# Will cellular data ever come down in price?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-cellular-data-ever-come-down-in-price/688364>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 13, 2014, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-cellular-data-ever-come-down-in-price/688364 "2014-05-13T16:30:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-cellular-data-ever-come-down-in-price/688364/21 "2014-05-17T10:51:59Z")

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> [@D\_Odds](#):
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> You lack of a need does not mean everyone lacks a need. For better of for worse, times have changed, and there is a lot of business that can be (and is) conducted away from home, office, or public wi-fi. Embracing it give me an advantage over those who don’t.
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> Maybe in the UK, your gas station attendants can give accurate directions. I learned that in my area, I wouldn’t trust them to give me accurate directions to a place directly across the street. Plus, my phone navigation trumps my car navigation because it accounts for traffic.

Business use I get, sure, you need to check mail frequently, and the cost is tax deductible. The directions thing, though, I don’t get; before satnav people got around fine. I’ve driven/biked in four countries (I haven’t lived in the UK for years) and get around, even if I have to show people the address in their language. Also people have internet-enabled, expensive plans when they’re not used for business - why? Your $50-70/month could be put to so many better uses.

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**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-cellular-data-ever-come-down-in-price/688364/22 "2014-05-17T11:42:38Z")

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I got around before GPS navigation as well. But it is so much easier now than trying to map out a route on a spiral-bound map book - or if one is driving far, several spiral bound map books. And let’s not even think of getting the folding maps ever folded back right. Now I get point-to-point, turn-by-turn directions which take into account re-routings and traffic on a live basis. I _love_ the 21st century.

_Your_ $70/month could be put to better uses. Doesn’t mean someone else values their $70 differently.

(P.S. Business is more than just email use - a lot more.)

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