Why won't verizon sell me an international data plan for my new iPad?

Do you have the prepaid service? The service that you activated yourself from the iPad? You can't get international roaming on that. You need to switch to the monthly, no contract plan. Then, you can get the international data plan which is $25/100 megabytes.

Or maybe they just don't like you? 😉 Without more details, it's hard to tell why they won't.

We're just users here like you. Since none of us can speak for Verizon, best advice is to ask them.

If you have the new iPad (AKA, "iPad 3) you can just get a local SIM whereever you're going and it will be much cheaper than Verizon's international roaming rates.

Oh, and it's 60 days, not 6 months that you have to be a customer in good standing.

Since you have a week before you go, you could sell your Verizon iPad and purchase an AT&T device. You'll find there are many who would love to get their hands on your iPad......

Meg is correct.

The best thing about iPad is that it is not locked to a particular network (unlike iPhone), and it doesn't require a long term contract to have wireless data enabled. So it is very traveler-friendly.

Depending on where you are going to, but I think most countries that have 3.5G network will sell you a iPad 3 micro SIM without a contract. You can either top up your data allowance at the store or register online and pay by C/C (requires a local C/C number)

A warning, data roaming is very very expensive on any carrier. You could receive a huge bill after returning home, then it will be too later to do anything about it.

You can get SIMs that will cover multiple countries. They may not be as cheap as local SIMS but if you really need the connection, it's an option.

Here's one company:

http://www.globaladvancedcomm.com/

When I went to Canada in April, it took me about 15 minutes to set up a local SIM. You can often do it at airports.

Having recently purchased a new iPad on Verizon, I was shocked at the lack of support for international roaming. My old AT&T iPad was easy, go to a page on the device and buy blocks of date. Verizon has some cumbersome method making you switch to a “contract” plan and on, and on. For heaven’s sake this company is 49% owned by Vodaphone, and they can’t do better? Why bother; just return the Verizon iPad and buy one with AT&T service. Wake up Verizon management…

My company has 18 iPads. We are shifting all of them to AT&T because of this issue. We need to be able to catch a plane to EU or Asia and have connectiviity. So done with Verizon because of this brain dead policy.