dongles?

rio. · Post by **rio.** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 5:23 pm

An easy question i hope.

I'm off abroad soon and I want to take the laptop with me, theres no wifi in the hotel.

Ive never used one but will a UK bought pay as you go dongle work in spain

or will i have to buy one over there??????

gas4you · Post by **gas4you** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 7:43 pm

Dongles roam the same as a phone.

But it will cost an arm and a leg to use over there.

Check the networks to see who has the cheapest data roaming costs/offers

dave.m · Post by **dave.m** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 8:27 pm

Certainly not cheap:
http://www.spainsim.com/vodusbadslmodem.htm

Have you thought about Internet Cafes?
http://tinyurl.com/ygq7llq

No doubt someone who visits there regularly will come up with the best solution, but those links to have a look at in the mean time.

dave

handyman · Post by **handyman** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 9:58 pm

Mcdonalds

DIY_Johnny · Post by **DIY_Johnny** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 10:32 pm

starbucks / costa / cafe Nero have them too.

Post by **ultimatehandyman** » Sat Jan 16, 2010 12:09 pm

I used my laptop in Crete last year using my laptop with a built in modem, so I just have to put a sim card in the computer and it connects to that network.

I have two sim cards, one of which is a Three sim card and this is used soley for internet access. If I used this in Crete it was £3.00 per MB

My mobile phone is with T Mobile and if I used that sim card it was £1.50 per MB, so I used to take the sim out of my phone and use that!

I know a guy that downloaded an album whils abroad and his mobile bill was over £500 when he returned home

Apparently he phoned them first and they said that the download was included in his monthly plan, but obviously it was not!

Pubs and bars with FREE wi-fi are the best option, but as we found out in several bars last year, many of them do not have working wi-fi, so you sit down and order a drink and then ask for the password, only to be told that the wi-fi is down

rio. · Post by **rio.** » Sat Jan 16, 2010 12:27 pm

Il think i'll wait and see what I can get out there.

Ive just been into a vodaphone shop and they reckon if i buy one this end its going to cost me about £16.00 an hour to use over there

Thanks for all the replys.

thescruff · Post by **thescruff** » Sat Jan 16, 2010 12:47 pm

Where you going Rio.

rio. · Post by **rio.** » Sat Jan 16, 2010 1:34 pm

Peurto del carmen, Lanzarote, on thursday.

thescruff · Post by **thescruff** » Sat Jan 16, 2010 1:37 pm

For 3 months

Have fun

rio. · Post by **rio.** » Sat Jan 16, 2010 1:45 pm

thescruff wrote:

Have fun

I intend too

gas4you · Post by **gas4you** » Sat Jan 16, 2010 1:52 pm

Do you have BT Fon by any chance?

I ask becasue a customer of mine who is a BT engineer was telling me that when he was in Spain the hotel happened to be part of this, so he could log on, get all his internet for free and make calls for free as well.

I know how the system works, but do not know the specific details.

Maybe worth looking it up and even joining

scot-canuck · Post by **scot-canuck** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 11:12 pm

Fon does work well (not solely BT, BT are their UK partners...a sneaky way to boost their "free" hotspot numbers...sadly in the UK they are mostly in residential streets) Spain its very popular, and I'm told there are a lot of hotspots available...just not in puero del carmen ( maps.fon.com )

General FON site ( http://www.fon.com/en/info/whatsFon )

rio. · Post by **rio.** » Sat Jan 23, 2010 8:48 pm

As it turns out they've just had free wifi put in.

The trouble is you can only get a signal from the router in the bar