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Welcome to the country that loves to shout about the virtues of the free market almost as much as it loves captured markets. Just wait until you see US medical

by _jal 5y ago

Welcome to the country that loves to shout about the virtues of the free market almost as much as it loves captured markets. Just wait until you see US medical bills.

chrisseaton 5y ago
My mobile phone bill with unlimited data is £17.99 a month.
- throwaway0a5e 5y ago
  My mobile bill with unlimited (7.5g before being throttled) data is $25/mo. I could have gone with $15/mo if I didn't use so much data. You can spend more but you're basically just paying for the privilege of having a provider that more readily offers flagship phones subsidized via contract.
  - chrisseaton 5y ago
    Oh right I thought for some reason people often paid like $70 for phone contracts in the US.
    - laptop-man 5y ago
      iirc we are paying 280ish a month for 3 phones. I think 2 are fully paid off. with "unlimited data" that is capped at 15g. unfortunately it's the only provider that works where we live in Michigan
      - cebert 5y ago
        I live in Michigan too. Have you tried Visible, Verizon’s discount carrier? It works great for me in Greater Detroit region, the thumb, and up north. I pay $25/mo for unlimited everything.
        shiftpgdn 5y ago
        I used to use a tier 2 carrier. Then we had the freeze / grid anomaly in Texas and it resulted in a lot of cell phone traffic. My wife who was on a direct plan with ATT was able to use her phone most of the time with little issue. Meanwhile I was on a tier 2 carrier and had nothing the entire time. Work's great until it doesn't. I have a friend on the police/emergency responder ATT network (FirstNet) and he said he's NEVER had it slow down since those EIMIs get priority routing. I'm sure someone in telco network operations could explain this even better than I can.
        vel0city 5y ago
        > since those EIMIs get priority routing Its even more extreme than that, they have their own frequencies.
    - yardie 5y ago
      It's just a really funky scheme in the US. On the top tier plan it's $70. * 2 lines is $60/line ($120) * 3 lines is $50/line ($150) And you have to regularly shop around. Do you want more data or voice? Do you want international roaming? International calling? Spotify? Netflix? Hulu? I, for example have a T-Mobile Magenta Plus. It also includes, Netflix, Apple TV+, Paramount+ (the Star Trek Channel), and Spotify. Those services are $40 separately.
    - recursive 5y ago
      I'm paying exactly $70 at the moment.
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- vel0city 5y ago
  My phone bill with more data than I use in a month is cheaper than yours. I'm in the US.
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by _jal 5y ago

Welcome to the country that loves to shout about the virtues of the free market almost as much as it loves captured markets. Just wait until you see US medical bills.

chrisseaton 5y ago

My mobile phone bill with unlimited data is £17.99 a month.

throwaway0a5e 5y ago
My mobile bill with unlimited (7.5g before being throttled) data is $25/mo. I could have gone with $15/mo if I didn't use so much data. You can spend more but you're basically just paying for the privilege of having a provider that more readily offers flagship phones subsidized via contract.
- chrisseaton 5y ago
  Oh right I thought for some reason people often paid like $70 for phone contracts in the US.
  - laptop-man 5y ago
    iirc we are paying 280ish a month for 3 phones. I think 2 are fully paid off. with "unlimited data" that is capped at 15g. unfortunately it's the only provider that works where we live in Michigan
    - cebert 5y ago
      I live in Michigan too. Have you tried Visible, Verizon’s discount carrier? It works great for me in Greater Detroit region, the thumb, and up north. I pay $25/mo for unlimited everything.
      - shiftpgdn 5y ago
        I used to use a tier 2 carrier. Then we had the freeze / grid anomaly in Texas and it resulted in a lot of cell phone traffic. My wife who was on a direct plan with ATT was able to use her phone most of the time with little issue. Meanwhile I was on a tier 2 carrier and had nothing the entire time. Work's great until it doesn't. I have a friend on the police/emergency responder ATT network (FirstNet) and he said he's NEVER had it slow down since those EIMIs get priority routing. I'm sure someone in telco network operations could explain this even better than I can.
        vel0city 5y ago
        > since those EIMIs get priority routing Its even more extreme than that, they have their own frequencies.
  - yardie 5y ago
    It's just a really funky scheme in the US. On the top tier plan it's $70. * 2 lines is $60/line ($120) * 3 lines is $50/line ($150) And you have to regularly shop around. Do you want more data or voice? Do you want international roaming? International calling? Spotify? Netflix? Hulu? I, for example have a T-Mobile Magenta Plus. It also includes, Netflix, Apple TV+, Paramount+ (the Star Trek Channel), and Spotify. Those services are $40 separately.
  - recursive 5y ago
    I'm paying exactly $70 at the moment.
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vel0city 5y ago
My phone bill with more data than I use in a month is cheaper than yours. I'm in the US.
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