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After travelling/living in Southeast Asia for 8 months and paying between $5-10/month for LTE speeds that are consistently more reliable and quicker than in the
by kyle_t 13y ago
After travelling/living in Southeast Asia for 8 months and paying between $5-10/month for LTE speeds that are consistently more reliable and quicker than in the USA it makes me shudder when I get my bill every month for $100+ for two lines. Granted there are differences i.e labor costs and total land area coverage, but on the whole the price difference doesn't make up for it.
- grecy 13y agoA guy visiting from nowhere in Australia was telling us how he gets twice the minutes, unlimited texts and twice the data on LTE+ for about 1/2 of what it costs in the USA.
- rxdazn 13y agoyou don't even get edge when you're in the middle of nowhere in Australia, much less LTE. e.g: http://www.telstra.com.au/mobile-phones/coverage-networks/our-coverage/ http://www.telstra.com.au/mobile-phones/coverage-networks/ou...
- GFK_of_xmaspast 13y agoThe middle of Australia is, technically speaking, "a hellish wasteland devoid of life". Meanwhile here in the Bay Area I'm lucky to get gsm on my phone when at home.
- 10feet 13y agoYou don't get anything in the middle of Australia, because nobody lives or goes there. It is a desert.
- grecy 13y agoThat big dot with all the coverage right in the middle called "Alice Springs". That's where he lives.
- avn2109 13y agoAnd Australia is a country with an overwhelmingly higher cost of living than almost everywhere in the US.
- grecy 13y ago...and an overwhelmingly higher standard of living to go with that.
- interstitial 13y agoIt's almost like the management of America's mobile carriers and pharmaceutical companies went to the same business schools, were members of the same fraternities and bribe the same senators or something.