Most cell phone companies in US force potential customers to buy a monthly plan for talk, text (SMS) and web services with certain amount of minutes or text or data. But in most cases, customers end up paying more than they actually use. A substantial amount of the minutes, texts and data remain unclaimed and this counts as a net profit to the provider. The prepaid plans are way more expensive (per minute) and lack satisfactory services for data. I have always thought why we cannot have simply plans where we just pay for what we use (as can easily be found in Europe). This is still a big dream in US. Anyways, I want to comment on a very customer-friendly plan I used and liked during my recent trip to Montenegro. There, I have used a plan which is geared mainly towards the tourists that stay for a short term in the country. Instead of paying for the huge roaming charges, for 5 euros, you can buy this plan and have 1GB of internet in a very satisfactory performance for a week. There is no talk on the plan but as you can use the Skype services you can virtually call anywhere in the world for a very cheap data plan fee. The plan is by Telenor and I definitely recommend everyone to have it once in Montenegro. I also wish that our service providers can also think such similar services for those who just want to pay for what they use.
Also in the neighboring country Albania, a voice and data plan of 400 leke (approximately 4 US dolllars) from Vodafone allows you to talk and use the internet with pretty good performance. Actually this is a better deal than the above, but considering the wealth of both countries, the price in Montenegro is understandable. Bor both plans, you should ask for the specific VPN data. Also for the Vodafone in Albania, have the shop you buy from call the calling center to open the line for data transfer in case English speaking personnel is not available in the calling center.
