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(How) Do you work on holidays abroad? Online connection abroad
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Phil Hand
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Computers burn data Mar 1, 2014

I use my phone's wifi hotspot function every now and then, and it works perfectly well for ordinary browsing. Videos are slow, and so are webpages with complex expanding adverts, but I can do my basic emailing and googling. The one thing you should watch out for, though, is that your computer will burn through your data allowance much faster than your phone, because computers are usually set up with the assumption of unlimited data. Many bits of software on the computer will connect without you ... See more
I use my phone's wifi hotspot function every now and then, and it works perfectly well for ordinary browsing. Videos are slow, and so are webpages with complex expanding adverts, but I can do my basic emailing and googling. The one thing you should watch out for, though, is that your computer will burn through your data allowance much faster than your phone, because computers are usually set up with the assumption of unlimited data. Many bits of software on the computer will connect without you realising it, and download updates and patches and adverts... adverts on ordinary web pages are often miniature movies, so even without clicking on them they will take up many megs. If you're on a limited data tariff, be careful to adjust your computer and browser settings, or you can end up paying for a lot of excess data!Collapse


 
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