The Language of Data is International - and Expensive

From iPhone Central

Around the time of the release of the iPhone, we first started hearing angry comments from those who wanted to use their phones while abroad. Turns out that even with AT&T’s international calling plans, users often end up being charged exorbitant rates due to the phone’s data capabilities. Apple partially addressed this in the 1.1.1 software update by adding a feature to disable Data Roaming, but now AT&T is doing their part by adding international data plans for the iPhone to the mix.

The plan comes in two flavors, differentiated by a data cap—sorry folks, no unlimited firehose here. For 50MB of data, you’ll pay $59.99/month, for 20MB, $24.99/month. Go over and you’ll pay half a cent for every kilobyte. But wait: there’s more.

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