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At least in the EU, AldiTalk offers 4G LTE with plans of up to 5.5 GB for 12.99€ / month[1]. I am not sure, though, what is the price per MB when a stork leaves the EU. [1] https://www.alditalk.de/internet-flat-xl
Yeah, basically you'll have to make the stork sign the form that makes him accept the international roaming charges when leaving EU territory.
Oh good, when the kids ask the difficult question -- "where does the internet come from" -- I can legitimately say "a stork brings it"
Funny enough, we told our kids, in order to block youtube&co, that internet comes once a year, with Santa. :) Not knowing, we put their tables in flight mode. Now they are waiting for Christmas :))).
Returned to the upright position and locked for landing?
In Sudan it is quite common for people to hunt storks in order to harvest their valuable SIM cards.
Only tangentially related to the article, but where/how do researchers get global coverage SIM cards that you can just put on a stork and expect to get data/calling wherever it flies? I've looked for this before but only found what seemed like tourist scams with very high prices per MB/minute.
At least in the EU, AldiTalk offers 4G LTE with plans of up to 5.5 GB for 12.99€ / month[1]. I am not sure, though, what is the price per MB when a stork leaves the EU. [1] https://www.alditalk.de/internet-flat-xl
Only tangentially related to the article, but where/how do researchers get global coverage SIM cards that you can just put on a stork and expect to get data/calling wherever it flies? I've looked for this before but only found what seemed like tourist scams with very high prices per MB/minute.
You can get emergency beacon devices for hiking and sailing that also work globally.
Only tangentially related to the article, but where/how do researchers get global coverage SIM cards that you can just put on a stork and expect to get data/calling wherever it flies? I've looked for this before but only found what seemed like tourist scams with very high prices per MB/minute.
My provider lists ~190 roaming countries, not counting satellite/planes/ships, on their roaming rates page: https://elisa.fi/puheliittymat/kaytto-ulkomailla/
Earlier quoted context omitted.
At least in the EU, AldiTalk offers 4G LTE with plans of up to 5.5 GB for 12.99€ / month[1]. I am not sure, though, what is the price per MB when a stork leaves the EU. [1] https://www.alditalk.de/internet-flat-xl
The actual data plan price listed there is 14.99, sorry to say. (2.99€ is for the sim card.)
In Sudan it is quite common for people to hunt storks in order to harvest their valuable SIM cards.
You're kidding, but you don't think that once word gets around some desperately poor region that tracker device == free phone calls, people aren't going to try and kill the bird to get the tracker? If you think that's not likely, you've got a lot more faith in humanity than I do.
Meanwhile, can Microsoft please add an option to Windows10 that says 'this computer is only connected to an internal on-board network and satellite connection, please never try to update'? That was an expensive mistake as well. I really wish people had started to migrate away from Windows earlier, but now all the essential stuff is written for it and well-tested, so any choice is hard.
You'll also need the ffg paid software.
1. Du Meter
2. NetLimiter &/OR Glasswire
DU Meter
After installing it, right-click taskbar and activate the du-meter toolbar. It'll will show you upload/download speed at all times.
In other words, if you're online, doing absolutely nothing. Yet, your Internet's doing 1MB/s+, you get suspicious.
NetLimiter/Glasswire
Once you see suspicious internet activity, you open any of these two. It'll allow you to block the offending program. Glasswire has a nice UI but all it does is block or unblock.
Blocking windows processes - esp svchost might cut off your internet so NetLimiter is important. Allows you to rate limit the process. Basically, windows update temporarily stops trying if download speed's 1KB/s or less.
NOTE:
Some spy blocking software for Windows 10 help you to block MS's ad-servers, tracking and windows update. However, this is a cat and mouse game - hence, the above tools are your best bet.