PAYG ISPs in France?
Sep 9th 2005, 12:36 pm
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PAYG ISPs in France?
Well, I'd hoped three days in Brittany next week might be Internet-free,
but it turns out one of our party really needs occasional access to email.
So:
Can anyone recommend and give a dial-up number for a pay-as-you-go ISP in
France? (I mean a number where one dials up without an account and is then
asked for a credit card, etc.)
Failing that, what, and where, are the chances of finding public Internet
access in a small town? (I'm afraid I am not really familiar with rural
France at all.)
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The poster formerly known as [email protected].
but it turns out one of our party really needs occasional access to email.
So:
Can anyone recommend and give a dial-up number for a pay-as-you-go ISP in
France? (I mean a number where one dials up without an account and is then
asked for a credit card, etc.)
Failing that, what, and where, are the chances of finding public Internet
access in a small town? (I'm afraid I am not really familiar with rural
France at all.)
----------------------------------------------
The poster formerly known as [email protected].
Sep 9th 2005, 3:53 pm
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Re: PAYG ISPs in France?
Wanadoo may still offer a free internet dial-up acount. I still have one
from a couple of years ago, which is still active, their "Accès Libre". It
helps to read French well enough to follow the pages, but you can run them
through a translation program such as at www.faganfinder.com/tranlate. If
they don't have free accounts anymore, they do offer very inexpensive ones,
for as low as 5 euros a month for 5 hours, enough to do plenty of e-mail.
<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Well, I'd hoped three days in Brittany next week might be Internet-free,
> but it turns out one of our party really needs occasional access to email.
> So:
> Can anyone recommend and give a dial-up number for a pay-as-you-go ISP in
> France? (I mean a number where one dials up without an account and is then
> asked for a credit card, etc.)
> Failing that, what, and where, are the chances of finding public Internet
> access in a small town? (I'm afraid I am not really familiar with rural
> France at all.)
> ----------------------------------------------
> The poster formerly known as [email protected].
from a couple of years ago, which is still active, their "Accès Libre". It
helps to read French well enough to follow the pages, but you can run them
through a translation program such as at www.faganfinder.com/tranlate. If
they don't have free accounts anymore, they do offer very inexpensive ones,
for as low as 5 euros a month for 5 hours, enough to do plenty of e-mail.
<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Well, I'd hoped three days in Brittany next week might be Internet-free,
> but it turns out one of our party really needs occasional access to email.
> So:
> Can anyone recommend and give a dial-up number for a pay-as-you-go ISP in
> France? (I mean a number where one dials up without an account and is then
> asked for a credit card, etc.)
> Failing that, what, and where, are the chances of finding public Internet
> access in a small town? (I'm afraid I am not really familiar with rural
> France at all.)
> ----------------------------------------------
> The poster formerly known as [email protected].
Sep 9th 2005, 4:30 pm
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Re: PAYG ISPs in France?
Poked around in Wanadoo (www.wanadoo.fr) and found the route to free
internet is Accueil Wanadoo > S'abonner > Bas Débit > Accès Libre
"Mark Fagan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected] ...
> Wanadoo may still offer a free internet dial-up acount. I still have one
> from a couple of years ago, which is still active, their "Accès Libre".
> It helps to read French well enough to follow the pages, but you can run
> them through a translation program such as at
> www.faganfinder.com/tranlate. If they don't have free accounts anymore,
> they do offer very inexpensive ones, for as low as 5 euros a month for 5
> hours, enough to do plenty of e-mail.
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Well, I'd hoped three days in Brittany next week might be Internet-free,
>> but it turns out one of our party really needs occasional access to
>> email.
>> So:
>> Can anyone recommend and give a dial-up number for a pay-as-you-go ISP in
>> France? (I mean a number where one dials up without an account and is
>> then
>> asked for a credit card, etc.)
>> Failing that, what, and where, are the chances of finding public Internet
>> access in a small town? (I'm afraid I am not really familiar with rural
>> France at all.)
>> ----------------------------------------------
>> The poster formerly known as [email protected].
