From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DqAkb-0001YV-Go for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 06 Jul 2005 14:19:45 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j66EH9W5014213; Wed, 6 Jul 2005 14:17:09 GMT Received: from atsgate.angelica.com (63-90-190-232.comdisco.com [63.90.190.232] (may be forged)) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j66E9350006019 for ; Wed, 6 Jul 2005 14:09:04 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by atsgate.angelica.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EE445C3A for ; Wed, 6 Jul 2005 10:09:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: from atsgate.angelica.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (atsgate.angelica.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 94773-10 for ; Wed, 6 Jul 2005 10:09:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: from EXSTL01.angelica.int (EXSTL01.angelica.int [132.140.167.253]) by atsgate.angelica.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 767F85C37 for ; Wed, 6 Jul 2005 10:09:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [66.66.66.34] ([10.0.2.64]) by EXSTL01.angelica.int with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Wed, 6 Jul 2005 10:09:51 -0400 Message-ID: <42CBE62B.8050504@dreamtech.org> Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 10:09:47 -0400 From: byron User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050606) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Travelling in Greece, need advice References: <49bf44f10507051238e316b9c@mail.gmail.com> <20050706000751.GB20230@lakedaemon.net> <49bf44f105070606165eb72b1d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <49bf44f105070606165eb72b1d@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.91.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 Jul 2005 14:09:51.0520 (UTC) FILETIME=[60487A00:01C58234] X-Virus-Scanned: by amavis at angelica.com X-Archives-Salt: 1fb6c776-e98e-41e4-89f0-4fa1f47ed489 X-Archives-Hash: ab84dd27034628dd0f7f57e947a3335a Grant wrote: >>>Hello! I am travelling and am currently on the Greek island of Corfu. >>> It is great! I have my laptop but I'm finding it totally impossible >>>to find a place that will let me plug into their network for Internet >>>access. I can't use public systems because of keyboard loggers and >>>bank passwords etc. My business is seriously dying at this point and >>>after a lot of thinking, I think my best option is to get my modem >>>working and hire one of the global dial-up providers. I should be >>>able to find a phone line wherever I am. Does anyone have a better >>>idea? If not, does anyone recommend a particular one of these >>>companies? >> >>Go wifi, try this for a list of hotspots worldwide: >> >>http://intel.jiwire.com/ >> >>hth, >> >>cooper. > > > I had planned on finding wireless connections and then ethernet > networks as a backup. Either one has proven to be totally impossible. > I need something I can rely on and since using public computers is > too dangerous it sounds like I need to dial up. I could just make > sure that there is an available phone line where I plan to go and that > my dial-up provider has a local number there. > > Can anyone recommend a particular global dial-up company? > > - Grant > It's been a while since I've had to shop around for dialup service for any of my users. However, if my memory serves me correctly I think AT&T has global dial-up capabilities. It's probably at a premium, but available none the less. byron -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list