Jim Van Meggelen wrote:
Sorry if this is a bit OT, but I'm going to Europe for a week in May,
and I'll be in several countries.
I bought an unlocked Nokia E71 phone, so I figure it'll handle
whatever is out there, but if I try and use my Fido SIM card while
overseas I will pay in ways that I don't want to think about (I've
heard plenty of horror stories about massive roaming charges, and even
more for data).
I've been trying to figure out if I can get a Vodafone card or
something that'll allow me to get data when I'm out and about (I've
gotten hooked on using Google maps with the GPS in my E71). A little
experiment just now showed that the data I'd consume, at the rate Fido
charges, would end up costing me potloads of money for very little
actual data (they charge $0.03 per kb, which adds up really fast.
Anybody have any experience or advice to offer?
Hi Jim,
you will be stepping out of the mobile Bronze Age (yes, Canada has, at
last, emerged from the Stone Age!) into a futuristic landscape.
I was over in Scotland last summer and got my Rogers phone unlocked for
$30 then picked up a pay-as-you-go SIM for ~$20 with $10 airtime. Just
stop in at any supermarket, convenience store, mall, pub, etc. You can
even get a SIM with a phone wrapped around it for not much more.
Depending on how long you will be in any a given region, you can pick up
a P.A.Y.G. SIM locally. Don't know how the data rates are on that but
I'm sure they will be better than North American roaming.
Ask the locals if there is a better way to get short term access if you
will be using a lot of data (someone might even lend you a SIM they're
not currently using)
regards,
Drew
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