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It is a niche price. More expensive for high data users, but less expensive for low data users. Flexibility is really king here, if 9 months of the year you use As to "why is the US/Canada so expensive?" Urban areas subsidies rural cellular. The US is hugely populated on the East and West coasts and a cellphone network that only targeted those population centers would be as cheap or even cheaper than Europe. But most…
I believe it's also capped at $100 – after that you get unlimited data, but it's rate limited.
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#152Is 10$/GB a reasonable price in the US? It seems completely out of whack to me. For comparison, I have 20GB + unlimited call/texts for 10e/month, with optional 2e/GB recharges, and that's not even the cheapest available offer
"Is 10$/GB a reasonable price in the US? It seems completely out of whack to me." I basically travel non-stop. And wherever I land, I receive a message. "Welcome to India we got you covered" "Welcome to Russia we got you covered" "Welcome to China we got you covered" "Welcome to France we got you covered" "Welcome to Uganda we got you covered" I can live with 10 US$/GB
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#155Not even in my wildest dream I have imagine that, India could have cheaper and faster internet than most of other countries. Now for 2 USD/month I'm using 3GB data per day at 4G speed.
How are you using 3GB a day?
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#156In Spain I pay 19€ for unlimited calls (no SMS included), and 23GB of data and for 2€ more I can add another person to share my data plan.
I am in [redacted] and my 50GB mobile data (unlimited calls and texts) is part of my €55/month home internet package (which includes 1Gbit fiber internet, land line and a TV box + package not that I care for that).
America has crazy expensive prices for mobile plans!
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Looks like it has international support for roaming at the same price though, I wonder if we (Canadians) could just use it anyways...
They will eventually cut you off for being mostly-roaming.
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#158Is 10$/GB a reasonable price in the US? It seems completely out of whack to me. For comparison, I have 20GB + unlimited call/texts for 10e/month, with optional 2e/GB recharges, and that's not even the cheapest available offer
"Is 10$/GB a reasonable price in the US? It seems completely out of whack to me." I basically travel non-stop. And wherever I land, I receive a message. "Welcome to India we got you covered" "Welcome to Russia we got you covered" "Welcome to China we got you covered" "Welcome to France we got you covered" "Welcome to Uganda we got you covered" I can live with 10 US$/GB
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You should be getting LTE and decent connection speeds in most metro areas of the US. What carrier were you using, and what part of the country were you in?
T-Mobile. I was traveling through California, Oregon, and Nevada.
T-Mobile's Extended Range network (LTE Band 12) has substantially improved their rural coverage lately, but is only supported on the US version of major cell phones. If your phone was purchased outside the US/Canada, it probably didn't have Band 12 support. There's a table here (the specific model number is important, in this case): http://www.spectrumgateway.com/compatible-phones
If you weren't picking up LTE, that also suggests to me you might have been having issues related to Band 12.
But outside that, near any mid-sized population centers (where Band 12 isn't needed), you should've had a fast signal. Especially in California. I just ran a speed test on my phone, running T-Mobile in suburban California, and got 90 Mbps down / 40 Mbps up. That's faster than my home internet connection.
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#160What is the Google Fi of France? Of Germany? Of India?