These sorts of comments are common but always strike me as having been made by someone with little to no real world experience on the specific issue being discussed.
I lived in France and now I'm in Germany, still using my French sim card, for no additional cost. I can change carriers whenever I want with no delay and transfer my number to the new carrier, all of that for much cheaper than what was available in the US when I was living there.
No contract, no hidden fees, no loops to jump through to cancel a subscription, it just works. I really don't see what one more monopoly would solve.
Feel free to publish your list of grievances, I suspect they're extremely out of the ordinary
Ask anybody who has lived in the UK long enough about Vodafone.
The story normally goes something like this:
- 90s = Dogs bollocks, nobody came close
- 00s = Started to smell a bit, but still the most robust technical service
- early 10s = Really starting to rest on their laurels now
- late 10s – today = Shit, godawful shit.
Are you American by any chance ?
This has been solves in other places through regulations