Mobile hotspot recommendations
7.7.2017
Translation: machine translated
Would you like to use WLAN abroad? Far away from the hotel or on several devices, without the hassle of changing SIM cards? Introducing: our mobile hotspot recommendations.
WLAN networks abroad... often difficult to use
When you're on holiday, it's often difficult to stay in touch with those at home. In Europe at least, you can find a free internet connection on every corner, be it at the airport, on the train, in hotels or in cafés. That sounds all well and good, but the reality is often different. Public Wi-Fi networks are often severely restricted in terms of speed. In addition, certain functions such as VPN or Skype telephony may be blocked.
Now you might think, no problem, I'll just replace my SIM card with a prepaid data card from the destination country, or even better, I'll insert the latter into the second SIM card slot in the case of a dual SIM mobile phone.
However, this is inconvenient and you can no longer be reached by phone or text message if the SIM from your home country has to sit in your pocket. We would like to present what we consider to be a much smarter and more practical solution below.
More Wi-Fi power thanks to your own mobile hotspot
Mobile hotspots make it possible to use a data SIM card abroad*, which has a lot of advantages: The Wi-Fi connection can be shared between smartphone, tablet and notebook at the same time without losing the classic phone functions of the smartphone, as the home SIM is still in the smartphone. Easy internet access means you can access emails, Skype and many other web services at any time.
Mobile phone coverage with LTE and UMTS is well advanced in many places and speeds of up to 600 Mbit/s are possible. As you don't have to share this data throughput with others, you can usually achieve much better speeds than in a hotel or café. Nevertheless, you can deactivate roaming data on your mobile phone and save yourself the lion's share of mobile phone costs incurred abroad.
LTE hotspot with WLAN AC of up to 600MBit/s!
4G entry level (up to 150 MBit/s)
4G high-end (up to 300 MBit/s)
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Report from the Tages-Anzeiger on the topic: Surfing abroad
