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by Equiet 700 days ago
$50 for 50GB seems like a fair offer for the US market, especially given the possibility of coverage in remote locations.

But keep in mind that US market is unique, as it's extremely overpriced with very poor quality/coverage. Looks like average price in the US is $6.00/GB. Compare this to countries like Israel ($0.02/GB) or Colombia ($0.20/GB). Whenever I travel, I usually have a better coverage and faster connection in a jungle than downtown SF.
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SkyPuncher 700 days ago
I too often have a better connection in rural America than downtown.

Rural America is largely free of interference. Even if you have a weak signal, the tower and your phone can hear each other very clearly. In a downtown, it gets messy.

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alphabettsy 698 days ago
Is that interference or congestion?
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teruakohatu 700 days ago
> Looks like average price in the US is $6.00/GB.

Are data allowances common in the USA for terrestrial data?

In New Zealand >87% of the population can get 1gb connection for $61 USD with no data cap (and no long term contract, cheaper if you find a deal).

One ISP (or brand) is offering a 10gb connection for $40 USD on a 24 month contract. >1g limited to a a small number of cities as far as I know.

Our mobile internet costs a fortune, costing for example the cheapest non-prepaid plan from the largest telco is $27.50 USD for 4.5gb of data.

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dzhiurgis 700 days ago
For mobile - I currently pay $330 NZD for 2 phones for 15GB/mo which turns out to be $8.4 USD per month. You do have to be look out for such deal tho (Kogan Mobile).

Deprioritised starlink is $80 nzd / month which is cheaper than fiber or vdsl and on par with "unlimited" 4G/5G.

Mini is quite good option for boating (campsites usually are well connected here) provided it can cope with swell like bigger dishes do.

Edit: Strange they haven't integrated WiFi HaLow yet since it's primary target is rural customers who would benefit a ton from 1km radius signal...

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ffsm8 700 days ago
This product is wireless and aimed at RVs and similar, so you'd have to compare it with mobile (as I'm pretty sure the parent comment did, too).

It's competitors would be mobile G4/G5 Routers and Satellite internet

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