Ever since
Mobile phones were a thing, telcos have always made the facts of what you may pay and what you are actually getting for your money, as cloudy as possible.
The telcos sales methods have always seemed to be on par with the old door knocking vacuum cleaner salesmen who would never tell a housewife the actual price if they could help it, only the monthly (or weekly in those days) payment.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
