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|Three|| X-Series Essentials || ? || 100MB || ?|| none || 8$ || 50c per MB for additional data
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|Three|| X-Series Essentials || ? || 100MB || ?|| Broadband Zone || 8$ || 50c per MB for additional data
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|Three|| X-Series Essentials || ? || 200MB || ?|| none || 12$ || 50c per MB for additional data
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|Three|| X-Series Essentials || ? || 200MB || ?|| Broadband Zone || 12$ || 50c per MB for additional data
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|Three|| X-Series Ultimate || ? || 1GB || ?|| none || 20$ || 10c per MB for additional data
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|Three|| X-Series Ultimate || ? || 1GB || ?|| Broadband Zone || 20$ || 10c per MB for additional data
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|Three|| X-Series Ultimate || ? || 2GB || ?|| none || 30$ || 10c per MB for additional data
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|Three|| X-Series Ultimate || ? || 2GB || ?|| Broadband Zone || 30$ || 10c per MB for additional data
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|Three|| X-Series Ultimate || ? || 3GB || ?|| none || 40$ || 10c per MB for additional data
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|Three|| X-Series Ultimate || ? || 3GB || ?|| Broadband Zone || 40$ || 10c per MB for additional data
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Revision as of 00:38, 23 September 2009

The goal of this page is to have an up to date per country list of data plans for your mobile phone. If you have user experiences with one of these (or an other) data plans please feel free to contribute your experience on the data plan thread.

Please take into account data plans might involve special deals, or are available for a limited time. Therefore, the information hereunder might be (slightly) incorrect or out of date. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause, and please feel free to provide updates on the data plans or add new data plans.

EU & roaming notice: If you are residing in the European Union be aware The European Commision provides a website where one can compare roaming tariffs in EU.

Contents

Austria

ISP Plan name Speed Data limit Tethering Restrictions Price / month Misc
Orange Mobiles Internet 3GB  ? 3GB yes none € 10,- € 0,10 for each MB after 3GB
Orange Mobiles Internet 15GB  ? 15GB yes none € 20,- (ohne Handyvertrag) / € 15,- (mit Orange Handyvertrag) after 6 GB used: max. 128kbit/s; after 15 GB used: max. 56kbit/s
Orange Team Orange 39  ? 3GB yes none € 39,- + 1000 minutes voice, 400 minutes to the EU, 1000 SMS, free calls+SMS to Orange.AT customers
A1Data Basis7,2 Mbit/snoneyesnone-standard cost: €6,40/MB without data plan; beware!
A1A1 Internet Paket7,2 Mbit/s50MByesnone€ 5,-smallest data plan for A1; € 0,50 for each MB not included in the 50MB limit

Australia

ISP Plan name Speed Data limit Tethering Restrictions Price / month Misc
Three X-Series Essentials  ? 20MB  ? Broadband Zone 5$ 50c per MB for additional data
Three X-Series Essentials  ? 100MB  ? Broadband Zone 8$ 50c per MB for additional data
Three X-Series Essentials  ? 200MB  ? Broadband Zone 12$ 50c per MB for additional data
Three X-Series Ultimate  ? 1GB  ? Broadband Zone 20$ 10c per MB for additional data
Three X-Series Ultimate  ? 2GB  ? Broadband Zone 30$ 10c per MB for additional data
Three X-Series Ultimate  ? 3GB  ? Broadband Zone 40$ 10c per MB for additional data

