Using mobile data and wifi abroad
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on 27-05-2014 15:27
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on 27-05-2014 15:27
Everyone on here always says to avoid using mobile data abroad as it is very costly, but silly me I still do not learn.
I spent over £20 on mobile data in 7 days.
Hardly anywhere I went to had a free wifi signal.
My apartment had a wifi service whereby you pay 20 euros for 3 days, which I was willing to pay, but when I asked about it, I was told that the wifi was only available in the reception area and not anywhere else in the apartments. I think that is a bit silly. I wouldn't pay 20 euros for wifi that I can only use in one small area - I wanted it for when I was in my room or by the pool.
Compare that to my sisters apartment, which was about 5 minutes from mine - she paid 30 euros for 7 days of wifi and she could use it anywhere in the apartments as well as in the pool area and she could use it on her iPhone and her iPad.
I never realised how much data I use. At home I have a 1GB per month allowance and on the travel bolt on it is £1.99 for just 15MB. To some people, 15MB is more than enough, but for me, I only sent a few iMessages, checked my Facebook and Twitter and checked my emails and the data was gone. So I used the data for about 5 minutes and it was all used up.
Also, I only just noticed that when I add an emoji icon to a message, it changes the character count to almost half and therefore it split up text messages a few times before sending them, so that reduced my credit a lot.
Lesson learnt: next time I will keep my mobile off for my whole holiday and just send basic texts.
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on 28-05-2014 11:20
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on 28-05-2014 11:20
I know BoB I was just saying lol.
A few years ago when I was at uni, about 5 minutes from Liverpool town centre. I had travelled from my house to Liverpool town centre, which was about a 20-30 minute journey. As I got off the bus I realised that I had forgot my phone so instead of continuing my journey to uni, I got on another bus to go home to get my phone 😞
I can't really complain about the charges because they have reduced a bit in the last 5-10 years.
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on 28-05-2014 11:32
Shows to me the amount of people , myself included, using a multitude of gadgets as they go about their daily life's.
Sorry went a bit Off Topic there.
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on 28-05-2014 11:52
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on 28-05-2014 11:52
And I went from being a person who took a mobile abroad 'just in case'....then got a smartphone and after a while realised the possibilities....
The netbook then followed me abroad...and now ....hey I have a HP Tablet... (I can't wait!!)
Is it any wonder that I now go to Spain and come back without a tan?
It just shows, one is never too old to learn
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on 28-05-2014 12:36
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on 28-05-2014 12:36
It's strange how much has changed from 10 years ago to nowadays.
I always complain to people who are on Facebook whilst on their holidays and I did the same lol
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on 28-05-2014 13:14
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on 28-05-2014 13:14
The problem is that the networks know this and why mobile charges are so high. There is a certain amount of competition in the UK but it seems if you are overseas, you are fair game for these charges.
Thankfully, times are about to change.
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