Communist Carriers

Nilay Patel over at the Verge has a great rundown on why you and I are stuck with the same three crappy cellphone carriers.

"The carriers have always been wary of ‘excessive' innovation in the mobile space because of the danger that it might make mobile service cheaper."

I would love to see the handset makers band together and give us a real, reliable, fast cell network. A true 4G network where they compete on the merits and quality of their products and not contract lock-in. I'd also like to see unicorns with jetpacks.