[citation][nom]hoof_hearted[/nom]What has this world come to? 30 years ago, three major networks broadcast their content over the airwaves and it was free. It was supported by the advertisers. Now, you have to pay for the data, pay for the content, and yet there are still boocoo advertisements. These carriers must be making money hand over fist.[/citation]
Well when you're too lazy to get more customers by innovating and coming out with a new idea or superior products, or too lazy to compete with your competition you simply raise prices on your current customers.... Gotta remember the economy isn't about getting more customers by being a better service anymore. Now it's about milking people for as much as you can while spending as little as possible to maintain the status quo, so you can please the shareholders and keep your job.
Now if you're lucky your current customers have no other choice of service, which means it's your way or the highway. Electric company monopolies in a given area for example. Or cable service provider monopolies in a given area.
Now to the data plan consider the fact your average game is going to be 500+ MB, all I can say is I hope you have wifi.