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From: Woody on 31 Jul 2010 03:32
I have a laptop that I want to take with me on hols in the
caravan, possibly to France. It has a PCMCIA socket but only USB
1.1

Can anyone recommend the best solution to comms (wi-fi and GSM)
and the best route to it, i.e. a PCMCIA modem or a PCMCIA/USB2
card with a USB modem? I have a Belkin 54g USB stick for wi-fi
and whilst it sees my domestic wi-fi no way can I get it to
connect. Running XP Pro SP2.

Also which SP to use for mail and a little browsing in France,
Belgium, and/or Germany?


TIA




From: Pete Fotheringham on 1 Aug 2010 03:50
On 31 July, 08:32, "Woody" <harroga...(a)ntlworld.spam.com> wrote:
> I have a laptop that I want to take with me on hols in the
> caravan, possibly to France. It has a PCMCIA socket but only USB
> 1.1
>
> Can anyone recommend the best solution to comms (wi-fi and GSM)
> and the best route to it, i.e. a PCMCIA modem or a PCMCIA/USB2
> card with a USB modem?
>
> Also which SP to use for mail and a little browsing in France,
> Belgium, and/or Germany?
>
> TIA

If you can find a way of making USB work, then
EITHER
T-Mobile Pay-per-Day mobile broadband http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/shop/mobile-broadband/pay-per-day/
or Pay up front http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/shop/mobile-broadband/pay-up-front/
T-Mobile Euroboosters http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/business/services/using-your-phone-abroad/euroboosters/
OR if you have a 3g capable phone, get a free T-Mobile PAYG SIM
http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/shop/free-pay-as-you-go-sim-cards/ and the
the Eurobooster
Hope this helps
Pete
From: Woody on 1 Aug 2010 04:49
"Pete Fotheringham" <pete.fotheringham(a)gmail.com> wrote in
message
news:0e1dd3b8-059d-42a6-9fa0-296f88279049(a)k10g2000vbd.googlegroups.com...
> On 31 July, 08:32, "Woody" <harroga...(a)ntlworld.spam.com>
> wrote:
>> I have a laptop that I want to take with me on hols in the
>> caravan, possibly to France. It has a PCMCIA socket but only
>> USB
>> 1.1
>>
>> Can anyone recommend the best solution to comms (wi-fi and
>> GSM)
>> and the best route to it, i.e. a PCMCIA modem or a PCMCIA/USB2
>> card with a USB modem?
>>
>> Also which SP to use for mail and a little browsing in France,
>> Belgium, and/or Germany?
>>
>> TIA
>
> If you can find a way of making USB work, then
> EITHER
> T-Mobile Pay-per-Day mobile broadband
> http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/shop/mobile-broadband/pay-per-day/
> or Pay up front
> http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/shop/mobile-broadband/pay-up-front/
> T-Mobile Euroboosters
> http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/business/services/using-your-phone-abroad/euroboosters/
> OR if you have a 3g capable phone, get a free T-Mobile PAYG SIM
> http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/shop/free-pay-as-you-go-sim-cards/
> and the
> the Eurobooster
> Hope this helps
> Pete
>


Thanks for that.

With those sort of charges I don't think I'll bother - or I'll
see if McD's do free wi-fi over there.


--
Woody

harrogate three at ntlworld dot com


From: Theo Markettos on 1 Aug 2010 17:25
Woody <harrogate3(a)ntlworld.spam.com> wrote:
> Can anyone recommend the best solution to comms (wi-fi and GSM)
> and the best route to it, i.e. a PCMCIA modem or a PCMCIA/USB2
> card with a USB modem? I have a Belkin 54g USB stick for wi-fi
> and whilst it sees my domestic wi-fi no way can I get it to
> connect. Running XP Pro SP2.

A USB2 modem should drop back to USB1.1 - 12Mbps is more than you'd get from
a 3G network anyway. Of course that doesn't rule out that the manufacturer
never tested USB1.1 properly, but I think you should be OK in that respect.

If you really need data, I'd just buy a French 3G dongle and use that. But
France seems to be one of the places that doesn't really do 3G data in a
sensibly-priced way. Or that's what's implied by some of the threads here:
http://www.prepaidgsm.net/forum/europe/

Theo
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