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hkr · 23-05-2009, 07:55

Finding free working hotspots and connecting to them is not really that easy. Roaming between them is not really automatic. Some wifi hotspots restrict what ports/protocols you can use, voip is often not working. When abroad, I usually try to find hotspots to call home, but calls normally come in when you are out of wifi coverage. Also, urgent business calls need to be made when there is no wifi avaialable (eg. on the road)...

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hkr (Offline) Member Advanced Member Posts: 75 Join Date: 29 Apr 2009 Country:	23-05-2009, 07:55 Finding free working hotspots and connecting to them is not really that easy. Roaming between them is not really automatic. Some wifi hotspots restrict what ports/protocols you can use, voip is often not working. When abroad, I usually try to find hotspots to call home, but calls normally come in when you are out of wifi coverage. Also, urgent business calls need to be made when there is no wifi avaialable (eg. on the road)... Postpaid: 3x Vodafone (HU) 1x T-Mobile) formerly also Pannon Prepaid: Vodafone, Pannon, T-Mobile (HU) Optimus (PT) SamiSwoi, ERA, Orange (PL) VIP (HR) T-Mobile (AT) Vodafone, O2, Orange, T-Mobile (UK) Vodafone (DE) Data-only prepaid: Vodafone, T-Mobile, Djuice/Pannon (HU) International SIMs: UM+, Sim4Travel, TravelSim Phones: Nokia E51, E71, Samsung D880, SE P990i, Ericsson T39m -forever! , many others in the drawer. 3G modems Huawei E220, E870, EU870D, U740, Alcatel X200 VoIP: Justvoip, CallWithUs, Neophonex, fonline, Macrogate and several others for outgoing... DIDs from Macrogate, DIDww, Gradwell, Voxbone and others. FreePBX, Vigor router with inbuilt ATA, Nokia E-series phones.