It unbelievable how toothless OFCOM really are. I agree, they should compel the networks to provide the coverage data. The networks have proved time and time again that they are completely unwilling and unable to self-regulate fairly and honestly. What other business would be allowed to sell their wares under such dishonest means?

Imagine, for example, going in to a store to buy a settee, asking if they are available in the area and being assured that they are. You pay for the settee and walk out happy that you're going to receive the goods. Then later you get told that there are no settees in the area, and that there are unlikely to be any for the foreseeable future. Oh, and no you cannot have your money back!

It is an extraordinary situation that has been allowed to evolve, and the networks [still] feel supremely confident, even as the EU drag them kicking and screaming into the 21st century of fair roaming charges for voice, text and now data. Even when the operators are coining it in now that people are using their phones abroad as never before, they still carp at any prompting to further liberalise their tariffs.

It is about time this all went public. And I'd like to see very much more of it, for the sake of not only their customers but the very networks themselves.