JasonOD
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| Japanese 3G carriers impose limits....
For those who constantly dog US providers and hold up Japan as a sort of broadband utopia, is the grass still greener over there? |
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lordofwhee
join:2007-10-21
Everett, WA | The culture is different over there, cell phones are used as mobile computing platforms instead of just for texting and two or three calls a month. |
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rcdailey
Dragoonfly
Premium
join:2005-03-29
Rialto, CA | Plus pornography is nothing new in Japan. They just have new technologies for distributing it.
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| reply to JasonOD
No one is saying that we don't get that mobile providers need caps. Of course I get that A LOT more than I get cable/telco ISPs saying that. The problem is that 5 GB is a joke, the overage fees are a joke. Even Verizons new "lower" fees of 5 cents per MB is a total rip-off. Then there is the prices. Ok fine have your 5 GB cap and 5 cent per MB overage fees then you should only charge $20 a month for that crap.
You want to charge $60 a month. There's no reason how a 20 GB cap would cripple a service. If you want to charge high overage fees as an incentive to NOT go over then putting at 5 cents per MB isn't going to stop that. People think "5 cents that's not too bad" because they have no clue about the difference between a MB and a GB. Charge $1 per GB( about 1/50th of what they charge now ) not only are they getting the actual cost and then some of the extra bandwidth, people will repsond to getting charged $ vs getting charged ¢ per unit and thus will be less likely to go over. Since charging so much is suppsosedly to encourage LESS use as not to tax the system too much. |
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Kearnstd
Elf Wizard
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join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ
| reply to JasonOD
their problem is porn and over here its blockbuster films.
what i dont get is why many 3g TOS here prohibit online gaming, really something like WoW not only sucks over 3g but doesnt even use much bandwidth. an iphone running Pandora likely uses more.
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