Steve Silverwood

I am an Earthlink subscriber and use Yahoo! Mail as my primary email
account. First time traveling to Europe. Any pointers on accessing my
Email account from Europe? Is it as simple as dialing in from my hotel
room, or is it more involved than that? Thanks in advance.

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-- //Steve//

Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
Fountain Valley, CA
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://home.earthlink.net/~kb6ojs_steve

Aramis

If you are staying in a hotel that offers internet access and you are taking
your own PC/laptop, then yes, it would be that easy - if you call going
through the hassle of setting up an internet access account with the hotel.

It may be much simpler to simply drop in to an internet cafe - there are
dozen in every major city and at least one in most nook and cranny tourist
quality towns - and type in the Yahoo page.




"Steve Silverwood" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > I am an Earthlink subscriber and use Yahoo! Mail as my primary email
    > account. First time traveling to Europe. Any pointers on accessing my
    > Email account from Europe? Is it as simple as dialing in from my hotel
    > room, or is it more involved than that? Thanks in advance.
    > --
    > -- //Steve//
    > Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
    > Fountain Valley, CA
    > Email: [email protected]
    > Web: http://home.earthlink.net/~kb6ojs_steve

Ralph

Hi,

    > It may be much simpler to simply drop in to an internet cafe - there
    > are dozen in every major city and at least one in most nook and cranny
    > tourist quality towns - and type in the Yahoo page.

A word of warning: There aren't too many internet cafés in Germany -
internet at home is much more popular.

Ralph

Wolfgang Schwanke

Steve Silverwood wrote in
news:[email protected]:

    > Any pointers on accessing my
    > Email account from Europe? Is it as simple as dialing in from my hotel
    > room, or is it more involved than that? Thanks in advance.

You can always dial into your home ISP, but that would be a transatlantic
phone call and thus very expensive.

Alternatively, you can dial into a local ISP. I don't know about Austria or
Czech, but in Germany there are quite a few ISPs which allow dialup without
previous subscription. Billing is through the phone bill, i.e. through your
hotel's who will then bill it to you.

Here's a list of such ISPs including phone no. and setup information
(Germany only): http://www.ibelnet.de/ti-zugang.htm

All you need to do is configure a new Internet Dialup connection with one
of these. (Better take the list with you though)

Regards

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Alex Tievsky

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news:[email protected]:

    > I am an Earthlink subscriber and use Yahoo! Mail as my primary email
    > account. First time traveling to Europe. Any pointers on accessing my
    > Email account from Europe? Is it as simple as dialing in from my hotel
    > room, or is it more involved than that? Thanks in advance.
    >

If you have a laptop, you can plug it into the data port of the telephone
in your hotel room and dial the German access number for Earthlink (01 9
1999). However, Earthlink will charge you 15¢ per minute as an
"international roaming fee". The hotel might also nail you with a fee
since I'm not sure where the number is based or if it's toll free (and
even if it's toll free, the hotel sometimes still hits you with a
charge).

-Alex Tievsky

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Deep Floyd Mars

Steve Silverwood wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > I am an Earthlink subscriber and use Yahoo! Mail as my primary email
    > account. First time traveling to Europe. Any pointers on accessing my
    > Email account from Europe? Is it as simple as dialing in from my hotel
    > room, or is it more involved than that? Thanks in advance.

You are planning on taking your laptop? Personally I think this would be a
big mistake. Apart from the obvious risks of having it stolen, it would be
cumbersone to carry, and could get damaged, not to mention the hassles of
getting net access from a hotel room.

Use web based email from a cafe and safe yourself the hastle. There are
internet cafes in even the smallest of towns across Europe, and they are
cheap.
---
DFM

Joachim Fritz

Just 1 link to Internet-Cafésin Germany:
http://www.reporter.de/cafeteria/icafelst.html

for further countries: http://www.worldofinternetcafes.de/
Just drop in name of desiered city in the white blank field, that is
followed by "Suchen" (Search)
Good luck!

