A lot of folks had been grumbling about getting hit by huge data charges when traveling overseas with their iPhones. Now AT&T (T) is introducing a new international plan that gives iPhone users 50 MB of data per month to browse the web, check e-mail and access other information in more than 29 countries, including Canada, China, Mexico and in areas throughout Europe and Asia. This is going to set you back $59.99 a month, in addition to what you already pay. This works out to just over $1 a megabyte, which compares very favorably to the current $0.0195 per kilobyte, but it is still too expensive. At that price I would expect them to offer flat rates and unlimited data.
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12:22 PM PT
[...] Via GigaOM [...]
11:29 PM PT
[...] the new plan, AT&T offers 50MB of data per month to browse, check email. The charge for the new plan works [...]
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[...] Omigod what did I do, call Mars while sleepwalking? Accidentally take the iPhone to Easter Island and forget to order up an international data plan? [...]
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[...] Omigod what did I do, call Mars while sleepwalking? Accidentally take the iPhone to Easter Island and forget to order up an international data plan? [...]
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10:00 AM PT
My VZW Global E-Mail & Web package is “unlimited” and costs $65. The only pet peeve I have is that it doesn’t include SMS!! Of course it’s not really “unlimited” either if you go over some arbitrary and unknowable limit.
10:01 AM PT
the flatrate global data plan is $20 a month. come on over.
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