For comparison:
> carrier quantity price price/KB over quota notes
> ------- -------- ----- -------- ---------- -----
>
> VoiceStream 1 MB $2.99/mo $.0029 $10/MB incl. 300
> text msgs
>
> Cingular .5 MB $14.99/mo $.029 $.07/KB incl. 100
> text msgs/emails
>
> Docomo ? ? $.0185 (*) ? ?
Sonera (FI) 1MB $7.07/mo $.0069 $2.83/MB
Open Data
Sonera (FI) 10MB $21.22/mo $.0021 $2.12/MB
Pro Data
Radiolinja (FI) 0MB $5.66/mo - $.0036/KB
DNA(FI) n/a $19.30/mo - - Flatrate
The GPRS fee gets you connected to the Internet and it's really up to you if
you use the GPRS service for Internet access from your laptop or PDA, or if
you're browsing web or WAP pages with your phone.
These are typically additional costs to the basic fees, SMS messages at the
usual $0.2/message or less. Example basic fee for Sonera Classic Duo
(GSM800&1900) $4.06/month, calls $0.186 - 0.278/minute.
The public profile for these three operators is that Sonera is expensive,
reliable and up-to-date, Radiolinja is cheaper but less reliable and slower
to introduce new things, and DNA is a new player trying to break the
traditional rules.
Petri
Received on Wed Jan 30 14:56:01 2002