<flyaway840@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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> thegoons wrote:
>> Crossposted for advice
>> "jw 1111" <blue.star77@REMOOVEvirgin.net> wrote in message
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>> > 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?
>> >
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> 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:
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> http://www.streettech.com/archives_DIY/roadWarrior.html
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> more at
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> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=alligator+clips+phone+hotel+modem+computer&meta=
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Reminds me of an old McGiver\Bond\Boo bros. movie, I liked the toolkit. I 
actually had never even thought about doing that, now I know. 
http://www.streettech.com/archives_DIY/stToolkit.html