yeah just found that out cheers phil, its the contract tarriff blurb that threw me as it said roaming data is not included, but found out that that is a generic tarriff blurb they put on and not relevant to the iphone.
cabbie, im not too fussed about the speed to be honest, as thats what i have a home mac for, its the ease of use, as well as being a an ipod.