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Re:EU brings in 'right to repair' rules for appliances by AlexTWithBeard on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @09:09AM (#21124891)
Extra $40 per month is not insane. But indeed it's higher than in Europe.

Partly that could be explained by lower population density.

Also services like Visible started to appear. They offer unlimited talk and data for $40.

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Re:EU brings in 'right to repair' rules for appliances by vzidex on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @09:50AM (#21125275)
I don't think lower population density explains it fully, for example Australia has extremely reasonable phone plans - you can get 15GB data/unlimited talk/unlimited text for AUD$55/month (USD$37/month) [1], and it gets even cheaper if you get 12 months up front [2].

[1] https://www.vodafone.com.au/plans/state/sim/month-to-month/

[2] https://www.vodafone.com.au/plans/state/sim/12-month/

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Re:EU brings in 'right to repair' rules for appliances by shawabawa3 on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @09:55AM (#21125330)
> Extra $40 per month is not insane

Maybe "insane" was a bad word choice. But it's more than triple the price (£20 is $25, not $30, and $70 excludes tax)

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Re:EU brings in 'right to repair' rules for appliances by distances on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @04:35PM (#21130304)
> Partly that could be explained by lower population density.

I really don't think so. Look at e.g. Finland.

The simplest explanation is real competition via virtual operators.

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