Orange Mobicarte Confusion
Oct 31 2009, 8:06 AM EDT
| Post edited: Oct 31 2009, 8:06 AM EDT
It's frustrating that the Orange Mobicarte offering has changed - and even more frustrating that it's now unclear what you will or will not be charged for. I've have kept a Mobicarte SIM active for some while and used it for Laptop/Dongle internet when in the country. Now I'm seriously wondering whether to bother. If I instead roam my normal UK Vodafone SIM, I pay only £5 per day for up to 25 Mb, with no port or user agent restrictions that I'm aware of. SO, for short trips, why would I bother with a French SIM ?
Still, FWIW, there might a couple of tricks it might be worth testing with Orange Mobicarte (and other providers who impose arbitrary filters of this sort)
One is to browse using FIREFOX with the USER AGENT SWITCHER installed and set to emulate "Opera Mini" (or whatever browser you think is 'free').
The other is to subscribe to an SSL VPN service, used by many to hide their country of origin (eg for iPlayer) but useful also because the network only ever sees you accessing SSL Port 443 which is always unfiltered. Hence they can't even tell if you're accessing email. You also get some data compression, which reduces you consumption. You have to pay for a VPN service, but some (eg "Ace VPN") are quite cheap.
Happy Roaming
TonyR
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