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Travelling with Wireless in Europe?

Posted by Cliff on from the seeking-net-saturated-areas dept.

MMC asks: "Later on this year I'm going to travel in Europe for a honeymoon (specifically Italy and maybe others) and now that I have a digital camera I'm going to take a laptop etc. Dialing up is fine, but I'm really keen to find places which have publicly accessible wireless networks or somewhere I can plug the laptop in with Ethernet. I'm happy to pay for access in a Cafe or Hotel etc. Does anyone have any pointers (other than wandering around with NetStumbler)? Most Internet Cafe references seem quite incomplete and out of date."

7 of 19 comments (clear)

  1. No laptop by scompt · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Ditch the laptop and focus on the new wife.

  2. Get your prioroties straight... by seigniory · · Score: 3, Insightful

    dude, you're going on your HONEYMOON for the love of god. I think you have more to worry about than this. You're probably lucky enough to even HAVE a honeymoon... shut off the geek in you for a week so you make it BACK married.

  3. What to do by esorense · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe on your honeymoon you should worry about "plugging in" other "devices." These are usually more fun than a PDA.

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  4. Re:Beware of the 50hz/60hz power difference by Papineau · · Score: 3, Informative

    BTW, it'll also keep your BIOS clock running at the right speed. If you find it dropping 6 minutes an hour when you get to Europe, then that's why.

    Huh? The only thing the electronics see is DC voltage. And this one is the same wherever you go; that's why you can pick a european video card (eg Guillemot) (or whatever other computer part) and plug it without problem in your computer. So given that, could you explain how the BIOS is supposed to drop 6 minutes an hour? Moreover, that drop is 10%, and the difference between 50Hz and 60Hz is 16.7% or 20%, depending on which one is the reference.

  5. Re:one more time... by sharkey · · Score: 2

    a contest of dick sizes?

    Actually, it's a capitalization contest.

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  6. 802.11 connectivity in Italian hotels by Gruturo · · Score: 2

    Recently found on a news site:
    A company called MegaBeam plans to offer 802.11 connectivity in some major hotel chains and highly crowded areas (airports, big railway stations) across all italy.
    The url is here but I'm afraid its only in Italian. They already cover the airports of Fiumicino (Roma) and Linate (Milano) and a few hotels and plan on covering the whole Starhotels chain very soon.
    Not terribly cheap (16 a day or 84/month) but better than nothing (and AFAIK there was absolutely nothing before this one)).
    Hope it helps, ciao.

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  7. Ditch laptop, get a digital wallet by Matthew+Weigel · · Score: 3, Informative

    Don't take the laptop; it's fraught with temptations for things you probably shouldn't do on your honeymoon (and I don't just mean pr0n).

    But you do want to take a digital camera; and you don't want to run out of 'film.' So get a digital wallet, like the Terapin Mine, or the Minds@Work MindStor or Digital Wallet.

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