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I've been looking into cell phone service in the US lately. So far the prices I've come across look pretty nasty compared to what I'm used to paying in Denmark.

I currently pay $0.12 USD per minute for calls (no rounding to the next minute, only charged per second), $0.015 per text message and $0.20 per MB data, or an optional 1 GB data package for $10 a month. That's really all there is to my plan. No connection fee, obviously no charge for incoming calls/texts, no monthly fee, no contract, no expiring minutes or any other dodgy terms. Given my low usage, I'll typically spend a total of $4 per month on my phone (well, $14 including my data plan).

Boost Mobile is the cheapest US provider I've come across so far. Is that the cheapest I'm going to find with coverage in Austin?

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Originally posted by ZrednaZ
$0.015 per text message

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Do you mean $0.15 (DKK)?

No. All prices mentioned are converted to USD. I pay 0.08 DKK per text. That's 0.015 USD.

Ok, so unless I'm mistaken, that's £0.009 (GBP) in my currency.

...which seems impossible?

That's not even 1p (£0.01), the smallest coin.

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Originally posted by Chris4

...which seems impossible?

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not really, it'll just be round up

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Originally posted by Chris4
Ok, so unless I'm mistaken, that's £0.009 (GBP) in my currency.

...which seems impossible?

That's not even 1p (£0.01), the smallest coin.

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That is odd. On average over here you're about 10p per text

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Originally posted by toddy

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Originally posted by Chris4

...which seems impossible?

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not really, it'll just be round up

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Yeah I know, but say it was rounded to £0.01, that's still 10x cheaper than the average text message in the UK.

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Originally posted by Chris4

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Originally posted by toddy

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Originally posted by Chris4

...which seems impossible?

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not really, it'll just be round up

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Yeah I know, but say it was rounded to £0.01, that's still 10x cheaper than the average text message in the UK.

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and? uk is a rip off!

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Originally posted by toddy

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Originally posted by Chris4

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Originally posted by toddy

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Originally posted by Chris4

...which seems impossible?

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not really, it'll just be round up

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Yeah I know, but say it was rounded to £0.01, that's still 10x cheaper than the average text message in the UK.

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and? uk is a rip off!

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True. But for someone who's used to that, it seems impossible to have it 10x cheaper.

Don't tell me every country apart from UK gets this?

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Originally posted by Chris4
That's not even 1p (£0.01), the smallest coin.

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You're not paying with coins when you have a contract though, and if you do pay cash (prepaid) I'm sure you're not paying per single SMS. You'd be surprised what a single grain of rice costs .

Most of the world is highly overcharging for mobile phone service, text messages in particular.


What I have seen from the US is mostly aimed at heavy users: Lot's of offers for "unlimited" minutes/texts/data (at a price), but if you're a light or even moderate users you seem to be left out. But US members will know better than me.

The cheapest plan for an iPhone on AT&T (just going with the most popular over there) is 70USD per month and you still pay 199 for the phone . Personally I haven't been paying more than 20USD per month in ages and even my very first contract in the beginning wasn't *that* expensive. Yay Netherlands... but Denmark seems even nicer .