>Americans spend $100+ a month on mobile plans
Why?
>>53091153
because we have to
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>>53091153
I don't. I pay about $60.
Canadians spend more on average than Americans for cellular, it's pathetic.
>>53091153
Why not? What you are quoting a plan for a couple so that's $50 a line. How much does it cost for a similar plan where you live?
I spend 25$ for unlimited calls, text and 2 Gb 4G data, did I fuk up?
>>53091245
$25
>tfw paying 20€ for unlimited calls and 25Go 4G data
>>53091236
I pay $50 beaverbucks for unlimited calling and stuff and 5gb of data with Rogers.
Works out to about $36 USD.
>>53091153
I buy a $10 refill card every 3-4 months.
>>53091153
>muh signal
I don't, I spend $40 a month
Americans also pay more for prescription drugs than any other country, often 3-4 TIMES more than the next most expensive country.
How can one nation be so completely cucked?
>>53091409
Post a link that provides a line with unlimited data for $25 a month. Someone might want to jump on that right now.
>>53091260
Nah I'm paying 35 for unlimited talk text and 2.5gb of 4g lte data under virgin mobile. Since my phones screen shattered recently Ive been looking at services like ting(I've seen it promo'd on YT a lot over the years). If I switch over, I get to keep my number and shave off 11 bucks on my bill. Gonna switch at the end of the month, then buy a <200 phone. Currently looking into blu phones(blu life one x) or the honor 5x. Would be awesome hearing suggestions on cheap but good spec wise phones as well as from people who have used ting. Pretty much service wise it won't be much different at all from virgin I believe.
>>53091750
>healtcare costs are hyperinflated because of retarded insurance policies that punish bare minimums and encourage doctors to test for every disease under the sun
who knew
wireless gouging is because of effective monopolies, same thing with internet in most states. You have one option so pay 50 dollars a month for 1mbps or no internet
>>53091153
People who are never home have unlimited plans so it's quite reasonable for them. I have a $30 boost plan at 2.5 GB (becomes 5Gb after 1 year) so I'm quite happy cheap plans exist.
The free market fixes everything
Trump 2016
i only pay 15 monopoly money (CAD) for unlimited calling and 6GB of data.
I also work for Koodo though, so its an employee plan
all you have to do is work at a cell phone company. no more outrageous cell phone bill.
but then you'll be broke all the time.
>>53091833
FUCKING THIS.
ISPs divide up towns like slices of cake so they can have one town all to themselves. 0 competition = they can do whatever they want
>free market
It's an organized monopoly. it's fucking sick. Wireless company's are bad but not as bad as fuckers like time warner or Comcast. All ATT or Verizon do is build/maintain towers and sell air time to smaller companies while they limit data to their customers. They limit the coverage of smaller companies enough so outside of cities they have shit coverage.
Mfw it would be much worse if T-Mobile didn't make them compete with their "un Carrier" promotion. Don't even get me started on me ISP limiting data usage.
>>53091153
Good thing I'm not paying for a family of four.
>>53091871
Trump is a populist. He doesn't give a fuck about the free market.
>>53091153
corporations are run by jews
>>53091153
What is Ting?
because you can cover half of europe with 1 tower and literally every ISP in the US is a mega jew
it's all a meme:
YOU CAN'T GET A GIRLFRIEND WITHOUT HAVING A CELL PHONE
this is why everyone has a cellphone even tho they are wasting their money on it.
>>53092132
do you mean smartphone?
you can get by just fine with a dumbphone
>>53091153
I spend 55 on 20GB of data, unlimited talk and unlimited text.
>>53091153
>Americans spend $100+ on 2 lines.
Meaning Americans pay $50 a person for Unlimited Talk, Text, and 4G Data from a GSM Carrier with Band-2 LTE support, unlimited in-air texting on gogo enabled flights, unlimited data and text in 120 different countries, tethering, and the ability to place calls over WiFi so phone calls can still be made underground or in buildings without femtocells.
