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Originally Posted by happygeek 
HeHe, I am more than capable of a little drive by wifi hacking if I wanted to, trouble is when it is 1am and you just need to check your email from the hotel in a strange city, the last thing you want to do is be wandering around the streets with your laptop...
"Go fix the antenna." Take a step, then "STOP! don't move, the picture is really good now."
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Building a cantenna isn't usually a hotel room option either 
Davey Winder
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If you really want the Internet then you book into a hotel, on the business floor, expecting to get the service as advertised.
You don't expect to break open the Pringles can and pliers at 1am...
You don't expect to break open the Pringles can and pliers at 1am...
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just read that virgin are planing to kit out a few of there trains with 49mb/s wiMax,starting it all off with standard hotspots at some of the stations they use, gner i believe is doing a similar thing but with a satalite downlink and 3g uplink, dont think it'll be able to match 49mb/s wiMax though :d
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I use the GNER service regularly as I travel by train from Yorkshire to London rather a lot. The in-carriage WiFi works remarkably well although speeds can vary, but it does keep the connection even through longish tunnels which is cool.
The latest rolling stock is all equipped with WiFi now, and in first class it comes free of charge (well, at the price you pay for a first class ticket it's hardly free) with the addition of an AC power socket by every seat to charge your lappy while you work.
The latest rolling stock is all equipped with WiFi now, and in first class it comes free of charge (well, at the price you pay for a first class ticket it's hardly free) with the addition of an AC power socket by every seat to charge your lappy while you work.
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looks pretty cool; http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communicatio...9283514,00.htm
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Luxury, indeed, but you have to be able to afford it. I never had that luxury. That's why the pringles can solution works pretty well for me. And I've definitely broken out the pocket knife and soldering iron (or green flame lighter, in this case) at 1AM because I wanted to listen to some music from my computer on the old boombox below it. If you're desperate enough, you'll MacGyver your way to whatever, whenever, wherever.
Damn computer! It ate everything!
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