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Maybe it's a purchasing nuance with the data supply chain?

As in, it's more expensive to meter everyone's data and charge per 100 MB, and cheaper to charge in 10 GB blocks and then refund retroactively. They are piggybacking off of other networks, which may not accept 100 MB purchases.

I can see them doing a purchasing scheme with the suppliers and then transferring the savings to the customer.



It's a CC charge issue.

You get incremental costs per CC charge. Better, in Googles mind, to overcharge and refund rather than a new charge every 100mb.




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