Swindon rider Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 Can you get a service which you can use anywhere with out a physical line, like a gps connection or what ever...??? i want to get the internet on my laptop, im in army barracks and can't get a connection unless there is such a thing. ive got wireless on my laptop.help me pleasestu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie456_the2nd Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 You can get it, but its basically like a dail up connection speed i think. The wireless you have on your laptop will be for connecting to a router/access point.Search on google for a vodaphone mobile connect card (i think thats what it is), u plug it into your laptop pcmcia/cardbus slot and you put your sim card in and connect through that. I think its quite expensive though.I think usually you can get GPRS, which is quite slow, and that new 3g thing which is alot faster.Heres what you need, i think, click. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 I'm pretty sure you can also set up a bluetooth connection to your phone and use the GPRS off that to get internet. But it's rediculously expensive, something like 3mb = 1pound. Just go outside the place and look for a signal you can pick up on your wireless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extreme_biker0 Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 Yeah, if you could find a hotspot that has not been encrypted/secured (most residential areas have quite a few) then you can connect to their wireless network and use the shared internet connection on that network. Essentially, you are using their broadband.I choose not to, but if i wanted to i can connect wirelessly to someone around here's wireless network and use their internet. Probably should download my music through theirs in case the feds come But yeah the alternative is bluetooth to your phone and gprs, which having used quite a bit, I can say isnt that slow for browsing, but just don't try and download anything. It's really easy to set up too. the cost varies, but I THINK (not 100%) that t-mobile and orange are going to be doing flat-rate tarrifs for gprs, so in other words like your home internet you get charged the same every month as opposed to for how much you use it.Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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