Well, the title says it: Why are "minutos" so expensive in the DR? I have been traveling around Asia and there it everyone is using pre-paid sim cards too and it costs nearly nothing to text and call. For example in Sri Lanka: A minute costs less than two cents. A text costs not even a cent and 1MB using the internet costs like 0,2 cents! The SIM costs one Dollar.
My impression is that in the DR it is quite expensive in general...
I assume, that the infrastructure for a cell phone network costs worldwide more or less the same. If that is true, wouldn't it mean that they hold up the prices in the DR on purpose or do the cell phone carriers around asia all get subvention from the governments? I'm not an economist or something, so maybe I do over-see something important? Of course, the first idea might be, that they charge so much because they can, but if it is possible to give better prices there would be a carrier underpricing the others, right?
I am happy to hear your thoughts!
My impression is that in the DR it is quite expensive in general...
I assume, that the infrastructure for a cell phone network costs worldwide more or less the same. If that is true, wouldn't it mean that they hold up the prices in the DR on purpose or do the cell phone carriers around asia all get subvention from the governments? I'm not an economist or something, so maybe I do over-see something important? Of course, the first idea might be, that they charge so much because they can, but if it is possible to give better prices there would be a carrier underpricing the others, right?
I am happy to hear your thoughts!