New series: THINGS I LOVE ABOUT MEXICO (my current adopted home). 
#1 – Cellphone reception on the subway!
Fact: the world’s richest man, Carlos Slim, is Mexican. A true telecom tycoon, Slim counts among his many holdings Telcel, Mexico’s leading cellphone service provider with more than an 80% market share. Is the fact that Telcel monopolizes the market a good thing for Mexico (or my pocketbook)? Probably not (and definitely not for my pocketbook), HOWEVER, Slim’s monopoly comes with one sweet sweet benefit: pretty much the entire Mexico City subway system features full cellphone reception (unless of course you’re foolish enough to be a customer of one of Telcel’s competitors)! Eat your heart out Toronto! 
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