- Newbie laptop question - broadband?
- Posted by dotnw@hotmail.com on July 2nd, 2006
Want to buy laptop - have no access to BT phone line - can I get a
broadband connection?
Thanks, regards, dnw.
- Posted by Who me? on July 2nd, 2006
<dotnw@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Yes, goto www.mynow.co.uk - wireless Broadband.
- Posted by roddy on July 2nd, 2006
Piggy back off an agreeable neighbours WiFi router, cable connection if you
are in their area, or WiMax if the service is available locally.
Roddy
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- Posted by huLLy on July 2nd, 2006
dotnw@hotmail.com wrote:
PS I am in the antarctic in an igloo.
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huLLy
- Posted by R. Mark Clayton on July 2nd, 2006
"huLLy" <villageidiot@sheepandmeths.co.uk> wrote in message
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Then use satellite.
- Posted by huLLy on July 2nd, 2006
R. Mark Clayton wrote:
It's snowing.
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huLLy
- Posted by Gel on July 2nd, 2006
GPRS CARD?
http://online.vodafone.co.uk/dispatc...g eID=BS_0112
R. Mark Clayton wrote:
- Posted by dotnw@hotmail.com on July 2nd, 2006
I like the idea of a 3g gprs card. However, the vodaphone website
doesn't seem to display much help on the subject - most screens are
just blank.
Could I do this a different way perhaps - buy a 3g phone, then get it
to "talk" to a laptop using bluetooth?
Gel wrote:
- Posted by R. Mark Clayton on July 2nd, 2006
"huLLy" <villageidiot@sheepandmeths.co.uk> wrote in message
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Use the next dish size up (~1m) and go outside and clean the snow off
occaisionally!
- Posted by R. Mark Clayton on July 2nd, 2006
Not much GPRS in Antarctica, unless Thuraya do it.
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- Posted by huLLy on July 2nd, 2006
R. Mark Clayton wrote:
That's great for a download, but don't I need a tel line for the upload?
Save it - I'm off to Paris for the week.. 
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- Posted by Mark McIntyre on July 2nd, 2006
On Sun, 2 Jul 2006 11:52:00 +0100, in uk.telecom.broadband , "huLLy"
<villageidiot@sheepandmeths.co.uk> wrote:
Weather balloon and a REALLY long length of CAT5.
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Mark McIntyre
- Posted by huLLy on July 2nd, 2006
Mark McIntyre wrote:
lol
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- Posted by Gel on July 2nd, 2006
Try turning any popup blocker off to see data
Gel wrote:
- Posted by Alex Heney on July 3rd, 2006
On 2 Jul 2006 02:27:36 -0700, dotnw@hotmail.com wrote:
When you say a "BT" line, do you mean a land line?
If you have cable, you can get broadband using that.
If al you have is a mobile phone, then no, you cannot get broadband
for any reasonable price.
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Alex Heney, Global Villager
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- Posted by Doz on July 3rd, 2006
On 2 Jul 2006 09:07:46 -0700, Gel wrote:
Don't forget the second mortgage to pay for it!
- Posted by robertharvey@my-deja.com on July 3rd, 2006
Who me? wrote:
Hmm, a Wireless service with no coverage map, and a postcode finder
that says there are no plans to cover my area. Oh, and no information
about how the service works.
No thanks.
- Posted by Spack on July 3rd, 2006
dotnw@hotmail.com wrote on 2 Jul 2006 10:26:22 -0700:
I've got one of these Vodafone cards on a laptop at work for when we're out
of the office. Very rarely do I get a 3G signal as it's mostly used for
expos in the basements of hotels, and when I do it's borderline and keeps
flipping from 3G to GPRS and back again, making it unusable. I've had to set
the card to only use GPRS so I can maintain a stable, if somewhat slow,
connection.
If your laptop has a bluetooth chip, it should work. Never tried it myself.
You could always get a cheap USB->phone cable, used to use one of those with
a Nokia 3G phone and the laptop prior to getting the Vodafone card. While
the card doesn't improve the signal, it does mean I don't have to keep my
phone plugged in to the laptop while I'm browing the web
Dan
- Posted by dotnw@hotmail.com on July 3rd, 2006
Yes
No cable available
Pity
-Thanks
Alex Heney wrote:
- Posted by dotnw@hotmail.com on July 3rd, 2006
OK, I guess cheap broadband for laptops isn't quite universal yet.
How about dial up? How does that work - wirelessly with a laptop? Is
it priced reasonably?
Thanks, regards, dnw.
dotnw@hotmail.com wrote:
