Tag Archives: Mobile Broadband
Lost in the wilderness
Despite preparation I have found myself without Internet access during my vacation. I have come a cropper from a combination of factors ranging from pointless bureaucracy, through lack of valid configuration info that is consistent or correct, to the final (assumed) problem of the operator not liking anything but my Android mobile as a connecting [...]
Roaming Cost Reductions
This is encouraging news reported via ZDNet UK, long time supporters of reducing roaming costs. The European Commission has unveiled its proposals for driving down the cost of mobile voice, text and data roaming for people travelling in Europe. via EU acts to push down mobile roaming costs | Mobile Working | ZDNet UK. The [...]
Maxroam… if you cannot get a local Data SIM
When I travel, I have always looked for an effective and lower cost way of getting data on the move – which has meant Mobile Broadband data. Roaming costs mean that I have settled on an unlocked Mifi unit and getting efficient at figuring it out how the local Pre-Paid/PAYG market works and how to [...]
Will Apple Personal Hotspot increase adoption of the iPhone by road warriors?
Image courtesy of freedigitalphotos.net/IdeaGo This is a guest post from escapefromcubefarm.wordpress.com Being a location independent worker, carrying your entire office around with you, there are two vital considerations – the amount and type of equipment carried and the ability to establish an internet connection whilst mobile. Some hotels and coffee shops still provide slow, substandard [...]
Subsidised iPads–Are they worth it?
I have just noted that the mobile company Three (3) have made available a subsidised iPad for £200 as long as you subscribe to a 24 month contract at £25 per month. This compares with the full price of the same iPad at full price as being £531 . This looks like a sweet deal [...]
Extending the Internet on the move
When I travel I generally make use of whatever hotel WiFi I can get, preferably of the free variety but I have been known to use paid services. I also try and find any other sources of WiFi as I go, taking precautions when that WiFi is open (use HTTPS with my Google hosted email [...]
Free WiFi
One of the most under appreciated features of the iPhone is its ability to auto connect to WiFi hotspots as you go. With my current repeated travel overseas to a few locations, I appreciate the way that it picks up connections to free access points and those Hotels I have stayed in that use constant [...]
Mobile Broadband Affordability for the Traveller
Interesting news around the Internets today – BBC News – EU moves to prevent ‘shock’ mobile internet bills. As a mobile worker around Europe, I have to struggle with the most cost effective way of having data access for both smartphone and laptop wherever I am. This mostly consists of finding free or low cost [...]
Planes, Trains and Automobiles – 3G Data on the move
Well maybe not planes right now, but certainly we need to talk about Trains and Automobiles when it comes to using 3G data on the move. Well let me put it this way – unless you do not move it is simply one of the most frustrating exercises you can ever experience. The issue is [...]