Phone Companies

What a total crock of crap, perpetuated by the phone companies on the American public. To my knowledge this is the only industry that cannot provide you an actual amount you will be paying for a flat rate service, before you buy it! I am not talking about a mechanic who does not know what parts may be needed or how many hours it will take. I am not talking about a pay as you go phone, or pay for minutes or text. I am talking about X numbers of phone on an unlimited plan = $XXX.XX . Seriously! They can figure out how much I have to pay them every month when they bill me, so how does it make any sense at all that they cannot tell me that number before I enter into a contract? Yes, I understand it varies state to state. But, come on! They are using a computer, so how hard is it to look it up? It appears obvious to me that they do not make the effort to be able to do this because more people will buy the contract when it is $170/month than when it is $200/month. And once they have that shiney new IPhone, when the bill comes in, they don’t want to give it up so they justify it with ‘I was told $175, but it is $200, oh well, that’s only $25 extra’
I truly believe that this is one more shining example of Corporate America, screwing Public America, right into financial ruin.