> Mobile telephony providers use deliberately confusing pricing to prevent price comparison. They use contract lock in to prevent customers switching contracts.

> Mobile telephony providers use deliberately confusing pricing to prevent price comparison. They use contract lock in to prevent customers switching contracts. They exploit the apathy and inertia of customers. There are many providers now who don't require contracts. Every provider in the US has some sort of prepaid / no contract plan. The prices are much better than contract plans too, at least in the US. > We need regulation to prevent incumbents from exploiting their government-subsidized position, and to protect naive users from themselves. No, you highlighted one of the problems. The government needs to stop backing monopolies / oligopolies and allow competition to flourish. Government involvement always compounds itself. Subsidization and promotion requires regulation later to compensate for the lack of a free market.