[access-uk] Re: Laptop Internet Access while abroad.
- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:44:21 +0100
Steve,
I know I'm a complete luddite here, but...
Let me step back a stage. I presume one somehow connects the 6600 to
the laptop - Wireless?
OK so Walking Hot Spot is set up on your phone. You enter foreign
country. Phone picks up say Danmark Telecom.
I presume your laptop's wireless picks up the phone, but what does the
phone then do? Does it dial up some kind of access point or what?
George.
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Steve Nutt
Sent: 26 June 2009 16:29
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Laptop Internet Access while abroad.
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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