Prepaid mobile Internet is the most expensive in the US

Post by williadc » Tue, Oct 08, 2013, 2:22 PM UTC

hannibal5 wrote: post #9

jcampbell1 wrote: post #7

There must be an issue with the methodology. It is hard to reconcile $85 for 500MB when Virgin Mobile and Straight Talk offer monthly plans for $35-$45/month with a lot more than 500MB of data. The mobile data situation for tourists is not good, but this chart and story don't accurately represent the US market for mobile data.

> but this chart and story don't accurately represent the US market for mobile data. It says it's for prepaid in the title. Its not inaccurate just because it does not measure what you want it to measure.

Post by hannibalhorn » Mon, Oct 14, 2013, 8:37 PM UTC

barake wrote: post #6

hannibalhorn wrote: post #5

This is really frustrating for temporary visitors (even us Americans that live abroad but visit on occasion.) Here I can pay about $3 for a SIM card and $1/day for a "data package", all prepaid, and most of the world has similar options available. When visiting the US, I've tried using some of the cheaper, less known providers that they sell in Best Buy (H2GO, Boost) and have never actually gotten data to work, just…

T-Mobile actually now has a per-day plan - $3/day for voice, SMS, and 200MB of data. SIM kits are ~$10. http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/pay-by-the-day-cell-phone...