I’m wondering what service are we actually paying for every month. What does it actually cost to provide data and how do they turn your services off if you don’t pay. Even before the internet was on phones, what did it cost them to provide us with minutes? I understand the phone companies provide the phones, tablets, etc but aside from that I don’t really get what they do that costs so much.
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You’re also paying for network infrastructure. You’re only using wireless up to the cell tower, which then takes your call or data, and routes it out over the backbone fiber optic network. Your phone number is contained within a database that is queried every time you connect to the network. It is during this handshake that the network checks to see if your phone number and device are supposed to be active or disconnected for non-payment, etc…
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