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Actually, it's $171 after taxes. I'm staring at my AT&T statement right now! I think costs will come down soon though- T-Mobile and Sprint are really lowering the hammer on prices.

Wow. Since when is technology ever cheaper in Australia.

Just to re-iterate: Upfront: $0. Monthly: $99 (Unlimited Voice, SMS, MMS, 1.5GB Data, Tethering)

In US Dollars (even with the $AUD being high at the moment) that's about $89 / month with nothing upfront.

A reasonable voice and messaging plan with unlimited data is somewhere around $70 or $80 in the US. Unlimited voice and messaging will cost you.

Jesus. Here in the UK 500M is GBP 15.

AUD 100 for 2G is mental, sure it wasn't as bad as that a few years ago ...

Is that $150/month the only plan available for Droid? Verizon has a number of (pay less/get less) plans for their more vanilla phones.

Maybe it's a matter of waiting until next year. Been doing a lot of that lately...