| Fi's "included" roaming sounds great, until you realize how pathetically expensive even their domestic prices are. Fi's base price[0] is $20/mo + tax. Hallon (my current provider) will sell you 8GB/mo of data for $18/mo, tax included.[1] With Fi that would cost you.. $80/mo + tax. Hallon doesn't actually have anything comparable to that, price-wise; their most expensive plan is 100GB/mo at ~$40. And no, population density is not an excuse either. According to Wikipedia[2], the US' population density is 33 ppl/km², where Sweden has 23 ppl/km². Doesn't seem to be the economy either, the GDP per capita seems to within ~20%[3], and that's before taking into account the massive difference in income equality. I'd love if someone could explain how this price difference is somehow reasonable, because this just boggles my mind completely. [0]: https://fi.google.com/about/plan/ [1]: https://www.hallon.se/vara-produkter/mobiltelefoni/mobilabon... [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependen... [3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)... |
What you are complaining about is the US Cell market, which is awful and has horrible prices compared to the rest of the world.
I usually buy a local sim card for data because it's usually cheaper than Fi per GB. However, I pick a different carrier than what I can access through Fi so I have more reliable access for work (and can use both using Speedify).
Having immediate data on arrival, a backup cell network, up to 10 data sim cards for free and access to my US phone number and it's incoming/outgoing calls via data on Hangouts is a godsend when traveling and working remotely.
And while you can end up paying $80/mo if you use >6GB, you won't pay any more than that even if you use more (though they will start throttling you at 15GB).