Little graph to remind you how unbelievable it is that you can instantly contact someone anywhere on the planet for free

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This data is decidedly not beautiful. The scale of the graph is the wrong one and should be logarithmic as stated in other comments. The price didn’t drop to 0 in the 80’s….
- I remember having to pay to call my girlfriend two cities over in the 90s. Like, let's get real.
Where can I get this free cell phone plan?
- You can use the internet these days to call anyone for free, with video even.
  
  Downloads free app and login to a free wi-fi, that's all. Even if you need to buy the hardware the cheapest junk phone will suffice.
  
  This specifically refers to phone calls.
- Obama had a program that gave out free cellphones during his first term. Don't remember how that went down.
  
  They still had them in California as of a month ago. I always saw their setups around my city. You could get a phone and a tablet, but the tablet might have been tied to certain provider or your benefits (EBT/snap/etc)
  
  And those plans did not cover international calls lol
- They exist, at least in Germany.
  
  https://www.netzclub.net/
Not free, just very very very cheap. Economy of scale
London <-> San Francisco is missing. The caption is a lie. It should have said something like "between New York and both London and San Francisco".

Also they obviously need a log scale. Like how can you not see that?
- Or from New York to London and San Francisco 💛
  
  The venga phone is callin’, and everybody’s dialin’…
- London -> Has a song tho so it's covered

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