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| Thread ID: 66919 | 2006-03-11 08:55:00 | Accessing Internet from Laptop when overseas | Siobhan (6842) | Press F1 |
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| 437430 | 2006-03-11 08:55:00 | I'm going to the Greek Isles in May, and later to Hawaii. How do I get into the Internet on my Toshiba laptop when overseas.It has a wireless connection, but I don't know what that means. If I connect the laptop to a local telephone line, is there a way to get from there to the Internet? Before I moved to Xtra I used GRIC with Iprolink but it was very unreliable and horrendously expensive. My computer has Xtra broadband but the laptop uses dial-up. Slainte, Siobhan |
Siobhan (6842) | ||
| 437431 | 2006-03-11 10:17:00 | Look on the Xtra site www.xtra.co.nz Its called Ipass, its not cheap but it works well, I have used it. Greece is $14.80/hr and America is about half that. You would need to add any local call phone charges to the dial-up costs, can be high from hotels. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 437432 | 2006-03-11 10:20:00 | I've used Ipass for years through my employer. It generally works quite well, but I'll echo what godfather highlighted: the costs can really add up if spend a lot of time online. For quick sessions here and there, it's quite good. | chatoyer (2090) | ||
| 437433 | 2006-03-11 18:54:00 | Can you not hook onto other peoples networks as a guest? surely in this advanced age no one need resort to dial up? | personthingy (1670) | ||
| 437434 | 2006-03-11 19:23:00 | I am sure that you will find internet cafes around greece. I am going to Turkey next month and I was told there are heaps around. Here is one provider... www.anemos.net here is a google search for the iislands. google (www.google.com) |
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