Data Connection

[Gtioli]

Hi,

I cannot be the only one thinking of how to get around the rip-off roaming data charges whilst at Le Mans, it would be great to be able to watch live timing, keep up with the twitter reports & news of what is going on, especially as it looks like Kangaroo TV is out. With a bit of research (a quick google search!) I found this site http://paygsimwithdata.wikia.com/wiki/France which suggest you can get Orange unlimited Pay As You Go data for €7 for the week. Has anyone any experience?

[E36GUY]

Gtioli said:

Hi,

I cannot be the only one thinking of how to get around the rip-off roaming data charges whilst at Le Mans, it would be great to be able to watch live timing, keep up with the twitter reports & news of what is going on, especially as it looks like Kangaroo TV is out. With a bit of research (a quick google search!) I found this site http://paygsimwithdata.wikia.com/wiki/France which suggest you can get Orange unlimited Pay As You Go data for €7 for the week. Has anyone any experience?

This sounds great but you need to edit your post to get the link to work.

[va1o]

Whenver I'm in Europe it always feels like the UK is by far and away the cheapest for data. Over here £5 is enough for a months data, but elsewhere seems you'd be lucky to get a weekend for that.

[Gtioli]

Sorry for the broken link, I haven't posted a link before. Please try this Link it should work better.

[//j17]

Gtioli said:

I cannot be the only one thinking of how to get around the rip-off roaming data charges whilst at Le Mans

Have you considered switching to a mobile phone network that doesn't have rip-off roaming data charges?

£2/day for 25Mb/day, or £10/month for 25Mb/day doesn't sound like too much of a rip-off to me. Those are Vodafone's charges with the free Vodafone Data Traveler add-on.

[va1o]

Or go to the McDonalds and take advantage of the free wi-fi connection

To be honest I can live without internet in and around the circuit, its nice to get away from been constantly connected.