What carrier do you use? Visible doesn’t charge extra for 5G, and it’s probably cheaper than your current plan.
stealth_cookies@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
I still don’t have 5G service because the cellular companies in Canada seem to think it is worth an extra $15/mo when even LTE is faster than I need on my phone.
chitak166@lemmy.world 6 months ago
stealth_cookies@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
You missed that I’m in Canada. The Canadian cellphone space is bullshit owned by 3 main companies and one other that has inconsistent coverage. I’m with Virgin Mobile at the moment which is a cheaper flanker brand of Bell. The only ones that have offered a $34/mo plan with 5G is a company called Public Mobile (owned by Telus) that doesn’t support any international roaming (which is a nonstarter given how many websites insist on horrible SMS 2FA), and Freedom Mobile which has limited coverage even in major cities.
sviper@programming.dev 6 months ago
LOL, I pay 20 $ equivalent in India for a year with 500gb + cellular data on 4G and unlimited calls and SMS .
Internet prices are fucked up in west.
Anon819450514@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
India is 1.4 billion people. Canada has 33 millions
Sanyanov@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Russia has very low population density, too, yet I pay 10$/mo for unmetered 4G Internet and calls, and that’s after dramatic price spikes that raised prices from 6$/mo a year and a half prior.
Powerpoint@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
You know that statistic is bullshit just looking at profit reports from Canada’s telcos right?
ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
It’s not that.
Australia has a similar population density and land size to Canada, yet our speeds are faster and our costs lower than Canada.
ahriboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
Meanwhile, 5G is fully restricted to key cities in my country. Who needs 5G when we need more towers and improved 4G quality.