[Ti] Wireless/National/Email/Internet/Ti/Macbook

[Henry Kalir]

Ben Gurion Airport in Israel has free WiFi too. I've also seen it in a 
growing number of Dunking Donuts and Burger Kings when traveling.

Best,

Henry

John Holt wrote:

> Our Airport in Little Rock has free WiFi. I would guess there are  
> others.
>
> john holt
> On May 30, 2006, at 11:05 AM, Dennis Fazio wrote:
>
>>
>> On May 30, 2006, at 8:50 AM, Raymond J. Mas wrote:
>>
>>> I have a similar, somewhat related question. Next month our family  
>>> is going
>>> to visit Grandma in FL. She has no internet connection (or a  
>>> computer for
>>> that matter). What are my options for connecting my PowerBook to the
>>> internet? Are there any WiFi services available? I don't need a  
>>> permanent
>>> connection, as I seldom travel. But I do need to keep in touch  with 
>>> work,
>>> and I'd like to do it from her house.
>>
>>
>> If you want to do it from her house, then you will have to use  
>> dialup unless you can detect a neighbor's open base station. Check  
>> with your ISP to see what national dialup arrangements they have.  It 
>> may require charges for long distance or 800 service, but often  many 
>> do it for no additional charge.
>>
>> Dialup works OK for email if you set things up ahead of time. Make  
>> sure you set to:
>> 1. Don't download attachments automatically
>> 2. Disable filtering temporarily (so you don't copy the messages to  
>> local mailboxes)
>>
>> You'll need permission to tie up the phone, but when I'm a guest, I  
>> usually do things once a day late at night when it doesn't matter.
>>
>> Outside her house, there are likely several WiFi hotspots  available. 
>> All the coffee places now have them, though Dunn  Brothers is the 
>> only one I know that gives it for free. Any hotel  has it, though it 
>> is likely pricey at $10/day. Often libraries have  free WiFi now.
>>
>> I think there are services with national WiFi networks, but you  have 
>> to subscribe beforehand and I'm not familiar with their terms.  A 
>> Google search should turn some things up.
>>
>> -- 
>> Dennis Fazio
>> dfz at mac.com
>>
>>
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