6GBs of data in bong-land with unlimited text/calling is 21 bong-dollars a month plus some unknown figure set by the bond-land government for using a phone in bong-land. Messaging and calls outside of or to places not in bong-land cost mucho-bong-dollars. Bong-land phones incur ridiculous pricing because chavs nick mobiles in bong-land all the bong-o'clock. Doesn't even include tethering or phone for cost of plan.
Why are bong-land providers so shady? Can't publish full prices on a page despite your country being a fraction of the size of some of the US' states. And they can't even agree to let you use your phone in more places than just bong-land. Even the most archaic US providers agree that Mexico and Canada are alright to make calls from/to, even though you might be DAYS away from either, driving.
>>53092174
I mean anything that isn't a cost-effective land-line. Even bitches that see you with a $7 a month tracfone think you're 'normal' and fuckable.
>>53091153
Because America is a big place and our corporations are jerks.
>>53091791
Unlimited and throttled after like 500mb
>>53091800
Ting is only a good service if you barely use your phone for anything
>>53091153
I pay $50 and I think it's too damn much.
>>53091153
Actually that's $50/month, two lines mate.
i pay $80, it's disgusting
>>53091998
Is telus hiring any chemical engineers?
I work for OPG so I get your same plan for $50 and I thought I had a good deal.
i pay $120 for 4 lines.
unlimited call, unlimited text, unlimited (throttled data) and 4gb LTE high speed.
>>53091153
>america
thats why
Cause for 100 i can get 3 diffrent phone lines.
>tfw spend $5 a month and get more than Americans could ever hope to get
What the fuck? I literally spend under $3/month for unlimited calls/text/social media
Why the fuck would anyone spend so fucking much?
>>53094044
Where
>>53091153
Paying $30 for 5gb/unl data+100min talk+unl messaging
T-Mobile has 30 USD plan for 100 minutes / unlimited texts / 5GB LTE. Works great for me.
>>53094077
Probably one of the pre-iPhone grandfathered plans.
>>53091153
>man i bought a phone at a very low price! its very nice and cheap!!!!!
>pays $50 every month
americans are insane
why do you let yourselves be controlled by companies?
>16€
>unlimited calls/text in all europe
>50Go 4G LTE
Well
lol americans amirite?
>Paying subscriptions to anything
Just haemorrhage my money away bro
I pay $19 usd/mo for 1gb data, unlimited everything, on Sprint's network
>>53096367
all of europe? lies or post proof
>>53091153
Poland here.
I spend about 6.5$ per month and nearly everything of it is mobile internet. One minute costs here 0.07$, and 0.02$ for sms.
>>53091245
For 7.3$ per month I could get free unlimited calls to everyone + 5GB per month with throttling after the limit.
Does anyone have any explanation why is USA so fucked? I mean, what is stopping people from making their own ISP/mobile that will win on the market?
>>53091153
In my country, we spend $2-4 on mobile, $10-15 on home internet and $2 on cable TV. Providers compete with each other on having you as their client. They offer free devices for internet or cable tv.
>>53096623
Mericans don't have free market :^)
They even can't buy a car directly from an automaker
I see a lot of shit countries. Hurr durr muh 4$ mobile phone bill, muh 2$ cable tv.
3 days later come the greentext threads
>mfw have to work 200hrs to get 200$ wage
>mfw mindlessly reinstalling other people's old boxes with pirated software for 5$
>tfw no gf and no monies
gee, who would have thought that you have to spend money in order to earn money? the richer the country is, the more expensive everything is. 50$ phone subscription if your wage is 4k$ is normal, 5$ phone subscription if your wage is 200$ is not
>>53091153
>tfw I spend $15 a month on my mobile plan and I bought a Moto G 2013 on release date for $100 and it's still rocking.
>>53091153
I pay 45$ with 1gb on Verizon. 7/10 would recommend.
