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		cperciva on June 11, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Amazon Digital Markup: 129,000% The fact that you can get 2 GB of data for $30 doesn't mean that you can get 18 MB of data for $0.27. Most people paying $30 for a 2 GB data plan are using far less than 2 GB of data.

pilom on June 11, 2012 [–]

Very true, but the fact that the author is paying a distribution fee an order of magnitude more than the $.27 seems pretty fishy.

robryan on June 12, 2012 | [–]

Doesn't amazon promise delivery to anywhere in the world? These high prices might be subsidising places with crazy high data rates.

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