>
internet is Accueil Wanadoo > S'abonner > Bas Débit > Accès Libre
"Mark Fagan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected] ...
> Wanadoo may still offer a free internet dial-up acount. I still have one
> from a couple of years ago, which is still active, their "Accès Libre".
> It helps to read French well enough to follow the pages, but you can run
> them through a translation program such as at
> www.faganfinder.com/tranlate. If they don't have free accounts anymore,
> they do offer very inexpensive ones, for as low as 5 euros a month for 5
> hours, enough to do plenty of e-mail.
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Well, I'd hoped three days in Brittany next week might be Internet-free,
>> but it turns out one of our party really needs occasional access to
>> email.
>> So:
>> Can anyone recommend and give a dial-up number for a pay-as-you-go ISP in
>> France? (I mean a number where one dials up without an account and is
>> then
>> asked for a credit card, etc.)
>> Failing that, what, and where, are the chances of finding public Internet
>> access in a small town? (I'm afraid I am not really familiar with rural
>> France at all.)
>> ----------------------------------------------
>> The poster formerly known as [email protected].
>
Sep 9th 2005, 6:40 pm
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Re: PAYG ISPs in France?
Just do a web mail to his account. Lots of internet cafes, and internet
points everywhere now.
<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Well, I'd hoped three days in Brittany next week might be Internet-free,
> but it turns out one of our party really needs occasional access to email.
> So:
> Can anyone recommend and give a dial-up number for a pay-as-you-go ISP in
> France? (I mean a number where one dials up without an account and is then
> asked for a credit card, etc.)
> Failing that, what, and where, are the chances of finding public Internet
> access in a small town? (I'm afraid I am not really familiar with rural
> France at all.)
> ----------------------------------------------
> The poster formerly known as [email protected].
points everywhere now.
<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Well, I'd hoped three days in Brittany next week might be Internet-free,
> but it turns out one of our party really needs occasional access to email.
> So:
> Can anyone recommend and give a dial-up number for a pay-as-you-go ISP in
> France? (I mean a number where one dials up without an account and is then
> asked for a credit card, etc.)
> Failing that, what, and where, are the chances of finding public Internet
> access in a small town? (I'm afraid I am not really familiar with rural
> France at all.)
> ----------------------------------------------
> The poster formerly known as [email protected].
Sep 9th 2005, 6:46 pm
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Re: PAYG ISPs in France?
[email protected] wrote:
> Well, I'd hoped three days in Brittany next week might be Internet-free,
> but it turns out one of our party really needs occasional access to email.
>
> So:
>
> Can anyone recommend and give a dial-up number for a pay-as-you-go ISP in
> France? (I mean a number where one dials up without an account and is then
> asked for a credit card, etc.)
>
> Failing that, what, and where, are the chances of finding public Internet
> access in a small town? (I'm afraid I am not really familiar with rural
> France at all.)
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------
> The poster formerly known as [email protected].
The free.fr ISP has a dialup access offer with no charge outside of the
local phone communication.
http://subscribe.free.fr/
http://faq.free.fr/?q=266 (french)
> Well, I'd hoped three days in Brittany next week might be Internet-free,
> but it turns out one of our party really needs occasional access to email.
>
> So:
>
> Can anyone recommend and give a dial-up number for a pay-as-you-go ISP in
> France? (I mean a number where one dials up without an account and is then
> asked for a credit card, etc.)
>
> Failing that, what, and where, are the chances of finding public Internet
> access in a small town? (I'm afraid I am not really familiar with rural
> France at all.)
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------
> The poster formerly known as [email protected].
The free.fr ISP has a dialup access offer with no charge outside of the
local phone communication.
http://subscribe.free.fr/
http://faq.free.fr/?q=266 (french)
Sep 9th 2005, 7:28 pm
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Re: PAYG ISPs in France?
[email protected] wrote:
> Well, I'd hoped three days in Brittany next week might be Internet-free,
> but it turns out one of our party really needs occasional access to email.
> So:
> Can anyone recommend and give a dial-up number for a pay-as-you-go ISP in
> France? (I mean a number where one dials up without an account and is then
> asked for a credit card, etc.)
