>As I'm traveling through town and being handed off to different cell towers, am I going to see a pop-up saying the current rate on this tower is XXXX amount
Is there a reason why this can't be done? Have a carrier app that you can use to check the current rate, and that sends push notifications when the rate exceeds a rate that you've set. You can even do this through SMS so it doesn't take up any bandwidth.
>and allow me to accept or not?
Allow the user to set a maximum rate. If the current rate exceeds that rate, cut off data access. Allow the user to reactivate data or change the maximum through the app or through SMS.
>The flexible invisible cost is just not a good thing for end users
I never said it was the best approach, just the most efficient approach from a microeconomics point of view.
Is there a reason why this can't be done? Have a carrier app that you can use to check the current rate, and that sends push notifications when the rate exceeds a rate that you've set. You can even do this through SMS so it doesn't take up any bandwidth.
>and allow me to accept or not?
Allow the user to set a maximum rate. If the current rate exceeds that rate, cut off data access. Allow the user to reactivate data or change the maximum through the app or through SMS.
>The flexible invisible cost is just not a good thing for end users
I never said it was the best approach, just the most efficient approach from a microeconomics point of view.