Jeremy Kolassa

CP Op-Ed Contributor

Wondering Why Your Phone Bill Keeps Going Up? Thank the Government

Are you wondering why the cost of your smartphone plan keeps going up? Demand for data among cell phone users is greater than the phone carriers can supply—because a huge chunk of the electromagnetic spectrum in America—the system needed to carry the data—is owned by the federal government.

Wondering Why Your Phone Bill Keeps Going Up? Thank the Government