Thomas Purves points out how pitiful Canada’s mobile data access is. The rates are just pathetic.

Apparently his post struck a nerve.

If this was the EU, we’d regulate our way to cheaper service. The EU looks set to pass legislation this summer capping mobile roaming rates, for instance. I’m not a fan of regulating prices — that’s what markets are for, after all — but in this case you have to wonder whether anything but regulation will improve things for consumers. The market isn’t working.