Mobile Internet access in China
Discussion
Hi folks,
I'm working in China for a week next month, and with a small child at home I am keen to be able to video call, preferably via google hangouts.
I have no idea if my hotels will have wifi - if they do I would imagine I will have to pay - so what is the best option for cheap access. I have a Nexus 7 tablet with a micro SIM slot and use a 3 PAYG data SIM here, and a Nexus 5 phone on Orange.
Options seem to be:
- Call Orange and find how much they will ream me for data out there - no tethering though so will all have to be on phone screen rather than tablet
- Is there such a thing in China as I have in the UK - a prepaid SIM card that gives me (say) 1GB of data and lasts for a month?
Any other ideas? Given my grasp of the native language I don't much fancy asking for wifi at the front desk (esp. as I may be in 4 different hotels).
If it makes any difference I will be in Wuhan, Beijing, Shanghai, & Guangzhou.
I'm working in China for a week next month, and with a small child at home I am keen to be able to video call, preferably via google hangouts.
I have no idea if my hotels will have wifi - if they do I would imagine I will have to pay - so what is the best option for cheap access. I have a Nexus 7 tablet with a micro SIM slot and use a 3 PAYG data SIM here, and a Nexus 5 phone on Orange.
Options seem to be:
- Call Orange and find how much they will ream me for data out there - no tethering though so will all have to be on phone screen rather than tablet
- Is there such a thing in China as I have in the UK - a prepaid SIM card that gives me (say) 1GB of data and lasts for a month?
Any other ideas? Given my grasp of the native language I don't much fancy asking for wifi at the front desk (esp. as I may be in 4 different hotels).
If it makes any difference I will be in Wuhan, Beijing, Shanghai, & Guangzhou.
I think most of the free ones are. VyprVPN seems well thought of.Psiphon looks good, Amy other free ones that work in China? Don't fancy paying when I'm only there for a week and there's no guarantee any will work!
Just want a bit of redundancy so I can get my gmail.
Signed up to wemail and line, both look decent but annoyingly my wife's Samsung tablet seems to have some sort of bug with screen orientation. Ok on her phone though...
Just want a bit of redundancy so I can get my gmail.
Signed up to wemail and line, both look decent but annoyingly my wife's Samsung tablet seems to have some sort of bug with screen orientation. Ok on her phone though...
For the record, I used hotel connections - Wifi or wired (with a little mini Wifi router I bought before I went out). I seem to remember that I used a mixture of Psiphon and VyprVPN. Psiphon (freebie) worked perfectly though.
WeChat worked brilliantly for video calls although it's a PITA to save your chats if you want to.
Things seem to change by the week though and this was over a year ago!
WeChat worked brilliantly for video calls although it's a PITA to save your chats if you want to.
Things seem to change by the week though and this was over a year ago!
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