Internet connection as soon as you arrive?
May 21st 2006, 7:31 pm
#1
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Internet connection as soon as you arrive?
Hi everyone,
Maybe I am just thick when it comes to this sort of thing but how did you have internet connection as soon as you arrive??? We are going to buy a laptop so we have access to the internet while our stuff is being shipped but how do you do the interent thing from a motel??? I spoke to someone in PC world and he recommended a vodafone GPRS data card but to use it in Oz it would cost £95 a month on a minimum 12 month contract:scared: . Is there another way around this or do I just have to rely on internet cafe's until I get a permanent address to have broadband or even just a telephone line fitted.
And I have heard how your telephone line can take a while to be installed due to the 'laid back' services of Telstra - will I be off line for ages
I suppose it will be a way of breaking the cycle of checking my emails every 10 seconds...
Ta
Katie x
Maybe I am just thick when it comes to this sort of thing but how did you have internet connection as soon as you arrive??? We are going to buy a laptop so we have access to the internet while our stuff is being shipped but how do you do the interent thing from a motel??? I spoke to someone in PC world and he recommended a vodafone GPRS data card but to use it in Oz it would cost £95 a month on a minimum 12 month contract:scared: . Is there another way around this or do I just have to rely on internet cafe's until I get a permanent address to have broadband or even just a telephone line fitted.
And I have heard how your telephone line can take a while to be installed due to the 'laid back' services of Telstra - will I be off line for ages
I suppose it will be a way of breaking the cycle of checking my emails every 10 seconds... Ta
Katie x
May 21st 2006, 8:11 pm
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Re: Internet connection as soon as you arrive?
Originally Posted by glennandkate
Hi everyone,
Maybe I am just thick when it comes to this sort of thing but how did you have internet connection as soon as you arrive??? We are going to buy a laptop so we have access to the internet while our stuff is being shipped but how do you do the interent thing from a motel??? I spoke to someone in PC world and he recommended a vodafone GPRS data card but to use it in Oz it would cost £95 a month on a minimum 12 month contract:scared: . Is there another way around this or do I just have to rely on internet cafe's until I get a permanent address to have broadband or even just a telephone line fitted.
And I have heard how your telephone line can take a while to be installed due to the 'laid back' services of Telstra - will I be off line for ages I suppose it will be a way of breaking the cycle of checking my emails every 10 seconds...
Ta
Katie x
Maybe I am just thick when it comes to this sort of thing but how did you have internet connection as soon as you arrive??? We are going to buy a laptop so we have access to the internet while our stuff is being shipped but how do you do the interent thing from a motel??? I spoke to someone in PC world and he recommended a vodafone GPRS data card but to use it in Oz it would cost £95 a month on a minimum 12 month contract:scared: . Is there another way around this or do I just have to rely on internet cafe's until I get a permanent address to have broadband or even just a telephone line fitted.
And I have heard how your telephone line can take a while to be installed due to the 'laid back' services of Telstra - will I be off line for ages
I suppose it will be a way of breaking the cycle of checking my emails every 10 seconds... Ta
Katie x
May 21st 2006, 8:32 pm
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May 21st 2006, 8:37 pm
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Re: Internet connection as soon as you arrive?
Thank you, Thank you, Thankyou - I'm a bit stone age when it comes to pc's - only had ones that plug into something to make the internet work. I will make sure I buy a laptop with the wireless thingy...
May 21st 2006, 8:44 pm
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Re: Internet connection as soon as you arrive?
Originally Posted by glennandkate
Thank you, Thank you, Thankyou - I'm a bit stone age when it comes to pc's - only had ones that plug into something to make the internet work. I will make sure I buy a laptop with the wireless thingy...
If you do a search on BE, there are plenty of threads about buying lappys to take to Oz.
Maybe worth looking at with regards to warranty and service.
May 22nd 2006, 5:54 am
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Re: Internet connection as soon as you arrive?
Originally Posted by Hutch
Also (don't know where you're moving to) try this free Wi-Fi hotspot locator.
Thanks
May 22nd 2006, 6:19 am
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Re: Internet connection as soon as you arrive?
Some (but not all) furnsihed homes have a phone line so you can use a dial up connection. You can buy a disk from an electrical store which will give you x number of pre-paid hours connection time. If you are renting a furnished house check it has a phone line and ask the owner if they can organise a pre-paid internet cd for you, most will have it all there waiting for you.
Lynn
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