Laptop in Paris?

[Karl-G]

A friend of mine is going to Paris for a month and would like to take her laptop with her for e-mail as well as internet access.

 

Must you have a French ISP or will sbcglobal work? The apartment she is renting has a high speed connection.

 

What do you need to do to be able to use the computer for internet work in Paris?

 

Any advice you could offer would be appreciated.

 

Thank you.

[SAdler]

>Must you have a French ISP or will sbcglobal work? The

>apartment she is renting has a high speed connection.

 

From what I understand she uses sbcglobal for her email (and her ISP service at home). That's just her email account that she can check anywhere she has internet service through their Online Mail.

 

If the apartment she's renting HAS a high speed connection all she'll have to do is plug the ethernet into her computer there, just like when you visit a hotel.

[Doe Be Doe]

A friend of mine rented an apartment in Paris for an extended period recently. He had DSL via Orange, I think it was. Anyway I could notuse my laptop on his network with installing their software which I was unable to get to work. Apparently they had limited the number of computers on which a specific internet account could be installed to one. Then again, it could have been my bad skills with French and installing things. In the end, rather than waste time, I just used his.

 

In other countries I have had no problems.

 

Internet cafes are an option, but a pain. The keyboards are different!

[Steven_Draker]

>The keyboards are different!

 

Wait until you get to China ... ;-)

 

Scott is right. IF the building has a broadband ethernet connection your friend won't have a problem connecting with her laptop. Remind her to get the standard european adapter for the wall plug. Eventually she can get it in Paris too.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Steven Draker ~

http://www.hotsexystud.com

[+ newatthis]

>Remind her to get the standard european adapter for the wall plug.

>Eventually she can get it in Paris too.

 

By "Eventually", Steven means "possibly". "Eventually" and "éventuellement" are what the French call faux-amis. If you took French in high school you were introduced to many more (like "library-librairie"). One of my favorites is "génial".

 

A web site with useful travel information on adapters, eletricity and many other things is [http://kropla.com/]