On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 08:58:17 -0400, Wolf K
wrote:

I just hate the idea of huge amounts of my data travelling all around
the world when it doesn't have to. I am always right :-)

So am I. :-)

Rod.

+1.

Which why I don' have a "data plan" for the smartphone. I use its wi-fi
capability for occasional browsing and for e-mail, though. Just like a
"real" computer. Heh heh.

Same here. I have no contracts or subscriptions to anything that needs
paying for, just a PAYG SIM card, and a phone that has wi-fi,
bluetooth, mobile data and GPS, all of which can be switched on and
off individually as required to save battery and/or data costs.

I have little sympathy for those people who sometimes hit the news
with sad tales of how they went on holiday or gave a smartgadget to a
toddler and clocked up bills running into thousands. The parental
advice that was drummed into me more than half a century ago about
watching how much you're using of any paid resource and switching
things off when they're not needed seems like elementary common sense,
and just as valid today as it ever was.

Kids today...

Rod.