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Carmen Grabs
Niemcy
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I am planning to go for a 2-week trip to Slovakia and want to take my laptop with me, so I can translate over there as well.
What is worrying me is the internet connection. There is no WiFi or internet via cable available, so the only option is the "Smartphone System", meaning I can only get internet access via my Smartphone (and have to pay for roaming).
As I want to have internet on my laptop, I was wondering if I could buy an internet stick in another country for a ... See more I am planning to go for a 2-week trip to Slovakia and want to take my laptop with me, so I can translate over there as well.
What is worrying me is the internet connection. There is no WiFi or internet via cable available, so the only option is the "Smartphone System", meaning I can only get internet access via my Smartphone (and have to pay for roaming).
As I want to have internet on my laptop, I was wondering if I could buy an internet stick in another country for a limited period of time. Or how do you work abroad?
This is a more general question, applicable to all over Europe, as I am planning on more than this one trip.
I know - I shouldn't work, but 2 weeks is too long to not work ▲ Collapse
| | | | | Hotel with WLAN and Vodafone Internet stick | Feb 24, 2014 |
If you're staying at a hotel, it seems very unusual that they wouldn't offer a WLAN connection (although I've never been to Slovakia). Are you sure that you can't simply pay for access through your hotel? If you're staying with friends, I'd also assume they have a connection ...
Just in case, I also have an Internet stick (from Vodafone), which I bought in Germany (where I live): It is much more expensive to use outside of Germany, but the price is still negligible in comparison to ... See more If you're staying at a hotel, it seems very unusual that they wouldn't offer a WLAN connection (although I've never been to Slovakia). Are you sure that you can't simply pay for access through your hotel? If you're staying with friends, I'd also assume they have a connection ...
Just in case, I also have an Internet stick (from Vodafone), which I bought in Germany (where I live): It is much more expensive to use outside of Germany, but the price is still negligible in comparison to any kind of money earned working. Getting everything right the first time using it was hard enough without adding a language barrier into the mix. I would definitely buy the stick before departing. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Carmen Grabs
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NOWY TEMAT | Neither hotel nor friends ... | Feb 24, 2014 |
Thank you, Michael, for your help. Yes, will have to check out the Options with buying the stick here in Germany, where I live.
I am going to stay in a wooden cottage in the lovely High Tatra mountains with my Grandma All you pick up is the mobile phone signal there
| | | | Tom in London
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The last time I tried to get an Internet connection was from a unfinished house in a tiny village on top of a hill in a very remote (but beautiful) part of central Italy.
The only way I was able to do it was via a friend who set up something called Wind (I still have no idea what it was) which involved plugging something into one of my USB sockets, inputting several passwords many times until one of them worked, and installing a piece of software on my hard drive.
This ... See more The last time I tried to get an Internet connection was from a unfinished house in a tiny village on top of a hill in a very remote (but beautiful) part of central Italy.
The only way I was able to do it was via a friend who set up something called Wind (I still have no idea what it was) which involved plugging something into one of my USB sockets, inputting several passwords many times until one of them worked, and installing a piece of software on my hard drive.
This worked in the end but when I got back to the UK I discovered that my "normal" Internet connection had been ruined. It took me a long time get back online! ▲ Collapse
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that's encouraging ...
Fiddling around with technology is not exactly my strength.
You probably meant this "wind"
http://www.wind.it
| | | | Carmen Grabs
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NOWY TEMAT | Hynek, thank you, but | Feb 24, 2014 |
how do you use your mobile phone as WiFi spot for a laptop? I have no clue.
Also, would that not be too slow for say Trados?
Other than that, the USB stick sounds like the most simple idea.
[Edited at 2014-02-24 10:02 GMT]
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Carmen Grabs wrote: I am going to stay in a wooden cottage in the lovely High Tatra mountains with my Grandma All you pick up is the mobile phone signal there
You should have a plan B in case the signal is not strong enough, which means very slow or no Internet connection.
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Carmen Grabs
Niemcy
Local time: 19:49
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is the WiFi in a Hotel and around Strbske Pleso tourist Ressort, 20min drive from the cottage. Very inconvenient for a days work ...
| | | | | WiFi hotspot | Feb 24, 2014 |
Carmen Grabs wrote:
how do you use your mobile phone as WiFi spot for a laptop? I have no clue.
Also, would that not be too slow for say Trados?
http://www.wikihow.com/Turn-Your-Android-Phone-Into-a-Wi‐Fi-Hotspot
It's exactly as fast as the USB stick because they both use the same mobile connection. And unlike the USB stick, you wouldn't have to install anything on your laptop - you would simply connect via WiFi as usual.
I had a USB stick in Austria several years ago and it was a pain to install.
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Carmen Grabs wrote:
is the WiFi in a Hotel and around Strbske Pleso tourist Ressort, 20min drive from the cottage. Very inconvenient for a days work ...
High Tatras is a tourist region so the signal coverage should be good, but you simply won't be sure until you try to connect in the cottage. Mountains are tricky.
| | | | Carmen Grabs
Niemcy
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NOWY TEMAT | Sounds easy enough, many thanks, | Feb 24, 2014 |
and as you said, I wouldn't want to go through a complicated set-up process with a USB-stick.
I am using an Android smartphone from Base, will have to check out their internet roaming rates or else get a Slovak prepaid SIM-Card over there.
I guess I should do a "test drive" somehwere nearer, e.g. France, to check if everything works. "The devil is in the Detail".
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| Any advice for Czech mobile internet | Feb 24, 2014 |
Hynek,
I am planning a 2 week staying in Czech Republic near the Polish border, can you give any advice about Czech mobile phone operators?
Thanx in advance
| | | | sazo 
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Carmen Grabs wrote: I am planning to go for a 2-week trip to Slovakia and want to take my laptop with me, so I can translate over there as well. What is worrying me is the internet connection. There is no WiFi or internet via cable available, so the only option is the "Smartphone System", meaning I can only get internet access via my Smartphone (and have to pay for roaming). As I want to have internet on my laptop, I was wondering if I could buy an internet stick in another country for a limited period of time. Or how do you work abroad? This is a more general question, applicable to all over Europe, as I am planning on more than this one trip. I know - I shouldn't work, but 2 weeks is too long to not work
You remind me of me. Wherever I go, my laptop goes with me
As far as Croatia is concerned, you can buy a prepaid USB stick with mobile internet on almost every newsstand. After paying 30 euros for the USB stick, you get for 1,30 euro up to 1 GB internet traffic for 24 hours. Of course, most of the bars, restaurants, shopping centres have free wi-fi access and there are also wi-fi zones in certain towns.
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