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FreedomPop primarily uses Clearwire's WiMax network. Wholesale bandwidth is significantly cheaper on Clearwire than regular cell networks. (Clearwire gets an a
by maxsilver 13y ago
FreedomPop primarily uses Clearwire's WiMax network.
Wholesale bandwidth is significantly cheaper on Clearwire than regular cell networks. (Clearwire gets an average revenue of $11 per user per month. Rumor is that their wholesale agreement with Sprint is roughly $1 per GB, or $10 per subscriber per month.)
If those numbers are true, then giving users 500mb free bandwidth might only cost FreedomPop as low as 50 cents per month per user.
- joezydeco 13y agoThat makes sense. Considering that the "deposit" on the modem was $99 and the BOM is probably 50% of that, the device itself probably paid for the first 3-4 years of service. Ironically, I also have Clearwire data service at home and I'm paying $24/mo for the exact same data (except it's uncapped and I'm using about 30GB/month).