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99 USD a month?! I pay 18.80 GBP a month for this.
by lol768 6y ago
99 USD a month?!
I pay 18.80 GBP a month for this.
- alexktz 6y agoComparing a dense urbanized island to the vastness of the US isn't really a fair comparison. I'm not suggesting that $99 isn't too much, just that to expect price parity when the average subscribers per square mile is vastly different isn't realistic.
- yjftsjthsd-h 6y agoIt's running on existing T-mobile or ATT networks (MVNO), so they're not competing on building towers or anything. https://www.t-mobile.com/cell-phone-plans https://www.t-mobile.com/cell-phone-plans claims that tmo will give you unlimited everything for $70/mo for a single line. So what's Purism giving you? EDIT: rereading it, it looks like the extra cost is giving you some privacy benefits and helping fund them.
- monksy 6y agoI paid $8 USD a month for 62gb a month and 600 minutes of international calling. (It was in a country of >1billion people)
- boogies 6y agoYou pay 18.80 GBP for > A phone number registered & operated under Purism > Help fund additional developmental services offered from Purism ? I don’t think anyone’s arguing that everyone wants this, but I think it (including “privacy as a service” as part of point №1) is ⅔ of the value proposition.
- akerro 6y agoSo the remaining $74.75 covers not tracking you and supporting opensource hardware.
- blendergeek 6y agoAnd open source software.
- everdrive 6y agoWhich is why there are so few privacy-conscious options in the market. People won't pay for them.
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- trewtip 6y agoYou pay GBP for service in the US?
- lol768 6y agoYes technically, my plan includes roaming ;)
- smnrchrds 6y agoSo what? 99 USD in Canada will buy you 50GB of data and unlimited calls to Canadian numbers only. Why are you judging a US phone plan based on how it compares to UK plans?
- bmsleight_ 6y agoOut of interest which provider in the UK ?
- lol768 6y agoThree.