When I was driving south of Why, AZ I received a text message from AT&T; to my phone explaining to me that I was about to go into an international region and that data roaming is not covered by my present plan. I turned off auto-roaming when seeing that.

However I checked my email when I was in Mexico just once. Today I got the bill and was interested to see what the cost was:

62Kb for $1.21

I need to change my plan, I am currently paying for more text messages than I use. It is odd that flat rates make planning the budget easier, but often means we end up over-paying for services. Human psychology vs market economics.
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