> It is fn. expensive when compared to EU prices. Why is that? US carriers have to cover a land area 1/3rd greater than the total land area of Europe[0] and th

> It is fn. expensive when compared to EU prices. Why is that? US carriers have to cover a land area 1/3rd greater than the total land area of Europe[0] and they have just barely half the population to spread the costs over[1]. Also there are no inter-state roaming fees in the US, from what I understand most European carriers have roaming fees outside of your home country. That doesn't explain the entire price gap, but even in a perfect world US phone plans would still be more expensive than European plans just on that basis alone. Additionally, Verizon's main selling point is they have the largest coverage area so their plans are always the most expensive. T-Mobile, Sprint and many MVNOs offer much cheaper service (with less coverage). For example you can get 100 minutes/unlimited texts/5 GB of 4G LTE data for $30/month on T-Mobile prepaid, 300 minutes/unlimited texts/2.5 GB data for $35/month on Virgin Mobile (uses the Sprint network), or unlimited minutes/texts/2.5 GB 4G LTE data (throttled to 8 Mbps) for $35/month (with autopay discount) on Cricket (uses the AT&T network). [0]: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%28land+area+of+usa+-+land+area+of+alaska+%29+%2F+land+area+of+europe http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%28land+area+of+usa+-+l... (excluding Alaska since it's huge and almost nobody lives there) [1]: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=population+of+usa+%2F+population+of+europe http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=population+of+usa+%2F+p...