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4:09 pm
September 1, 2010
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I just switch to Speakout, and exploring its Data plan. I have two questions hope some experts can tell me:
1) I wonder if Speakout's data plan can use in other countries, such as USA, Europe, Japan, Hong Kong etc to surf the internet?
2) With Speakout data plan, is that means I can also use Whatsapp, LINE and Viber etc, wherever I can surf the net?
Thanks.
5:23 pm
September 30, 2009
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No, Speakout service is not available outside Canada. The web browsing service is not equivalent to a full data plan, since everything must go through the Speakout proxy (port 80/443). This means most apps will not work unless you have a way to make them go through the proxy. This is easier on some phones than others.
6:39 pm
September 1, 2010
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Thank you for the info. So, to me, Speakout's data plan is not for me because in Canada, WiFi is so common and free in so many places around. I simply park my car outside a Starbucks or some McDonald/Tim Hortons, libraries etc, I can get it free. But when I need it most (outside Canada), this Data plan provide no service.
8:02 pm
August 13, 2009
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Thankfully there are starbucks mcdonalds and tim hortons all over the world!
9:49 pm
December 30, 2010
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i don't think starbucks/Mac outside NA offer free wifi and tim hortons definitely is not a familiar name outside canada
the good thing though is, it is SO MUCH cheaper to get data any where outside Canada. The general rate is about 10 dollars(be it euro/pound etc.) for about 1 month usage(around 1-2GB).
7:46 am
September 1, 2010
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I always hear that USA's data is far cheaper, but can one get it easily? No. Last week, I went to San Francisco landed on San Francisco International Airport. I went through the whole airport, including International and local terminals try to buy a USA SIM card, but none of a store selling mobile SIM, or any mobile phone, or offer mobile plans. The airport WiFi is suck, it came on and off ALL THE TIME. I cannot use Whatsapp or Line or Viber at all. Roaming is costly with Canadian Rogers Wireless.
12:37 pm
September 30, 2009
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I haven't tried it, but if you travel in the US you might consider Roam Mobility. They offer US SIM cards that will work in an unlocked phone (roaming uses T-Mobile). According to their website:
Unlimited talk and text is available for as low as $3 per day, and includes incoming and outgoing calls and texts to Canada and the US. Voicemail and Caller ID are included, with speeds of up to 4G for data at as low as 6c per megabyte.
6:56 pm
December 30, 2010
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airport in general is not the good place to find these things and NA in general is BAD for convenient shopping for foreigners.
It is very easy to get a pay as you go SIM in europe, most asian countries and all are very cheap in terms of rate.
8:00 pm
September 1, 2010
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It is true, it is extremely easy to get a local SIM card quick and cheap in European and Asian countries, but just bad luck that I visited San Francisco, no way you can get a local SIM there. None of their pay phone can make long distance call, plus all pay phone ONLY accept coins !! No credit card !! that is stupid with an "international" airport.
