Southcote

We are coming over to Canada for a couple of weeks in May, and would like to bring our laptop with us. Are we able to use it with just a plug adaptor, or doin we need to do something more than this ?

jempee

yep using mine with a travel adapter, no problems. ALso running my 3 in 1 printer of an adapter as well.

Groo

Most laptop power supplies are 100-240V, 50-60Hz. Check power adaptor.

I used my Acer there recently no problem.

For desktops, you'd probably have to replace the power supply, which are modular, take one out and put one in .

Southcote

Just checked my AC Adapter - it states Input 100-240V- 1.5A 50-60Hz

I presume this means it'll be fine to use

Thanks for your help

Madmac

As above - My Acer laptop works fine here with merely a travel adapter. Laptops by their very portable nature have power adapters that cope with the changes in voltage and frequency.

dbd33

You may need a phone jack so as to access dial up internet. Yes, I know, there's this wireless thingy but not everywhere; don't count on it north of the 401.

Madmac

Oh great. Now you've gone and scared them away.

Dial-up and pulse dialing. Welcome to Canada.

Novocastrian

dbd33 speaks the truth: north of the 401, anything goes.

Steve_P

I just recently replaced my power supply in my desktop unit the old one was too noisy.

Both ot them are switchable 100-240 Volt, 50-60 hz.

Cheers
Steve

steve666

O my F%^$%ing god and jesus!!! NO WiFi north of the 401!!! You are kiddin' right? You are kiddin' us? Say you're kiddin' Please say you're kiddin'!!!

steve666

Oh my god...oh my god...(tears)

YYZlover

Weird, very weird. Have friends living north of 401. There is broadband in their house. Don't know if they have installed wifi as that is up to them but broadband there is. Evene further out in places like George Town (between Toronto and Guelph and north of 401, for those who donät know) there is also broadband. My buddy out there has installed wifi in his house. Another one as far north as Orillia - broadband.

Can't answer if hotels north of 401 have it though.

However, how is Toronto getting on with covering the city with wifi so you can sit in a park if you want? I saw the news cast from the press conference when I was over last year.

dbd33

Internet in the park? Don't be silly. Toronto doesn't have internet in the airport (at least I can't work the payphone dial out connection there).

OK, no internet north of the 401 is an exaggeration but there's neither ADSL nor cable as near as Orangeville (50 miles from Toronto) and, this week, I'm staying in a hotel (Days Inn) in Toronto where there's only dial up. I certainly wouldn't travel without the bits to be able to get email using only a phone line. Note also that mobile phones don't work once you go any distance away from the 401 corridor. I've been able to get around the shortage of phone lines in some hotels by dialing up to the internet using a laptop and a mobile phone but only in big cities.

There is another option but it's not strictly kosher. If I'm in an outlying area (say Mississauga or North York) and want the email what I do is to drive to an affluent looking street and hunt for an unsecured wireless network. I can usually find one and it avoids having the hotel people ranting about my tying up one of their phone lines.

Canada's a big place, eh? It just doesn't have European type infrastructure as most of the country doesn't have the population to justify it.

Groo

I stayed in Days Inn on Carlton St, downtown Toronto last October. I think I paid a little extra for one of the top floors where I had wifi in the room.

The hotel also had wifi available in the reception area.

I remember doing a search in my room and found about 5 wifi coinnections available, mostly password protected though.

Madmac

Yeah, we stayed in the Holiday Inn Express in Guelph and they supplied, as part of the room cost, wireless broadband, wired broadband and dial-up if you were feeling in a masochistic frame of mind. I also detected multiple wireless infrastructures, most of which were unsecured.