“The cost of staying connected across borders is completely crazy,” T-Mobile CEO John Legere said of his company’s move to provide free unlimited data roaming around the world. “Today’s phones are designed to work around the world, but we’re forced to pay insanely inflated international connectivity fees to actually use them. You can’t leave the country without coming home to bill shock. So we’re making the world your network – at no extra cost.”

One of the ways in which T-mobile is trying to break the peculiar and expensive mold of American mobile usage.