Tag Archives: International Data
Making sure you get connected
After the experience of the last few days whilst in France, this article really brings home the need to have a number of options available to you for getting your data connectivity that you need to do your job when travelling. Starbucks is a digital oasis for me.I usually pop in, fire up the Starbucks [...]
Another Tool in the Travellers Toolbox
You land in a strange outpost with your Smartphone and Laptop, you cannot find any WiFi that costs less than $20 per hour, you dare not turn on roaming data on your phone for the horror of $9 per MB charging, you need to feel close to your home country, you need to be able [...]
Tales of ‘Woaming’ …
In some rather interesting timing, I saw that the EC are to look into the cost of data roaming. The European Commission will soon launch a public consultation into the cost of data roaming, digital agenda commissioner Neelie Kroes announced on Friday. via European data roaming consultation looms | ZDNet UK. I would say interesting [...]
Internet Access on the Go
For the last few months I have been spending my time in multiple countries, which in Europe means that the almost universal 3G high speed access I enjoyed in the UK is no longer available to me. What I hear you say? well the issue is not one of service but one of cost. 3G [...]