I picked that.
Were I to addictively watch hours of YouTube per day, I could conceivably hit my 12GB limit well before a given month is over, but based on the 15 GB, 90-day GlocalMe data plan I'd gotten just before traveling to the States earlier this year, it would take me a long, long time to use up even 10 GB. So I think I'm going to be fine with 12 GB per month.
So for just a little more money, I'm now good. I'd still like to solve the basic problem of why my computer's WiFi-sharing function crapped out to begin with. When I try it now, my phone says, "Connected without internet," which is useless to me. What is even the point?
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*At my place, I'll watch YouTube in bed, but normally, I'm using my computer's WiFi-sharing function to do so, so it's not a drain on data. Out of my building, I never watch YouTube unless I'm sure I'm in a WiFi zone (and I always have my VPN on these days to prevent snooping and information-theft), so for the most part, my YouTube addiction is mitigated by WiFi.
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