wifi in Europe (1 Viewer)

[bazP]

Hi, off to France for 6 weeks in about a fortnight, any suggestions for the best value roaming sim for my laptop please?

 

[vwalan]

hi best is an alfa wifi antenna . i get good use out of mine.

 

[bazP]

European wifi

Thanks for that

Looks clever, but do I need a sim card?

 

[TheBig1]

wifi and mobile broadband are two totally different technologies. wifi is the same as used at home, just you connect to somebody elses router. mobile broadband uses a sim card like in mobile phones to connect to mobile phone network using a dongle (modem) or mifi (mobile router)

 

[bazP]

mobilebroadband

Doh! shpws you I know just enough to be dangerous!!

So the question now is:- whats the best mobile broadband value in Europe please?

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[vwalan]

yes . i use a dongle here in uk .,but when away i use the alfa . not guaranteed to get anything but 9 out of 10 places you can. works for me . so long as you can use the computer what more do you want .
the other way is get a dongle over there or have yours opened to accept other sim cards .
i thought about it but having tried the alfa . stuck with it .

 

[bazP]

mobilebroadband

So to be crude about it, with this piece of kit you can blag onto an unprotected/ unsecured network?

Cheers

 

[vwalan]

yes , in many places specially in spain you can use the village wifi for a couple of hours for free .if you need more go to the offices and pay a small fee. many bars etc let you .plus hotels etc . i have been quite along way from anybody and picked up free wifi. mind these days you can get antenna,s that pick it up from several km,s . abroad recreation centers very often have a free one as well.

 

[bazP]

mobilebroadband

Great - the froggies might not be quite so generous!!