David Cantrell wrote:
On Tue, Oct 06, 2015 at 04:40:00PM +0100, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at
05:10:58 on Tue, 6 Oct 2015, remarked:
I'm talking about the very right wing "Devil take the hindmost" approach
to those not kitted out with all the very latest expensive technology.
A smartphone with GPS and access to google maps is not "the very latest
expensive technology", it's cheap commodity off the shelf technology
that most people already have. You can buy an android handset SIM free
for about ?100 these days.
And roaming data?
Data coverage is pretty much universal in London, and if you're in a
local black spot walking a few yards in any direction will fix that for
you.
Roaming is cheap in the EU, but in any case if you're travelling abroad
then you can jolly well afford a few bytes. It'll cost peanuts compared
to your travel and accomodation.
I'd not bet on that - Vodafone UK have charged me more in one hour for
roaming data than several night's accomodation in east Ukraine.
Of course rampant inflation/currency devaluation/the fact east Ukraine's
not ecactly a tourist destination at the moment mean accommodation is
remarkably good value there...
Nevertheless, roaming charges outside the EU remain horrendous. (Of course
I have a Ukrainian PAYG SIM now... Dual-SIM phones really are a godsend.)