On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:14:02 -0000, "Ophelia"
wrote:



"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message
...
I am staying at a friend's house to help her with her garden in a couple
of months but I really would like to stay online if I can.

She doesn't have the Internet (long story) - is there a way I could buy
something to plug into, say, my laptop so I could go on.

Otherwise, you could get what you want for free if you have wireless
networking on the computer. Go to somewhere like a Starbucks or some local
government buildings like a library and you can often get a free wireless
connection. If you don't have wireless built in you can get a usb adapter
for that too for a few quid from PC World or the like. Or you could pay for
an hour at an Internet cafe and use one of their computers to do the same.

Do let us know how it goes
--
Is the friends house isolated or are there neighbours?
If so one of them may have a wifi signal that reaches.
You can't legally just latch on to it and they should have it password
protected anyway but if they are nice people it might be worth asking.
Might break the terms of the service provider but for a short use
unlikely to be noticed. Some providers allow this to be done anyway on
a reciprocal basis such as BT Internet customers ,recent ones have to
choose to opt out ,one time you opted in. In these cases you don't
even have to ask. Just log in using your own details.
G.Harman