[ NNSquad ] Re: Canada goes crazy

[Markus Peuhkuri <puhuri@netlab.tkk.fi>]

Nuno Garcia wrote:
> We have seen the opposite trend here in Portugal (and Europe in 
> general), users were invoiced for how much traffic they would consume, 
> and now, most ISPs charge a flat rate. Exceptions are the mobile 
> operators that still charge by the byte.
And in Northern Europe flat rate for mobile data is the standard. You 
can get also either per-MB pay or then some fixed amount, but those are 
not significantly cheaper per month than flat rate (starting 10€/month 
for "384kbit/s").

Consumers just like that you pay fixed amount each mont and have no 
surprises. Only exception being roaming data that is still very 
expensive (was 0.15€/50 kB or so when visited Switzerland), where one 
may get very large bills. But there is coming in force regulation that 
the bill may not exceed some amount without notifying user.


t. Markus
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