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Vision River Pro Reefer



Joined: 12 Jul 2008 Posts: 222 Location: Europe
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Anyone,
What are the choices for a traveler to have internet connections on Tenerife?
Are there internet cafes where a wireless signal can be picked up by a laptop, for a fee?
Thanks.
Gary
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Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:26 am
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rob Moderator



Joined: 08 Aug 2004 Posts: 7707 Location: Tenerife
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There are plenty of internet cafes where you can use machines for a fee. Subway have a system whereby you buy a coffee and they give you their password to use your own laptop FOC. _________________ .
Who am I? Follow the myspacetenerife link under my avatar.
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Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:42 am
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Vision River Pro Reefer



Joined: 12 Jul 2008 Posts: 222 Location: Europe
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| rob wrote: | | There are plenty of internet cafes where you can use machines for a fee. Subway have a system whereby you buy a coffee and they give you their password to use your own laptop FOC. |
Thanks, Rob.
I have a story about internet cafes, too.
In Mount Shasta City, we were sitting in our parked car outside an internet cafe. We were in the middle of a two month interview and background check process before going into a well paid position in the San Francisco area, and our money had run out.
We didn't even have two dollars for the internet, and needed to send an email having to do with the job.
As we sat there with the windows open, a woman we'd never seen before stopped and asked abruptly, "Where are you going?"
We had been camping on the upper slope of Mount Shasta and I answered, "To the mountain."
But she mis-heard. She raised her blouse, showing her bare breasts, and started doing a dance, with a sing-song of "To Maui, to Maui!"
I said, "No, to the mountain!"
She stopped, put her blouse down, and said, "Oh."
Then she walked out of our sight.
While Kati and I looked at each other in wonderment, she came back, tossed two dollars through the open window, and said simply, "Here."
Before we could respond, she was gone.
Now we had the money for the internet cafe! |
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Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:05 am
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karlb Moderator



Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 3962 Location: Tenerife
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Yes wifi spots are becoming quite popular and there are a number of cafes, bars offering free wireless connection if you stop for food or a coffee.
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Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:01 am
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Vision River Pro Reefer



Joined: 12 Jul 2008 Posts: 222 Location: Europe
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| karlb wrote: | Yes wifi spots are becoming quite popular and there are a number of cafes, bars offering free wireless connection if you stop for food or a coffee.
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Good to know. Thanks. |
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Wed Jul 30, 2008 9:40 am
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Ezzy Supreme Reefer



Joined: 09 May 2006 Posts: 1379 Location: Stafford, UK
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Thats great to know, Tenerife is making progress with wifi, maybe i could bring my laptop, mind I dont if I'd trust myself, yes me! lol _________________ facebook me - esmahan hassan |
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Wed Jul 30, 2008 9:09 pm
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Polly Junior Reefer


Joined: 23 Apr 2007 Posts: 28
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| Does anyone know if there are any wifi spots in Silencio....I'm out for the school hols and dont want to have to venture to LC every day if I can help it. Thanks |
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Sat Aug 02, 2008 6:48 pm
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bardofely Supreme Reefer



Joined: 22 Dec 2004 Posts: 3292 Location: Playa San Marcos, Tenerife
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| Ezzy wrote: | | Thats great to know, Tenerife is making progress with wifi, maybe i could bring my laptop, mind I dont if I'd trust myself, yes me! lol |
Well, though Tenerife may be I have to admit that I am not because I don't really know what wifi is having never used it!  _________________ Find out more about me here: http://www.myspacetenerife.com/index.php?page=view_profile&id=10 |
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Mon Aug 04, 2008 4:06 pm
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rob Moderator



Joined: 08 Aug 2004 Posts: 7707 Location: Tenerife
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Wifi is simply connecting to the internet via a router by radio signals instead of cables. If you had a router with an aerial and a wireless card in your computer you could connect to your router without using a cable. Not much point in your apartment as there's only you using it. _________________ .
Who am I? Follow the myspacetenerife link under my avatar.
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Mon Aug 04, 2008 5:32 pm
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Tenerife Seagull Pro Reefer



Joined: 28 Aug 2005 Posts: 541 Location: Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife
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Actually Rob, there is an advantage for the Bard even if he is the only user of the computer in his home. I have a router and I find it very convenient that I am able to use my laptop in any room of the apartment as well as on the balcony and the roof terrace. With a cable one is very restricted as to where one can use a computer. _________________ Don't follow the 'MySpaceTenerife' link under my avatar because you will learn nothing about me.
You will never grow old with Rock n' Roll. |
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Mon Aug 04, 2008 5:41 pm
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bardofely Supreme Reefer



Joined: 22 Dec 2004 Posts: 3292 Location: Playa San Marcos, Tenerife
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| rob wrote: | | Wifi is simply connecting to the internet via a router by radio signals instead of cables. If you had a router with an aerial and a wireless card in your computer you could connect to your router without using a cable. Not much point in your apartment as there's only you using it. |
Thanks for explaining, Rob! _________________ Find out more about me here: http://www.myspacetenerife.com/index.php?page=view_profile&id=10 |
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Mon Aug 04, 2008 6:11 pm
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bardofely Supreme Reefer



Joined: 22 Dec 2004 Posts: 3292 Location: Playa San Marcos, Tenerife
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| Tenerife Seagull wrote: | | Actually Rob, there is an advantage for the Bard even if he is the only user of the computer in his home. I have a router and I find it very convenient that I am able to use my laptop in any room of the apartment as well as on the balcony and the roof terrace. With a cable one is very restricted as to where one can use a computer. |
I don't have a laptop and my PC is a big tower type so it stays where it is! _________________ Find out more about me here: http://www.myspacetenerife.com/index.php?page=view_profile&id=10 |
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Mon Aug 04, 2008 6:13 pm
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Tenerife Seagull Pro Reefer



Joined: 28 Aug 2005 Posts: 541 Location: Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife
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| bardofely wrote: | | Tenerife Seagull wrote: | | Actually Rob, there is an advantage for the Bard even if he is the only user of the computer in his home. I have a router and I find it very convenient that I am able to use my laptop in any room of the apartment as well as on the balcony and the roof terrace. With a cable one is very restricted as to where one can use a computer. |
I don't have a laptop and my PC is a big tower type so it stays where it is! |
You could obtain a router, a wheelbarrow and a long long extension cable.  _________________ Don't follow the 'MySpaceTenerife' link under my avatar because you will learn nothing about me.
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Mon Aug 04, 2008 6:20 pm
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Ezzy Supreme Reefer



Joined: 09 May 2006 Posts: 1379 Location: Stafford, UK
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I lovw wifi it has to be the greatest thing ever invented! Being able to move my computer around with me is great! When my wifi connection went and lost itself yesterday I was terribly distraught! _________________ facebook me - esmahan hassan |
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Mon Aug 11, 2008 1:40 pm
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loopyleanne_ Supreme Reefer



Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 2214 Location: milton keynes
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i love it two! being able to sit on my bed with my laptop wake up and just turn it on! when the annoyance of children gets to much going in the conservatory or garden for peace is good  _________________ Coming to tenerife in may!!! |
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Mon Aug 11, 2008 6:00 pm
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