I spent have the GDP of Kyrgyzstan on their roaming charges when I thought my Google Voice was using the WiFi vs. the mobile network.
Jeff On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 2:18 AM, Mikael Abrahamsson <swm...@swm.pp.se> wrote: > On Tue, 30 Nov 2010, Christopher Morrow wrote: > >> On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 1:52 AM, Mikael Abrahamsson <swm...@swm.pp.se> >> wrote: >>> >>> Considering there are mobile roaming partners that charge USD10-15 per >>> megabyte, unfortunately that proposition is really hard to do in todays >>> global market. >> >> but really, the 'cost' here is the same as a local wireless user for >> air-time traffic, then 1$/mbps to ship the bits off their network >> across the internet, right? > > Unfortunately the "cost" and the "price" has a very low correlation in this > market. The same carriers who charge USD10 per megabyte for roaming might > charge 0.1USD per megabyte to some of their own end users. > > -- > Mikael Abrahamsson email: swm...@swm.pp.se > > -- Jeffrey Lyon, Leadership Team jeffrey.l...@blacklotus.net | http://www.blacklotus.net Black Lotus Communications - AS32421 First and Leading in DDoS Protection Solutions
