[kyle_t]

After travelling/living in Southeast Asia for 8 months and paying between $5-10/month for LTE speeds that are consistently more reliable and quicker than in the USA it makes me shudder when I get my bill every month for $100+ for two lines. Granted there are differences i.e labor costs and total land area coverage, but on the whole the price difference doesn't make up for it.

[interstitial]

It's almost like the management of America's mobile carriers and pharmaceutical companies went to the same business schools, were members of the same fraternities and bribe the same senators or something.

[grecy]

A guy visiting from nowhere in Australia was telling us how he gets twice the minutes, unlimited texts and twice the data on LTE+ for about 1/2 of what it costs in the USA.

[avn2109]

And Australia is a country with an overwhelmingly higher cost of living than almost everywhere in the US.

[grecy]

...and an overwhelmingly higher standard of living to go with that.

[rxdazn]

you don't even get edge when you're in the middle of nowhere in Australia, much less LTE.

e.g: http://www.telstra.com.au/mobile-phones/coverage-networks/ou...

[10feet]

You don't get anything in the middle of Australia, because nobody lives or goes there. It is a desert.

[GFK_of_xmaspast]

The middle of Australia is, technically speaking, "a hellish wasteland devoid of life". Meanwhile here in the Bay Area I'm lucky to get gsm on my phone when at home.

[grecy]

That big dot with all the coverage right in the middle called "Alice Springs". That's where he lives.