Bulgaria

ISP Plan name Speed Data limit Tethering Restrictions Price / month Misc
Globul GoWeb 25 up to 14.4Mbps 25MB Yes - 5,00BGN additional 0,60BGN/MB [1]
Globul GoWeb 100 up to 14.4Mbps 100MB Yes - 12,00BGN additional 0,24BGN/MB [2]
Globul GoWeb 300 up to 14.4Mbps 300MB Yes - 16,80BGN additional 0,24BGN/MB [3]
Globul GoWeb 1000 up to 14.4Mbps 1000MB Yes - 24,00BGN additional 0,10BGN/MB [4]
M-Tel Easy Surf up to 21Mbps 5-50MB (recommended) Yes - 3,90BGN 0,25BGN/MB [5]
M-Tel Pro Surf up to 21Mbps 50-100MB (recommended) Yes - 5,90BGN 0,15BGN/MB [6]
M-Tel Master Surf up to 21Mbps 100-500MB (recommended) Yes - 9,90BGN 0,05BGN/MB [7]
M-Tel Power Surf up to 21Mbps 500-10000MB (recommended) Yes - 15,90BGN 0,01BGN/MB [8]
M-Tel Surf up to 21Mbps 25MB Yes - 9,90BGN additional 0,60BGN/MB [9]
M-Tel Surf up to 21Mbps 250MB Yes - 15,90BGN additional 0,25BGN/MB [10]
M-Tel Surf up to 21Mbps 512MB Yes - 19,90BGN additional 0,25BGN/MB [11]
M-Tel Surf up to 21Mbps 1024MB Yes - 23,90BGN additional 0,25BGN/MB [12]
M-Tel Surf up to 21Mbps 2048MB Yes - - bundled with Netbooks [13]
M-Tel Surf up to 21Mbps 3072MB Yes - 39,90BGN additional 0,10BGN/MB [14]
M-Tel Surf up to 21Mbps 5120MB Yes - 49,90BGN additional 0,10BGN/MB [15]
M-Tel Surf up to 21Mbps 10240MB Yes - 59,90BGN additional 0,10BGN/MB [16]
Vivacom Data 30  ? (3G) 30MB Yes - 5,00BGN additional 0,30BGN/MB [17]
Vivacom Data 150  ? (3G) 150MB Yes - 10,00BGN additional 0,30BGN/MB [18]
Vivacom Data 750  ? (3G) 750MB Yes - 20,00BGN additional 0,30BGN/MB [19]

Canada

ISP Plan name Speed Data limit Tethering Restrictions Price / month Misc
Rogers Same as iPhone ? 6G Tethering Available until Sept 30 30$ On top of regular cell account
Fido 1GB/3GB 7.2 Mbps 1GB/3GB On-device (RX-51) As of 20/2/2009, no contract with own device $30 / $60 $35 activation fee, $35 SIM card, no system access fee or 911 fee [20]
Rogers 1GB/3GB 7.2 Mbps 1GB/3GB On-device (RX-51) system access and 911 fees apply $30 / $60 [21]

Czech Republic

Also see the list in Wikipedia (no idea how up-to-date it is though)

Finland

ISP Plan name Speed Data limit Tethering Restrictions Price / month Misc
Saunalahti Mobiililaajakaista 384 384 Kb/s FUP yes All p2p traffic forbidden 9,80 € Source
Saunalahti Mobiililaajakaista 512 512 Kb/s FUP yes All p2p traffic forbidden 14,80 € Source
Saunalahti Mobiililaajakaista 1M 1 Mb/s FUP yes All p2p traffic forbidden 19,80 € Source
Saunalahti Mobiililaajakaista 2M 2 Mb/s FUP yes All p2p traffic forbidden 29,80 € Source
Saunalahti Mobiililaajakaista 5M 5 Mb/s FUP yes All p2p traffic forbideen 34,80 € Source

France

ISP Plan name Speed Data limit Tethering Restrictions Price / month Misc
Orange Internet 3G+ FUP Not allowed, but works Port 80 only. 5€ Add in to a voice plan. Data works only from 8pm to 8am and weekends. Source
Orange Internet Max 3G+ FUP Not allowed, but works Port 80 only 9€ Add in to a voice plan. Source

