On 4/11/08, Ian Stirling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Flemming Richter Mikkelsen wrote: > > Here we pay about 4 USD per MB after we used up the 20MB we get each month > > (that we payed 60 monthly USD for). > > We can get a "unlimited" (only limited by the speed of 380kb/s) for 100 > > USD/month. > > To compare, 100Mb/s sync fiber (unlimitedd, and with IP phone, static > > public IP and IPTV) to the house cost around 80 USD/month but is not > > available all places. > > So, my conclusion is that Internet access over the mobile network is > > practical when you really need to check something and you are far away from > > a landline. For everything else, wifi has come to stay. > > > > Your country may vary. > > Here (UK) for $20 per month, you get a gigabyte at about 380K/s, or 3G for > $60. (in addition to the costs of a normal voice contract) > > For me - that's pretty much good enough - unless I want to do streaming. > > My conclusion is that it varies so enormously that generalisations aren't > really practical.
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