Internet Access whilst Travelling

saphire16000_2

Could someone please advise me. I will be leaving the UK in a few weeks time to travel through France and Spain, ending up in Portugal. I wish to be able to access the internet whilst travelling and so require info on the cheapest way to do this. I have a wireless laptop. At the moment it seems I have three options; a) use my mobile as a modem - slow and expensive??b) satallite internet - v exp and c) trying to locate wireless hotspots. Would this be correct or are their any other options? Any advice would be gratefully received.

Jason_Lloyd

There's one other option but it might be costly depending on how much you use it.

Vodafone have mobile datacards for laptops - they have a special package aimed at businesspeople who travel and need web access on the move in Europe.

It's called Vodafone Data Travel but it doesn't come cheap. It's £95 a month on a 12 month contract. Before you fall over with the cost the package is actually pretty good beyond the initial cost.

First of all it's got a 1.2Mbs speed which for mobile broadband that's pretty good.

As well as unlimited download capacity in the UK, (1Gb fair usage cap) the product also has a 100Mb download cap abroad before charges kick in. Charged at £1 per Mb over limit in UK and £2 per Mb abroad over limit (or £8.75 per Mb other networks) which is good value. There is a £49.00 charge for the data card but apparently they're now offering these for free if you sign up.

Have a look here and see what you think.

http://www.vodafonebusinessshop.co.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=MobileEmailAndData.mobileConnect&mnuid=4&sbmid=4.1

That's all I can think of to help you unfortunately.

saphire16000_2

Thanks for your advice Jason, I will follow up with the vodafone website.

lee634

take a look here for orange wifi spots in france http://www.orange-wifi.com/en/recherche.htm

saphire16000_2

Thanks for your tip Lee634. I think buying a 3g data card might be better for me as it gives me more flexibilty for accessing the internet. It seems to me that WiFi hotspots are a bit restrictive as they only transmit a short distance and there are lots of different networks. Please correct me if I am wrong.