ChesterandDom
Traveller
0 comments
Posted 13 years ago
Hey There,
Besides Internet Cafés is there a way you can get internet on your smartphone whilst travelling like in the UK over a normal (3G,2G,EDGE) reception.
I'm on Pay & Go o2 and was wondering if there's any kind of bolt on service. If not is it possible to get a SIM card which will work across Europe?
with internet over normal signal? Just wondering...
Many Thanks :)
Peter
Traveller
9337 comments
Hi.
In most hostels you have internet access - also by wireless lan.
At stations (or somewhere else in the cities), have a look at fast food restaurants like McDonalds which often offer free internet access also by wlan.
As I am traveling very often and need internet access even somewhere in the nowhere, I have for emergencies a Vodafone sim-card with me. It is called websessions. But really expensive. Outside of your home country, you pay for 24 hours up to EUR 14. :|
Just to compare it: in Germany you can get prepaid sim cards for less than EUR 20 - valid for one month.
I suppose in one or two years, the big phone providers will offer European internet access with one sim card to a nice price - but for now, they still make big money. :'(
Peter :)
LucasJV
Traveller
25 comments
Yeah, there's tons of european mobile internet and sim card initiatives, but you'll end up paying just as much as with calling/surfing with your regular phone. If you stay in the same country for 3 weeks and plan on calling as normal, you're off cheaper buying a local simcard. But with interrailing thru 5+ countries in a month you're not much better off.
anonymopt
Traveller
2 comments
macdonalds and hostels tend to have free wifi its great