It should be illegal, at least for companies that still charge me while I’m abroad and don’t offer me any other way of canceling service or getting support.
I'm pretty sure I still owe t-mobile money. When I moved to the EU, we kept our old phone plans for awhile. Then, for whatever reason, the USD didn't make it to the USD account in time and we missed a payment. Then t-mobile cut off the service and you need to receive a text message to login to the account. Obviously, that wasn't possible. So, we lost the ability to even pay, even while using a VPN. We just decided to let it die, but I'm sure in t-mobile's eyes, I still owe them.
It should be illegal, at least for companies that still charge me while I’m abroad and don’t offer me any other way of canceling service or getting support.