Hey @jacor,thank for bringing out this issue for all of us to talk about. I truly second your concerns. It's doesn't take a genius to understand what these so called "telcos" are doing. There only motorbike is to make mulla, even at the cost of their customer's suffering.
Here in India, we used have a very similar condition. The whole world, but India, had already moved onto 4G data speeds and technology but our Telecom Service Provider didn't want us to think that 4G was anything interesting. The data prices were as expensive as, or probably more, 4G data prices of other countries.
Indian telecom industry desperately needed a disruption to break the monopoly of these big time players; and that's exactly what transpired with the new entrant by the name of 'JIO'. I am not here to publicize or anything but it really did change the face of the industry. Today, 4G data is extremely cheap and accessible to all sections of the society...
Saw your post and thought of putting forward my views. Thanks! Peace ✌️