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minus-squareBaron Von J@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoI have, yeah. While I was traveling internationally and the roaming mobile data rates were insane. So I used the VPN while connecting to hotel/public wifi.
minus-squareXNX@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoWait how does that help with roaming charges?
minus-squarestarman@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 years agoInstead of using mobile data he used public Wi-fi through VPN.
minus-squareXNX@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoOh like the vpn is just to encrypt traffic on the public wifi it doesnt help with roaming itself. That makes sense
minus-squareBaron Von J@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoRight. Not about to use public WiFi naked!
I have, yeah. While I was traveling internationally and the roaming mobile data rates were insane. So I used the VPN while connecting to hotel/public wifi.
Wait how does that help with roaming charges?
Instead of using mobile data he used public Wi-fi through VPN.
Oh like the vpn is just to encrypt traffic on the public wifi it doesnt help with roaming itself. That makes sense
Right. Not about to use public WiFi naked!