David Kent

International calling used to require preparation. You bought a card, scratched off a PIN, dialled an access number, entered a long sequence of digits and hoped you still had enough…

There is something about festivals and holidays that makes distance feel a little more obvious. On an ordinary Tuesday, being several thousand miles away from family can become part of…

There are certain things international students remember about moving to the UK forever. The first time they see their university campus. The first supermarket trip where everything somehow costs more…

Moving to the UK comes with a surprisingly long list of things nobody thinks about until they actually arrive. Find somewhere to live. Sort out your bank account. Register with…

For an expat family, “staying connected” means more than having enough data to scroll Instagram. It can mean calling grandparents on a Sunday evening. It can mean a teenager video-calling…

There is a particular kind of holiday problem that always seems to happen at the worst possible moment. Your hotel Wi-Fi is rubbish. The café Wi-Fi requires a password nobody…

Travelling alone sounds wonderfully simple until you actually have to do everything yourself. There is no friend standing next to you saying, “I think this is the right platform.” No…

Backpacking is supposed to be about freedom. You book a hostel. Throw your bag over your shoulder. Check the train. See where the road takes you. Maybe you change your…

Roaming passes are convenient. That is their biggest selling point. You land at the airport, switch on your phone and carry on as normal. No new SIM. No new number.…

Arriving in the UK without mobile data is one of those things that sounds manageable until you are standing outside an airport trying to work out which train platform you’re…

Your mobile phone bill probably isn’t the biggest expense in the house. It might not even be in the top five. But that’s exactly why it can be easy to…

Getting a mobile SIM should be one of those jobs that takes about ten minutes.  Pick a plan.  Order the SIM.  Put it in your phone.  Get connected.  Simple.  Then…