Comments on: Internet on Vacation http://fruk.eu/internet-on-vacation/ French Property Business and Working in France Tue, 26 Oct 2010 23:21:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Colin Ward http://fruk.eu/internet-on-vacation/comment-page-1/#comment-612 Colin Ward Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:39:50 +0000 http://www.fruk.eu/?p=231#comment-612 I live and work in the Dordogne and am involved in installing and fixing computer and wifi problems mainly for English speaking clients. One of the most frequent problems I am presented with, is connecting a laptop with WiFi to an French Telecom / Orange "Livebox". You need to press the "Pairing Button" on the Live box otherwise if it is a non-orange wifi card/dongle on the laptop it will not connect, even if you have input the "WiFi Key Code" if it is in secure mode". Colin I live and work in the Dordogne and am involved in installing and fixing computer and wifi problems mainly for English speaking clients. One of the most frequent problems I am presented with, is connecting a laptop with WiFi to an French Telecom / Orange “Livebox”.

You need to press the “Pairing Button” on the Live box otherwise if it is a non-orange wifi card/dongle on the laptop it will not connect, even if you have input the “WiFi Key Code” if it is in secure mode”.

Colin

]]> By: Ralph http://fruk.eu/internet-on-vacation/comment-page-1/#comment-610 Ralph Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:23:29 +0000 http://www.fruk.eu/?p=231#comment-610 Graham, you can get a pay as you go Orange 3G dongle from Orange shops in France. If you do not live there , then the cost is 90euro, with 2 hrs free. 15euro for 2 hours therefater, or 15 euro for a complete weekend up to 100mB download limit. Graham, you can get a pay as you go Orange 3G dongle from Orange shops in France. If you do not live there , then the cost is 90euro, with 2 hrs free. 15euro for 2 hours therefater, or 15 euro for a complete weekend up to 100mB download limit.

]]> By: Bruce Anderson http://fruk.eu/internet-on-vacation/comment-page-1/#comment-529 Bruce Anderson Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:21:40 +0000 http://www.fruk.eu/?p=231#comment-529 I viit Franetwce a year.I have a pone line from France Telecom and dial up from Orange. When I go back I can suspend both services. This can set up in England at 0033 155786056, you are speaking to english speaking staff. Hope this helps. Bruce. I viit Franetwce a year.I have a pone line from France Telecom and dial up from Orange. When I go back I can suspend both services. This can set up in England at 0033 155786056, you are speaking to english speaking staff. Hope this helps.

Bruce.

]]> By: Graham http://fruk.eu/internet-on-vacation/comment-page-1/#comment-494 Graham Fri, 30 May 2008 08:52:12 +0000 http://www.fruk.eu/?p=231#comment-494 Tony, When it comes to internet access in Beziers, what would you recommend for occasional use? The internet is one of those tools I take for granted these days, and miss being able to do a quick search when I need to know something. I live in the UK but have a house in Bezier that I use for about 4 weeks per year. Having a telephone line and DSL on an annual contract would work out expensive for 1 months use in 12. Are there WiFi "pay as you go" services in the area? I've seen that Neuf have a WiFi network, but it appears you need to have a subscription to their other services to get access to WiFi. In the UK there are “pay as you go” mobile data offers from Vodafone, 3 and T-mobile, but none of them are affordable outside the UK when roaming in France. Have any of the French operators started to offer “pay as you go” mobile data yet? Graham Tony,

When it comes to internet access in Beziers, what would you recommend for occasional use? The internet is one of those tools I take for granted these days, and miss being able to do a quick search when I need to know something. I live in the UK but have a house in Bezier that I use for about 4 weeks per year. Having a telephone line and DSL on an annual contract would work out expensive for 1 months use in 12. Are there WiFi “pay as you go” services in the area? I’ve seen that Neuf have a WiFi network, but it appears you need to have a subscription to their other services to get access to WiFi. In the UK there are “pay as you go” mobile data offers from Vodafone, 3 and T-mobile, but none of them are affordable outside the UK when roaming in France. Have any of the French operators started to offer “pay as you go” mobile data yet?

Graham

]]> By: Peter Strong http://fruk.eu/internet-on-vacation/comment-page-1/#comment-492 Peter Strong Fri, 30 May 2008 08:35:57 +0000 http://www.fruk.eu/?p=231#comment-492 Tony, my wife and I have just returned from a week's stay in a gite. On offer was wifi so I took my laptop on holiday for the first time so I could stay in touch with family and business contacts (but not too seriously!)without searching for cyber cafes. I did not try such a connection before arriving at the gite, assuming I only had to push the right buttons. Wrong. As it turned out, the setup in my laptop needed the attention of a specialist to get its wireless card to talk to Windows. Our hosts organised for a local computer expert calling on them who they needed for their own reasons to also help me too. The bill was reasonable but the lesson is to fully check the wifi link before leaving home. Keep the news from France coming as it is the most genuine available on the web. Regards Peter Tony, my wife and I have just returned from a week’s stay in a gite. On offer was wifi so I took my laptop on holiday for the first time so I could stay in touch with family and business contacts (but not too seriously!)without searching for cyber cafes.
I did not try such a connection before arriving at the gite, assuming I only had to push the right buttons. Wrong. As it turned out, the setup in my laptop needed the attention of a specialist to get its wireless card to talk to Windows. Our hosts organised for a local computer expert calling on them who they needed for their own reasons to also help me too. The bill was reasonable but the lesson is to fully check the wifi link before leaving home.
Keep the news from France coming as it is the most genuine available on the web.
Regards
Peter

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