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Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan
mgmueller, your Europe and mine (Spain) are not the same. Cap at 100GB per day? Netflix? Movies between €7 and €15? Same price recent ebook and recent movie?
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The € 7 to € 15 for a movie have been the comparison about buying them, not streaming them via Netflix.
Apple: € 6.99 to € 14.99 typically. Same in $ in the US. Similar in UK, Scandinavia and UK. I don't know about Spain, but normally within the EU the differences shouldn't be too big.
DVD: Typically less than € 10, rarely above € 15, often enough around € 5 for slightly older ones.
My cap is 100GB per day and that's what Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone discuss right now, 2 of the biggest ISPs in Europe. What's your cap respectively the cap discussed in Spain?
Of course there are contracts with a lower cap. My mobile contract obviously is way lower, my wife's DSL package as well.
But it's not "isn't the cap of 100GB too high? Most have a lower cap" it's "the ISPs did announce a cap of 100GB" and there's outrage and obviously a reason for the ISPs choosing that cap. Why would they set a cap of 100GB, if there would be only limited traffic above that cap?
Why the question mark behind Netflix? Is it not available in Spain? It only recently officially came to Germany, before that you had to use VPN (but could use German credit card and billing address). But in competition to Netflix there certainly are dozens of VOD providers with similar process and structure.
What would you say, is the price for recent books and recent movies?
The most expensive movies you find in Apple are $ 20, which is a rare occasion. Usually it's $ 14.99 for a new movie in HD. Then it drops down quickly to $ 9.99 after a few weeks. Often enough there are special deals for $ 6.99.
The books I buy and see, be it Kobo or Amazon and some others, typically range from $ 9.99 to $ 14.99. Sometimes there are cheaper ones for $ 4.99, often enough more expensive ones for $ 16.99 to $ 18.99, rarely exceeding $ 20.
For books, the spectrum certainly is broader. You'll find books of $ 50 and even more.
But the typical price range for books and movies is very similar, no matter what source I check.