[thomasbk]

A while ago I considered getting a similar setup for traveling, but I am now very happy I did not: I've spent quite some time traveling lately, and finding good reliable wifi has been a constant battle. (Southern and East Europe)

If I had to be connected to get work done, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to get very much done.

[bergie]

Reliable WiFi is indeed a problem, but in most European counties a prepaid 3G SIM costs maybe 10-15€ and works well enough with MOSH.

[BerislavLopac]

Where exactly were you travelling? In many places there are inexpensive 3g options, and wifi is available in most coffee shops.

[csomar]

There is a difference between availability and reliability. The Wifi is available, but quite slow, doesn't work, or you risk your connection being monitored by some hacker.

Most coffee shops offers that card authentication thing (like Starbucks) which is just annoying.

[BerislavLopac]

I'm not sure where is this the case, and I can't talk for all of the Eastern Europe. But where I live (Croatia), nearly all coffee shops (and there is A LOT of them, coffee is a national pastime) have free wifi, usually with a password which is either spelled out on the receipt or given by the waiter when asked. The link is not great but workable, usually 4-10 Mbits, and since we don't have a tradition of working at coffee shops there aren't many other patrons sharing it. An we don't have any Starbucks. :-)