The generally accepted theory is that because of the economies of scale and the advancement of technology, high tech devices get cheaper over time. This should be especially true in the case of telecommunications where the cost of installation of new technology is born by the early adopters and over time, when the initial costs are recouped, it gets cheaper and then there’s an advancement is speed/quality and the prices are raised again.
Vodafone offered, until recently a mobile broadband service for £25 a month. They offered two modem options; fast and faster – but the tariff per month stayed the same.
This week, the company released a new style version of their 7.2 ‘faster’ option which as ‘selling features’ seem to be bigger and rounded and has flashing lights all around it. Bizzare when their target audience is the business market.Even more bizarre however is the increase of the tariff to £30/month – another £60/year. Why? the bandwidth allocation of 3GB/month is the same as before and the speed remains the same. This is especially annoying for me as I was thinking of buying one.
I probably won’t now. It’s not the money – I had allocated the funds, but just I hate being fleeced, don’t you?