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by 0x62 3120 days ago
Median is a poor metric to use (and wrong [0]) due to the huge disparity between rural income and urban income.

[0] https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GNP.PCAP.CD?location...

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The yearly disposable income for urban areas at best is 1486$ [0]. It still doesn't make data prices cheap.

[0] http://www.livemint.com/Politics/AvHvyHVJIhR0Q629wkPS5M/Indi...

So it's cheap for people in the cities, but expensive for the majority of people?