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latinometrics OP t1_j5tefcl wrote

From our newsletter:

The cost of mobile data across the world has been steadily dropping. According to cable.co.uk statistics, almost all countries have experienced a significant price drop.

Even the most expensive country for mobile online browsing in LatAm, Cuba, saw a drop from $13.33 per GB in 2020 to $3.10 in 2022. In fact, according to the Alliance for Affordable Internet, from 2015 to 2020, the world's average price of mobile data as a percentage of income dropped by more than half.

The drops are partly due to increases in competition and the introduction of new technologies like 5G. Spectrum auctions have played a part in price reductions. Spectrum auctions are like big sales, where telecom companies bid and pay the government for the right to use parts of the airwaves to improve their services and coverage. This gamification for providing mobile services increases competition and further drives cost down.

Institutions are also responsible for developing the infrastructure to reach telecom accessibility and affordability. Funttel in Brazil, for example, has been successful in expanding mobile coverage in rural areas and increasing access to mobile services for low-income and disadvantaged populations since its implementation in 2000.

Source: Cable.co.uk
Tools: Rawgraphs, Affinity Designer

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breaktime1 t1_j5tekkp wrote

Roaming in Cuba is bizarrely expensive. $3000/gb.

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Biovyn t1_j5tfqla wrote

I know it's not latin America but I think Canada is worst than Cuba. Sadly.

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LysolDisWipes t1_j5timfe wrote

I hate how much cherry picking this account does on their graphs

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Accomplished-Run3925 t1_j5tjdzp wrote

As a Canadian, I wish we had the free telecom market of Cuba so that our average price per GB would be more than halved.

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Navarchs t1_j5tji71 wrote

Does anyone actually pay by the GB though? Pay monthly for unlimited in ireland its like 15 euro.

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quilsmehaissent t1_j5tk1mn wrote

Perspective on Bolivia

after 6 months what you charge is doubled

if I put 10 bucks I get 20

then if I charge 5Go for the month and I don't use them they add up to my next charge so they aren't lost

5Gb plus illimited WhatsApp is 7 dollars a month (really half that since they double what you charge once a month)

add a few not WhatsApp calls, I think I pay about 5 dollars a month for my phone

so overall I pay very little every month since I have no monthly subscription, and most of my calls and data are via Wifi

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jokerpubes t1_j5tmqxf wrote

As a Latin American living in Germany I miss so much unlimited GB for Social networks + WhatsApp.

Edit: Typo

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quartertopi t1_j5touok wrote

Germany. Right next to mexiko. I am not surprised. we are soooo bad with this.

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Flovati t1_j5tpu6g wrote

Replying to Navarchs (#1,484,128)

According to the graph Ireland has 1.5 euro per GB, so for 15 euro per month be worth it you would have to use more than 10GB of mobile data per month.

Do you guys actually use that much? Lol

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Stomatita t1_j5trrzc wrote

I live in Panama and pay $5 a week for unlimited data. I use on average 12GB per week of mobile data so this chart is a little misleading. According to these prices I would be paying upwards of $40 a week

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Zhig_ t1_j5tsvsl wrote

Replying to Stomatita (#1,485,099)

Not really misleading, it is for the price per gb, I think it would if they were talking about overall data prices. But most likely they also have better deals in the data plans out there. Also from Panama though, I wanted to ask, which data provider u use? I am planning on swapping but I don't know which one to chose.

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Stuvio t1_j5ttj8k wrote

€15/4gb in Belgium. I am appalled

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G0ncalo t1_j5tvgip wrote

Replying to jokerpubes (#1,484,485)

Those plans also exist in Portugal. They’re pretty discriminatory tho, despite the majority of consumers loving it. Telecommunications companies aren’t legally entitled (or at least shouldn’t) to tell you which apps are or aren’t worthy of free mobile data.

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MordorsElite t1_j5tw5w4 wrote

Replying to Flovati (#1,484,858)

I guess it depends on your circumstances. I have WiFi at home where I both work and spend most of my free time, so while I used like 100mb of mobile data last month, I have over 60GB of WiFi usage.

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Navarchs t1_j5txhfl wrote

Replying to Flovati (#1,484,858)

Ah should have mentioned that's calls and texts too, but yeah depends on the month sometimes its way more sometimes less. On a bus watching shows is usually the data eater.

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HaKashat t1_j5u2gdt wrote

In Israel we pay an avarage of 7-10$ for 100GB 5G, included with no limit (well, 5,000 minutes) talking time and 5k sms (like anyone is still using sms..)

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oparatori96 t1_j5u4vlz wrote

In Chile it’s pretty cheap but really bad.

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Lomerro t1_j5u62ae wrote

Netherlands should be somewhere around 2$/GB

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tajmer t1_j5udkrg wrote

Replying to antodeprcn (#1,485,874)

Why do you pay extra for calling foreign numbers?
Ironically if I call foreign EU numbers from my country ( Croatia ) they’ll charge me some ridiculous price like 0.6€ per minute, bit if i ride like 50km and cross border to Slovenia and connect to their network all my calls within EU are free

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jpfeif29 t1_j5ug37g wrote

Why is Europe the reference?

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MethaCat t1_j5ugloe wrote

Uruguay again, they are like the Switzerland of Latin America. Small but very capable.

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pukabi t1_j5uksu7 wrote

I am sure Canada is at the top of that list with 100-150$ per month plans

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drunk_intern t1_j5uswod wrote

As a Panamanian I can tell you there is a lot wrong with that graph. Basic unlimited data plans here go from 20 to 30 dollars a month. I pay 20. Data here is pretty cheap all things considered. The data for others countries is likely incorrect as well.

