I want to travel to South Korea next month. I read the guide and everyone is talking about renting eggs. I don’t understand what this is for? I have activated international roaming on my mobile phone

I want to travel to South Korea next month. I read the guide and everyone is talking about renting eggs. I don’t understand what this is for? I have activated international roaming on my mobile phone.

egg is the Korean portable WIFI, which is used to access the Internet. You can go to Weibo and WeChat, make video calls with family members, etc. The network in South Korea is relatively fast, so the Internet is faster than in China.

South Korean public places generally have free WIFI, but there are many people using it, so the network speed will definitely be slow.

Take Korea Online Egg as an example. It has unlimited traffic. If you use the Internet a lot, it is recommended to rent one.

Extended information:

egg[Korea Mobile Hotspot]:

Korea Mobile Hotspot (EGG for short) is a WIFI transmitter. Turn on EGG after arriving in Korea , as long as your mobile phone or computer has Wi-Fi function, you can search for the egg's WIFI connection, enter the password, and then access the Internet.

Up to 7 units can be connected at the same time, but the range must be within 20 meters.

South Korean mobile hotspots can be used throughout the country, but the signal will be affected in remote areas, mountainous areas, and closed indoors, which is normal.

Egg is a device used to transmit mobile wifi signals. Because the first generation mobile wifi device developed by KT has a small and exquisite appearance and resembles an "egg", it is also nicknamed the "roaming egg".

If you are traveling to Korea or on a business trip, you can apply for mobile wifi service. Mobile phones, iPads and other terminals can access the Internet anytime and anywhere without any data limit. Visitors to South Korea can apply for KT mobile wifi service at the airport for daily Internet access after entering the country.

But it can only be used within South Korea. Use overseas will incur high roaming charges.

Wi-Fi is a technology that allows electronic devices to connect to a wireless local area network (WLAN), usually using the 2.4G UHF or 5G SHF ISM radio frequency band.

Connections to a wireless LAN are usually password protected; but they can also be open, allowing any device within range of the WLAN to connect. Wi-Fi is a brand of wireless network communication technology owned by the Wi-Fi Alliance.

The purpose is to improve the interoperability between wireless network products based on the IEEE 802.11 standard. Some people refer to LANs that use the IEEE 802.11 series of protocols as wireless fidelity. Wi-Fi is even equated with wireless Internet (Wi-Fi is an important part of WLAN).

As for the pronunciation of the abbreviation "Wi-Fi", according to the pronunciation notes of the English Standard Webster Dictionary, the standard pronunciation is /?wa?.fa?/ because the word Wi-Fi is composed of two It is composed of words, so it is best to write it in WI-FI, so that there is no pronunciation problem mentioned by the so-called experts. The same is true for HI-FI (/ha?.fa?/).

Reference materials:

egg-egg (Korean mobile hotspot)-Encyclopedia

wi-fi-Baidu Encyclopedia