> Failing that, what, and where, are the chances of finding public Internet
> access in a small town? (I'm afraid I am not really familiar with rural
> France at all.)
I once signed up to an ISP called free-fai or some such (Google will
supply the exact name) but never used it as there was a WiFi point
where I was staying.
G;
> Well, I'd hoped three days in Brittany next week might be Internet-free,
> but it turns out one of our party really needs occasional access to email.
> So:
> Can anyone recommend and give a dial-up number for a pay-as-you-go ISP in
> France? (I mean a number where one dials up without an account and is then
> asked for a credit card, etc.)
> Failing that, what, and where, are the chances of finding public Internet
> access in a small town? (I'm afraid I am not really familiar with rural
> France at all.)
I once signed up to an ISP called free-fai or some such (Google will
supply the exact name) but never used it as there was a WiFi point
where I was staying.
G;
Sep 9th 2005, 7:33 pm
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Re: PAYG ISPs in France?
[email protected] writes:
> Failing that, what, and where, are the chances of finding public Internet
> access in a small town? (I'm afraid I am not really familiar with rural
> France at all.)
Wi-Fi hotspots are on the rise in France, and can be found in all
sorts of places. Internet cafés, in contrast, are disappearing. The
French are finally starting to buy more PCs, only twenty years after
the rest of the developed world did so.
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> Failing that, what, and where, are the chances of finding public Internet
> access in a small town? (I'm afraid I am not really familiar with rural
> France at all.)
Wi-Fi hotspots are on the rise in France, and can be found in all
sorts of places. Internet cafés, in contrast, are disappearing. The
French are finally starting to buy more PCs, only twenty years after
the rest of the developed world did so.
--
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Sep 9th 2005, 9:24 pm
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Re: PAYG ISPs in France?
[email protected] wrote:
> [email protected] wrote:
>
>>Well, I'd hoped three days in Brittany next week might be Internet-free,
>>but it turns out one of our party really needs occasional access to email.
>>So:
>>Can anyone recommend and give a dial-up number for a pay-as-you-go ISP in
>>France? (I mean a number where one dials up without an account and is then
>>asked for a credit card, etc.)
>>Failing that, what, and where, are the chances of finding public Internet
>>access in a small town? (I'm afraid I am not really familiar with rural
>>France at all.)
>
>
> I once signed up to an ISP called free-fai or some such (Google will
> supply the exact name) but never used it as there was a WiFi point
> where I was staying.
>
> G;
>
Wifi access is available in many hotels.
In the Paris district Mc Donalds hamburger restaurants have free wifi
points, they are going to extend the service to other towns.
http://www.clubic.com/actualite-2033...ture-wifi.html
http://www.canardwifi.com/index.php?...t-de-la-france
http://www.journaldunet.com/wifi/fic...arsannay.shtml
http://www.linternaute.com/wifi/rech...lisation=36613
Free Wifi also in some train stations
http://wifi.sfr.fr/fr/partenaires/pa..._hotspot/sncf/
Liste des gares SNCF concernées :
Aéroport CDG2 TGV, Aix-en-Provence TGV, Amiens, Angers St-Laud, Avignon
Centre, Bordeaux St-Jean, Caen, Cannes, Grenoble, Chambery Challes les
Eaux, Clermont Ferrand, Dijon Ville, Lille Europe, Lille Flandres,
Limoges Bénédictins, Valence TGV, Le Mans, Lyon Part Dieu, Lyon
Perrache, Lyon St-Exupéry, Marne la Vallée Chessy, Marseille St-Charles
Monaco Monte Carlo, Montpellier, Metz Ville, Nancy Ville, Nîmes, Nice
Ville, Nantes, Orléans, Paris Nord, Pau, Paris Austerlitz Paris Est,
Paris Montparnasse 1 &2, Paris Gare de Lyon, Paris St-Lazare, Poitiers,
Reims, Rennes, Rouen Rive Droite, Mulhouse Ville, St-Etienne
Chateaucreux, Strasbourg, Toulon, Toulouse Matabiau, Tours, Valence
Ville, Valenciennes, Versailles Chantiers [...]"