Germany

ISP Plan name Speed Data limits 3G/GPRS Tethering Restrictions Price / month Misc
T-mobile WebN'Walk connect 3G+ 30MB Works no voip. 5€ Add in to a voice plan. Source
T-mobile WebN'Walk connect M 3G+ 300MB Works no voip. 24.95€ Add in to a voice plan. Source
T-mobile WebN'Walk connect L 3G+ 5GB/Unlimited Works no voip. 39.95€ Add in to a voice plan. After 5GB limited bandwidth. Source
Vodafone Mobile Connect L 3G+ 300MB Works no voip 19.95€ Add in to a voice plan. Source
Vodafone Mobile Connect pda 3G+ 30MB Works no voip 9.95€ Add in to a voice plan. Source
Vodafone Mobile Connect Flat 3G+ 5GB/Unlimited Works no voip 34.95€ Add in to a voice plan. After 5GB limited bandwidth. Source
O2 Internet-Pack S 3G+ 30 MB/Unlimited Works none Source 5 € Add in to a voice plan. After 30MB limited bandwidth. Source
O2 Internet-Pack M 3G+ 200 MB/Unlimited Works none Source 10 € Add in to a voice plan. After 200MB limited bandwidth. Source
O2 Internet-Pack L 3G+ 5GB/Unlimited Works none Source 25 € Add in to a voice plan. After 5GB limited bandwidth. Source
  • Comparison of more data plans: [22] and [23]

Israel

ISP Plan name Speed Data limit Tethering Restrictions Price / month Misc
Orange - up to 2.8Mb/s(HSDPA) 5GB/month Allowed None 80NIS (€15) IP address allocated from private range (192.168.*.*)

Italy

ISP Plan name Speed Data limit Tethering Restrictions Price / month Misc
3 Italia Naviga3 3600/384(?) 50MB / day Not allowed, but works none 9€ There's a weekly option for 3€/week at 100MB / day. That makes up for circa 12€ / month.

Netherlands

ISP (Infrastructure) Plan name Speed Data limit Tethering Restrictions Price / month Misc
XS4All (KPN) Go 768/384 1GB Yes none 20 EUR (excl. VAT) 25% cut for existing customers of XS4All, USB/PCMIA/Express source (in Dutch)
XS4All (KPN) Start 1800/384 2GB Yes none 33,57 EUR (excl. VAT) 25% cut for existing customers of XS4All, USB/PCMIA/Express source (in Dutch)
XS4All (KPN) Lite 3600/1400 FUP Yes none 50 EUR (excl. VAT) 25% cut for existing customers of XS4All, USB/PCMIA/Express source (in Dutch)
XS4All (KPN) Basic 7200/1400 FUP Yes none 80 EUR (excl. VAT) 25% cut for existing customers of XS4All, USB source (in Dutch)
Vodafone Vodafone Zorgeloos Internet Blox 3600/384 FUP Not allowed but works Skype known to be blocked 10 EUR Able to put on or off a monthly basis. FUP: not allowed to use regularly 10x more than average usage source (in Dutch)
KPN Snel Mobiel Internet Start 7200/1400 400MB Yes  ? 20 EUR (for business excl. VAT) 0,12 EUR for each extra MB in NL; in EU and out of EU tarrifs
KPN Snel Mobiel Internet Comfort 7200/1400 1GB Yes  ? 40 EUR (for business excl. VAT) 0,12 EUR for each extra MB in NL; in EU and out of EU tarrifs
KPN Snel Mobiel Internet Pro 7200/1400 2,5GB Yes  ? 60 EUR (for business excl. VAT) 0,12 EUR for each extra MB in NL; in EU and out of EU tarrifs
KPN Snel Mobiel Internet Onbeperkt 7200/1400 FUP Yes  ? 80 EUR (for business excl. VAT) No extra for more MB in NL; in EU and out of EU tarrifs
KPN Zeker Mobiel Internet Start 768/384 400 MB Yes  ? 22,50 EUR No extra MB; static cost; in EU and out of EU tarrifs
KPN Zeker Mobiel Internet Comfort 1500/384 1 GB Yes  ? 35 EUR No extra MB; static cost; in EU and out of EU tarrifs
KPN Zeker Mobiel Internet Pro 2000/384 2,5 GB Yes  ? 50 EUR No extra MB; static cost; in EU and out of EU tarrifs

