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So India does have cheap mobile services, but the quality of it isn't great. There are service outages, issues with coverage, and there are serve limits on the

by monksy 8y ago

So India does have cheap mobile services, but the quality of it isn't great. There are service outages, issues with coverage, and there are serve limits on the data. I used JIO and had an average about 4mbps speed. Also, there has been concerns about censoring sites. (see r/india.. they blocked reddit in the last week) I paid about 199inr (~$3) and got 2gbs per day for a month.

jandrese 8y ago
2GB per day for $3 even at 4Mbps is like a dream to someone in the US where plans are more in the range of $45/month for 2GB per month. Speeds are better, but useless because you'll smack directly into the cap if you actually use it. The lower speed in India is at least partially due to it being heavily used instead of sitting idle because people don't want to blow out their cap. IMHO this is more egalitarian. They aren't keeping the poors off of the system just so the elite can download their cat videos faster.
- monksy 8y ago
  >2gb for a month ?! I'm paying about $43 for 8gb on the Verizon network. https://www.pagepluscellular.com/plans/ https://www.pagepluscellular.com/plans/ > They aren't keeping the poors off of the system just so the elite can download their cat videos faster. They're oversubscribed. I'm not sure where this helps "the poors" to stay subscribed to the service.
- Accacin 8y ago
  Jeez, here I get 10GB for £5 ($6). To be fair I do get this price because they're also my ISP but it's not hard to find a similar deal. Speed at home is 57Mbps down, 15.6 up. UK 4G speeds are generally not as great as most of Europe either from what I know.