Read the article and then realize that every standard Telstra plan would use up their allocated monthly data in about half a second. Thats right, customers still only have 1MB allocated in their plans and that also means that if you go and download something using standard data (as opposed to their bandwidth rich video on demand service) you could be paying about $30 PER SECOND!
That’s right, the Next G pay as you go data plans (which are bundled with everyone’s standard phone plan) are charging $15 per MEGABYTE meanwhile, you can watch streaming video which is a multi-megabyte exercise with a cap of 200 MINUTES for $12 a month! Does this seem a little strange to anyone else?
Don’t think that Three, Optus, Vodafone or Virgin do things any differently – its the same story of extortion for business users trying to actually do something with mobile devices other than watch TV or download music. If you ever wonder why it takes so long for innovation on mobile devices, I think I have the answer right here.
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