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Going Overseas? Why Renting a Wi-Fi Router Is More Convenient Than Purchasing a Data Plan

2016-08-13 , 10:28 pm

Just a few years back, all of us had to contend with buying SIM cards from the countries we travelled to maintain contact with those back home.

Those who have done this before will know how gruelling the process was and still is because you either need a second phone or a phone with dual SIM capabilities. With the advent of Wi-Fi router rentals, staying connected has become so much more convenient.

Here are some reasons why you would rather rent a Wi-Fi router over buying SIM cards for your trips from now on.

1. Cheaper in the long run.

Renting a Wi-Fi router may actually prove to be less costly than buying SIM cards because you get a certain amount of data at a fixed cost per day. Even if you overrun the daily usage, you can still use the Wi-Fi, albeit at a significantly slower pace.

With SIM cards, once the data limit is reached, you will need to either top up or buy a new SIM card to continue being connected.

For heavy users, this can weigh heavily on your purse strings when the money you have can be used for other things like shopping or enjoying more of the local fare.

2. Less hassle obtaining the router.

With convenient rentals from places like Changi Airport, it is so much easier to pick up and drop off the router before we fly and when we return. And since you only need to collect the routers, the transaction time takes a mere minute.

Connecting to the Wi-Fi is also simple. Just turn on your Wi-Fi, type in the password and voila!

SIM cards require setup time and sometimes, you encounter instances where your phone doesn’t want to cooperate with the card and it just doesn’t seem to work so you stand there for as long as an hour to get everything done.

3. You don’t have to struggle with language barriers when your Wi-Fi router doesn’t work.

If you rent your Wi-Fi router from ChangiRecommends, you can actually stay in touch with them 24 hours a day, seven days a week should you face any issues with your router.

This is very convenient as most cafes would have some form of Wi-Fi (if worse comes to worse, just head back to your hotel to use theirs), and you can just WhatsApp them to tell them your problem without facing any sort of language barrier.

If they are unable to fix the issue, sometimes they will waive off your entire router rental and even reimburse you with S$50 as compensation. If you SIM card has any issues, there is no way to contact the person who sold it to you in Singapore.

4. It seems that Wi-Fi routers work well even in mountainous areas.

I have been up in the mountains with my rented Wi-Fi router and was pleasantly surprised that I was still getting pretty good connection there.

I cannot say the same for SIM cards because even when we go underground, the data in the SIM cards can cut off abruptly and it can take awhile to get it back on track again.

This article was first published on Goodyfeed.com

Going Overseas? Why Renting a Wi-Fi Router Is More Convenient Than Purchasing a Data Plan

1. Cheaper in the long run.

2. Less hassle obtaining the router.

3. You don’t have to struggle with language barriers when your Wi-Fi router doesn’t work.

4. It seems that Wi-Fi routers work well even in mountainous areas.

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