I'm guessing it's a price of service thing in Smugland
Not really, everywhere has WiFi so I don't find I need it... My connection (calls, SMS) costs me €3 per month...
Well that is cheap
I get calls, text and 2Gig over 5G for £6 a month (from Sky, other similar deals are available). Sat Nag won't do traffic without phone data but I also like the 'nearly everywhere' ability to check stuff.