One reason for that differential is part of the Ting method: the company doesn't play the subsidized device game, where a carrier claims to sell a device for a low price, or no charge, but more than makes up for the "subsidy" with overpriced service.
But take a five-minute detour off the autobahn, rather than stopping in an overpriced service station, and you'd be in for a surprise to rival that of Sigourney Weaver when she was about to suggest a Rennie might cure John Hurt's bout of indigestion in Alien.
To make that money back, carriers locked subscribers into long-term contracts with overpriced service.
Comcast, Verizon, and Time Warner Cable are all sniping at each other, emphasizing the minor advantages their overpriced service has over the competitor's overpriced service.
The Government will undermine the ridiculously overpriced service by introducing a "fit for proper person" test that mobile traders and heads of companies offering consumer credit contracts will have to pass in order to operate.
The board hopes it will cover bringing service to the unserved communities, and from there, the reach can be expanded to the "underserved" citizens all those struggling with slow, unreliable, or overpriced service.
