Using iPad when travelling

When I am abroad on holiday I sometimes need to use my iPad to  receive large photo and video files.
Worse, I am often in places with poor wi-fi coverage.
How reliable is 3G at downloading video files?
How can I locate wi-fi hotspots when travelling?

I have an app called 'free wifi finder' by jiwire, inc
and it has a database to find wifi hotspots, and an offline database you can download as well. Seems to do pretty well for me.
At the very least you could look at it and see what entries it has for where you're going, just to get an idea.

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