It might come down to expectations. Myself, I am happy to give up the ubiquitous access (urban) of a cell for the much cheaper cost of WiFI since I'm on freakin holiday so *I'll* decide when I'm available online, leave a message and I'll get back to you. My regular phone #s are SIP so they travel better than a cell number. If I'm on business I'll be in a WiFI zone most of the time so no problem. It requires just a little effort when I'm ready to be online but that isn't too difficult. I rarely use pay wifi since that too isn't universal and requires several purchases. I had Fon a while back but they won't be everywhere however since setting up your own gets you free access when you do find one it might be worth doing that too. And pick hotels with wifi, perhaps bring a little travel WiFI AP if wired access is available.