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Internet Access While Traveling Outside U.S.?

Posted by michael on from the 1-800-spend-a-lot dept.

awgy writes "I will be traveling to Germany and France soon, and have been looking for a way to dial-up with my laptop while overseas so as to update a journal, post pictures, etc. Is it best to find a regional ISP, or go with a big, international provider? Any catch-alls about European ISPs versus American ISPs? Who would you recommend, and what advice would you give?"

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  1. ATT Global net by vukv · · Score: 3, Informative

    ATT Global net... they prive dialup access in most of the countries

  2. only one... by Zurk · · Score: 3, Informative

    AT & T global. accept no substitutes.
    they are the only one i found for virtually all the countries i have travelled to.
    expensive as hell though.

  3. Compuserve by haplo21112 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Global, reliable and fairly inexpensive....
    there is no better way to go, they have more pop sites world wide then anyone I can think of...and they have then in places you wouldn't even expect.

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  4. Re:Internet cafe by raju1kabir · · Score: 3, Informative
    Do you really need your laptop? If not, don't bring it.

    Amen.

    I travel to a pretty diverse range of countries on a fairly regular basis. I have long ago given up on toting a laptop around unless I specifically need it for a meeting.

    Outside of the US (where I assume you're posting from) internet cafes are thick on the ground. In developed countries, the service is much faster than you'll get by dialing in, and quite often cheaper than the phone call.

    I use the mindterm Java applet to provide an SSH terminal from my web server.

    In some places, mainly in Asia, I've found Linux-based internet cafes where I could ssh home and tunnel X through the connection, running my home desktop on the screen.

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