(26 Jul 2015, 5:19 am)Dan wrote You're right - a normal 3G or 4G SIM card is used and, like a mobile network, the bus operators pay for a tariff of x amount of data per vehicle on a one-month rolling basis. If they go over this amount of data, the operator will incur additional charges.
EE has better coverage than Three on the A19, so it at least allows me to connect to the Internet while I am using GNE's X9/X10 services!
Thanks, that makes complete sense and explains why it's not worth the bother when I do get a WiFi connection. Might be more useful if I did any city travel.
Have recently moved my data from EE to three, as it happens, as the coverage is so much better, particularly in and just North of Durham, and there's a lot less timing out happening. I have noticed that I often lose signal between Washington and Sunderland, though. Both disappear for a while just south of Teesside, on the A19. I wouldn't bother with EE at all, but it's the only provider with a steady 3G signal in my village.