Mobile Data

	For Smartphones, iPads and Tablets All you need is a Brightroam SIM card with one of our Smartphone Data plans, and you can stay connected wherever you go - without fear of outrageous roaming rates.
	Get connected with your laptop as well Brightroam's SIM cards, fitted in USB and wireless modems, can also deliver mobile connectivity for your laptops. Buy a wireless modem, and you can set up your own wifi mobile network so you can connect your laptop AND your Smartphones and Tablets. Check out our International Mobile Internet Bundle.

How much does it cost?

Brightroam offers two kinds of plans for data:

• Post-paid: you will be billed each month for the usage to date. Rates are as published for each SIM card. We have rates less than $1 per MB for certain countries! (Check out our incredible US SIM Card data rates!)
• Data packs: you will purchase an amount of data (for example 10MB, 50MB or 200MB) for 30 days and pay for overage at a different rate. We have great plans with our UK card , World Card , China Data Plan , France Data Plan and Switzerland Data Plan.

All rates vary by provider, by country and whether you are roaming (outside the country for that particular SIM card).

iPhones and iPads The iPhone 3 uses a regular sized SIM, while the iPhone 4 or iPad needs a MicroSIM. ALL of our SIMs may be supplied as both regular and MicroSIMs. Make sure you check this off when ordering.

Coverage

Not all phones work in all countries, so make sure to check that your device will work where you are going. When you select one of our SIM solutions from the list, you will also have a map to show the coverage in that country.

Connectivity

Each SIM has its own connectivity parameters. These will be supplied to you with your SIM card. Make sure you know how to configure this on your Smartphone or tablet.

Keeping control of your usage

It is very easy to use more data than you plan to. Here are some tips for keeping usage under control:

• Find out how to monitor usage on your device. There are apps available to help you do this.
• Turn off the various notification services, so you only download information when you want it, for example when you have a wifi connection.
• If you use your Smartphone as a modem for your laptop, make sure the laptop does not automatically initiate large downloads, like system updates.

Look here for a guide on data consumption by type.

Brightroam will contact you if it sees unusually high usage, but this may be a day or more after it occurred.