Re: internet on laptop

__/ [ Whiskers ] on Tuesday 16 May 2006 15:00 \__

On 2006-05-16, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
__/ [ Whiskers ] on Monday 15 May 2006 21:12 \__

On 2006-05-15, billytrailstar <billthackray@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
hi all,im a newbie here and to laptops! but i wondered if you clever
people could give me some advice!? i want to buy a laptop and use the
internet,however i have no landline;what are my options with out a
land line? a voda phone 3g card(given away free with some deals) is out
coz theres no coverage where iam in monmouthshire.any suggestions would
be a great help! cheers billy

It is possible to use a GSM or GPRS mobile telephone as a 'modem' to
connect to the internet. Slow and expensive, but possible.

There may be a 'WiFi hotspot' near you; a web search should bring up
several web sites claining to list such things within a certain area.
For
example <http://www.btopenzone.com/>. (Although if there's a hotspot,
that would suggest that the telephone system isn't very far away in which
case, getting a BT phone line could be your cheapest option in the long
run).

I wish someone set up a Web site such as < http://www.wifimaps.com/ > for
the Americans. I wonder if a European/British one exists already...

snip

Take your pick
<http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=uk+wifi+map&sourceid=op
era&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8> or <http://qurl.net/xg>.

Thanks, Whiskers. These sites that appear (in page 1 at least) to be very
legitimate, i.e... they will not tell you about the system administrator
that neglected to change default password on a router, which is thus open
to access. I believe that the Yank version is somewhat more mischievous
because it's community-driven.

Best wishes,

Roy

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