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Basil Jet[_4_] · October 7th 15, 09:17 PM posted to uk.transport.london

On 2015\10\07 20:46, tim..... wrote:

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message ,
at 02:53:33 on Wed, 7 Oct 2015, remarked:

I'm talking about the very right wing "Devil take the
hindmost" approach to those not kitted out with all the
very latest expensive
technology.

A smartphone with GPS and access to google maps is not "the
very
latest
expensive technology", it's cheap commodity off the shelf
technology that most people already have. You can buy an
android handset SIM
free
for about £100 these days.

And roaming data?

Having bought your cheapo SIM-free handset, getting a local SIM
card at your point of arrival in your foreign destination is dirt
cheap.

Have you actually tried that in authoritarian countries like India
or Egypt?

having not done this, I'm surprised

You don't even need to get land side at Beijing (which I sure most
would consider is in an authoritarian country) before you could have
three different sims in your hand

That's China for you! I'm sure you can get them surgically removed now
you're back in England.