TripButler is Hoping to Cut Your Roaming Data Bill | Travel & Tourism Technol... - 0 views
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ave you travelled overseas lately and been paranoid about turning on roaming data on your mobile device for fear of coming home to a ridiculous bill? Well TripButler, a start-up out of Austria is hoping that their portable wifi devices will give technology addicted travelers a reprieve for high roaming charges. The TripButler wifi device is a small pill shaped unit that fits in your hand or pocket and uses local mobile carrier partners to provide data at a fraction of the cost of a roaming mobile phone. The device can support up to five devices at a time so it is perfect for a family travelling together or a small group of friends. Imagine paying for roaming charges on 5 different iPhone or Android devices. For a one week trip, the unit including 300 MB of data is only 36 Euros or about$50 US. Considering that a 5MB week long International data pass from Rogers.com costs $75, the savings and value of a device like the TripButler is pretty clear.