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In Italy I pay 5€/month for 4G 40GB/month (WindTre operator). I tested this morning in Treviso, near Venice, (I was working remotely), download speed was about

In Italy I pay 5€/month for 4G 40GB/month (WindTre operator). I tested this morning in Treviso, near Venice, (I was working remotely), download speed was about 40Mbit/sec. Vodafone is much faster but a bit more expensive.

jefft255 6y ago
That's just crazy to me. Similar 4G data caps in Canada would run you well over 100$ per month.
- Scoundreller 6y ago
  Now now, OP’s 5 EUR plan includes a 22% sales tax. Your $100/month Canadian plan doesn’t.
sirbutters 6y ago
In France I signed up for an exclusive offer with Free Mobile operator where 100GB/month (in France) for 1 year only cost 1 EUR per month, and then would go back to 19.99 EUR per month. After 11 months, the company shat itself they would lose a ton of customers, so decided to give a 10 EUR a month discount... indefinitely. The kicker is that their roaming deal in the US is amazing: 25GB per month at HSPA+ speed. So now I pretty much have a $11/month bill for my data plan in the US. I use Google Voice for people to contact me. Best deal ever.
- Scoundreller 6y ago
  That plan isn’t just data, I think it includes worldwide texting and LD calls to most major countries.
  - sirbutters 6y ago
    You're correct.
- xxpor 6y ago
  HSPA+ will be turned off in the US in early 2022, FWIW. Unless you just meant HSPA+ speeds, not an actual HSPA+ connection.
  - sirbutters 6y ago
    Just HSPA+ speed (I think). In any case they wouldn't just remove the service, they'd transfer to another protocol. For the life of me I can't understand why anyone would need more speed. It's not like I need to download a 3GB game in X seconds in a spot where I don't have a wifi. This whole LTE and 5G is marketing bullshit. No one needs that much speed. IMHO.
- brnt 6y ago
  Apart from the food, the thing I miss most from France. You can fibre hop indefinitly, because at any point in time someone's offering 100mbit or more at 10eur/mo. Currently 30 is the cheapest I can get fiber, at a measly 50mbit.
ivalm 6y ago
In the US with ATT I currently pay $90/month (15.2x more!) for "5Ge" (fake 5G, which is actually 4G). At home, with not quite full bars, I have 87Mbps down, 3.9Mbps up (higher than article says average for ATT 5G). The plan is "unlimited" data, but you lose priority if you use more than 22.5GB/month. I've went above that limit a few times but was never throttled (so that's good!). I guess another silver lining is that the plan works in similar unlimited fashion in Mexico/Canada.

jefft255 6y ago

That's just crazy to me. Similar 4G data caps in Canada would run you well over 100$ per month.

Scoundreller 6y ago
Now now, OP’s 5 EUR plan includes a 22% sales tax. Your $100/month Canadian plan doesn’t.

sirbutters 6y ago

In France I signed up for an exclusive offer with Free Mobile operator where 100GB/month (in France) for 1 year only cost 1 EUR per month, and then would go back to 19.99 EUR per month. After 11 months, the company shat itself they would lose a ton of customers, so decided to give a 10 EUR a month discount... indefinitely. The kicker is that their roaming deal in the US is amazing: 25GB per month at HSPA+ speed. So now I pretty much have a $11/month bill for my data plan in the US. I use Google Voice for people to contact me. Best deal ever.

Scoundreller 6y ago
That plan isn’t just data, I think it includes worldwide texting and LD calls to most major countries.
- sirbutters 6y ago
  You're correct.
xxpor 6y ago
HSPA+ will be turned off in the US in early 2022, FWIW. Unless you just meant HSPA+ speeds, not an actual HSPA+ connection.
- sirbutters 6y ago
  Just HSPA+ speed (I think). In any case they wouldn't just remove the service, they'd transfer to another protocol. For the life of me I can't understand why anyone would need more speed. It's not like I need to download a 3GB game in X seconds in a spot where I don't have a wifi. This whole LTE and 5G is marketing bullshit. No one needs that much speed. IMHO.
brnt 6y ago
Apart from the food, the thing I miss most from France. You can fibre hop indefinitly, because at any point in time someone's offering 100mbit or more at 10eur/mo. Currently 30 is the cheapest I can get fiber, at a measly 50mbit.

ivalm 6y ago

In the US with ATT I currently pay $90/month (15.2x more!) for "5Ge" (fake 5G, which is actually 4G). At home, with not quite full bars, I have 87Mbps down, 3.9Mbps up (higher than article says average for ATT 5G). The plan is "unlimited" data, but you lose priority if you use more than 22.5GB/month. I've went above that limit a few times but was never throttled (so that's good!). I guess another silver lining is that the plan works in similar unlimited fashion in Mexico/Canada.