Use Kindle For Free Phone/Internet While Abroad

Tech blog Lifehacker has discovered that Kindles are not just good for reading, but are also a great way to get free Internet when traveling abroad.

A Lifehacker commenter shares his tip: “I was in Canada recently, where, as a user of AT&T, I would be charged extortionate rates to send/receive texts or use any data whatsoever ($15-20/MB and $.25 to send/receive a text (if I remember correctly)). Communication being opted out, I go to read on my Kindle.

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