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Who pays the most for iPad data?

02 Aug 2010

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A new report has been released that reveals how much money each country spends on one GB of data when using the iPad.

There may have been a lot of talk about "Rip Off New Zealand" in the news recently, but it's iPad users across Europe who get the worst deal with France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands leading the way in getting ripped off for data.

The report, published by Wired, compared monthly data plans for Apple’s iPad over different wireless carriers worldwide.

As far as New Zealand goes, we sit just behind the USA but ahead of Australia and the UK. Hong Kong and Singapore have the cheapest data rates for the iPad.

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