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Bobby commented about Verizon BlackBerry Storm Kenya, On Sunday October 18th, 2009 01:10:30 PM
I am having BlackBerry Storm 9500 from Vodafone and it stops connecting to BlackBerry Services as soon as I landed in Kenya. However the voice and SMS was working fine on the local network provider. Can anyone tell me whats wrong?
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Bobby commented about The Future of Internet Access, On Saturday May 23rd, 2009 06:03:58 AM
To answer your question about having these types of USB/Cell Tower internet cards in the USA: YES.
ATandT, Sprint, and Verizon all have their own version. It works on the 3G broadband network (fast) and most require a contract (2 years). We have one at work for our travel use and it costs $60 USD per month for 5 gigs of bandwidth. That is currently the largest plan available from Verizon. After 5 gigs you pay a set rate for usage based on KB used.
I believe that some of them do offer unlimited plans which are more expensive. Must also note that 3G is generally not outside most major metro areas and the speed drops to about dial-up speed. Not bad for nationwide access, though.
For a traveler your best best is to get one that takes a sim card (like ATandT). They can be unlocked just like normal cell phones and you can buy sim cards around the world with data plans (like 1-2 call in Thailand where you pay about 500 baht for 100 hours). Even though it is not a cell phone each USB card does have its own phone number so any sim card will work. This is ideal as you only pay for the internet you need and no roaming charges.
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Bobby commented about Tourist Caused Panic Attack, On Thursday November 6th, 2008 05:03:00 PM
Or maybe it was simply the tourist mentality that as a hobo traveler you have made a concerted effort to make distance with.
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Bobby commented about Where do Tourist Go, On Monday September 8th, 2008 08:20:00 PM
Interesting Numbers but you made a minor math mistake:
0.0023 = 0.23% not 0.0023%, which can be a significant difference.
Even at 0.23% it is still very low but no surprising. If you think about the actual amount of "real travelers" versus tourists it makes sense. If they were all "real travelers" their would be no cheap, good rooms for us!
Tourists do have some uses. They are good reminders of why not to go home, they "force" the locals to have some English knowledge which makes travel easier, and they make it easy to tell when we are in the expensive area.
Cheers,
Bobby
http://www.traveladdict.org
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Bobby commented about Waiting on Windows Explorer, On Thursday April 10th, 2008 06:40:00 PM
Andy,
I have this same problem and there is nothing that can be done. I have a folder with over 20,000 files in it and it is slow as well.
The problem is windows has to read every file name and display it on the screen. When you have over 100,000 files it takes time to read the hard disk, index them, and then finally display them with all the icons.
I'm afraid you are stuck on that one. Hope this helps.
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Bobby commented about A Hobo Wanders Towards Home, On Thursday January 17th, 2008 07:33:00 PM
Hi Andy!
I have been to Ireland and can say it is a nice place. Dublin is pricey but I suggest Galway and Cork. In Cork you have the famous Blarney Castle. Galway is a nice town all together. As for Portugal, flying is cheaper than overland. Ryanair.com is your friend here. Ditto that for France.
Bobby
The Travel Addict
http://travelogue.traveladdict.org
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