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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
By the way, I don't think US wireless costs have much to do with "open" vs "closed." The US is significantly larger than the EU, with many regions of lower population density, and there is a lot of competition between providers. Also things like text messaging and data lagged behind European use.
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I think it is the "closed" business model that causes it. If you do not pay so much for the phone they have to charge more for making calls and for the data. Also since you are bound by the contract there is no incitament to allow new things that consumes data bandwidth.