The cost of using different sites on mobile networks around the world

Re:The cost of using different sites on mobile networks arou... by Raphmedia on Thursday April 27, 2017 @11:47AM (#14212360)

e.g. Public Mobile would have a small network that operated only in cities and metropolitan areas. Unlimited data, unlimited talk time over the entire Canada and unlimited text messages. This cost me around $35/month. Telus purchased them and changed it down to 1gb of data and incrased the price to around $40-45. They killed all the Public Mobile physical stores and made it so that getting support was a pain.

A few month ago every Public Mobile clients received a SMS. The SMS was a promotion to switch from Public Mobile to Koodo. We would get the same deal we had right now (or better price), a new cellphone and $150 in Koodo store credits to get goodies. Everyone switched over. Right now I'm on a $50/month plan with Koodo that is worst than the $35/month PublicMobile could give me.

Now nobody offers unlimited data or Canada wide data for $35.

(Disclaimer: I have a bad memory for dates and prices. This should however describe the situation correctly enough.)

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Re:The cost of using different sites on mobile networks arou... by brokenmachine on Thursday April 27, 2017 @09:40PM (#14216301)

But how could Public Mobile afford to offer such a good deal?

Presumably they were onselling another companies network, why would that company sell their own network so cheap?

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