Using The Internet

[Metman]

Hello - my wife is moving to Spain in November. Currently my ISP is SKY in the UK and it services 2 laptops here at home. My wife is taking one of the laptops with her to use. What is the best and / or easiest way that she can access the internet so we can communicate through e-mail daily.
Thanks for any reply

[Stravinsky]

Originally Posted by Metman

Hello - my wife is moving to Spain in November. Currently my ISP is SKY in the UK and it services 2 laptops here at home. My wife is taking one of the laptops with her to use. What is the best and / or easiest way that she can access the internet so we can communicate through e-mail daily.
Thanks for any reply

Well if she gets a landline with Telefonica then she can get internet with them also. Cost for phone and unlimited ADSL is about €70 a month.

There are alternatives, but just take care depending on where she is going to live as some of these people cant deliver what they say they can.

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I heard good reports about Europa, that would be on 965 796 736, but you still need a landline.

[El Capitan]

Ya.com is a good alternative to Telefonica for internet although you still need the telefonica landline installed. Quite a few places are offering free wi-fi these days in places such as cafés, bars and even council plazas and parks.

[chris(madrid)]

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[Stravinsky]

Originally Posted by El Capitan

Ya.com is a good alternative to Telefonica for internet although you still need the telefonica landline installed. Quite a few places are offering free wi-fi these days in places such as cafés, bars and even council plazas and parks.

Although I know of a few people who have been hounded by Ya.com promising they can cover, only to find eventually that they couldn't. I think it depends on where you are

[chris(madrid)]

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No idea how good it is - as I use fixed lines and dont even have a mobile

[El Capitan]

Originally Posted by Stravinsky

Although I know of a few people who have been hounded by Ya.com promising they can cover, only to find eventually that they couldn't. I think it depends on where you are

I think you will find Stravinsky that if Telefonica can cover then Y.com can too and they are cheaper than Telefonica but all providers seem to rather slow to set things up.

[Stravinsky]

Originally Posted by El Capitan

I think you will find Stravinsky that if Telefonica can cover then Y.com can too and they are cheaper than Telefonica but all providers seem to rather slow to set things up.

Telefonica can cover my area, but Ya.com can't even though they harrassed me by phone for days and days. I heard this from others also, but as I say it depends on area ..... we are on ADSL rural

[chris(madrid)]

It all depends on where the "exchanges" are. There is a physical wire limitation for DSL. Only needs the (for example) YA boxes to be 1Km futher away that TF and BANG - no service. BUT they often only tell you after you've swapped. I know places in Madrid city without ADSL that are 10metres away from places with - because the wires have to go 6kms down a railway line then back.

There are a series of iniciatives to help underway. One is subsidising WiFi "meshes" in small towns/villages.

There are (be warned) a series of issues using non-Telefonica suppliers, should you ever decide to (or have to) go back to TF. First TF will take their own sweet time - and in rural areas have been known to run out of circuits so though you have a wire it cant get a number.

Plus some of the "others" are infamous for NOT disconnecting their accounting - and keep billing despite having disconnected. If you do have to go through this then make sure that you send ALL correspondance CERTIFIED and make sure your bank gets a copy so that any debits can be cancelled.

BE VERY SURE BEFORE COMING OFF TF.

[Stravinsky]

Originally Posted by chris(madrid)

It all depends on where the "exchanges" are. There is a physical wire limitation for DSL. Only needs the (for example) YA boxes to be 1Km futher away that TF and BANG - no service. BUT they often only tell you after you've swapped. I know places in Madrid city without ADSL that are 10metres away from places with - because the wires have to go 6kms down a railway line then back.

There are a series of iniciatives to help underway. One is subsidising WiFi "meshes" in small towns/villages.

There are (be warned) a series of issues using non-Telefonica suppliers, should you ever decide to (or have to) go back to TF. First TF will take their own sweet time - and in rural areas have been known to run out of circuits so though you have a wire it cant get a number.

Plus some of the "others" are infamous for NOT disconnecting their accounting - and keep billing despite having disconnected. If you do have to go through this then make sure that you send ALL correspondance CERTIFIED and make sure your bank gets a copy so that any debits can be cancelled.

BE VERY SURE BEFORE COMING OFF TF.

Exactly