Portugal

ISP Plan name Speed Data limit Tethering Restrictions Price / month Misc
TMN internetnotelemóvel 3G+ (7.2Mb) 250 MB Yes none 15 € source
Vodafone Aditivo internet movel 3G+ (7.2Mb) 100MB Yes none 9,82 € source
Optimus Internet da Optimus 3G+ (7.2Mb) 100MB Yes none 7,5 € source

Romania

ISP Plan name Speed Data limit Tethering Restrictions Price / month Misc
Vodafone ? 3G 10MB  ?  ? 2,38€ additional 0,0023€/10KB

Spain

ISP Plan name Speed Data limit Tethering Restrictions Price / month Misc
Vodafone Tarifa Plana Mensual Internet en el Móvil 3.6Mbps (HSDPA) 150MB/unlimited Not allowed VoIP, P2P €12 Two access points available. Using first one the speed goes down to 64kbps after reaching traffic limit. Using the other that limit doesn't apply but it goes through a proxy.
Vodafone Tarifa Plana Navega Plus 7.2Mbps (HSPA) 4GB/unlimited Allowed None €39 The speed goes down to 128kbps after reaching traffic limit.

Sweden

ISP Plan name Speed Data limit Tethering Restrictions Price / month Misc
Tele2 Surf Small Up to 6Mbit 200MB Yes(?) ? ~2.9€ After 200MB cost is ~0.16€/MB. Add in to a voice plan. 3month commitment.
Tele2 Surf Medium Up to 6Mbit 1GB Yes(?) ? ~8.9€ After 1GB speed is restricted to 64Kbit/s. Additional 1GB is ~9.9€. Add in to a voice plan. 3month commitment.
Tele2 Surf Large Up to 6Mbit 5GB Yes(?) ? ~15.9€ After 5GB speed is restricted to 64Kbit/s. Additional 1GB is ~9.9€. Add in to a voice plan. 3month commitment.

Switzerland

Plans and options use to change quickly. Table below gives an estimate based on currently available plans (September 2009). Best thing is to verify on the ISP homepage.

ISP Plan name Speed Data limit Tethering Restrictions Price / month Misc
Orange Surf 3G 1GB  ?  ? 10€ As an option for the Optima plans
Sunrise Surf 3G 250MB  ?  ? 5€ As an option on existing plans.
Swisscom Surf 3G 100MB  ?  ? 12€ Asn an option on existing plans. It might however be much cheaper to get a special surf plan. Check the various very different plans and options


