Bongo Fury

Not sure if this will be of use to anyone, but if you can't bare to be away from the internet for too long, like me, I found a handy tip.

You can pick up an Orange PAYG SIM called Mobicarte in France from Orange shops. You can then activate unlimited Internet access for 1 month for 9 Euros.

We found there was pretty good coverage pretty much everywhere we went. Used a mobile phone with the SIM as a wifi hotspot for about 2-3 weeks almost everyday.

Instructions are on this Wiki:

http://paygsimwithdata.wikia.com/index. ... #comm-3087

I've also got a SIM which will expire in about 1 months time, so if anyone wants to give this a crack and is going soon, they are welcome to the SIM.

Thanks for the tip - I've been trying to track down something like this for a reasonable price. I'll check it out

At bike races we use a 3G internet dongle with a 50cm magmount antenna on the roof to boost the signal. The wifi hotspot has its own battery backup but trickle charges through the leisure battery and solar panels.

Would you know if there is a similar micro sim for the ipad2?

No idea I am afraid.

Although I know you can trim down a normal SIM to work as a Micro SIM.

http://www.techradar.com/news/computing ... sim-681020

Alternatively, If you have a smartphone that lets you create a personal wifi hotspot (e.g. Android), then you could just connect your iPad to that.