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I was always amused when $12/MB BGAN (L-band satellite) service was cheaper than roaming cellular data on some plans.

Actually New Zealand throttled speeds are 64kbps or 56kbps ("dial-up speed"). Network speeds are in bits per second, so you get 6-8kBps downloads.

Given the numbers, I suspect that the cap was 57(.6?) kilobits per second, not kilobytes. Same top speed as a dialup modem.

im always amazed that the developing nation i live in (we used to call it third world....) has no hidden caps or nonsenseontheir mobile, or non-mobileinternet plans, you get exactlywhat you pay for,spelled out clearly, andits steongly enforced by thecourts.

and no, there is no censorship or anything either. i dont have quite the same speeds as theus does, buti get ehat ipay for, andits cheap.

what developing nation is that? (I ask because I also live in a "developing" nation which has some of the highest per capita broadband charges in the world)

Is this phone network caps, or landline cable/DSL caps?

Home network. It may differ in larger towns like Auckland or Wellington but the city I live in is hardly small either.