help, advice please...
#1
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help, advice please...
My friend is going to spain in the next few weeks and is taking his laptop with him. He will be staying in spain for about 6 months and wont have broadband or telephone, now......
please , does anybody know how he could obtain broadband..can you buy a dongle (?) for maybe a set price so he can at least use his laptop to e mail home or has anybody any idea of anything else.
thanks for any replies, pat
please , does anybody know how he could obtain broadband..can you buy a dongle (?) for maybe a set price so he can at least use his laptop to e mail home or has anybody any idea of anything else.
thanks for any replies, pat
#2
Re: help, advice please...
If his Internet provider in the UK is BT, and he's only after email access, may be worthwhile using their Fon Wi-fi (free of charge in other countries if you have the Total Broadband package in the UK)
btfon - faqs
btfon - faqs
#3
Re: help, advice please...
My friend is going to spain in the next few weeks and is taking his laptop with him. He will be staying in spain for about 6 months and wont have broadband or telephone, now......
please , does anybody know how he could obtain broadband..can you buy a dongle (?) for maybe a set price so he can at least use his laptop to e mail home or has anybody any idea of anything else.
thanks for any replies, pat
please , does anybody know how he could obtain broadband..can you buy a dongle (?) for maybe a set price so he can at least use his laptop to e mail home or has anybody any idea of anything else.
thanks for any replies, pat
#6
Re: help, advice please...
Just the usual campo caveat - don't expect to get coverage everywhere, and btw be aware that sometimes the unsecured wifi turns out to be pay as you go.... and another thought, our ayuntamiento has a free access internet room - maybe others do too?
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Re: help, advice please...
If his Internet provider in the UK is BT, and he's only after email access, may be worthwhile using their Fon Wi-fi (free of charge in other countries if you have the Total Broadband package in the UK)
btfon - faqs
btfon - faqs
We have just signed up to the BTfon site - just what we are needing to keep in touch when on holiday.
Thank you.
#9
barxeta bliss,ohhhh
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Re: help, advice please...
mike, so he can buy a dongle in spain that will cost him 60 euros? he hasnt got one of those fancy mobile phones with internet just his laptop.
#10
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Re: help, advice please...
All the info can be found at the bottom of this page;-
http://www.vodafone.es/particulares/...dem-usb/#/home
Last edited by valenciatim; May 20th 2009 at 9:01 am.
#11
Re: help, advice please...
You just plug it into a USB port on your laptop, it will self load the program and then you can just connect to the internet. No need for a mobile phone.