[access-uk] Re: Laptop Internet Access while abroad.
- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:28:32 +0100
Hi George,
It knows by the access point you set up. So when you are in your foreign
country, you connect the phone to the net without WHS, then you tell WHS
which access point to use once it is established.
All the best
Steve
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
George Bell
Sent: Friday 26 June 2009 16:20
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Laptop Internet Access while abroad.
Hi Steve,
The Vodafone simcard lets my wife use her Nokia 6600 phone virtually
world-wide. Same with my N96. But that's not quite the issue.
It's the bit between the laptop and the internet that's the issue. FWIW,
the laptop is an HP with Wireless and Bluetooth.
She understood (as we now know wrongly) that a Vodafone USB dongle would
connect directly and automatically to a Vodafone partner in Denmark, in the
same way as her mobile phone does.
Walking Hotspot "looks" like it may be a solution, but how does it know who
and where to dial in a foreign country. The web page doesn't seen to give
much information on that front.
George.
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Steve Nutt
Sent: 26 June 2009 14:27
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Laptop Internet Access while abroad.
Hi George,
As I understand it, if you want data in a foreign land, you have to get a
Sim card for that country. I think that is the only way to do it that I know
of anyway.
Having said that, when I went to Cyprus, my Sim just worked.
I don't use dongles though, I use Walking Hotspot,
http://www.walkinghotspot.com <http://www.walkinghotspot.com/> on a phone.
All the best
Steve
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
George Bell
Sent: Friday 26 June 2009 14:18
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Laptop Internet Access while abroad.
I dare say this question will surprise the mobile phone experts, but here
goes.
My wife travels regularly to Denmark, and was sold a USB dongle by Vodafone
which, she was assured would provide access abroad. Well it seems the sales
person in the Northampton shop was about as bright as a toc h lamp. Head
office assured my wife that this will not work outside the U.K.
So what do you guys use with your laptops to access the internet and check
mail when sitting on a train in a foreign country?
George.
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