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Can anyone explain why 3G data is this expensive? I'm not currently able to connect the dots here.

• mambodog 15y ago
  There would be a certain amount of included data allowance per month for a set fee, and data use over that amount would be charged at a very high rate per MB.
• laut 15y ago
  Government monopoly. It's in Australia which has a telco monopoly. Internet is very expensive there. I was there as a tourist and left earlier than planned because it was so hard/expensive to get internet access. In third world countries on the same trip it was easier/cheaper to get internet access than in Australia. Wrote about it here: http://creativedeletion.com/2008/11/05/wifi-in-sydney-available-but-sparse-expensive-restricted/ http://creativedeletion.com/2008/11/05/wifi-in-sydney-availa...
• acqq 15y ago
  3G bandwidth is a limited resource. There should be a way for clients to pay less if they know that they use little. However 3G providers misuse the deals with limits by charging insane amounts per megabyte made over the limit. Of course, they can lower the transfer rate instead, effectively helping the client not overcharging due to an error (because it's always an error). They don't do it because their nasty business model in such case is based on the clients who unknowingly make the error and pay dearly. Crooks.
  • r00fus 15y ago
    In any sense, this phrase "...3G providers misuse the deals with limits by charging insane amounts per megabyte made over the limit." would be a textbook definition of usury.