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Affordable data whilst roaming

robin.jewsbury | 14 February, 2008 13:28

Just returned from Barcelona where thanks to a post on MoMo London we bought some Yoigo SIMs, where the charge is only 1.3 Euros per day for unlimited 3G data.  The network did completely crash for an hour on Monday but for the rest of the time it worked a treat and we were able to demo our software at a fraction of the price of our UK Operator which charges £7.5 per megabyte whilst roaming.  Yoigo only allow 2 SIMs per passport and because there were 3 of us I then installed JoikuSpot beta which turned my N95 into a WLAN hotspot for my colleague to use.  My N95 got quite hot but it all worked well.  The only issue with JoikuSpot was that it did not have any security so anyone could also use my Hotspot and it did not seem to allow https or smtp/pop.

Thinking about this whilst roaming data rates remain high its probably worth buying the best SIMs in each country with good data rates.  Perhaps some reader of this blog should set up a web site providing advice on best deals. 

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briansmart | 12/04/2008, 22:10

I've been trawling for data about Yoigo's offer of capped cost mobile net access. Yoigo don't offer a PDA themselves so I am intending to buy an unlocked smartphone and buy the Yoigo simcard when I arrive in Spain on Tuesday. I know a branch of the Phone House where someone speaks a little English. Am I likely to get problem getting the phone to work, configuring the access point and authentication for 3G etc. etc. ??

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