&gt; low and expensive—a gigabyte of data costs around $1 in a country where many people make only hundreds of dollars a month.<p>&quot;Hundreds&quot; is ambiguous, let&#x27;s conservatively say it&#x27;s $200.  So half a percent of your income went to a plan with 1GB of data.  Here in Holland the average (gross) wages was €3073 in 2012 (most recent numbers I can find), and in 2012 €50&#x2F;month for a plan with 1GB internet was pretty normal.  So the Dutch are playing 3-4 times as much of their relative income for data, excluding the fact that they probably pay higher taxes and that &#x27;hundreds&#x27; probably means more than $200.