Previously, the company's largest bundle offered 1GB, with a charge of 30 cents per megabyte after that. Vodafone claimed to often wave additional charges, an option that obviously won't be available now there's a 2GB plan. However, contract customers will be charged at a lower 10 cents per megabyte rate for excess downloads.

While those prices are somewhat higher than the options for X-Series, which range from $20 to $40, Vodafone does have one ace up its sleeve which Transit suspects will be a useful weapon in the battle to win people over to mobile broadband. In areas with no 3G coverage, Vodafone automatically fails customers over to GPRS at no additional charge. X-Series customers are forced to pay $1.65 a megabyte whenever they leave a 3 coverage area -- which could lead to a very nasty case of sticker shock.
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