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I can't imagine paying $10/GB for data, wow! For reference, I'm paying about $23/month for unlimited everything in NL. I'm pretty sure that's not even the chea

I can't imagine paying $10/GB for data, wow! For reference, I'm paying about $23/month for unlimited everything in NL. I'm pretty sure that's not even the cheapest plan you could get, I just haven't switched providers in a couple of years.

flixic 5y ago
Lithuania, around €10/month for everything unlimited. Granted, we have some of the cheapest mobile plans in Europe, but I just can't imagine paying my entire plan's price just for 1 GB.
neom 5y ago
Cell phone plans in Canada are a joke. I pay around $80CAD a month and I get 10gig data, no ability to buy more once I run out either (only my carrier does this though, most you can buy per gig after you run out, but it's extremely expensive) - It's cheaper and better for me to get an ATT sim from the US and use it in Canada (and that's indeed what i've done).
- FractalParadigm 5y ago
  I've got a Rogers 50GB 'Unlimited' plan, with the phone financing I'm paying just north of $175/mo - when you approx the 'max-speed limit' they send you a text offering 3GB for $10, or 10GB for $30, just reply A or B and it'll automatically go on your plan on your month. There's no limit to the number of times you can do this, but it's a little sickening paying that much money for such little data.
  - neom 5y ago
    I should do that, I just moved back to Canada having been gone for a very long time, so I don't have credit here - it was way easier to go on a bell prepaid plan. Wait till the europeans heads exploding see our prepaid plans.. haaaah....
  - SketchySeaBeast 5y ago
    Do you find you go through that much data? Do you do a lot of tethering?
- shawnz 5y ago
  I have been quite happy with my grandfathered 6gb for $30 plan from Freedom Mobile. Their currently available plans aren't so bad either. In the past they have had poor signal compared to Rogers but these days it's fine for me in Toronto. For example you might want to consider their current 10GB for $40 plan here: https://www.freedommobile.ca/en-CA/plans?planSku=Freedom%202GB https://www.freedommobile.ca/en-CA/plans?planSku=Freedom%202... (note there are some conditions to get the full 10GB of data)
- SketchySeaBeast 5y ago
  Agreed, thought I think you're in a special sort of hell. I'm on Bell and I'm at $75 / 20GB "Unlimited". After the 20GB I'm reduced down to 512KB/s so I never actually get cut off or a huge additional charge.
- ipsi 5y ago
  Yikes. Even in Germany, which is probably the most expensive EU country for mobile plans (yay...), and using the most expensive carrier (Telekom DE), it's €39.99 (CA$58) for 6GB, €49.95 (CA$73) for 12GB, €59.95 (CA$88) for 24GB, and Unlimited for €84.95 (CA$125). Plus you can get additional SIM cards (for an Apple Watch or an iPad, for example) for €4.95 (CA$7.27)/month.
ekianjo 5y ago
In Japan 3GB/month is about 15 USD so it's not that much cheaper. There are usually "unlimited like" plans for 40/50 USD.
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alisonkisk 5y ago
Is that 4G? Mint Mobile in US is $15/4GB/mo , which is plenty for everything except extensive video chat/streaming movies. Your deal seems far better than all the plans mentioned here: https://prepaid-data-sim-card.fandom.com/wiki/Netherlands https://prepaid-data-sim-card.fandom.com/wiki/Netherlands
- Liquid_Fire 5y ago
  There is always a difference in price between a prepaid SIM and a monthly contract with some minimum period.
- timvdalen 5y ago
  Yeah that's 4G in NL and in the rest of the EU
uomopertica 5y ago
In Italy I get 30 GB/mo at 5€, we are doing exceptionally fine in this department.
PragmaticPulp 5y ago
> For reference, I'm paying about $23/month for unlimited everything in NL. It’s easier and cheaper to provide cellular service to dense populations like NL. The population density of NL is over 100X more dense than Canada. Of course, once you exclude the largely uninhabited areas of Canada the difference isn’t as large, but it’s still significantly more costly to build cellular infrastructure across large and spread out places like Canada and the United States than smaller, densely populated places like NL.
- TFYS 5y ago
  Population density in Finland is pretty low and we get unlimited data for about $25/month.
  - PragmaticPulp 5y ago
