FOSS4G 2011 Travel Hints

This page is to collect various hints for people traveling to Denver for FOSS4G 2011.

Please do not hesitate to add your own hints and info

Cell Phone Roaming

Prepaid SIM Cards

For those with unlocked cell phones looking for a prepaid SIM card:

• AT&T has a few very interesting options, either 2$/day for unlimited voice and text, or 0.10$/minute. See http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/cell-phone-plans/pyg-cell-phone-plans.jsp

Canadian Travelers

• Rogers:
  • http://www.rogers.com/web/Rogers.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=NEW_GCT&_nfls=true&setLanguage=en&sub_template=travelwithyourphone&template=add-ons
• Bell:
  • Voice:
    • Regular roaming charges for Bell customers roaming in US are 1.45$+tax per minute
    • There are voice roaming packages that can be added to your account for a single month to get lower roaming charges (15$ for 15 minutes voice + 1$/minute extra, 30$ for 50 min. voice + 0.60$ extra) See http://www.bell.ca/shopping/Travel-USA-bundles/RMUSA.details
  • SMS:
    • By default without a SMS package, you get charges of 0.75$ per outgoing SMS and 0.20$ per incoming SMS while roaming
    • If you have a SMS package with free incoming SMS in your local (canadian) package then incoming SMS from Canada are also free (but outgoing SMS are 0.75$ a pop) while roaming
    • Bell offers a US roaming SMS package (not listed online) at 5$/month that offers 100 outgoing SMS (outgoing to Canada and US) and unlimited incoming SMS while roaming in the US. Outgoing SMS to e.g. Europe are charged at 0.25$/message under this package. Either call or use the "Chat with a rep" option on Bell's site
  • Data:
    • No affordable option. Turn data off! ;-)

Car rentals

Any hints for good deals?

Traveling around the city

• The conference website has some great info on this topic:
  • Getting to the conference
  • Interactive Map
  • Static Map