> The plans may be new, but they’re part of the same old game the wireless carriers in this country love: create new plans, make them more expensive in a way th

> The plans may be new, but they’re part of the same old game the wireless carriers in this country love: create new plans, make them more expensive in a way that’s difficult to understand, and then push customers onto the new plans by dangling free phones in front of them. We get the same in Canada. We have 3 big companies with a bunch of sub-brands to create the illusion of competition. The pricing everywhere is (by total coincidence) extremely homogeneous when you calculate the total cost of ownership with a phone factored in. Of course there are a few brutal plans mixed in to make people feel like they “found a deal”. Without the obfuscation and deceit it would become very clear how badly we’re being ripped off. Id love to see mandated, low cost, slow data, minimal talk time, unlimited texting, and call display plans. That would at least give people the option to opt out of the shenanigans and make do with minimal service.