> [email protected] wrote:
>
>>Well, I'd hoped three days in Brittany next week might be Internet-free,
>>but it turns out one of our party really needs occasional access to email.
>>So:
>>Can anyone recommend and give a dial-up number for a pay-as-you-go ISP in
>>France? (I mean a number where one dials up without an account and is then
>>asked for a credit card, etc.)
>>Failing that, what, and where, are the chances of finding public Internet
>>access in a small town? (I'm afraid I am not really familiar with rural
>>France at all.)
>
>
> I once signed up to an ISP called free-fai or some such (Google will
> supply the exact name) but never used it as there was a WiFi point
> where I was staying.
>
> G;
>
Wifi access is available in many hotels.
In the Paris district Mc Donalds hamburger restaurants have free wifi
points, they are going to extend the service to other towns.
http://www.clubic.com/actualite-2033...ture-wifi.html
http://www.canardwifi.com/index.php?...t-de-la-france
http://www.journaldunet.com/wifi/fic...arsannay.shtml
http://www.linternaute.com/wifi/rech...lisation=36613
Free Wifi also in some train stations
http://wifi.sfr.fr/fr/partenaires/pa..._hotspot/sncf/
Liste des gares SNCF concernées :
Aéroport CDG2 TGV, Aix-en-Provence TGV, Amiens, Angers St-Laud, Avignon
Centre, Bordeaux St-Jean, Caen, Cannes, Grenoble, Chambery Challes les
Eaux, Clermont Ferrand, Dijon Ville, Lille Europe, Lille Flandres,
Limoges Bénédictins, Valence TGV, Le Mans, Lyon Part Dieu, Lyon
Perrache, Lyon St-Exupéry, Marne la Vallée Chessy, Marseille St-Charles
Monaco Monte Carlo, Montpellier, Metz Ville, Nancy Ville, Nîmes, Nice
Ville, Nantes, Orléans, Paris Nord, Pau, Paris Austerlitz Paris Est,
Paris Montparnasse 1 &2, Paris Gare de Lyon, Paris St-Lazare, Poitiers,
Reims, Rennes, Rouen Rive Droite, Mulhouse Ville, St-Etienne
Chateaucreux, Strasbourg, Toulon, Toulouse Matabiau, Tours, Valence
Ville, Valenciennes, Versailles Chantiers [...]"
Sep 10th 2005, 2:26 am
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Re: PAYG ISPs in France?
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (Mxsmanic) wrote:
> *From:* Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
> *Date:* Sat, 10 Sep 2005 09:33:24 +0200
>
> [email protected] writes:
>
> > Failing that, what, and where, are the chances of finding public
> > Internet access in a small town? (I'm afraid I am not really familiar
> > with rural France at all.)
>
> Wi-Fi hotspots are on the rise in France, and can be found in all
> sorts of places. Internet cafés, in contrast, are disappearing. The
> French are finally starting to buy more PCs, only twenty years after
> the rest of the developed world did so.
Thanks, all.
Unfortunately free.fr insists on sending me a connection kit via
snailmail, which isn't much help!
Free Wanadoo gets me to download a file called KitWanadoo.exe which won't
run! And paid-for Wanadoo, if I understand it correctly, insists on a
12-month contract. (Or does "Engagement: 12 mois" just mean the price is
good for 12 months?)
So, sounds like it may be an Internet cafe or taking my chances with
Wi-Fi, after all.
----------------------------------------------
The poster formerly known as [email protected].
[email protected] (Mxsmanic) wrote:
> *From:* Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
> *Date:* Sat, 10 Sep 2005 09:33:24 +0200
>
> [email protected] writes:
>
> > Failing that, what, and where, are the chances of finding public
> > Internet access in a small town? (I'm afraid I am not really familiar
> > with rural France at all.)
>
> Wi-Fi hotspots are on the rise in France, and can be found in all
> sorts of places. Internet cafés, in contrast, are disappearing. The
> French are finally starting to buy more PCs, only twenty years after
> the rest of the developed world did so.
Thanks, all.
