{"id":3425,"date":"2018-01-21T15:52:03","date_gmt":"2018-01-21T07:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=3425"},"modified":"2018-01-21T15:55:36","modified_gmt":"2018-01-21T07:55:36","slug":"roaming-data-revisted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2018\/01\/21\/roaming-data-revisted","title":{"rendered":"Roaming data, revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m reminded about roaming data<\/a> as we’re now in 2018.<\/p>\n

For me, in the last few years, it has already become common to turn on roaming data at the RM36\/day rate for unlimited Internet access. I of course plan\/optimise this (since it follows a midnight-midnight regime). I tend not to have roaming data turned on when it is RM56\/day (so in the USA, UK, I actually have local SIM cards; I have them in a few other places too, but the reality is they’re for other things like local banks, etc.).<\/p>\n

Lately, it’s becoming more common to get for RM25, a 3-day pass, with roaming data. It’s not unlimited, but maybe capped at 2–4GB. 2GB in 3 days is pretty generous. Sure I don’t download podcasts over the 4G connection. But it suffices for all my mobile and tethering needs generally.<\/p>\n

This to me has recently become somewhat of a new window, because in a country like China where you almost definitely need to turn on your VPN, you’re still getting a Malaysian IP while roaming and still enjoying access to all websites as per normal (so its great for Google products; still no Medium access though).<\/p>\n

I have still not bothered to try a service like Flexiroam. <\/p>\n

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