Suggestions for a UK Sim w/Excellent Data Coverage

MATHA531 · 03-10-2010, 03:51

The web sites list the coverage pattern...for the most part the 3g coverage of the major providers pretty much is the same as their regular (2g?) coverage....I know I researched this very thoroughly and ultimate went with T Mobile UK for a stick modem and the coverage, at least in London, is okay although I've read T Mobile UK sucks in many areas outside London but it was the simplest for me and it worked...it also worked in several Scottish cities giving me adequate internet service (although of course I'm used to the lightning fast internet service I get a home)....unfortunately my one complaint about the UK is that free wifi is not nearly universal in hotels...it almost seems non existant unlike say Ireland where every single hotel I stayed in had it!

Bossman · 03-10-2010, 15:01

Yeah! While in the US, it's almost a given that free WiFi will be available at any hotel you stay in. I can't remember the last time I stayed in a hotel without free WiFi. Heck! Even the huge resort I stayed at in Montego Bay in April is blanketed with free WiFi in all the public places.

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Originally Posted by MATHA531

unfortunately my one complaint about the UK is that free wifi is not nearly universal in hotels...it almost seems non existant unlike say Ireland where every single hotel I stayed in had it!

PhotoJim · 03-10-2010, 16:08

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Originally Posted by Bossman

Yeah! While in the US, it's almost a given that free WiFi will be available at any hotel you stay in. I can't remember the last time I stayed in a hotel without free WiFi. Heck! Even the huge resort I stayed at in Montego Bay in April is blanketed with free WiFi in all the public places.

My hotel in Niagara Falls (Ontario, mind, not New York) last June didn't have free WiFi. I used my Rogers data stick instead (HSPA).

Maybe the thought is that if you're in a hotel in Niagara Falls, you don't need to be on the Internet...

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MATHA531 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Specialist Posts: 869 Join Date: 15 Oct 2004 Country:	03-10-2010, 03:51 The web sites list the coverage pattern...for the most part the 3g coverage of the major providers pretty much is the same as their regular (2g?) coverage....I know I researched this very thoroughly and ultimate went with T Mobile UK for a stick modem and the coverage, at least in London, is okay although I've read T Mobile UK sucks in many areas outside London but it was the simplest for me and it worked...it also worked in several Scottish cities giving me adequate internet service (although of course I'm used to the lightning fast internet service I get a home)....unfortunately my one complaint about the UK is that free wifi is not nearly universal in hotels...it almost seems non existant unlike say Ireland where every single hotel I stayed in had it!