System and method for providing cost of quality of service levels in a wireless communication device

A method of providing cost of quality of service information to a user of a wireless communication device in a packet radio service network comprising:

• allowing a user to select a quality of service level at the wireless communication device for a communication session;
• and
• providing the user a cost estimate for the communication session based on the selected quality of service level.

A method of communicating in a packet radio service network wherein a wireless communication device has a packet data protocol (PDP) address for establishing a plurality of communication sessions with the packet radio service network, wherein the packet radio network provides communications at a first quality of service level during a first of the communication sessions, and communications at a second quality of service level during a second of the communication sessions, the method comprising:

• providing a cost estimate to a user of the wireless communication device for the communication session to communicate during the first of the communication sessions based on a quantity of information;
• and
• communicating during the first of the sessions at the first quality of service level when the cost estimate is accepted.

A computer readable medium having program instructions stored thereon for performing a method of initiating a communication session with a communication network when executed within a wireless communication device, the method comprising:

• determining a first cost estimate of the communication session based on a first quality of service level and a quantity of information to be communicated;
• and
• initiating the communication session when the cost estimate is accepted.