Unfortunately free.fr insists on sending me a connection kit via
snailmail, which isn't much help!
Free Wanadoo gets me to download a file called KitWanadoo.exe which won't
run! And paid-for Wanadoo, if I understand it correctly, insists on a
12-month contract. (Or does "Engagement: 12 mois" just mean the price is
good for 12 months?)
So, sounds like it may be an Internet cafe or taking my chances with
Wi-Fi, after all.
----------------------------------------------
The poster formerly known as [email protected].
Sep 10th 2005, 3:08 am
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Re: PAYG ISPs in France?
<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Failing that, what, and where, are the chances of finding public Internet
> access in a small town? (I'm afraid I am not really familiar with rural
> France at all.)
How small? Most middlin' sized towns will have some sort of public access. I
live way out in the country & I can think of two within a 20 minute drive.
Where will you be exactly?
T.
news:[email protected]...
> Failing that, what, and where, are the chances of finding public Internet
> access in a small town? (I'm afraid I am not really familiar with rural
> France at all.)
How small? Most middlin' sized towns will have some sort of public access. I
live way out in the country & I can think of two within a 20 minute drive.
Where will you be exactly?
T.
Sep 10th 2005, 3:14 am
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Re: PAYG ISPs in France?
[email protected] writes:
> Unfortunately free.fr insists on sending me a connection kit via
> snailmail, which isn't much help!
>
> Free Wanadoo gets me to download a file called KitWanadoo.exe which won't
> run! And paid-for Wanadoo, if I understand it correctly, insists on a
> 12-month contract. (Or does "Engagement: 12 mois" just mean the price is
> good for 12 months?)
All you really need is the hardware; installing the software they
provide may actually cause more problems than it solves.
However, getting ISPs to explain what parameters to use when setting
up connections via standard software (such as Windows XP, in place of
their brain-dead, home-baked "kits") can be problematic.
I've never used any software from Wanadoo, as I need a reliable,
stable computer, and I won't have that after installing their garbage.
But there are quirks if you do it yourself. For example, Wanadoo
redefines the IP addresses of their mail servers for their own
subscribers, as opposed to the rest of the Net, and it took a long
time for me to discover that in endless e-mails. I was finally able
to tweak my DNS server to handle Wanadoo's ill-advised
misconfiguration.
--
Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
> Unfortunately free.fr insists on sending me a connection kit via
> snailmail, which isn't much help!
>
> Free Wanadoo gets me to download a file called KitWanadoo.exe which won't
> run! And paid-for Wanadoo, if I understand it correctly, insists on a
> 12-month contract. (Or does "Engagement: 12 mois" just mean the price is
> good for 12 months?)
All you really need is the hardware; installing the software they
provide may actually cause more problems than it solves.
However, getting ISPs to explain what parameters to use when setting
up connections via standard software (such as Windows XP, in place of
their brain-dead, home-baked "kits") can be problematic.
I've never used any software from Wanadoo, as I need a reliable,
stable computer, and I won't have that after installing their garbage.
But there are quirks if you do it yourself. For example, Wanadoo
redefines the IP addresses of their mail servers for their own
subscribers, as opposed to the rest of the Net, and it took a long
time for me to discover that in endless e-mails. I was finally able
to tweak my DNS server to handle Wanadoo's ill-advised
misconfiguration.
--
Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
Sep 10th 2005, 4:10 am
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Re: PAYG ISPs in France?
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (Terry Richards) wrote:
> *From:* "Terry Richards" <[email protected]>
> *Date:* Sat, 10 Sep 2005 17:08:37 +0200
>
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
> > Failing that, what, and where, are the chances of finding public
> > Internet
> > access in a small town? (I'm afraid I am not really familiar with
> > rural
> > France at all.)
>
> How small? Most middlin' sized towns will have some sort of public
> access. I
> live way out in the country & I can think of two within a 20 minute
> drive.
> Where will you be exactly?
Plonéour-Lanvern - "pas des hotspots ici" as one Web page succinctly puts
it. ;) But I've found some Orange hotspots in a number of nearby towns
which should even work with my existing BT Wi-Fi account, so all may be
well.
