[UPDATED November 2011 with E587 details] These tips were featured in the Wired UK September magazine on page 82. Click the image for a larger view. I’ve heard so many horror stories about high data roaming charges from friends and colleagues over the years. This has always surprised me because I’ve managed to keep my [...]
By Andrew Grill
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Posted January 1, 2011
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This posts follows on from part 1, titled “How to avoid paying data roaming charges on your next overseas trip part 1 – before you go” and has been updated in August 2011 to reflect pricing changes and more tips from my travels. Now you have your unlocked phone, cheap 2nd phone, local SIM card [...]
By Andrew Grill
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Posted January 1, 2011
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Tagged 3, 3 mifi, 3G in London, 3MiFi, All Day PA, allday PA, AT&T, AT&T mobile internet, AT&T plans, AT&T prepaid, blackberry roaming, data roaming, data SIM, dongle, ebtropay, expansys, handet unlocking, handset unlocking, international travel secrets, international traveller secrets, intrnational traveller tips, iPad, ipad data overseas, ipad roaming, ipad roaming in London, iphone, locked handset, Martin Sauter, MiFi, mobile broadband, mobile inernet, mobile internet overseas, prepaid wireless internet access, prepay mobile internet, roaming, roaming in London, roaming in the UK, sectet travel tips, top tip broadband abroad, top travel tips, travel tips, travelling to the UK, tripit, truphone, truphone SIM, unlock, Virtual Visa, visiting London, vodafone, vodafone data roaming, vodafone passport, Vodafone Top up and Go, WiFi alternatives, wireless moves, wirelessmoves, world traveller
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If you are coming to London (or the UK) for business or pleasure anytime soon, you may want to look at a new deal from Vodafone that provides 1GB of pre-paid mobile broadband AND a USB modem all for £39. What makes this deal different is that the included 1GB of data has a long [...]
By Andrew Grill
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Posted December 29, 2008
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Tagged best tourist broadband deal london, Hotel WiFi alternative, hsdpa, london visitor tips, pre-pay mobile internet, prepay broadband, prepay mobile broadband, Starbucks WiFi alternative, topup and go, vist london, vodafone, vodafone 3G, WiFi hotspot
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This is being blogged on an HSDPA laptop – a Sony TZ31WN to be precise. Ever since Sony added HSDPA modems to their über lightweight laptop range I just had to have one. Not just because of the small size, meaning that in an aeroplane when the fat guy in front of you leans riiiight back [...]
Speaking from personal experience, I can say that flat rate data plans DO drive consumer behaviour. For some time I have been on a Vodafone UK business plan, that gives me a gazillion minutes, free landline calls in the UK BUT only 20MB of data included with a £15/month add-on plan. This severe limitation made me [...]
The picture on the left (taken late December 2007) shows a more common sight than a few years ago. I have been using WiFi in Starbucks and other coffee shops for nearly 8 years now, and for I think the last 6 years I was predictably the only person on a laptop (connected to WiFi) [...]
By Andrew Grill
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Posted January 9, 2008
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Tagged 3, 3G, 3G broadband, bbc, bill thompson, coffee shop, dongle, high speed packet access, hsdpa, london, mobile, starbucks, vodafone, WiFi, WiFi hotspots, WiFi vs 3G
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