Yes Americans get cheap: cars, gasoline, hardware etc. compared to most European countries, but look at cellphone carrier costs.
I get 7Mbit 3g, with a 20Gb download limit on my cellphone for 10$ a month - yes 10$. From Denmark btw.
And i don't pay for any services besides that, only for making calls which is around 1$ for 15 minutes of talking. sms and mms messages are free and there is no subscription fee. I've been a cellphone user for around 12 years, and never had a call drop on me/service being down.
So yeah - Americans aren't that lucky imho