    > Population density in Finland is pretty low and we get unlimited data for about $25/month. Finland population density: 18 per km^2 Canada population density: 4 per km^2 Population density doesn't explain everything, but it's a big factor.
    - Filligree 5y ago
      It would make more sense to compare population density over that fraction of each country which has any coverage at all. That would be harder, of course.
    - belval 5y ago
      I understand why people say "Canada's population density is low that's why prices are high", but in practice only a very small fraction of the country is inhabited so it really just sound like a talking point and not a genuine issue.
      - thrdbndndn 5y ago
        Yeah, do you even get cellular signal in these remote areas? If not it definitely shouldn't be taken into account.
secondcoming 5y ago
UK here, I pay £25pm for unlimited data that I use in a 5G router, speeds top out at 240Mbps
101008 5y ago
I pay aprox $8/3GB for data in Argentina, which is OK considered most of the time I'm using wifi at home (and I usually don't consume media if I am outside). Also, companies here offer Whatsapp (including media) without cost, that means it doesnt consume your data (so your dat consumption only applies against YouTube, Spotify, browsing, etc...)
danielenick89 5y ago
France isn't bad also, right know I have a plan with 150gb for 20€, and 50gb abroad (roaming) which includes US. I think there are better plans but I've chosen this one also because I'm planning to move to the US and I'd like to test if keeping this plan would be a cheaper viable alternative to local contracts.
Macha 5y ago
Similarly in Ireland, I'm paying €20/month (prepaid) for "unlimited" (T&Cs: 30gb) data. Even including the cost of my purchased outright phone amortised over the expected lifecycle (€450/36 months) leads to €32.50/month. Bill pay plans end up way worse on the low end though. The cheapest bill pay plan from my provider is €40/month, only includes phones that are €30 outright, and comes with 20gb of data. A year or two ago it would have been €30/month with only 1gb of data included.
lotsofpulp 5y ago
I pay $44 per month for unlimited data/phone in US/Canada/Mexico with ATT Unlimited Plus Multiline. But that is because I have 6 people in my family plan. An individual with my plan would be paying $133 per month. Also, I assume mobile networks are doing heavy QoS when towers get congested, where people who result in more profit for the mobile network get higher priority/more bandwidth.
wccrawford 5y ago
And that's on top of the actual service, which is $35/mo for 2 lines. It still ends up cheaper than our previous unlimited plan because we just make sure to use Wifi whenever possible. Fi has an unlimited plan, but it costs more and it doesn't include roaming (outside of country) data. We've got a huge credit because we got deals on a couple expensive phones, but after that credit runs out (in like a year, I think) we'll probably re-evaluate.
calibas 5y ago
Do you actually get unlimited data? In the US, we have "unlimited" plans that are only "unlimited" until you hit the limit of a few GB per month. After that, I can still technically get data, but at extremely limited speeds. It always seemed like calling it "unlimited" was just boldly lying, especially when the limits are there in the fine print.
- dbbk 5y ago
  Yes, in the UK I get real unlimited 5G for £30 a month ($40)
- timvdalen 5y ago
  Yes. The fair-use policy is 4GB/day, but you can get an extra 1GB of data an unlimited number of times (with a manual action, to avoid abuse). The policy makes sense to me.
- robjan 5y ago
  I'm in HK and I pay HK$150 ($19) for 20GB full speed, unlimited fair usage policy (capped at around 50Mbit/s)
- jonathantf2 5y ago
  In the UK, my provider (O2) offer unlimited data but will "move you to a more suitable plan" if you tether more than 12 devices and/or use more than 650GB in a month.
thrdbndndn 5y ago
Yeah the mobile data price in NA is insane. I will be honest, it usually isn't too bad when I am in my work-home routine due to having Wi-Fi in most of places, but becomes quite obvious (and painful) once I travel.
jodersky 5y ago
It seems expensive at first sight, but the $10/GB are world-wide, and limited to $60 per month. It's not something I would recommend as a substitute for wifi, but definitely worth it if you travel to multiple countries, and don't want to deal with getting and/or swapping sims at every destination.
resoluteteeth 5y ago
Mint mobile in the US is $30/month for unlimited everything which is a bit more but still not terrible.

