[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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Posted from Barcelona Airport – on the way back from Mobile World Congress. Logged onto the Kubi WiFi access point in the airport. Before connecing via my BT OpenZone roaming account, I thought I’d check the roaming charges – on Kubi access is 12.7p per minute! That’s £7.62 per hour! In contrast, my Vodafone data card [...]
By Andrew Grill
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Posted February 15, 2008
in mobile world congress
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Tagged 3G broadband, 3gsm, airport wifi, arun, arun sarin, barcalona, mobile, mobile world congress, roaming, vodafone, WiFi
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