Telecoms, what an ugly past they have
This list of crimes and bad practices is just wow. Divided territories, Absorption of competitors, Deregulation, Tying, Product sabotage, Usury, Bribery/Blackmail, Extortion, Business ethics, Refusal to deal. Very few other businesses spread so far in the activities that these people do. They make sure they don't overlap coverage areas as not to compete with each other so to keep prices high to customers. They create bundle packages of all their services, even though a service is offered from the same provider does not mean the different services should be gotten as a bundle. This is often used as a scam to show a short term low entry price that later explodes in cost and contract terms. They jack up pricing for no reason at all or even pass on lawsuits, fines and penalties to the customer instead of eating into profits as intended. They buy out any competition that springs up in their coverage area. The bribe politicians to change regulations, laws and legislation in th...