Yikes, make sure you folks don't take your iPhone on vacation:
"Standard roaming rate is billed at 5¢ per KB in both the United States and other countries. However, when you subscribe to any Data Service Plan you will benefit from a low data rate of only 1¢ per KB while roaming in the USA, Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands"
Maybe my math is off, but at ~500 kb/page, it would cost someone roughly $625 to read this thread in Paris. However, this same thread would only cost you $125 to read in Montana - that's savings!
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