“Cheap food, expensive data” and why you shouldn’t browse the web in Andorra
Recently, I was in Norway visiting a friend. “Leave your roaming on” he said, “the food is expensive here.” Apparently, somebody told him that countries with expensive food have cheap roaming charges and vice versa. So here’s a short blog on that hypothesis.
Last summer I was in Kyrgyzstan. I remember being on the airport and receiving a message welcoming me into the Central Asian country. I also received a warning message that roaming charges in this country are through the roof and that I should be careful. Without hesitating I turned off the roaming setting on my mobile phone and left it there for the rest of the trip. I also remember being on the toilet a lot after some very affordable meals. Even the poshy-ish (There’s no such thing as poshy in Kyrgyzstan) restaurants in Bishkek were ridiculously cheap.
So yes, at first the theory appeared valid. However, I got curious so I...
