As a data point, I pay about $15/mo for 8GB of wireless data + 50GB during night hours. HSPA+ speeds, realistically I get 4-6Mbps down and 2Mbps up on average.

As a data point, I pay about $15/mo for 8GB of wireless data + 50GB during night hours. HSPA+ speeds, realistically I get 4-6Mbps down and 2Mbps up on average. That's in Poland. I guess Americans lucked out on amazingly low hardware prices, so that's why you have to get ripped off on data plans :-)