Sorry, no sympathy. Normally it is us over here the UK that gets the raw deal in terms of new technology. You guys get nearly everything first and usually for cheaper as well!
Yeah, GPRS access here is also stupidly expensive to use. It's okay for downloading email but anything else will start to add quite a few significant digits to your phone bill. The speed isn't that amazing although it is still better than normal GSM data of 9600. If they ever launch the 3G services then that should be an improvement. Assuming they live up to all the promises and actually price it reasonably though.
- Trevor