[pcx]

In India, after Jio's success, all operators have now killed the old pricing structure or made it unviable. That structure provided us the ability to lower our plans to bare minimum (low talktime, long validity). Now everyone is on the subscription bandwagon which is atleast 6 times costly when comparing the cheapest plans. But that's still ok I guess, for 200rs (~3USD) per month we get 1.5GB 4G data per day, Unlimited calls and SMS. Sucks that they are selling our data though.

[takee]

Those are some insanely cheap prices for 1.5GB a day! I pay $40 for 1GB a month here in the United States. How is this even possible? Are the service providers here really taking in such a fat margin?

[abdullahkhalids]

Speaking for Pakistan with somewhat higher rates, I think there are a couple of reasons.

1. Actual competition between providers, rather than implicit collusion.

2. Much higher population density across most of the country.

3. Interestingly, lack of rule of law, which means the whole subscribe-to-a-cell-phone-package that is actually out of your budget but the only option available doesn't work here. People will just run away with the phone. A vast majority of people buy a phone separately and pay upfront for it, and choose a connection provider of their choice. And jump providers whenever they see someone with a better price.

[fyfy18]

I pay £8 per month in the UK for 10gb of data (which can also be used in the EU, for now...). So I believe the answer is yes.

[marakv2]

$40 a month in Japan for 50Gb/ month. I think your providers are.

[BenjiWiebe]

Why are you paying so much? I'm curious what carrier you are on. If it's a major carrier (guessing not) then try an MVNO like Red Pocket Mobile.