90-year-old man spends $10k on 2 ads in WSJ to tell AT&T CEO about slow internet

Re:90-year-old man spends $10k on 2 ads in WSJ to tell AT&T ... by mleonhard on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @04:02AM (#26086972)

4G service in USA is about $4/GB now.

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Re:90-year-old man spends $10k on 2 ads in WSJ to tell AT&T ... by djmips on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @04:16AM (#26087065)

Well India is at 9 cents/GB now.

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Re:90-year-old man spends $10k on 2 ads in WSJ to tell AT&T ... by chopin on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @05:27AM (#26087516)

How much are technicians are paid in India compared to the US? This should be factored in.

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Re:90-year-old man spends $10k on 2 ads in WSJ to tell AT&T ... by mafuy on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @09:34AM (#26089621)

Certainly less, but not by a factor of 40...

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Re:90-year-old man spends $10k on 2 ads in WSJ to tell AT&T ... by dwild on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @02:32PM (#26093602)

The median telecom technician in India[1] make $3,406 USD a year, while a US[2] one makes $55,878 USD a year.

It's certainly not a factor of 40, but at 16x it's still quite significant. I'm pretty sure the population density which is 10x higher can factor for the 2.5x remaining.

[1] https://www.payscale.com/research/IN/Job=Telecommunications_... [2] https://www.salary.com/research/salary/benchmark/telecommuni...

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Re:90-year-old man spends $10k on 2 ads in WSJ to tell AT&T ... by mafuy on Thursday February 18, 2021 @06:48PM (#26187496)

Interesting. My latest info was an income difference that is far smaller (around factor 2 to 4 in tech jobs). Thanks for the update.

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