April 28, 200719 yr Hi, Well I have a part-time job that involves letting out tennins courts during the summer. It really is quite boring, as all I do is sit in a hut in the middle of a park and wait for people to come and play tennis. I'm there all day, and I take my laptop down there. I was just wondering if there is anyway to get onto the internet inside this hut? It has to be some kind of wireless connection as I don't own the property so can't get Blueyonder to dig a ditch through the park just to get me online :P EDIT: I also have a 3G phone if that would be any use.. I've heard that I can get 3G broadband or something through it :S
April 28, 200719 yr You could connect to the 3G or GPRS networks. It would be costly. One can do it either using a normal mobile phone as the connection, or you can get specialised PCMCIA/whatever cards for it.
April 28, 200719 yr Author You could connect to the 3G or GPRS networks. It would be costly. One can do it either using a normal mobile phone as the connection, or you can get specialised PCMCIA/whatever cards for it. How would this work? Would I be paying at a certain rate for each MB or something similar?
April 28, 200719 yr It depends on what provider you use and whether it's contract or pay as you go. I have used both contract and pay as you go GPRS mobile internet, but I have never used 3G - GPRS is almost certainly pay-per-MB, and I suspect 3G is the same. You need a phone with either a data cable for your PC, an IRDA port or one which will do it over bluetooth. I can't really advise on that as I've only ever done it with a PDA phone when it was connected to my machine in its dock.
April 28, 200719 yr many cell phone companies sell cards that slide into the laptop, and for about 200$ and a subscription fee you can get online.
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