flixic 5y ago

Lithuania, around €10/month for everything unlimited. Granted, we have some of the cheapest mobile plans in Europe, but I just can't imagine paying my entire plan's price just for 1 GB.

neom 5y ago

Cell phone plans in Canada are a joke. I pay around $80CAD a month and I get 10gig data, no ability to buy more once I run out either (only my carrier does this though, most you can buy per gig after you run out, but it's extremely expensive) - It's cheaper and better for me to get an ATT sim from the US and use it in Canada (and that's indeed what i've done).

FractalParadigm 5y ago
I've got a Rogers 50GB 'Unlimited' plan, with the phone financing I'm paying just north of $175/mo - when you approx the 'max-speed limit' they send you a text offering 3GB for $10, or 10GB for $30, just reply A or B and it'll automatically go on your plan on your month. There's no limit to the number of times you can do this, but it's a little sickening paying that much money for such little data.
- neom 5y ago
  I should do that, I just moved back to Canada having been gone for a very long time, so I don't have credit here - it was way easier to go on a bell prepaid plan. Wait till the europeans heads exploding see our prepaid plans.. haaaah....
- SketchySeaBeast 5y ago
  Do you find you go through that much data? Do you do a lot of tethering?
shawnz 5y ago
I have been quite happy with my grandfathered 6gb for $30 plan from Freedom Mobile. Their currently available plans aren't so bad either. In the past they have had poor signal compared to Rogers but these days it's fine for me in Toronto. For example you might want to consider their current 10GB for $40 plan here: https://www.freedommobile.ca/en-CA/plans?planSku=Freedom%202GB https://www.freedommobile.ca/en-CA/plans?planSku=Freedom%202... (note there are some conditions to get the full 10GB of data)
SketchySeaBeast 5y ago
Agreed, thought I think you're in a special sort of hell. I'm on Bell and I'm at $75 / 20GB "Unlimited". After the 20GB I'm reduced down to 512KB/s so I never actually get cut off or a huge additional charge.
ipsi 5y ago
Yikes. Even in Germany, which is probably the most expensive EU country for mobile plans (yay...), and using the most expensive carrier (Telekom DE), it's €39.99 (CA$58) for 6GB, €49.95 (CA$73) for 12GB, €59.95 (CA$88) for 24GB, and Unlimited for €84.95 (CA$125). Plus you can get additional SIM cards (for an Apple Watch or an iPad, for example) for €4.95 (CA$7.27)/month.

ekianjo 5y ago

In Japan 3GB/month is about 15 USD so it's not that much cheaper. There are usually "unlimited like" plans for 40/50 USD.

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alisonkisk 5y ago

Is that 4G? Mint Mobile in US is $15/4GB/mo , which is plenty for everything except extensive video chat/streaming movies. Your deal seems far better than all the plans mentioned here: https://prepaid-data-sim-card.fandom.com/wiki/Netherlands https://prepaid-data-sim-card.fandom.com/wiki/Netherlands

Liquid_Fire 5y ago
There is always a difference in price between a prepaid SIM and a monthly contract with some minimum period.
timvdalen 5y ago
Yeah that's 4G in NL and in the rest of the EU

uomopertica 5y ago

In Italy I get 30 GB/mo at 5€, we are doing exceptionally fine in this department.

PragmaticPulp 5y ago

> For reference, I'm paying about $23/month for unlimited everything in NL. It’s easier and cheaper to provide cellular service to dense populations like NL. The population density of NL is over 100X more dense than Canada. Of course, once you exclude the largely uninhabited areas of Canada the difference isn’t as large, but it’s still significantly more costly to build cellular infrastructure across large and spread out places like Canada and the United States than smaller, densely populated places like NL.

