Data is Data - whether it be delivered over a mobile or a fixed network. I can get a fixed broadband plan with unlimited data on Vodafone from $99 (which includes a phone line and some calling). On mobile, my $99 gets me a miserly 5GB (Red+ without handset but including some calling and text). The cost of building a new fixed network (or even an extra connection) is much more expensive than a mobile one - look at what UFB is costing all of us in tax - and with only 80% coverage. Therefore - the price of mobile data "should" actually be cheaper than fixed - instead of the other way around. While 2Degrees has brought "some" competition to the telco market, it seems to me we are all still being rorted by Vodafone (and Spark) on mobile data pricing/included allocations!?.
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