Use of IPhone outside of US & Europe ?

Can persons having a US or European iPhone, being used outside these areas on business, advise of their experience with AT&T i.e: compatability, 3G, speed, cost, etc.
Also if you bought your iPhone over the counter at an Apple store, what were you told about "roaming costs" details ?
I have had Apple products since 1986 and our offices in three countries all us Apple equipment.
Happy New Year to all

ooops !, sorry Mrs !
The discussion is about whether or not the iPhone is a phone that has been sold to you over the counter. Whether or not there has or had been "full and frank" disclosures of the costs and inability to challenge the AT&T charges. From our DIRECT experience, there is not !
We have done further research, this is the most expensive locked to a carrier telephone in the world. Even the "N" series Nokias locked to a carrier for 24 months in SOME European countries is HALF the price - just about the same features as iPhone (real GPS Navigation).
Everyone seems to miss the point - it is not a world phone, it is not a business phone - it is a consumer product sold at a premium, that fools [like me] have paid for due to the incorrect hype!
PS : The law is headed under the Trade Practices Act - Sect : Deceptive and Misleading Conduct !
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