TFYS 5y ago
Population density in Finland is pretty low and we get unlimited data for about $25/month.
- PragmaticPulp 5y ago
  > Population density in Finland is pretty low and we get unlimited data for about $25/month. Finland population density: 18 per km^2 Canada population density: 4 per km^2 Population density doesn't explain everything, but it's a big factor.
  - Filligree 5y ago
    It would make more sense to compare population density over that fraction of each country which has any coverage at all. That would be harder, of course.
  - belval 5y ago
    I understand why people say "Canada's population density is low that's why prices are high", but in practice only a very small fraction of the country is inhabited so it really just sound like a talking point and not a genuine issue.
    - thrdbndndn 5y ago
      Yeah, do you even get cellular signal in these remote areas? If not it definitely shouldn't be taken into account.

secondcoming 5y ago

UK here, I pay £25pm for unlimited data that I use in a 5G router, speeds top out at 240Mbps

101008 5y ago

I pay aprox $8/3GB for data in Argentina, which is OK considered most of the time I'm using wifi at home (and I usually don't consume media if I am outside). Also, companies here offer Whatsapp (including media) without cost, that means it doesnt consume your data (so your dat consumption only applies against YouTube, Spotify, browsing, etc...)

danielenick89 5y ago

France isn't bad also, right know I have a plan with 150gb for 20€, and 50gb abroad (roaming) which includes US. I think there are better plans but I've chosen this one also because I'm planning to move to the US and I'd like to test if keeping this plan would be a cheaper viable alternative to local contracts.

Macha 5y ago

Similarly in Ireland, I'm paying €20/month (prepaid) for "unlimited" (T&Cs: 30gb) data. Even including the cost of my purchased outright phone amortised over the expected lifecycle (€450/36 months) leads to €32.50/month. Bill pay plans end up way worse on the low end though. The cheapest bill pay plan from my provider is €40/month, only includes phones that are €30 outright, and comes with 20gb of data. A year or two ago it would have been €30/month with only 1gb of data included.

lotsofpulp 5y ago

I pay $44 per month for unlimited data/phone in US/Canada/Mexico with ATT Unlimited Plus Multiline. But that is because I have 6 people in my family plan. An individual with my plan would be paying $133 per month. Also, I assume mobile networks are doing heavy QoS when towers get congested, where people who result in more profit for the mobile network get higher priority/more bandwidth.

wccrawford 5y ago

And that's on top of the actual service, which is $35/mo for 2 lines. It still ends up cheaper than our previous unlimited plan because we just make sure to use Wifi whenever possible. Fi has an unlimited plan, but it costs more and it doesn't include roaming (outside of country) data. We've got a huge credit because we got deals on a couple expensive phones, but after that credit runs out (in like a year, I think) we'll probably re-evaluate.

calibas 5y ago

Do you actually get unlimited data? In the US, we have "unlimited" plans that are only "unlimited" until you hit the limit of a few GB per month. After that, I can still technically get data, but at extremely limited speeds. It always seemed like calling it "unlimited" was just boldly lying, especially when the limits are there in the fine print.

dbbk 5y ago
Yes, in the UK I get real unlimited 5G for £30 a month ($40)
timvdalen 5y ago
Yes. The fair-use policy is 4GB/day, but you can get an extra 1GB of data an unlimited number of times (with a manual action, to avoid abuse). The policy makes sense to me.
robjan 5y ago
I'm in HK and I pay HK$150 ($19) for 20GB full speed, unlimited fair usage policy (capped at around 50Mbit/s)
jonathantf2 5y ago
In the UK, my provider (O2) offer unlimited data but will "move you to a more suitable plan" if you tether more than 12 devices and/or use more than 650GB in a month.

thrdbndndn 5y ago

Yeah the mobile data price in NA is insane. I will be honest, it usually isn't too bad when I am in my work-home routine due to having Wi-Fi in most of places, but becomes quite obvious (and painful) once I travel.

jodersky 5y ago

It seems expensive at first sight, but the $10/GB are world-wide, and limited to $60 per month. It's not something I would recommend as a substitute for wifi, but definitely worth it if you travel to multiple countries, and don't want to deal with getting and/or swapping sims at every destination.

resoluteteeth 5y ago

Mint mobile in the US is $30/month for unlimited everything which is a bit more but still not terrible.