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> If people use WhatsApp, the mobile networks get $0 Doesn't the network get at least the fee for the internet connection?
by baud147258 5y ago
> If people use WhatsApp, the mobile networks get $0
Doesn't the network get at least the fee for the internet connection?
- Wowfunhappy 5y agoOh, I guess that’s true! But only if the user isn’t on wifi, and only if they don’t have an unlimited (or semi-unlimited) data plan.
- baud147258 5y agoeven then, with an unlimited (or semi-unlimited) data plan, the provider/ISP would have been paid at some point. Same with wi-fi, except that the user might not be the one paying for the connection between the wi-fi hotspot and internet, but the entity providing the connection to the WA servers would have received some money. In both cases, there's no direct relationship between messages sent/minutes of voice call and the money paid to the network provider, but the network provider still receives money in exchange of providing the connection.
- ClumsyPilot 5y agoI would not stop paying for internet access if calls were free and I didn't need what's app. I don't think anyone would