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How come email and and Internet cost money on a phone but free on an iPod touch?
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∙ 14y ago
When you are paying for internet or email on a phone, you are paying to use a cell phone tower to access the internet from virtually anywhere within range of a cellphone tower.
When you use an iPod Touch's internet and email, you are using Wi-Fi, which stands for Wireless Fidelity. You have to be within range of a wireless router, and Wi-Fi is completely free to use. That router is connected to the internet, and that is how an iPod Touch uses the internet for free. Wireless routers can be set up by any individual with high-speed internet, so it is free to use and is not regulated by any company.
The router has a range of about 350 feet at most, so it has its limitations, whereas a cell phone tower run by a cell phone company has an extremely large range.
Basically, the cell phone company runs the tower you access the internet from through your phone, so they charge you extra to use the internet through their towers, while a router run by yourself or other individual costs nothing for you since you are the one running it.
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