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Reddit, what popular product do you think is a total scam? (self.AskReddit)

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[–]SidNhis1911 364ポイント365ポイント  (10子コメント)

That's because the UK only needs one really tall cell tower. Lol

[–]Maxpowr9 77ポイント78ポイント  (8子コメント)

Yeah, the UK is the size of the state of Oregon. I know it's a cop-out but it much more difficult to build out infrastructure to get service all over the US.

[–]twizzlebizzle21 47ポイント48ポイント  (4子コメント)

I'm going to disagree on a tangent. You guys still get screwed over in you heavily packed cities. While yes getting coverage over the whole of the US, surely there's more than enough people in densely populated areas to cover the costs.

It's pretty well known that most of your service providers have monopolies and just ass rape you.

[–]RobotsAndWhiskey 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

There are lower tier providers that still offer unlimited data affordability, but they are almost useless outside of cities. The big providers charge an arm and a leg for data, but it's the only way to get coverage when you're in the sticks.

Source: Have a T-mobile personal phone and a Verizon work phone.

[–]Littledealerboy 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

This is true, but they aren't going to bring down the price in heavily populated cities even though the infrastructure is there simply because they are not required to, and there is nothing that we as the consumer can do about it. Basically, as Americans, we are used to paying out the ass for data on our cellular plans, and will continue to do so until something significant changes.

[–]spoonybard326 -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

True, and they don't even cover the whole us anyway. Try going to the ass middle of nowhere in Nevada or Wyoming, away from the interstates.

[–]HeroAntagonist 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yeah, it must really suck to have service providers who just can't afford to upgrade the infrastructure which provides their service.

[–]vandancouver 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Burn!

[–]hicow 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Horseshit. In a country of 300 million people, you could skip a huge chunk of the midwest and that would affect less than 10% of the population. And speaking of Oregon - over half the population of the entire state live in the Portland metro area. Cover the NW corner of the state (which would also cover Vancouver, Washington's 4th largest city) and boohoo if Hermiston doesn't get cell service.

What I'd like to see, if this is what it would take, is federal subsidies to get it done, cell service and fiber internet both. But, unlike all the other times, the key thing would be consequences if the telcos don't live up to their end. Like, serious, we'll-shut-you-down consequences. Been way too many times already the telcos lobbied and whined until the feds handed them millions of dollars, only to have the telcos not do their part and hand their execs fat bonuses for an awesome quarter...mostly due to pocketing the government's money.

Free market works out really well when that means $150 dollar ISP bills at 1/10 the speed Europeans get for 1/10 the price. God forbid anyone "infringe" on the "rights" of the telcos to make profits north of 90% on their services.

[–]neohellpoet 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

And this is relevant how? We're not talking coverage, we're talking data used and 60+ million people is a lot.

High population density makes unlimited data harder, not easier, because the same amount of physical infrastructure has to meet the needs of a larger number of people.