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Serikan t1_j5uv03x wrote

We get royally hosed for anything commtech in Canada

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Koufaxisking t1_j5v72r0 wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#1,490,487)

Because installing fiber into the current building I live in is not viable. It's DSL internet instead. It's not like I'd just choose to have 6 Mbps when 1/10gig is an option. Instead unlimited data in a loosely rural but resort area means that it's much more effective to use cellular instead.

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Luemery t1_j5vbv9b wrote

Would be fun to see this normalized by purchasing power.

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kotik010 t1_j5veruu wrote

Replying to breaktime1 (#1,483,512)

Roaming has always been insanely expensive everytime we drive through Switzerland we do a collective check to make sure data is turned of because just back ground data will cost you 20 bucks it's a scam that every telecommunications company is in on thank God the eu got rid of that shit for member countries

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brendanepic t1_j5vvhzg wrote

As an american i pay $50 for unlimited, but if i only wanted 20gb it would be $35

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Ezili t1_j5vz6l6 wrote

Replying to G0ncalo (#1,485,486)

This was the whole net neutrality debate in the US. AT&T wanted to buy direct TV and then make it free to watch their streaming service over data whilst charging you for other services data.

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percy135810 t1_j5win7z wrote

Replying to TotalSamPass (#1,483,992)

At least in terms of international communication, the US has repeatedly refused to let Cuba connect to international undersea cables, which leaves other options for communication that are much more expensive. Plus, the 60-year, universally condemned embargo by the US doesn't help either.

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Kay_0zz t1_j5wtb23 wrote

I currently live between Mexico and Cuba. In Mexico I get unlimited calls, texts, social networks plus 3 GB of misc for about $15/month. Service is good and fast. In Cuba I have to pay about $65/month for limited calls, texts and data. Service is terrible, coverage comes and goes and the speed is s-l-o-w. We always know when something unflattering for the government is happening because they cut the cell service.

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Kay_0zz t1_j5wubp4 wrote

Replying to Biovyn (#1,483,659)

I pay $65 US/month for limited calls, text and data in Cuba. It is slow, drops connections and shuts down whenever there's a crisis. Add to this thought that $65 is three times the average monthly salary. Most heavy users (like my family) get their service paid by people who don't live in Cuba or have pensions in the US.

I agree that Rogers sucks, but you're not paying three times the average monthly salary to be abused.

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Kay_0zz t1_j5wv51j wrote

Replying to TotalSamPass (#1,483,992)

It's a way for ETECSA (Cuba's state telecom monopoly) to get hard currency. Left your foreign phone on? Wait till you get home and see the next bill. My wife left her US chip in her phone for a day, made a couple of calls and used nav. $232.

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crimeo t1_j5x887u wrote

Replying to cleversonlombriga (#1,493,334)

So that you can compare to something you're probably more familiar with? What do you mean?

A hell of a lot more people reading infographics from Cable.co.uk are from.. the UK... than Guatemala.

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crimeo t1_j5x8ch8 wrote

Replying to drunk_intern (#1,489,401)

Unlimited is probably not included in a graph showing per gigabyte rates. I would imagine on demand but unit-wise plans or fixed plans are to be able to calculate a number. But it should definitely be clarified.

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PeruanoLiberal t1_j5xc4nu wrote

Don't mean to criticize you but doesn't seem accurate to me, in Argentina for that price you'd get 2GB or more, anyways there are different packs, combos, promotions and crap so you can't measure it properly, but I seriously doubt it's same price as Ireland, you'd also had to take the correct price to convert from ARS to USD which I doubt you've done since that isn't the official one you'd find in Google.

And mainly that, we're a hard countries to measure and compare economic numbers, and tbh I think thats done on purpose by our beautiful government

Oh yeah, and speeds and service quality is different too (of course worse in LATAM)

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SnooHamsters6067 t1_j5xs7l5 wrote

Replying to hoetre (#1,485,807)

No, I did wonder about that some time ago and I don't remember exactly what it is, but there is a law/rule in place that prevents it.

Edit: Found the rule. If you used up more data in another country than the one from where you got the subscription, it's no longer considered fair use and the provider can give you a warning, 2 weeks after which you will be charged €2 per GB.

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SnooHamsters6067 t1_j5xssu7 wrote

Replying to 133DK (#1,495,320)

If you used up more data in another country than the one from where you got the subscription, it's no longer considered fair use and the provider can give you a warning, 2 weeks after which you will be charged €2 per GB.

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grandpianotheft t1_j5xt6z4 wrote

Replying to SmallBootyBigDreams (#1,499,945)

they all got banned I think (which I think is a good thing¹). Right now in grace period where you can still have it, but not book it new.

¹ gives too much power to the big companies because they are the ones that are free to consume with it and the rest of the web dies off.

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AfricanNorwegian t1_j5xy7dq wrote

Replying to SileNce5k (#1,502,494)

Well it’s unlimited in that you can use unlimited data past 100GB at no extra cost, but yeah the speed throttling is very annoying. I believe the US has it similar though and most of their ‘unlimited’ plans throttle you after 25-50GB.

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bellagrusel1907 t1_j5xzmxw wrote

Replying to rbnd (#1,502,558)

I can just tell from personal experiences. I had O2 but had no connection at places from some relatives (Harz area, Münsterland). My cousin has still O2 and when we visit those places, he is dependent on wifi. Recently we were on a trip to Ostsee and stayed somewhere in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Same issue. I switched to Telecom as prepaid. No issues so far in those areas. Vodafone was also ok.

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HansSlonzok t1_j5y5z79 wrote

In Poland - 1GB in LTE for 1 PLN it gives 0.23$

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