----------------------------------------------
The poster formerly known as [email protected].
[email protected] (Terry Richards) wrote:
> *From:* "Terry Richards" <[email protected]>
> *Date:* Sat, 10 Sep 2005 17:08:37 +0200
>
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
> > Failing that, what, and where, are the chances of finding public
> > Internet
> > access in a small town? (I'm afraid I am not really familiar with
> > rural
> > France at all.)
>
> How small? Most middlin' sized towns will have some sort of public
> access. I
> live way out in the country & I can think of two within a 20 minute
> drive.
> Where will you be exactly?
Plonéour-Lanvern - "pas des hotspots ici" as one Web page succinctly puts
it. ;) But I've found some Orange hotspots in a number of nearby towns
which should even work with my existing BT Wi-Fi account, so all may be
well.
----------------------------------------------
The poster formerly known as [email protected].
Sep 10th 2005, 5:26 am
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<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Well, I'd hoped three days in Brittany next week might be Internet-free,
> but it turns out one of our party really needs occasional access to email.
> So:
> Can anyone recommend and give a dial-up number for a pay-as-you-go ISP in
> France? (I mean a number where one dials up without an account and is then
> asked for a credit card, etc.)
> Failing that, what, and where, are the chances of finding public Internet
> access in a small town? (I'm afraid I am not really familiar with rural
> France at all.)
Well, if s/he just needs occasional access to email, an Internet cafe would
seem to be the answer. I'm not familiar with small town Brittany, but, even
it there aren't formal Internet cafes, there should be places that will sell
you time for a nominal fee. In small-town Italy, I used the
Internet-connected computer in a florist and in somebody's private house.
Found these by following small signs or asking at the tourist office.
Marianne
news:[email protected]...
> Well, I'd hoped three days in Brittany next week might be Internet-free,
> but it turns out one of our party really needs occasional access to email.
> So:
> Can anyone recommend and give a dial-up number for a pay-as-you-go ISP in
> France? (I mean a number where one dials up without an account and is then
> asked for a credit card, etc.)
> Failing that, what, and where, are the chances of finding public Internet
> access in a small town? (I'm afraid I am not really familiar with rural
> France at all.)
Well, if s/he just needs occasional access to email, an Internet cafe would
seem to be the answer. I'm not familiar with small town Brittany, but, even
it there aren't formal Internet cafes, there should be places that will sell
you time for a nominal fee. In small-town Italy, I used the
Internet-connected computer in a florist and in somebody's private house.
Found these by following small signs or asking at the tourist office.
Marianne
Sep 10th 2005, 8:48 am
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Re: PAYG ISPs in France?
[email protected] wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] (Mxsmanic) wrote:
>
>
>>*From:* Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
>>*Date:* Sat, 10 Sep 2005 09:33:24 +0200
>>[email protected] writes:
>>>Failing that, what, and where, are the chances of finding public
>>>Internet access in a small town? (I'm afraid I am not really familiar
>>>with rural France at all.)
>>Wi-Fi hotspots are on the rise in France, and can be found in all
>>sorts of places. Internet cafés, in contrast, are disappearing. The
>>French are finally starting to buy more PCs, only twenty years after
>>the rest of the developed world did so.
>
>
> Thanks, all.
>
> Unfortunately free.fr insists on sending me a connection kit via
> snailmail, which isn't much help!
>
> Free Wanadoo gets me to download a file called KitWanadoo.exe which won't
> run! And paid-for Wanadoo, if I understand it correctly, insists on a
> 12-month contract. (Or does "Engagement: 12 mois" just mean the price is
> good for 12 months?)
>
> So, sounds like it may be an Internet cafe or taking my chances with
> Wi-Fi, after all.
>
> ----------------------------------------------
> The poster formerly known as [email protected].
