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The trend is towards capped usage, which is a shame. Unlimited data was the norm in the US until recently.

As an American who living in Canada though, you guys are screwed beyond belief. My girlfriend pays for internet BT THE SERVICE. I think the android plan allowed twitter/AIM/Facebook, and BlackBerry was email/bbm or something. That's the kind of thing Americans only imagine as a dystopian future: http://www.microsiervos.com/images/TieredInternet.jpg

Not about Data plan, actually. When I was in Delhi, a $25/mo data plan gave me unlimited data usage with 100GB fair usage limit. I still could not listen to music and video all day - the battery bottleneck is much tighter.

Yes: I have wireless in my office and house (and no data plan for my iphone).

So what's the point in listening to music in your iPhone at home?

I plug it into my radio speaker through the aux in cable in my living room.

Yes. I'm the in UK and I have unlimited data (+calls+texts) for £12/month.