Re:Wikimedia doesn't support Net Neutrality
by dboreham on Monday November 27, 2017 @11:17PM
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>Witness the disparity between American and European cellular plan rates.
I spend a fair bit of time in Europe and since I'm Scottish by birth I devote an unreasonable amount of time trying to find the cheapest decent cell service. Something about this didn't jive so I did a quick check:
Picking France as an example European country, Orange will sell you a 2G/Unlimited voice/SMS plan[1] for 25 Euro/mo. Meanwhile Verizon will charge you $35/mo for a similar 2G/unlimited voice plan[2].
Current $/Euro exchange rage is 1.2 so the French service ($30) is a little cheaper but not significantly.
Also in my experience service in Europe is generally less good in terms of coverage and QoS than we experience in the US. YMMV of course.
I spend a fair bit of time in Europe and since I'm Scottish by birth I devote an unreasonable amount of time trying to find the cheapest decent cell service. Something about this didn't jive so I did a quick check:
Picking France as an example European country, Orange will sell you a 2G/Unlimited voice/SMS plan[1] for 25 Euro/mo. Meanwhile Verizon will charge you $35/mo for a similar 2G/unlimited voice plan[2].
Current $/Euro exchange rage is 1.2 so the French service ($30) is a little cheaper but not significantly.
Also in my experience service in Europe is generally less good in terms of coverage and QoS than we experience in the US. YMMV of course.
[1] https://boutique.orange.fr/mobile/forfaits-orange
[2] https://www.verizonwireless.com/plans/verizon-plan/