I live in the boonies .So far I have had several run- ins with phone companies like '3' when they stopped being able to provide mobile phone coverage (antennaes which fell over or were removed from precarious spots around the island , failure to keep footing the bill for radio coverage ,) China Mobile picked up the slack and hooked onto 'local'mobile calls.This meant 'dead spots' in reception and most of all maddeningly huge mobile roaming bills that resulted from calls going via MONGOLIA apparently without you wanting them too or even knowing -or not being able to make calls without good old Ms 'Ni Hao !' coming on and telling you in Mandarin that you were out of luck re placing a call.So I changed to CSL. Bliss. No more 1200$ p. m. phone bills.
During the last big storm ,I noticed China Mobile had snuck onto my mobile here again -not a good sign....!