[skohan]

As an American traveling abroad for the first time was eye-opening. Even in the developing world (heck especially in the developing world) it is easy and inexpensive to get a sim card plus data. North Americans should be in the streets demanding regulation of telecoms.

[espes]

What are you talking about? The United States is one of the only countries in the world where it's possible to walk into a store and walk out with an unlimited prepaid sim, and the only others have a much higher population density.

[skohan]

Which carrier? Maybe this has changed but it was not the case when I was living there 7 years ago.

[jalgos_eminator]

And you get 4g nearly everywhere! It blew my American mind to pieces. I would intentionally check my phone on random gravel roads in the mountains and there was almost always 4g. We even had a hiking guide take a phone call on a mountain pass.

[komali2]

Nothing made me a more "woke" American than my first trip abroad.

I wish there was some way I could share the privilege I had to do so with more people here.