The Odd Variations On 3G Per-Megabyte Pricing

GMGruman writes "Carriers are increasingly charging for 3G mobile access by the megabyte, to prevent 'unfair' subsidies of heavy users by everyone else. So why does the price of a 3G megabyte vary based on the device used to send or receive it? Why is an iPad megabyte cheaper than a MiFi one? After all, a megabyte is a megabyte as far as the network is concerned. InfoWorld has a comparison of 3G pricing for the four major US carriers for their various supported devices, so you can see whose 3G pricing is out of whack for which devices."

Comments

Re:Fascinating

[Monkeedude1212]

The best way to undermine a broken, corrupt system is to draw attention to the inconsistencies in its operation.

Funny! That's also how my first marriage ended!

the interesting page is that one :

[godrik]

that's the one that actually contain the table your are looking for.

http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobilize/the-strange-unpredictable-pricing-3g-data-plans-485?page=0,2

Re:Profit!

[Monkeedude1212]

What happens when all the carriers get together and say "I think a Megabyte is worth a dollar more?"