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This makes sense because “the market” rather than a handful of cellular companies decided that people want LTE connectivity to be expensive and relegated to pho
by jrflowers 2y ago
This makes sense because “the market” rather than a handful of cellular companies decided that people want LTE connectivity to be expensive and relegated to phones
- awad 2y agoCell companies will sell connectivity to whoever will buy it though. Cars, watches, and anything IoT they can get their signal to.
- jrflowers 2y agoFor ~$30/mo in the US per device, hence why most people cannot justify owning multiple LTE-connected devices.
- londons_explore 2y agoI think they would happily negotiate that price down to nil per month, if they could be absolutely sure a 'device' on your account wasn't actually your cousin 'sharing' your cellular account to save a bit of money.
- awad 2y agoAnecdotally, I've seen it closer to $10/month for car or smartwatch, and $0 for Kindle though I'm not entirely sure if they're still shipping cellular. Tablets are closer to that $20-$30, though.