[s_trumpet]

This sounds so backwards to me. Usually us third worlders have markedly worse infrastructure than abroad, but I use a prepaid plan for ~$9 (not adjusted for PPP) which gives me 2.5 GiB 4G per day for 30 days. Limited monthly plans seem like a thing from the past.

Is there a lack of competition in the mobile service provider market? Bad regulation?

[karussell]

Wow, really 2.5GiB per day? May I ask which country?

> Is there a lack of competition in the mobile service provider market? Bad regulation?

Probably too few competition. I live in Germany and have not yet looked into this much, but I think Deutsche Telekom could be still a problem creating the majority of the infrastructure and offering usage for others probably only via higher fees. Similarly why there is no real competitor to Deutsche Bahn in the train sector.

[camillomiller]

I don't really know, but check this out. You don't need to understand German to see the crazy prices Telekom is asking for capped data plans:

https://www.telekom.de/unterwegs/tarife-und-optionen/smartph...

In Thailand last january I paid 9€ for a 4G Sim that lasted me 1 month with something like 21GB allowance.

Plus LTE's speed is limited here. Thanks to the EU rules on roaming I'm now using my Italian Vodafone seem for data :(

[s_trumpet]

> May I ask which country?

India. I live in Mumbai and use Airtel; apparently the plan I was using got discontinued, so I'm going to bump myself up to the 3 GiB/day for 30 days plan at ₹550 (~€7.5). This is considered expensive here, with cheaper options like Jio readily available.