The cost of 1GB of mobile data in 228 countries (Feb 2020) • Hacker News Board

Re: The cost of 1GB of mobile data in 228 countries (Feb 2020)

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Post by cmeacham98 » Sat, Aug 22, 2020, 11:33 PM UTC

actuator wrote: post #59

amingilani wrote: post #47

Not all Internet experiences are equal though. 1 GB of internet in Pakistan ($0.69) ≠ 1 GB of internet in Canada ($12.55). I would gladly trade my Pakistani internet plan for my Canadian internet plan. Last month, when I was in Pakistan, my experience was: + highly censored to the point where even services like Cloudflare's edge-node's within the country were being MiTM-ed by the censors [0]; + I couldn't use "any mo…

Surely, they can't be MITMing HTTPS traffic without Cloudflare's blessing? Services not being available by region, that can be a bummer but that's not really a problem on internet service provider as such. Also, I am surprised that one more country is building a GFW.

They can still do it, you'll just get a cert error. Also, if you're using a phone provided by them they could preload a CA they control.

Re: The cost of 1GB of mobile data in 228 countries (Feb 2020)

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Post by TMWNN » Sat, Aug 22, 2020, 11:33 PM UTC

I pay $25 including taxes and fees for two unlimited lines on Sprint in the US, thanks to $15 Kickstart two years ago and the recent free line for life promotion.

Re: The cost of 1GB of mobile data in 228 countries (Feb 2020)

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Post by benbristow » Sat, Aug 22, 2020, 11:35 PM UTC

Awesome site.

Most expensive in the UK $64? That's insane. Would be interesting to see where the sources of these prices were. I downloaded the spreadsheet but it just tells you the numbers, not the providers.

Re: The cost of 1GB of mobile data in 228 countries (Feb 2020)

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Post by stavros » Sat, Aug 22, 2020, 11:35 PM UTC

qalmakka wrote: post #27

I'm Italian and I pay ~9 euros per month for 130 GB of uncapped 4G mobile Internet, so I can't really complain about it. Some new offers I've seen are as low as 6.99 for 100 GB + infinite calls. A few days ago I told this to a friend of mine who lives in the UK and he was shocked because he pays a lot more for like 2GB a month. I guess healthy competition can really be good for consumers when it works as it is suppos…

Meanwhile, Greece with its telecom cartel is a few spots from last, with such good company as Turkmenistan, the Virgin Islands and, for some reason, Canada.

I might as well get a SIM shipped to me from Italy every three months or so, it'll be lots cheaper.

Re: The cost of 1GB of mobile data in 228 countries (Feb 2020)

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Post by maple3142 » Sat, Aug 22, 2020, 11:36 PM UTC

Taiwanese here, I think Taiwan's data is inaccurate. Our mobile carriers have a "unlimited" plan, which you can actually use unlimited data. The price of the plan varies a lot, but my unlimited plan only costs 499TWD/m(16.9USD/m), and I use nearly 50GB per mounth. But I'd like to mention there is no such as unlimited texts here, only unlimited data. I think this is why SNS is preferred over SMS and iMessage.

Re: The cost of 1GB of mobile data in 228 countries (Feb 2020)

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Post by ekianjo » Sat, Aug 22, 2020, 11:37 PM UTC

How do they take in account unlimited plans in some countries for which 1GB costs becomes actually incalculable?

Re: The cost of 1GB of mobile data in 228 countries (Feb 2020)

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Post by nippoo » Sat, Aug 22, 2020, 11:37 PM UTC

I've been amazed at the effects of this every time I've visited India. With data so cheap, social media use is prolific - people share videos and stream all day long - and public WiFi is far less commonplace since essentially /everybody/ owns phones with almost unlimited data plans.

India still has a long way to go in terms of social equality, poverty and breaking up the caste system, but providing fast, cheap Internet for all is undoubtedly a great first step.

Re: The cost of 1GB of mobile data in 228 countries (Feb 2020)

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Post by actuator » Sat, Aug 22, 2020, 11:38 PM UTC

cmeacham98 wrote: post #61

actuator wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Surely, they can't be MITMing HTTPS traffic without Cloudflare's blessing? Services not being available by region, that can be a bummer but that's not really a problem on internet service provider as such. Also, I am surprised that one more country is building a GFW.

They can still do it, you'll just get a cert error. Also, if you're using a phone provided by them they could preload a CA they control.

That's interesting, I wonder if iOS/Android phones in China do something similar. I would be really surprised if Apple allows this.

Re: The cost of 1GB of mobile data in 228 countries (Feb 2020)

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Post by inglor » Sat, Aug 22, 2020, 11:39 PM UTC

Israeli here, pay 7$ for 200GB of data (well I pay 14$ for 400GB and use one as home internet backup because it is cheap).

It used to be quite expensive here at around $100/mo for 10GB but the government broke up the monopoly and forced competition into the market by making existing players share infrastructure. We went up from main 3 providers to around 10 and prices dropped sharply.

My government screws up quite a lot in my opinion but credit is due and that reform was quite successful.

Re: The cost of 1GB of mobile data in 228 countries (Feb 2020)

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Post by gabrielblack » Sat, Aug 22, 2020, 11:40 PM UTC

qalmakka wrote: post #27

I'm Italian and I pay ~9 euros per month for 130 GB of uncapped 4G mobile Internet, so I can't really complain about it. Some new offers I've seen are as low as 6.99 for 100 GB + infinite calls. A few days ago I told this to a friend of mine who lives in the UK and he was shocked because he pays a lot more for like 2GB a month. I guess healthy competition can really be good for consumers when it works as it is suppos…

Which operator ? I'm interested.