Why is wireless broadband so expensive in the US?
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From: Bill C on 13 Aug 2010 13:58 AT&T recently cancelled their unlimited 3G service for the iPad. Now extra gigabytes cost $10. Verizon charges as much as $256 per gigabyte for their mobile broadband service. Does anyone know why it's so expensive here in the US? I was thinking about going with Datajack. They were advertising unlimited 3G for $39.99 per month, no contract, but they changed it to $49.99 per month for five gigabytes. No word on what additional gigabytes cost. Does anyone offer unlimited 3G for a reasonable price? If not, can I get additional gigabytes for less than $1 from anyone? Is this likely to change anytime soon?
From: John Navas on 13 Aug 2010 14:12 On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:58:27 -0700 (PDT), in <95c12cae-5df5-4d73-81cc-da82f3b2b220(a)g21g2000prn.googlegroups.com>, Bill C <mousepoop.com(a)gmail.com> wrote: >AT&T recently cancelled their unlimited 3G service for the iPad. Now >extra gigabytes cost $10. Verizon charges as much as $256 per gigabyte >for their mobile broadband service. > >Does anyone know why it's so expensive here in the US? Because: 1. They can 2. Abuse of wireless data plans 3. Network overloading from iPhone and Android data users 4. Less competition due to different phone standards >I was thinking about going with Datajack. They were advertising >unlimited 3G for $39.99 per month, no contract, but they changed it to >$49.99 per month for five gigabytes. No word on what additional >gigabytes cost. > >Does anyone offer unlimited 3G for a reasonable price? If not, can I >get additional gigabytes for less than $1 from anyone? T-Mobile still offers "unlimited" data: <http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/plans/Cell-Phone-Plans.aspx?catgroup=Internet-Email-cell-phone-plan&WT.z_shop_plansLP=Internet_email> or <http://goo.gl/uxeg> >Is this likely to change anytime soon? It's likely to get worse for consumers, not better. -- John FAQ for Wireless Internet: <http://wireless.navas.us> FAQ for Wi-Fi: <http://wireless.navas.us/wiki/Wi-Fi> Wi-Fi How To: <http://wireless.navas.us/wiki/Wi-Fi_HowTo> Fixes to Wi-Fi Problems: <http://wireless.navas.us/wiki/Wi-Fi_Fixes>
From: Bill C on 13 Aug 2010 14:57 On Aug 13, 11:12 am, John Navas <spamfilt...(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: > On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:58:27 -0700 (PDT), in > <95c12cae-5df5-4d73-81cc-da82f3b2b...(a)g21g2000prn.googlegroups.com>, > > Bill C <mousepoop....(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >AT&T recently cancelled their unlimited 3G service for the iPad. Now > >extra gigabytes cost $10. Verizon charges as much as $256 per gigabyte > >for their mobile broadband service. > > >Does anyone know why it's so expensive here in the US? > > Because: > 1. They can > 2. Abuse of wireless data plans > 3. Network overloading from iPhone and Android data users > 4. Less competition due to different phone standards > > >I was thinking about going with Datajack. They were advertising > >unlimited 3G for $39.99 per month, no contract, but they changed it to > >$49.99 per month for five gigabytes. No word on what additional > >gigabytes cost. > > >Does anyone offer unlimited 3G for a reasonable price? If not, can I > >get additional gigabytes for less than $1 from anyone? > > T-Mobile still offers "unlimited" data: > <http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/plans/Cell-Phone-Plans.aspx?catgroup=Int....> > or <http://goo.gl/uxeg> > > >Is this likely to change anytime soon? > > It's likely to get worse for consumers, not better. > > -- > John FAQ for Wireless Internet: <http://wireless.navas.us> > FAQ for Wi-Fi: <http://wireless.navas.us/wiki/Wi-Fi> > Wi-Fi How To: <http://wireless.navas.us/wiki/Wi-Fi_HowTo> > Fixes to Wi-Fi Problems: <http://wireless.navas.us/wiki/Wi-Fi_Fixes> I thought WiMax was supposed to offer cheap wireless broadband. What happened to that?
From: John Navas on 13 Aug 2010 16:22 On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:57:02 -0700 (PDT), in <1946c2df-3bdc-4a8a-a60b-5e6a307a3e7e(a)m35g2000prn.googlegroups.com>, Bill C <mousepoop.com(a)gmail.com> wrote: >On Aug 13, 11:12�am, John Navas <spamfilt...(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: >> On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:58:27 -0700 (PDT), in >> <95c12cae-5df5-4d73-81cc-da82f3b2b...(a)g21g2000prn.googlegroups.com>, >> Bill C <mousepoop....(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >Is this likely to change anytime soon? >> >> It's likely to get worse for consumers, not better. >I thought WiMax was supposed to offer cheap wireless broadband. What >happened to that? Big government and big corporations. ;) -- John FAQ for Wireless Internet: <http://wireless.navas.us> FAQ for Wi-Fi: <http://wireless.navas.us/wiki/Wi-Fi> Wi-Fi How To: <http://wireless.navas.us/wiki/Wi-Fi_HowTo> Fixes to Wi-Fi Problems: <http://wireless.navas.us/wiki/Wi-Fi_Fixes>
From: Shadow on 13 Aug 2010 16:31
On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:58:27 -0700 (PDT), Bill C <mousepoop.com(a)gmail.com> wrote: >AT&T recently cancelled their unlimited 3G service for the iPad. Now >extra gigabytes cost $10. Verizon charges as much as $256 per gigabyte >for their mobile broadband service. > >Does anyone know why it's so expensive here in the US? > >I was thinking about going with Datajack. They were advertising >unlimited 3G for $39.99 per month, no contract, but they changed it to >$49.99 per month for five gigabytes. No word on what additional >gigabytes cost. > >Does anyone offer unlimited 3G for a reasonable price? If not, can I >get additional gigabytes for less than $1 from anyone? > >Is this likely to change anytime soon? Here in Brazil when the government threatened to step in and offer unlimited access at 25 dollars , the services suddenly improved. Lots of nice offers appeared. I finally got my broadband after a two-year wait :) Might work in US of A ? []'s |