> it doesn't feel like You’d think ha. Economists have a term for this “deadweight loss”. MVNO are probably the best place for this kind of dynamism but they

> it doesn't feel like You’d think ha. Economists have a term for this “deadweight loss”. MVNO are probably the best place for this kind of dynamism but they are always limited by the tools that the tier 1 carriers give them. There is stuff like you describe on the way but progress is glacial. You’ll get bits and pieces dripped out bit by bit as the big guys satisfy themselves they’re not missing out on anything. Just a note that this was one of the puzzles Steve Jobs managed to crack. We had smart phones before the iPhones but progress was stymied by the industry - thankfully jobs recognised the potential and had the wherewithal to put the Telcos over his knee and make them his bitch. Steve is gone now, and there aren’t too many players like that around now and you can see how gradually the smartphone market has started to tend back towards the more orthodox again.