PLAYING THE Wi-FI GAME

A HYPOTHETICAL SCENARIO

The situation.
Like most people these days, youre connected. Youve got a MacBook, iPhone, and iPad. Its vacation time, and you want to stay up to speed, as well as share with your friends: perhaps the occasional Instagram photo, Foursquare checkin, and tell all your Twitter followers about your trip abroad.

The cost of networking.

Hotel Wi-Fi is expensive, and it connes you to your room. A mobile hotspot, like the Tep Europe Pocket Wi-Fi device, allows you to cheaply use the internet from anywhere in Europe. Thats right, the words cheaply and anywhere in Europe were just used in the same sentence.

TEP EUROPE w/ 1GB DATA

DAILY COST: $7.83 COVERAGE AREA: 20+ countries DAYS ABROAD: 12 DEVICES: up to 5 EXTRAS: $20.95 TRIP COST : $114.91

HOTEL WI-FI
DAILY COST: $13.95 COVERAGE AREA: hotel room DAYS ABROAD: 12 DEVICES: per device EXTRAS: $0 TRIP COST : $502.20

AT&T DATA ROAMING

WITH 800MB PLAN: $120 ADDL 200 MB: $60 PAY PER USE (1 GB): $20,000 no, this isnt a joke. TRIP COST : $180/month

$167.40 per device x 3 devices

or $20,000 without a global data plan

BOTTOM LINE

82%
savings by using a Tep device versus hotel Wi-Fi. A savings of between $65.09 and $19,885.09. Thats a lot of saving.

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NOTES on numbers $7.83: The daily cost of a Tep Pocket Wi-Fi for use in multiple European countries for a 12-day trip, as calculated on 07/09/12 via www.tepwireless.com. $13.95: The average cost of hotel wi, per device, per day, according to a HotelChatter survey. $20,000: The pay-per-kb charge of AT&T data roaming, at $0.0195 per kb. 1 GB = 1.048m KB.