>>53091750
You already know the answer, anon. The US's health care system is so fucked that you can write a long book about it. There are more forces at play than can be counted. The insurance system is the primary reason. Next is lobbyists. Next is the market itself.
If you get sick in America, it's financial suicide. One cancer treatment costs tens of thousands of dollars. People get several treatments per course of chemo. Some people get several courses of treatment. That's millions of dollars.
>>53096565
its probably some corporate discount from his dad who works for Nintendo UK
>>53096697
I meant 3 gb
>>53096701
And the UK is literally billions I'm the red, bankrupt
Not sure how that is better.
€9 for 1G and some calls, SMS I don't use anyway.
>>53096716
Not him but search for free mobile in France. Pretty much what he said.
free call/text in all EU (not europe) from France
50GB on 4G (not 4G+ sadly) in France atleast, don't know about EU.
3GB on 3G
16€ or 19€
>0.01 €/min calls
>100 texts
>unlimited 3G
>5€ per month
I'm happy with it
>3GB LTE data
>1000 texts
>0.02$/min calls
>6$ a month
suck it America
I used to pay 25€ for 100 units calls/text and 250MB 3G
Now I pay 10€ (Prepaid) for no calls/text (I make like 3 per month so who cares) and 500MB of LTE
I could probably get 1gig of LTE if I chose o2 or Vodafone but their coverage fucking sucks, always getting drops at workplace
>tfw there's not a single unlimited plan from any carrier ever. Germany yes
>>53096670
It's true that the richer the country is, the more expensive everything is.
However USA has monopolies so the bills are even higher than you would expect.
See >>53096629
>>53096647
>They even can't buy a car directly from an automaker
Wow, that's fucked.
>>53096701
>"socialism fixes everything"
t. Every failed state ever
>>53096647
>They even can't buy a car directly from an automaker
Are you shitting me m8? fucking kek
>>53096849
The US doesn't have state monopolies, because they have a free market
>>53096894
bingo! that's the dreadfulness of a free market - it adjusts itself. When a free market produces the first generation of self-made-men, shit hits the fan
>>53096565
Lol no. In Germany for 20GB LTE you have to pay over 100€, I'm not even sure if there exists a carrier offering 50GB
Those low prices are usually from Eastern Europe countries where the average wage is like 100€ per month so it's a lot if put into perspective
>>53096894
If they truly had free market, someone would just make their own ISP and mobile, offer lower price than others, make lots of money because everyone would switch to him, so they would have enough money to expand to other states. If others wanted to keep up they would have to lower prices as well.
That's how free market works.
UK, Three. Unlimited 4G, 200 mins, more texts than I use, I think 200. £15/mo. Can't complain.
18€ for 25Gb of 4g data and unlimited messages
>>53096921
true. I live in the netherlands and I laugh at germans getting cucked by their prices. but then again, I would earn approx. 20-30% more in Germany, than I do here, and would pay less tax so that evens it out.
>>53096936
What are you trying to tell me? I know how the free market works
But it's quite the investment and risk to set up a carrier from scratch in the third largest country in the world that's why only so few have yet done it.
But that's not a reason to sacrifice freedom and give communication to the hands of the government.
>>53091153
>family package
Kek I know my dad would never pay for shit like that.
>>53091153
19€ for 20GB data here, resets every 3 months, at 4G speed, but for home internet I'd rather use the dish, it's realitevely cheap too (70€ a month for 100GB at 20 Mbit/s speed). If there's a complaint I've about yuropoor internet is the cable internet, we're in $current_year and I still can't get more than 5 Mbit/s in this town of 60k people, only in some provinces people can get from 20 Mbit/s plans up to 150 Mbit/s for cheap.
>>53096921
499 sek ~€50 is unlimited 4g in Sweden. But we also have one of the healthiest fiber networks in the world which most isps have access to as by law they cannot be locked out of a net, they can only compete on price/offerings not coverage.
