This is a positive step for everyone. The present carrier practice reminds me of the awful 19th century stories about mining towns where the workers were paid i

This is a positive step for everyone. The present carrier practice reminds me of the awful 19th century stories about mining towns where the workers were paid in company script instead of money, and the script was only redeemable at the company store. That meant the workers could be cheated endlessly (not knowing the real value of things expressed in a universal currency) and they also couldn't simply leave (because the company wouldn't redeem their own script for money). Today's cell phone carriers are the modern equivalent of a predatory company town at its worst. Let's hope this idea catches on.