Internet and laptops in Australia
Dec 16th 2003, 7:41 pm
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Internet and laptops in Australia
We've all talked about laptops, what about internet connectivity in hotels, motels and hostels in Australia?
Presumably you need an aussie phone to modem (RJ11) connector, or use a straight through RJ45 cable if the hotel is so equipped.
Also I gather you can buy a CD rom from Hellstra etc for cheaper access..
Does anyone know of any standard practises used in Australia?
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Presumably you need an aussie phone to modem (RJ11) connector, or use a straight through RJ45 cable if the hotel is so equipped.
Also I gather you can buy a CD rom from Hellstra etc for cheaper access..
Does anyone know of any standard practises used in Australia?
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Dec 16th 2003, 7:56 pm
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Re: Internet and laptops in Australia
Originally posted by badgersmount
We've all talked about laptops, what about internet connectivity in hotels, motels and hostels in Australia?
Presumably you need an aussie phone to modem (RJ11) connector, or use a straight through RJ45 cable if the hotel is so equipped.
Also I gather you can buy a CD rom from Hellstra etc for cheaper access..
Does anyone know of any standard practises used in Australia?
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We've all talked about laptops, what about internet connectivity in hotels, motels and hostels in Australia?
Presumably you need an aussie phone to modem (RJ11) connector, or use a straight through RJ45 cable if the hotel is so equipped.
Also I gather you can buy a CD rom from Hellstra etc for cheaper access..
Does anyone know of any standard practises used in Australia?
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Dec 16th 2003, 7:59 pm
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Re: Internet and laptops in Australia
Originally posted by CHnJ
With that new WiFi job you have, you could sit in the car outside some poor schlob's office with a Pringle can aerial. If you put the pringles in a poly bag first then that counts as room service!l
With that new WiFi job you have, you could sit in the car outside some poor schlob's office with a Pringle can aerial. If you put the pringles in a poly bag first then that counts as room service!l
wifi is the way forward, i have a wireless network and i could not live without it now.
Dec 16th 2003, 8:03 pm
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Re: Internet and laptops in Australia
Originally posted by CHnJ
With that new WiFi job you have, you could sit in the car outside some poor schlob's office with a Pringle can aerial. If you put the pringles in a poly bag first then that counts as room service!l
With that new WiFi job you have, you could sit in the car outside some poor schlob's office with a Pringle can aerial. If you put the pringles in a poly bag first then that counts as room service!l
Dec 16th 2003, 8:05 pm
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Re: Internet and laptops in Australia
Originally posted by seang
hhmmm keep an eye out for warchalking and sit back and surf for free in the sun(and it does work btw)
hhmmm keep an eye out for warchalking and sit back and surf for free in the sun(and it does work btw)
you can print out a "map" for the symbols too, which helps.
Dec 16th 2003, 8:07 pm
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Re: Internet and laptops in Australia
Originally posted by badgersmount
We've all talked about laptops, what about internet connectivity in hotels, motels and hostels in Australia?
Presumably you need an aussie phone to modem (RJ11) connector, or use a straight through RJ45 cable if the hotel is so equipped.
Also I gather you can buy a CD rom from Hellstra etc for cheaper access..
Does anyone know of any standard practises used in Australia?
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We've all talked about laptops, what about internet connectivity in hotels, motels and hostels in Australia?
Presumably you need an aussie phone to modem (RJ11) connector, or use a straight through RJ45 cable if the hotel is so equipped.
Also I gather you can buy a CD rom from Hellstra etc for cheaper access..
Does anyone know of any standard practises used in Australia?
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Your ISP needs to support GRIC but once enabled it gives you POPs globally.
http://www.gric.com/download/download2.html
Telstra do support GRIC but I do not know the costs involved. I do know that we prefer users to take a national call cost in preference to using GRIC whilst in Australia.
Another option is getting a PAYG pack from OZemail (available from Dick Smith) but that is not cheap.
Probably the cheapest way is to get an ordinary dialup account and get a list of POP nos and change them as you travel the country. A bit of a pain but cheaper. Dialup accounts are not tied to a telephone no like they are in the UK.
Do not expect modem jacks in hotels/motels outside the cities. Soon to arrive in Sydney is i-burst which is a broadband wireless network.
Dec 16th 2003, 8:08 pm
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yip seen afew for melbourne and sydney.
Dec 16th 2003, 8:12 pm
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i-burst
Dec 16th 2003, 8:24 pm
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Originally posted by seang
who is providing ?
who is providing ?
http://www.arraycomm.com/iburst/ibmark.htm
It uses some spare bandwidth from the 3G spectrum.
Dec 16th 2003, 8:35 pm
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Originally posted by bondipom
I am struggling to find prices but here is some info.
http://www.arraycomm.com/iburst/ibmark.htm
It uses some spare bandwidth from the 3G spectrum.
I am struggling to find prices but here is some info.
http://www.arraycomm.com/iburst/ibmark.htm
It uses some spare bandwidth from the 3G spectrum.
Dec 16th 2003, 8:37 pm
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Originally posted by seang
LoL thanks- looking myself
LoL thanks- looking myself
http://www.zdnet.com.au/supercentre/...0281210,00.htm