"Aramis" wrote in message news:...
    > If you are staying in a hotel that offers internet access and you are taking
    > your own PC/laptop, then yes, it would be that easy - if you call going
    > through the hassle of setting up an internet access account with the hotel.
    >
    > It may be much simpler to simply drop in to an internet cafe - there are
    > dozen in every major city and at least one in most nook and cranny tourist
    > quality towns - and type in the Yahoo page.
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > "Steve Silverwood" wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    > > I am an Earthlink subscriber and use Yahoo! Mail as my primary email
    > > account. First time traveling to Europe. Any pointers on accessing my
    > > Email account from Europe? Is it as simple as dialing in from my hotel
    > > room, or is it more involved than that? Thanks in advance.
    > >
    > > --
    > >
    > > -- //Steve//
    > >
    > > Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
    > > Fountain Valley, CA
    > > Email: [email protected]
    > > Web: http://home.earthlink.net/~kb6ojs_steve

barney

In article ,
[email protected] (Wolfgang Schwanke) wrote:

    > Steve Silverwood wrote in
    > news:[email protected]:
    >
    > > Any pointers on accessing my
    > > Email account from Europe? Is it as simple as dialing in from my
    > > hotel room, or is it more involved than that? Thanks in advance.
    >
    > You can always dial into your home ISP, but that would be a
    > transatlantic phone call and thus very expensive.
    >
    > Alternatively, you can dial into a local ISP.

Also look at www.gric.com to see if your home ISP participates in this
scheme, which lets you access your home ISP through other ISPs' dial-up
numbers -- local or even free calls.

Steve Silverwood

[This followup was posted to rec.travel.europe and a copy was sent to
the cited author.]

In article ,
[email protected] says...
    > If you are staying in a hotel that offers internet access and you are taking
    > your own PC/laptop, then yes, it would be that easy - if you call going
    > through the hassle of setting up an internet access account with the hotel.
    >
    > It may be much simpler to simply drop in to an internet cafe - there are
    > dozen in every major city and at least one in most nook and cranny tourist
    > quality towns - and type in the Yahoo page.

So far, none of the hotels we're staying at offer any Internet access
other than dialing out.

I'll look into the Internet Cafe situation. Right now it looks as
though I have cut back enough on my list subscriptions that I might not
have to do much about it.

I still plan on taking the laptop, mainly because of some studying I
need to do (that 14-hour flight will hopefully provide some ideal think-
time), but also because I can use it to burn pictures from the digital
camera onto CDRW media just in case....

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-- //Steve//

Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
Fountain Valley, CA
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://home.earthlink.net/~kb6ojs_steve

Steve Silverwood

[This followup was posted to rec.travel.europe and a copy was sent to=20
the cited author.]

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[email protected] says...
    > Hi,
    >=20
    > > It may be much simpler to simply drop in to an internet cafe - there
    > > are dozen in every major city and at least one in most nook and cranny
    > > tourist quality towns - and type in the Yahoo page.
    >=20
    > A word of warning: There aren't too many internet caf=E9s in Germany -=20
    > internet at home is much more popular.

Thanks, Ralph. Any word about Austria or Prague?

--=20

-- //Steve//

Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
Fountain Valley, CA
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://home.earthlink.net/~kb6ojs_steve

Steve Silverwood

In article ,=20
[email protected] says...
    > Just 1 link to Internet-Caf=E9s in Germany:
    > http://www.reporter.de/cafeteria/icafelst.html
    >=20
    > for further countries: http://www.worldofinternetcafes.de/
    > Just drop in name of desiered city in the white blank field, that is
    > followed by "Suchen" (Search)
    > Good luck!

Thanks. I'll check those out. Do they often provide for allowing a=20
notebook user to "jack in" rather than just using their workstations?

--=20

-- //Steve//

Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
Fountain Valley, CA
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://home.earthlink.net/~kb6ojs_steve

Steve Silverwood

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@wschwanke.de says...
    > Steve Silverwood wrote in
    > news:[email protected]:
    >
    > > Any pointers on accessing my
    > > Email account from Europe? Is it as simple as dialing in from my hotel
    > > room, or is it more involved than that? Thanks in advance.
    >
    > You can always dial into your home ISP, but that would be a transatlantic
    > phone call and thus very expensive.

