Dialup & WiFi in Venice, Italy

I have an aquaintence who will be traveling to Venice from May to June and
needs to know if she needs any special cables and/or adapters to connect to
the Internet. She is checking out dial-up and WiFi connections but is getting
mixed answers on whether or not she needs anything special in Europe, besides
an AC adapter.

Now, I'm almost positive that she doesn't need anything special to connect
to the Internet via dial-up or WiFi, but since I have never traveled to
Europe w/ my laptop, I would like a second opinion before I answer her.

Thanks in advance.

-Christopher Isherwood

If she can find wifi hotspots around, there shouldnt be any problem. But I
dont know about the availablity of wifi in italy! Even though I've seen
comercials where people have their wireless computer and they can connect
anywhere, like at stonehenge... yeah right... only if there is a wifi
hotspot available, or if they have a satelite internet connection (i've only
heard about this kind of service... mobile satelite, or something like that.
It isnt cheap, and who knows if you could "see" a satelite available in
other countries than the US.)

If she's looking at dialup... She could be at a loss there. Mainly because I
think phone connectors are different. She should look into a phone line
converter for the specifide country. She should check with her service
provider for the dialup... if she plans on connecting to an american service
long distance, hah, good luck! And she'd be wasting minutes on a calling
card. If it's AOL for example, I know AOL has service in different
countries, and she may just need to find the local numbers. But that's all I
know.


"Christopher Isherwood" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote in message news:15D574BF-2DEA-4540-B248-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have an aquaintence who will be traveling to Venice from May to June and
> needs to know if she needs any special cables and/or adapters to connect
> to
> the Internet. She is checking out dial-up and WiFi connections but is
> getting
> mixed answers on whether or not she needs anything special in Europe,
> besides
> an AC adapter.
>
> Now, I'm almost positive that she doesn't need anything special to connect
> to the Internet via dial-up or WiFi, but since I have never traveled to
> Europe w/ my laptop, I would like a second opinion before I answer her.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> -Christopher Isherwood

Wi-Fi worked fine at the hotel where I stayed in Venice last Nov. Just
needed a credit card. It was about 5 Euros for an hour I think. (they had
day plans too) There are several free hotspots in Venice, but I did not want
to carry my computer around everywhere! By the way, I used Skype to call
home and it worked great! Did not use dialup....
"Christopher Isherwood" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote in message news:15D574BF-2DEA-4540-B248-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have an aquaintence who will be traveling to Venice from May to June and
> needs to know if she needs any special cables and/or adapters to connect
> to
> the Internet. She is checking out dial-up and WiFi connections but is
> getting
> mixed answers on whether or not she needs anything special in Europe,
> besides
> an AC adapter.
>
> Now, I'm almost positive that she doesn't need anything special to connect
> to the Internet via dial-up or WiFi, but since I have never traveled to
> Europe w/ my laptop, I would like a second opinion before I answer her.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> -Christopher Isherwood

Just to add to the discussion have your friend make sure her laptop power
adapter is rated for 110-240 Volts and 50-60 Hz. If it is she is good to go
except for the physical power plug. She may need an adapter. She should be
able to purchase the appropriate adapters at any travel type store or Radio
Shack...

http://kropla.com/electric2.htm

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"Christopher Isherwood" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote in message news:15D574BF-2DEA-4540-B248-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have an aquaintence who will be traveling to Venice from May to June and
> needs to know if she needs any special cables and/or adapters to connect
> to
> the Internet. She is checking out dial-up and WiFi connections but is
> getting
> mixed answers on whether or not she needs anything special in Europe,
> besides
> an AC adapter.
>
> Now, I'm almost positive that she doesn't need anything special to connect
> to the Internet via dial-up or WiFi, but since I have never traveled to
> Europe w/ my laptop, I would like a second opinion before I answer her.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> -Christopher Isherwood