My first question to the desk clerk at a hotel in a strange country is no longer, "What time does the restaurant close?" It's more often, "Where I can get a SIM card?" $2-a-minute voice and $10-a-megabyte Internet roaming in many parts of the world make acquiring a local card a must. I recently had a pleasant first morning in an Egyptian town center haggling for a data-only 3.75G SIM card. I paid -- or rather overpaid -- about 30 bucks for 4 MB, which was plenty for a week's Skype calling, Dropbox photo uploads, and continuous Web browsing.
Saturday, May 11, 2013
GrooVeIP's a Great Backup for Minute-Slurping Calls
My first question to the desk clerk at a hotel in a strange country is no longer, "What time does the restaurant close?" It's more often, "Where I can get a SIM card?" $2-a-minute voice and $10-a-megabyte Internet roaming in many parts of the world make acquiring a local card a must. I recently had a pleasant first morning in an Egyptian town center haggling for a data-only 3.75G SIM card. I paid -- or rather overpaid -- about 30 bucks for 4 MB, which was plenty for a week's Skype calling, Dropbox photo uploads, and continuous Web browsing.
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