# How is Metro PCS able to price so much lower than other cell providers, and what's the catch?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 9, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-metro-pcs-able-to-price-so-much-lower-than-other-cell-providers-and-whats-the-catch/531806 "2010-03-09T03:40:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-metro-pcs-able-to-price-so-much-lower-than-other-cell-providers-and-whats-the-catch/531806/21 "2010-03-10T11:45:42Z")

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> [@Sunspace](#):
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> But I’m not sure that MetroPCS is targeting people who roam internationally a lot.

Their coverage maps suggest that they’re not even targeting people who venture into the next county a lot.

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