Originally Posted by
ridefar
I must be missing something: why not just use your phone as a hotspot? I don’t see much savings here unless you exceed 20 GB a month and are traveling most days. And it is just one more device to cart around.
The only saving comes when you travel for more than 11 days out of every month. However, for anyone travelling for that length of time to one or two specific locations regularly, one would have gotten a lower rate roaming plan or a local SIM card.