This! I finished my 4GB with Blau and they don’t have any option to top them up. Just be ok with a limited connection at 64kbps, was their support reply. Insane.
Is there a lack of competition in the mobile service provider market? Bad regulation?
> Is there a lack of competition in the mobile service provider market? Bad regulation?
Probably too few competition. I live in Germany and have not yet looked into this much, but I think Deutsche Telekom could be still a problem creating the majority of the infrastructure and offering usage for others probably only via higher fees. Similarly why there is no real competitor to Deutsche Bahn in the train sector.
https://www.telekom.de/unterwegs/tarife-und-optionen/smartph...
In Thailand last january I paid 9€ for a 4G Sim that lasted me 1 month with something like 21GB allowance.
Plus LTE's speed is limited here. Thanks to the EU rules on roaming I'm now using my Italian Vodafone seem for data :(
India. I live in Mumbai and use Airtel; apparently the plan I was using got discontinued, so I'm going to bump myself up to the 3 GiB/day for 30 days plan at ₹550 (~€7.5). This is considered expensive here, with cheaper options like Jio readily available.