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• David L commented on Invisible Sun: Themes and Nightmares
  I'm sure some of it has to do with the business model of the major cell carriers in each country. As a practical mater in the US we HAD 4 major carriers until a year or so ago who provided all the low level radio cell services. Now we have 3. And each 3G radio that is converted can then support multiple 4G or 5G devices. So depending on spectrum allocations and how many carriers divvy it up 3G can be a real drag. Plus maintenance. Now yes there are a LOT more carriers in the US than just 3...
• Moz commented on Invisible Sun: Themes and Nightmares
  In Australia the physical network operators operate as retailers but also sell to tier 2 VNOs who operate and resell to T3, who resell to T4. And somewhere in the mix are "VNO in a box" resellers who have little more than a web portal into whoever is selling the box product they buy, a call centre to support their victims, and an advertising spend to hook more of them. The real advantage of the T2/3/4 operators is that often they split out their offerings in useful ways. The base level seems to be everyone offers free national calls and...
• David L commented on Invisible Sun: Themes and Nightmares
  Yep. You need a spread sheet at times to figure out which plans make sense. In the US there are a lot of $20-$30 plans for those who don't use much data and don't roam. Personally we get a plan through my wife's company which gives us 15gig of data per phone per month plus free texting around most of the world and very cheap calls in most of those same places. And about aa 15% discount on the total bill as a benefit from "big company". Which matters to us. We sometimes wind up in places with no Wi-Fi...
• David L commented on Invisible Sun: Themes and Nightmares
  US dropping 3G and other countries not doing so. I suspect with 3 mainline tower operator fighting for limited spectrum we might have a tighter "squeeze" than other countries. A LOT of your inside our border spectrum is controlled by the military. Maybe more so than in other countries. So we have limited free spectrum and it is divided by 3. And if you look at the specs for a modern phone the actually radio frequency bands used by 4G and later are all different based on the country involved....
• David L commented on Invisible Sun: Themes and Nightmares
  A LOT of your inside our border spectrum is controlled A LOT of OUR inside the border spectrum is controlled...