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Wow $10 for 1GB of data? Is this normal pricing in the US? Here in India, I pay ~₹170 (~$3) for that.
by czardoz 11y ago
Wow $10 for 1GB of data? Is this normal pricing in the US? Here in India, I pay ~₹170 (~$3) for that.
- eterm 11y agoAt a good 4G speed that works out at $2.25/minute internet.
- pkhagah 11y agoWait until 5G comes along. We'll have more competitive pricing /s
- bambax 11y agoHere in France I pay 20 EUR (<$25) per month for unlimited voice and SMS, + 20Go data. This is way over my needs BTW, I never exceeded 5Go in any given month in two years, except one month when I bought a new laptop and left Dropbox sync it over phone tethering. I then discovered that there was no way to buy more data, which was a bit frustrating...
- papul1993 11y agoIs unlimited voice really that necessary? I see a lot of plans in European countries and US that mostly give unlimited calls for those amounts of money. And who uses SMS anyway when you have Whatsapp, Hangouts, iMessage, FB Messenger etc.
- FroshKiller 11y agoI use SMS precisely because everyone has WhatsApp, Hangouts, iMessage, etc. It's the only common denominator.
- nissehulth 11y agoGood question, I guess there are still people that talk to each other, but I believe the unlimited sms/voice is just a sales pitch for the plan. They don't really expect you to use it. In my current plan I have 5000 free SMS per month. That's just silly, I'm not sure if I have even sent that many SMS in total since I got my first GSM phone in the early 90s. :) But as long as the price for the data plan is good, I don't really care what else they tack on to it.
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- papul1993 11y agoIs unlimited voice really that necessary? I see a lot of plans in European countries and US that mostly give unlimited calls for those amounts of money. And who uses SMS anyway when you have Whatsapp, Hangouts, iMessage, FB Messenger etc.
- a_c_s 11y agoYes, unfortunately: other providers like Verizon also price their data at $10/GB increments.