Earthlink offers a number in Germany that is available nation-wide. I
don't remember about Austria. No numbers in the Czech Republic (yet).

I'll check into the other idea, thanks.

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-- //Steve//

Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
Fountain Valley, CA
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://home.earthlink.net/~kb6ojs_steve

Steve Silverwood

In article , [email protected]
says...
    > In article ,
    > [email protected] (Wolfgang Schwanke) wrote:
    >
    > > Steve Silverwood wrote in
    > > news:[email protected]:
    > >
    > > > Any pointers on accessing my
    > > > Email account from Europe? Is it as simple as dialing in from my
    > > > hotel room, or is it more involved than that? Thanks in advance.
    > >
    > > You can always dial into your home ISP, but that would be a
    > > transatlantic phone call and thus very expensive.
    > >
    > > Alternatively, you can dial into a local ISP.
    >
    > Also look at www.gric.com to see if your home ISP participates in this
    > scheme, which lets you access your home ISP through other ISPs' dial-up
    > numbers -- local or even free calls.

Thanks, interesting idea. Unlikely a big outfit like Earthlink does,
since they have their own (surcharged) number in Germany, but it's worth
looking into.

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-- //Steve//

Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
Fountain Valley, CA
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://home.earthlink.net/~kb6ojs_steve

Steve Silverwood

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[email protected] says...
    > Steve Silverwood's ([email protected]) pet ferret ran around on the=20
    > keyboard to create=20
    > news:[email protected]:
    >=20
    > > I am an Earthlink subscriber and use Yahoo! Mail as my primary email=20
    > > account. First time traveling to Europe. Any pointers on accessing my=
=20
    > > Email account from Europe? Is it as simple as dialing in from my hotel=
=20
    > > room, or is it more involved than that? Thanks in advance.
    >=20
    > If you have a laptop, you can plug it into the data port of the telephone=
=20
    > in your hotel room and dial the German access number for Earthlink (01 9=
=20
    > 1999). However, Earthlink will charge you 15=A2 per minute as an=20
    > "international roaming fee". The hotel might also nail you with a fee=20
    > since I'm not sure where the number is based or if it's toll free (and=20
    > even if it's toll free, the hotel sometimes still hits you with a=20
    > charge).

Thanks, Alex. I know about the number you mentioned. Do the data ports=20
on the phones usually support the US-standard RJ-11 connection? (I=20
would hate to have to buy adapters just for this trip, as I doubt I'll=20
be going back to Europe for some time -- this is one of those once-in-a-
lifetime opportunities.)

--=20

-- //Steve//

Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
Fountain Valley, CA
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://home.earthlink.net/~kb6ojs_steve

Steve Silverwood

In article ,
[email protected] says...
    > Steve Silverwood wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    > > I am an Earthlink subscriber and use Yahoo! Mail as my primary email
    > > account. First time traveling to Europe. Any pointers on accessing my
    > > Email account from Europe? Is it as simple as dialing in from my hotel
    > > room, or is it more involved than that? Thanks in advance.
    >
    > You are planning on taking your laptop? Personally I think this would be a
    > big mistake. Apart from the obvious risks of having it stolen, it would be
    > cumbersone to carry, and could get damaged, not to mention the hassles of
    > getting net access from a hotel room.

I understand the risks. Probably not much choice in the matter, though
-- I have some studying to do, plus I need the CD burner to store
pictures taken with the digital camera, and I don't have the $$ to buy a
bunch of CF cards or one huge one. Plus I don't want to run the risk of
something happening to the CF card (mag fields, cosmic rays, etc.) and
blowing away all the pictures from the trip.

    > Use web based email from a cafe and safe yourself the hastle. There are
    > internet cafes in even the smallest of towns across Europe, and they are
    > cheap.

OK, thanks. I'll check into it when I get there.

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-- //Steve//

Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
Fountain Valley, CA
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://home.earthlink.net/~kb6ojs_steve