[FOAK] Laptop in France and dialup internet.

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My Google powers are weak so I'm seeking FOAK assistance.

I'm taking a laptop to France in the very near future. I need the
laptop to connect to dial-up internet whilst I'm there.
I'm sorted on a one-shot dial-up account but what kind of accessories
or hardware will I need that's France specific. I know that I'm going
to need a RJ11 -> France adapter - I'll be buying one on arrival. Will
I need anything else - modems and the like are standard?

TIA,
Regards,
Martin.

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Dial-up? Modem? What are these strange things you are mentioning?

<googles> ah, dark-age technology.

Are you sure there won't be wireless broadband where you are going, it's
pretty common?

Failing that don't forget a) power adapter too, b) screwdriver to
unscrew plates etc, when you find that the hotel in which you are
staying has hard-wired telephones. Some hotels have the US style
telephone sockets too.

Yes, modems are/were standard.

HTH

 

In communiqué

Dunno.

<pats GPRS mobile and Onspeed enabled laptop>

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You're forgetting that France has one of the highest ratio of ADSL
connections in Europe. But yes, sometimes modem is the only way (that's
what I'm doing now, my ADSL is down).

You may also need an adapter (or a local cable) for your power supply.

I use the integrated modem of my laptop, so I guess they are pretty much
standard.

 

FFS, by a wifi card or dongle. It'll be much easier, cheaper, less
hassle and faster

 

A screwdriver *AND* this webpage:
http://goctruc.free.fr/Telephonie/PriseT.html

 

....which you can download after plugging your modem in.

 

Is the right answer. It's not /that/ backwards in France, surely

 

Thanks for that, all good stuff on the whole.
Sadly there's absolutely no chance of wi-fi or broadband - the place
I'm going is incredibly rural and there's no other houses within a
couple of miles and certainly no web connection in the house although
there is a landline - hence the need for dialup.

Regards,
Martin.

 

Jebus, we have wireless broadband and Sky Digital TV in the villa outside
Bargemon.

That's pretty remote as remote goes.

 

In communiqué

Ah, so perhaps no mobile coverage either. There are areas without a
decent signal where we are.

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France has come on in leaps and bounds with regards to the 'net
connection over the last few years. I've got a 28Mb line at home that
gives me phone, 'net and TV, with a fixed IP addy and no caps for the
princely sum of £20 pm.

I've seen offers recently for 100Mb lines for around the same price,
FFS.

What's the best you can come up with in the UK?

 

You.
Don't.
Want.
To.
Know.

And I'm not *that* far out in the sticks either.

 

<sobs uncontrollably>

17 quid pm for 16Kbps, apparently.

I hate you.

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Eh? I thought Sky was a maximum of £10/month.

 

It's 17 if you're not in a 'Sky enabled' area. Otherwise it's something
like a fiver if you've got the TV & phone package too.

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Ah, right.

The minimum (2Mb) is free and you don't need to have their phone
package. I just have Sky TV and pay a fiver for the 8Mb upgrade.

 

Blimey. L'internet a grande vitesse!

 

it won't last, though - cheap unmetered high speed broadband's going
to tank sooner rather than later. It's already about to in the UK (for
UK values of "cheap", of course").

Blame iPlayer.

 

One of our sales bods is resident in Japan and he gets 100mb internet
(over fibre) for a good bit less than I pay for 8mb.. And their ISPs
actively discourage people from taking DSL lines rather than fibre.

Phil.