Indeed it does. My understanding of the standing of mobile carriers in the legal system leaves me to think this shake-up is not so easily accomplished. From texting to tethering, we're charged to use every feature our phones include if the carriers can delimit some kind of usage of it (even though the actual usage is not different from, say, merely using our data plans).
UK/France/Spain and most european countries have got good deals. Under 40$ a month for all unlimited, and many MVNO offer 4 cent/minute or text and a fixed ~20cent per call rate, pay as you go (data is very cheap, too). Inbound texts or calls are of course free (except when abroad).
Roaming is currently around 9ct/mb in the european union if you manage to get the right deal, or by law 80ct/mb which isn't _that_ good.
