WEBMASTER ON THE MOVE

[eroticartist]

I wonder if anyone has any ideas how to get online(with broadband) in the remoter parts of Europe when carrying a laptop? I need to update my website and get my email.
Mike Freeman.

[Fred]

Best chance is a cyber cafe with WLAN - dial-up is achingly slow when you're trying to download lots of emails with attachments.

http://www.wi-fihotspotlist.com

You might get better results with Onspeed, never tried it myself though.

http://www.onspeed.com

[eroticartist]

Hi Fred,
Brilliant !happy!found a hotspot a few hundred miles away but I will find nearer ones. Do you need a service provider to get online? I have AOL at the moment and I am wondering ifI could keep it on the move?
Mike Freeman.

[Fred]

You don't need a ISP in a cyber cafe, but if you dial up AOL directly you need to check out this link for access codes etc:

http://info.aol.co.uk/help/account/aol_abroad.html

Where are you, on the Molvanian border? Wishing you "Good luck" "Wakuz Dro Brugka Spazibo" (literally ?May God send youa sturdy donkey?)

http://www.molvania.com.au/molvania/

[eroticartist]

Hi Fred,
Thanks for all your advice. Another question. What if I want to use my own laptop?
Mike.

[Fred]

Same information is valid - you need to enter the access code & numbers in a new dial-up setting for the location you are. It's a bit fiddly to set up but can work OK, I've even gone online via bluetooth through my mobile. Slow as molasses compared to broadband though.

[nasty]

You might want to get yourself a mobile connect card. It's basically a pmcia card with a sim card and aerial. As long as the country you are in has a 3g mobile service provider you'll be able to use your laptop anywhere that your mobile phone will.

While, not broadband speed, 3g works at 386kbps, (around that mark, I left vodafone a while ago!), dial up was 56K. So it's still quite quick.

[eroticartist]

Hi Nasty,
I suppose that it is expensive?
Mike.

[eroticartist]

Fred,
If I find a hotspot do use my ISP or the hotspot's own ISP. Sorry I am confused but I hve not used a hotspot before. I understand what you say about G3 phones. Thany you.
Mike.