wireless anywhere?

[AceofWands]

A search facillity for WiFi access points is here:

http://www.thecloud.net/

 

[thetank]

Anyone have any experience using BT OpenZone. Wireless intrnet in participating pubs and hotels.

I tried it in Blacpool and it worked fine for me.

[Decider]

3G works well, although there is a loss of connection when going out of a 3G into a standard network area, it has to drop the call to switch to the other network area. So, not perfect, but pretty good, doesn't happen too often.

[matt674]

Ok, monkeys arent that technologically advanced either so i'm going to bump this thread to ask what if i wanted to use my laptop abroad? I'm thinking of taking it to Vegas in July/August - will the same card do or will i have to get a different card for wireless connection abroad?

Also what are their usual terms for these cards, would i have to sign up for a 12 month contract or something similar? I notice that in one of the links in this thread it says that using the laptop abroad will cost £3.50 per MB - how quickly would you use up 1MB whilst say surfing the internet or playing online poker?

If anyone knows please could you PM me, thanks in advance

[lazaroonie]

Matt,

most of the hotel chains have free/$10 per day wireless or wired internet available. If they only have wired access available inyour room, remember to take a Cat 5 network cable with you .

where are you staying ?

[matt674]

Matt,

most of the hotel chains have free/$10 per day wireless or wired internet available. If they only have wired access available inyour room, remember to take a Cat 5 network cable with you .

where are you staying ?

Last year the package pokerstars had us staying at the Treasure Island, the email said that the Treasure Island will be the main hotel again but they have another few lined up in case it gets too busy - they will confirm with me shortly. If i remember rightly they had the internet cable in the room last year but as i didnt take my laptop i didnt pay much attention to it or how much it cost.

Hopefully i wont have the time to play a 4-5 hour tourney at the airport so may not need a wireless network card but its always handy to have one just in case if they arent that expensive to own.

[lazaroonie]

If you are looking at having "wireless anywhere" whilst in vegas, then it is going to cost -

1) You can get a Vodafone 3G card here in the UK and use it over there. The costs are likely to be eyewateringly expensive though as it will no doubt slap on some roaming charges.

2) Buy a US 3G card - I think cingular are one of the leaders in this field. For a "pay as you go" you are probably looking at $300 for the card, and then your network costs on top of that.

[matt674]

Cheers - i think i'll leave the 3G card then, maybe i'll get one so i can go drive to somewhere out of the ordinary - then sit there for 5 hours playing poker and ignoring the scenery! I'll just stick to posting updates from my hotel room