Originally Posted by
someotherguy
3G data is fairly cheap in Europe. For example, 3 UK gives you 1GB a month for 10 pounds ($20), or 3GB for 15 pounds, prepaid:
http://www.three.co.uk/personal/prod...nd_/detail.omp
And it roams for free (data) in the "3 like home" countries, which are
Austria, Hong Kong, Italy, Denmark, Ireland, Sweden.
If you want to use it with a laptop, they'll sell you a Huawei E220 HSDPA modem for 50 pounds.
T-Mobile UK offers 40MB/day at 2.50 pounds for 5 days, prepaid. If you don't prearrange that deal, it's 1 pound a day. This deal doesn't work when roaming outside the UK.
Of course, I know this, living here in Belgium. But I need a contract that works throughout Europe (and the 3 offer only covers the UK which I frequently travel to; the other countries are not so interesting). Even then the best packages I know of come to at least 1 Euro per MB when you roam in another European country.