>>53092174
>you can get by just fine with a dumbphone
Maybe if you live in a basement.
20€
Unlimited Talk
Unlimited Text
5 GB of data 4G
I should switch to another provider, I could get more data, or cheaper subscription
>>53097021
So your socialist cuck government now only gives welfare to people but also to companies who cannot afford/are too lazy to build their own fiber network?
Top cuck
>>53091153
JESUS FUCK
Everyone here runs mobile plans similar to 500min/500sms/2gb for 10€ per month or less, the fuck you doing spending 5x that for unlimited data?
I pay 12€ and get 6gb of Internet ffs
>Unlimited Calls (landlines towards ~100 countries over the world, cellphones towards France, US and Canada)
>Unlimited Texts (France + EU towards French carriers)
>Unlimited MMS (France only)
>40GB 4G LTE (4G+ coming in a few months)
>20GB 3G+ when using a 4G compatible smartphone
>3GB 3G+ when using a 3G-only phone
>cool features for tech-savvy customers, like being able to use their SMS servers to send texts to your own mobile from any machine capable to send HTTPS GET/POST commands.
>19.99 €
>pic related
Feels noice...
Too bad they don't cover most of the French territory, but they have a deal with another carrier that does, allowing you to use your phone nearly everywhere.
>>53091153
I do pay as you go and always purchase my own phone on Amazon.
I spend about £30-40 in topups a year.
>>53096941
Almost me.
£12.90/month on 3 (UK), 200 mins, 5000 texts, unlimited 4G, no additional roaming cost for most EU countries (no tethering allowance and have to pay for 0800 numbers if I don't use a call-through number - legacy plan).
In italy i spend 10€/month for 5gb (after wich i can still navigate but at low speed) and 400 minutes.
Unless you work with your phone you are unjustified to spend more than me.
>>53096921
>Romania has 15€ gigabit
>i-it's okay though, they poor
Top cuck
>>53097324
i have exactly the same plan still. no 0800 sucks but Three are starting to really price up the unlimited data plans. The closest thing now costs about £18/month compared to £12.90
>>53091153
>Additional plan benefits
>Tethering
>Streaming
>Wifi
>International texting and data
Arent those things which all smartphones can do even without a data plan or is this a murrican freedom bonus?
>>53097056
Most of the fiber was built in the 70s when Ericsson was fed by the government. There was only one isp - office of telecommunications back then, after the monopoly was lifted it was agreed that the millions of miles of fiber would be a shared platform for all isps to compete on as it has already been payed by the people.
>>53096868>>53096849
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Attq28HvC40
>>53091153
I pay $112/month with taxes and fees for two lines with unlimited talk, text and 4G LTE, no throttling, plus insurance and 9GB of tethering per line (not shared), through metroPCS. Never had an issue with them.
Just upgraded from the Samsung Galaxy Avant to the Alcatel OneTouch Fierce XL a couple of months back, and between the phone and the fee for upgrading it cost me $90. It's even cheaper now because it's on sale for half of what I paid for mine.
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>>53091153
We are talking about the country here that unironically can't afford to pay for text messages.
Friendly reminder that a 320 tb of data costs the average isp $55 per month. So please, no HD downloads.
>>53091153
Americans don't like paying for anything, they also consider themselves not rich but definitely not poor and only poor people have prepaid cell service.
Doesn't matter prepaid cell service is at the most $55 with 10GB of data or more depending on the provider, and can be as low as $30 a month with less data, they specially don't like due dates and it's too much a hassle to pay before the due date, and only poor people have prepaid.
>>53096921
>In Germany for 20GB LTE you have to pay over 100€
That's bullshit and you know it. 15GB in LTE costs like 35€.
>>53091153
I have 1 giggidy of data, 50 minutes and 50 SMS per month.
I never spend over 300mb, 20 minutes and 10 SMS.
It costs about 12 bucks a month (Virgin)
