Comments on: Mobile phones, lock-in and network neutrality http://www.withoutatraceroute.com/2008/08/mobile-phones-lock-in-and-network-neutrality/ Time to live. Sat, 06 Sep 2014 18:43:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 By: Nick http://www.withoutatraceroute.com/2008/08/mobile-phones-lock-in-and-network-neutrality/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:20:42 +0000 http://www.withoutatraceroute.com/?p=173#comment-31 When you say that 10 to 40 Euro cents is per minute cost, I think you might even be underestimating. In Ireland I remember not being able to find service for less than 15 cents per minute, even for off-peak calls to landlines. An on-peak call to a mobile phone could be as much as 45 or 60 cents.

I’ve been wondering for a long time what could possibly lead to the ridiculous differences in the price of cell phone service in the United States and Europe. I think your dad is probably right about the protected oligarchies, because I cannot imagine the kind of discrepancies you’re talking about without some sort of government interference. If you ever find out exactly how European companies manage to get away with their outrageous prices, let me know

]]> By: Brian Mc http://www.withoutatraceroute.com/2008/08/mobile-phones-lock-in-and-network-neutrality/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:57:41 +0000 http://www.withoutatraceroute.com/?p=173#comment-30 Your phone story is another humorous contrast of societies. Buying girls and weed on main street, no problem, an unlocked cell phone, only in a back alley. Isn’t the common U.S./E.U. thread that the companies want to capture customers and keep them? Your contrast of business models is intriguing. Market imperfections (read protected oligarchies) would seem to account for results.

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