Facebook users can offer a gigabyte per month of free NetZero mobile broadband to their friends. But the users can’t specify which friend gets the data, and friends must purchase
4G data pricing is around 20% higher than that for the 3G-equivalent data plan. says ABI Research. But that is expected to change as
T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular, and others will receive funds to cover some of the costs of building out 3G or 4G networks in areas without current 3g service.