thegoons wrote:
> Crossposted for advice
> "jw 1111" <blue.star77@REMOOVEvirgin.net> wrote in message
> news:gAc0g.35410$8o.19987@newsfe6-win.ntli.net...
> > Hi,   am taking a Toshiba laptop to Japan.  Will also need to get a mobile
> > phone there and will choose the NTT company.  I will be on the move quite
> > a
> > lot.  It would be mainly only for sending and receiving emails.
> >
> > What please would the easiest and cheapest means of connecting to the
> > internet there, and what equipment might I need to buy please?
> >


Not everyone can afford $100 a night so to them this can be used.
Most hotels have the stardard phone jack, but if all else fails
you can get a phone  jack with alligator clips to connect to
a standard screw off handset or wallplate. See:

http://www.streettech.com/archives_DIY/roadWarrior.html


more at


http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=alligator+clips+phone+hotel+modem+computer&meta=