Hot-Spots on Laptop.

[doddsredoubt]

Can anybody on answerbank advise me as how to get a hot-spot on a laptop,as my wife brought a new laptop a couple of weeks ago to take on holiday with us to Cornwall and we could not use it at al it was a waste of time taking it,or is there anything I could buy to boost the signal to the laptop.

Thanks for any help.

[Postdog]

Well first off, you need to be in a place WITH a hot spot, (Starbucks etc), and if there was such a thing to boost signals, we'd all have it and be nicking each others bandwidth.

[dzug]

Cornwall is not the sort of place to have hot spots all over the place - you need a city centre location for a good chance of that.

[wideboy]

Book into a hotel next time and check if they have Internet (for free?)!!

[wideboy]

PS. Should have said that you can get a Vodaphone 3G card for the PCMCIA but that would be expensive- best to search out an Internet cafe (if they exist in Cornwall).

[Ethel]

Here are the wi-fi hotspots in Cornwall.

http://www.actnowcornwall.co.uk/wirelessBroadb andHotspots.asp

To use these hotspots you normally have to buy time from a provider such as btopenzone.

[dodgyshirt]

http://www.bcentral.co.uk/business-technology/ mobile-and-wireless/hotspot/hotspot.aspx

[doddsredoubt]

Thankyou Postdog,dzug,wideboy,Ethel & dodgyshirt,thanks for all your helpful answers I think I'm in the picture now??.

Thanks again for all your help.