Accessing internet away from home??

skintchick

Please excuse my ignorance, but how do you access the internet from your laptop?

I travel for my work and being able to get online would be really useful. I've seen people do it using their phones I think?

How does it work and what does it cost?

Thanks

mm66

Get a orange prepay sim. They have daily unlimited use internet for £1 a day. You can either use it thru your mobile or thru your laptop using the mobile as a modem. You will need to take the CS on the phone to get the modem set up.

fazz

I'm with O2 and connect during off peak hours using inclusive minutes on a 0845 isp thru bluetooth, OK for checking emails but no good surfing at 9.6 Kbps!

skintchick

mm66 wrote:

Get a orange prepay sim. They have daily unlimited use internet for £1 a day. You can either use it thru your mobile or thru your laptop using the mobile as a modem. You will need to take the CS on the phone to get the modem set up.

What's a CS?

robnye

CS = customer services

JohalaReewi

You could get a wireless network PCMCIA card for your laptop (or a USB one) then use wifi hotspots to access the internet when you are out and about. Some are free, some you have to pay to use. Type wifi hotspot finder into google.

Uk one here...
http://www.bcentral.co.uk/technology/mobile/Hotspot/Hotspot.aspx?L=bq+8uLhiZIqktcb74CO3DgCd2wPX7ZG9jb415GefztgBoWrFQyTKGg==

Popular wifi operators.
http://www.thecloud.net/
http://www.btopenzone.com/
http://www.o2.co.uk/wlan
http://www.boingo.com/

tight-git

hi all, can someone please tell me more on this Orange prepay sim thinggy..i have a pay as u go orange sim now.

so does it mean i have to top up a tenner every month to use the 1mb internet access (also please tell me how to use it with my laptop, i currently use o2 and bluetooth dialling 0845 isp), can i just top up as n when i need it?

many thanks, oh i use 0845 055 1861 user=free,password=free . its ok with o2 off peak 1000 min :O)