Two Years Ago, India Lacked Fast, Cheap Internet – One Billionaire Changed That

Re:Two Years Ago, India Lacked Fast, Cheap Internet – One Bi... by TwiNNatioN on Friday September 07, 2018 @06:32AM (#17933191)

For 80$ per month in Canada: - Unlimited call + texts - 6GB per month

And this is considered a good deal

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Re:Two Years Ago, India Lacked Fast, Cheap Internet – One Bi... by akfanta on Friday September 07, 2018 @08:54AM (#17933849)

> And this is considered a good deal

No it's not. There are tons of cheaper plans out there from cheaper carriers like Public Mobile/Koodo/Fido and etc. You just have to look up for them. I used to pay 40 for 4GB/month and now I am at 12GB/month for 55. Still not cheap, but not as bad as what you are saying.

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Re:Two Years Ago, India Lacked Fast, Cheap Internet – One Bi... by xfer on Friday September 07, 2018 @03:03PM (#17936820)

I used to live near vancouver area, Fido/Koodo don't have good coverage, my university in Burnaby had 0 coverage for these networks.

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Re:Two Years Ago, India Lacked Fast, Cheap Internet – One Bi... by colmvp on Friday September 07, 2018 @09:14AM (#17933954)

Practically every product/service I can think of is more expensive here than other countries, namely the U.S. Yet the wages aren't exactly higher than other developed countries like the U.S. I don't really get it.

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Re:Two Years Ago, India Lacked Fast, Cheap Internet – One Bi... by krisroadruck on Friday September 07, 2018 @11:52AM (#17935257)

fewer people is probably the issue, fewer people to spread the cost of R&D or infrastructure onto = higher cost per person. Just a guess though.

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Re:Two Years Ago, India Lacked Fast, Cheap Internet – One Bi... by sattoshi on Friday September 07, 2018 @07:37AM (#17933463)

I found tablet data plans as the only worth while option.

3GB/month for 15$

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