[tkadlec]

I built the site and I agree. :)

Two things:

1. The data is in the process of being updated. Prices change quickly and from the trend of past changes I fully expect these prices to drop as soon as I make the change.

2. While the ITU (and other data sources) try their best to look at all sources, I have to take them at their word. I've heard several times that they seem to have overlooked plan A or plan B, so it doesn't surprise me if there are other plans lurking out there.

Long-story short, it's absolutely best to consider this as a gauge/appromixation, rather than a scientific exact number.

[deathanatos]

The site has a pre-paid US plan at $103 / GiB. ($0.14 / (1.39 MiB / 1024 MiB/GiB)) This doesn't seem like "plans change" levels of error, this is more than twice what I pay for all service (SMS, voice, data) since I first got a plan that included (allegedly unlimited, but actually not) data a decade ago…

The site also says "Prices were collected from the operator with the largest marketshare in the country" but follows it with "Because these numbers are based on the least expensive plan, they are best case scenarios." which doesn't logically follow. But going with that, the largest carrier in the US is apparently AT&T, and just the first plan on their site offers a 4GB plan at $50, or ≈$12.50 / GiB, which is an order of magnitude lower than the figure on the site?

[mkr-hn]

Carriers probably display different prices for different people.

[Kranar]

But the conclusions are wrong by orders and orders of magnitude.

For example your calculation is that 1.39 MB costs Canadians 0.17, that would mean 1 GB costs Canadians 125 US dollars. There isn't a single plan in Canada that charges 125 dollars for 1 GB of data.

This isn't just a minor inaccuracy of +/-10%, this is off by literally a factor that's closer to 15-20x.