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0 pointsjampekka1y ago0 comments

> 4G just couldn't handle heavy loads well, so data caps were needed to constrain demand.

In many parts of the world uncapped data has been the norm since around GPRS.

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Could that be because they aren’t as densely populated by users so even if everyone with a phone has no data cap, they won’t overload the network? Which countries were that for example?

xavxav1y ago

basically every european country? they've all had much larger datacaps than north america for years preceding 5g and most are quite densely inhabited.

echoangle1y ago

I’m from Germany and I don’t know a single person with unlimited mobile data. That’s very rare here.

bialpio1y ago

And yet probably everyone you know in EU has a cheaper Internet per GB that folks in the US. I have 2 SIM cards, one provider charges me $10/GB, while the other has a 2-GB packet for $6.

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echoangle1y ago

Could that be because they aren’t as densely populated by users so even if everyone with a phone has no data cap, they won’t overload the network? Which countries were that for example?

xavxav1y ago

basically every european country? they've all had much larger datacaps than north america for years preceding 5g and most are quite densely inhabited.

echoangle1y ago

I’m from Germany and I don’t know a single person with unlimited mobile data. That’s very rare here.

bialpio1y ago

And yet probably everyone you know in EU has a cheaper Internet per GB that folks in the US. I have 2 SIM cards, one provider charges me $10/GB, while the other has a 2-GB packet for $6.

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