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Next Generation Mobile Data Pricing

Sponge Bob · 2010-09-27 10:29:14

Voda got an LTE spectrum licence in May and are now launching their 4g LTE service in Germany. These are retail packages inc VAT on their new spectrum. They have a lot more of this spectrum than they do of the old 3G blocks. http://www.telegeography.com/cu/article.php?article_id=34555&email=html Vodafone is offering three…

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Voda got an LTE spectrum licence in May and are now launching their 4g LTE service in Germany.

These are retail packages inc VAT on their new spectrum. They have a lot more of this spectrum than they do of the old 3G blocks.

http://www.telegeography.com/cu/article.php?article_id=34555&email=html

Vodafone is offering three LTE subscription plans, under the ‘LTE Zuhause’ ( LTE @ Home) banner:

1. the top-end package costs EUR69.99 (USD94.40) per month for maximum speeds of 50Mbps with 30GB of data.
2. a package offering maximum download speeds of 21.6Mbps and 15GB of data is priced at EUR49.99 per month.
3. A lower-end option costs EUR39.99 per month offering download speeds of up to 7.2Mbps with 10GB of data.

Existing Vodafone post-paid customers are able to subscribe to the packages for EUR10 less per month.

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#2 27-09-2010 11:49am

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I can't wait for LTE. Gonna be great as long as it is affordable that is.

Thanks Bob

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#3 27-09-2010 11:57am

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charlie_says wrote: »

I can't wait for LTE.

But you must, no spectrum will be available here until 2012 I would think ( thanks to Comreg) , more in 2013 and the large and relatively useless 2.5ghz block not until 2015 earliest and perhaps 2019.

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#4 27-09-2010 12:26pm

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It will cost more than Metro or UPC, unless they subsidise it. It's for serious MOBILE users. Put loads of fixed users and the performance will plummet to 1/4 or 1/10th of purely mobile usage.

I blogged about this on 6th September 2010

Also mentioned on Ireland Offline forum http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056023902

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#5 27-09-2010 2:07pm

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Those speeds seem pointless to me with the download caps...

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#6 27-09-2010 2:28pm

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You won't get those speeds. Assume that if they have really really massive spectrum the speed will be x4 3G/HSPA Mobile

Also it's for MOBILE. How much cap you going to use Mobile? Besides CAP is how congestion & Contention is managed. You can EITHER have x4 cap and same as 3G speed, or same cap and x4 users and same speed as 3G, or SAME cap and x 4 speed and same number of users ...

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