United Kingdom

ISP Plan name Type Speed Data limit Tethering Restrictions Price / month Misc
Asda Mobile Pay as you go Prepay  ? None Allowed but no support  ? 20p per megabyte Uses Vodafone network
T-Mobile Web'n'walk Contract  ? 1GB Not allowed but works  ? £Included Contracts over £25
T-Mobile Web'n'walk plus Contract  ? 3GB Allowed VOIP Add £7.50 ?
T-Mobile Web'n'walk max Contract  ? 10GB Allowed None Add £12.50 ?
T-Mobile Web'n'walk Daily Prepay or Contract  ? 1GB Not allowed but works  ? £1 Only pay for days used
Three Mobile Broadband Lite 1GB Contract "up to 2.8Mbps on 3's HSDPA network in the UK" 1GB Y  ? £10.00 £0.10/MB above allowance
Three Mobile Broadband 5GB Contract up to 2.8Mbps on 3's HSDPA network in the UK" 5GB Y  ? £15.00 £0.10/MB above allowance
Three Mobile Broadband 15GB Contract "up to 2.8Mbps on 3's HSDPA network in the UK" 15GB Y  ? £30.00 £0.10/MB above allowance
Three Broadband Lite Prepay "up to 2.8Mbps on 3's HSDPA network in the UK" 1GB Y  ? £10.00 £1.00/MB above allowance
Three Broadband Plus Prepay "up to 2.8Mbps on 3's HSDPA network in the UK" 3GB Y  ? £15.00 £1.00/MB above allowance
Three Broadband Max Prepay "up to 2.8Mbps on 3's HSDPA network in the UK" 7GB Y  ? £25.00 £1.00/MB above allowance
Three Internet Daily Prepay "up to 2.8Mbps on 3's HSDPA network in the UK" 120MB  ?  ? £0.50 (valid for one day) £1.00/MB above allowance
Three Internet Weekly Prepay "up to 2.8Mbps on 3's HSDPA network in the UK" 500 MB  ?  ? £2.50 (valid for 7 days) £1.00/MB above allowance
Three Internet Monthly Prepay "up to 2.8Mbps on 3's HSDPA network in the UK" 2GB  ?  ? £5.00 £1.00/MB above allowance
Virgin ? Prepay or Direct Debit  ? 25MB/day  ?  ? 30p/day Only pay for days used. £2.00/MB above allowance
Vodafone Mobile Internet - Value Pack Contract  ? 500MB/month (FUP) Not allowed afaict (charges extra) No VoIP/P2P (extra charges apply) £5 Tied with existing contract
Vodafone Mobile Internet - Flexi Pack Contract  ? 500MB/month (FUP) Not allowed afaict (charges extra) No VoIP/P2P (extra charges apply) £7.50 Tied with existing contract. Free to opt out.
Vodafone Mobile Broadband via your phone Contract  ? 5GB/month (FUP)  ? No restrictions mentioned £20/month Tied with existing contract.
Vodafone TopUp and Go Prepay "up to 7.2Mbps" 1GB / £15.00 Y Parental controls by default (can be disabled on request) £15.00 (valid indefinitely until used up) Usage credit does not expire, but need to connect once every 180 days to keep the SIM active. Have to buy with USB dongle initially (£39 including 1GB credit). SIM will work in a phone, but voice calls are barred. No international roaming.

United States

ISP Plan name Speed Data limit Tethering Restrictions Price / month Misc
AT&T Data Unlimited GPRS/EDGE/3G/HSDPA "Unlimited" (5GB) Not allowed but works  ? $15 No contract
T-Mobile T-Mobile Total Internet GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/WiFi "Unlimited" Allowed (but no support)  ? 39.99$ Data only plan, 2 yr. contract, T-Mobile hotspots Source
T-Mobile T-Mobile Total Internet + Messages GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/WiFi "Unlimited" Allowed (but no support)  ? 19.95$ Add-on to voice plan, no contract needed, T-Mobile hotspots Source
T-Mobile T-MobileWeb GPRS/EDGE/UMTS "Unlimited" Allowed (but no support) Port blocking 9.99$ Add-on to voice plan, no contract needed Source
Virgin Mobile Broadband2Go 1xRTT/EVDO 100MB  ? ... USB Dongle Expires after 10 days $10 No Contract, See Plans
Virgin Mobile Broadband2Go 1xRTT/EVDO 250MB  ? ... USB Dongle Expires after 30 days $20 No Contract, See Plans
Virgin Mobile Broadband2Go 1xRTT/EVDO 600MB  ? ... USB Dongle Expires after 30 days $40 No Contract, See Plans
Virgin Mobile Broadband2Go 1xRTT/EVDO 1GB  ? ... USB Dongle Expires after 30 days $60 No Contract, See Plans
Verizon Wireless V Cast 1xRTT/EVDO "Unlimited" (AKA 5GB) Not allowed but works See Terms of Service $15 Uses "unlimited" data regardless of plan (rather than minutes)
Verizon Wireless BroadbandAccess Connect 1xRTT/EVDO "Unlimited" (AKA 5GB) Yes See Terms of Service $60 Tethering data plans for PDA phones $15/$30