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$6/Gb on mobile? That would be wonderful compared to, let me check... $20/Mb that I just paid for checking google maps over AT&T roaming when lost in another co

• matwood 15y ago
  I think the $6/GB came from the original unlimited plans in the US that were $30/month and had soft caps of 5GB. Pretty much all those plans have since disappeared. The point is, I think most consumers are fine with metered data if they feel like it's mostly fair.
  • chris11 15y ago
    Virgin mobile has unlimited internet plans that start at $25 a month. I'm not sure what the soft cap is though. http://www.virginmobileusa.com/cell-phone-plans/beyond-talk-plans.jsp http://www.virginmobileusa.com/cell-phone-plans/beyond-talk-...
• yid 15y ago
  On an iphone at least, I cache the maps for the area I'm going to be in, then switch to airplane mode with location services turned on. Free, international GPS.
  • aeontech 15y ago
    Cache them using what app? Because google maps won't cache a whole city for me, certainly not at street level zoom.
    • yid 15y ago
      No, definitely not the whole city. I can usually cache strategic bits between wifi hotspots though, which gets me by.