Hmmm i've been pretty happy with mobile net. My last few windows mobile devices have done the job nicely at 7.50 uk pounds extra a month for a gig of traffic (no run on rates and an aup that was rarely enforced).
I'm spending the next few weeks in thailand and picked up a local sim for my nokia n95 and can buy a bundle for 20 hours net access for about 3 dollars.
It's only an edge connection (i've got very used to hsdpa) so i'll use wifi to pick up my podcasts.
Opera mini 4.1 is vastly superior than the built in browser and gets me by pretty well.
As far as i'm concerned the mobile web is great.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/willcowan/sets/72157603427852192/

there is a link to my photos from what i would call the "real" catacombs.

the ones you dont get a guide book for.

amazing art work down there, very very big network of tunnels.