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AdultKing · 09-07-2015, 08:35 PM

You can use a phone as a hotspot, but roaming charges for data are expensive.

I use my mobile on roaming with my local number when abroad - but I turn mobile data off, I need to receive calls on that number at all times.

So to avoid high data charges I use a little 4G hotspot and just stick a local prepaid SIM in it wherever I have travelled to.

This little unit cost me $100 and came with $80 of credit in Australia. Last time I used it in the UK I spent about £12 on data that would have cost hundreds if I had used my mobile for roaming data.

Using a hot spot makes sense, it allows you to keep your mobile number active worldwide through roaming and you turn mobile data off and use the hotspot with a prepaid SIM - much cheaper and usually more reliable.

09-07-2015, 08:35 PM
AdultKing Raise Your Weapon Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Outback Australia Posts: 15,605	You can use a phone as a hotspot, but roaming charges for data are expensive. I use my mobile on roaming with my local number when abroad - but I turn mobile data off, I need to receive calls on that number at all times. So to avoid high data charges I use a little 4G hotspot and just stick a local prepaid SIM in it wherever I have travelled to. This little unit cost me $100 and came with $80 of credit in Australia. Last time I used it in the UK I spent about £12 on data that would have cost hundreds if I had used my mobile for roaming data. Using a hot spot makes sense, it allows you to keep your mobile number active worldwide through roaming and you turn mobile data off and use the hotspot with a prepaid SIM - much cheaper and usually more reliable.