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by teruakohatu 704 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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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...

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