Comments on: American Consumers Pay 10 Cents per Minute Less and Use over 600 Minutes More than Their International Counterparts

By: Washington Post Columnist: Please, Won't Somebody Socialize America's Wireless Networks! - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:39:56 +0000

[...] OECD, is currently one of only two countries that has more than five wireless providers, and has substantially lower average per-minute wireless voice costs than [...]

By: In Which the Case for Antitrust Action against Telecoms Weakens « Inertia Wins!

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:56:39 +0000

[...] 20, 2009 · Leave a Comment New research from the American Consumer Institute, using FCC and OECD data, finds that U.S. telecoms are charging, on average, ten cents less per [...]

By: Wireless Innovation Regulation — “Believe it or Not!” « NetCompetition

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:56:13 +0000

[...] systems, 633 handset choices, thousands of mobile application choices, and with users who enjoy the most usage and the second lowest average prices in the world… is being investigated by the FCC and DOJ [...]

By: OECD’s Self-Serving Metrics « NetCompetition

OECD’s Self-Serving Metrics « NetCompetition — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:49:07 +0000

[...] notion of overall wireless usage, because if they looked at usage they would have to include the pesky fact that Americans use massively more wireless minutes of use than their European counterparts — [...]

By: V

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 07:19:08 +0000

Stumbled on this while doing some research for Indian telecom market. I must say you guys are fooling yourselves by comparing with the most inefficient of the markets..
Indians get charged at 1.2 cents per minute (expected to go down to 0.2 cents in a year) and chinese pay less than 3 cents a minute!!! Now, that’s competitive pricing!!

By: Reading blogs #17 : ::: Think Macro :::

Reading blogs #17 : ::: Think Macro ::: — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:15:54 +0000

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By: Voting with dollars: American Wireless Consumers Pay Much Less, Use Much More than Other Countries « NetCompetition

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:27:37 +0000

[...] 20, 2009 Kudos to Steve Pociask of the American Consumer Institute for his research reminding regulators that American consumers enjoy the most competitive, useful, and innovative [...]

By: steve

steve — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:12:24 +0000

Dear I Wu — The data and the term “minutes of use” are based on “minutes used,” and has nothing to do with plan minutes — so it is not skewed as you suggest. Steve

By: l wu

l wu — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:50:53 +0000

this data may be skewed from bulk rate plans as opposed to a pay-as-you-go plans that are very common with european sim cards. for instance, in the US a plan may be $40 per month for 400 minutes, but only say 50 minutes gets used. case in point for my tween child who needs a “lifeline” low use cell phone with perhaps 5-10 minutes per month, i effectively have her on a $25 per quarter prepay plan.

By: In Which the Case for Antitrust Action against Telecoms Weakens | OpenMarket.org

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:59:01 +0000

[...] research from the American Consumer Institute, using FCC and OECD data, finds that U.S. telecoms are charging, on average, ten cents less per [...]