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Numéro d'accès 0860 92 2000
Mail (serveur de couriers entrants: POP): pop.free.fr
Mail (serveur de couriers entrants: IMAP): imap.free.fr
Mail (serveur de couriers sortants: SMTP): smtp.free.fr
News: news.free.fr
Proxy http: proxy.free.fr (port 3128)
Proxy FTP: proxy.free.fr (port 3128)
DNS 1: 212.27.32.5
DNS 2: 213.228.0.168
Domaine: free.fr
> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] (Mxsmanic) wrote:
>
>
>>*From:* Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
>>*Date:* Sat, 10 Sep 2005 09:33:24 +0200
>>[email protected] writes:
>>>Failing that, what, and where, are the chances of finding public
>>>Internet access in a small town? (I'm afraid I am not really familiar
>>>with rural France at all.)
>>Wi-Fi hotspots are on the rise in France, and can be found in all
>>sorts of places. Internet cafés, in contrast, are disappearing. The
>>French are finally starting to buy more PCs, only twenty years after
>>the rest of the developed world did so.
>
>
> Thanks, all.
>
> Unfortunately free.fr insists on sending me a connection kit via
> snailmail, which isn't much help!
>
> Free Wanadoo gets me to download a file called KitWanadoo.exe which won't
> run! And paid-for Wanadoo, if I understand it correctly, insists on a
> 12-month contract. (Or does "Engagement: 12 mois" just mean the price is
> good for 12 months?)
>
> So, sounds like it may be an Internet cafe or taking my chances with
> Wi-Fi, after all.
>
> ----------------------------------------------
> The poster formerly known as [email protected].
Manual configuration
Serveurs Adresses
Numéro d'accès 0860 92 2000
Mail (serveur de couriers entrants: POP): pop.free.fr
Mail (serveur de couriers entrants: IMAP): imap.free.fr
Mail (serveur de couriers sortants: SMTP): smtp.free.fr
News: news.free.fr
Proxy http: proxy.free.fr (port 3128)
Proxy FTP: proxy.free.fr (port 3128)
DNS 1: 212.27.32.5
DNS 2: 213.228.0.168
Domaine: free.fr
Sep 10th 2005, 8:48 am
#15
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Re: PAYG ISPs in France?
[email protected] wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] (Terry Richards) wrote:
>
>
>>*From:* "Terry Richards" <[email protected]>
>>*Date:* Sat, 10 Sep 2005 17:08:37 +0200
>><[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]...
>>>Failing that, what, and where, are the chances of finding public
>>>Internet
>>>access in a small town? (I'm afraid I am not really familiar with
>>>rural
>>>France at all.)
>>How small? Most middlin' sized towns will have some sort of public
>>access. I
>>live way out in the country & I can think of two within a 20 minute
>>drive.
>>Where will you be exactly?
>
>
> Plonéour-Lanvern - "pas des hotspots ici" as one Web page succinctly puts
> it. ;) But I've found some Orange hotspots in a number of nearby towns
> which should even work with my existing BT Wi-Fi account, so all may be
> well.
>
> ----------------------------------------------
> The poster formerly known as [email protected].
Hotspot : Aéroport Brest Bretagne à Guipavas free hotspot.
www.brest.aeroport.fr
Wifi in Finistere
http://www.linternaute.com/wifi/loca...inistere.shtml
> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] (Terry Richards) wrote:
>
>
>>*From:* "Terry Richards" <[email protected]>
>>*Date:* Sat, 10 Sep 2005 17:08:37 +0200
>><[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]...
>>>Failing that, what, and where, are the chances of finding public
>>>Internet
>>>access in a small town? (I'm afraid I am not really familiar with
>>>rural
>>>France at all.)
>>How small? Most middlin' sized towns will have some sort of public
>>access. I
>>live way out in the country & I can think of two within a 20 minute
>>drive.
>>Where will you be exactly?
>
>
> Plonéour-Lanvern - "pas des hotspots ici" as one Web page succinctly puts
> it. ;) But I've found some Orange hotspots in a number of nearby towns
> which should even work with my existing BT Wi-Fi account, so all may be
> well.
>
> ----------------------------------------------
> The poster formerly known as [email protected].
Hotspot : Aéroport Brest Bretagne à Guipavas free hotspot.
www.brest.aeroport.fr
Wifi in Finistere
http://www.linternaute.com/wifi/loca...inistere.shtml
