Not long after the launch of the Apple iPad 3G, AT&T is now offering international data plans for roaming with the device. AT&T’s data plans begin at 20MB of data access for $24.99 and end at 200MB of access for $199.99, identical to its international data plans for phones.
Isn’t anyone asking why it is so expensive?
Old question, the answer isn’t going to change any time soon: because they can.
Savvy people will hunt down their own foreign SIM cards and go the unlocked route. Un-savvy people will pay through the nose for convenience.
And you can rest assured, the carriers are working hard to make sure that doesn’t change as much as possible in the 4G era either.