"jw 1111" <blue.star77@REMOOVEvirgin.net> wrote in message 
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> "nc43" <nc43@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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>>> Before you even waste your time on this, maybe you should say what your 
>>> situation is -- visiting for a short term, living here, trying to make a 
>>> budget so you can move here?  If you are visiting, just spend enough for 
>>> a hotel room that has a LAN connection.  They're not much more than a 
>>> hostel room, if at all.  You can use web based mail servers and just 
>>> read your mail off the free PC in some hotel lobbies and at internet 
>>> cafes. There's also inexpensive WiFi ...
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>> If I was to arrive in Tokyo with a laptop, how would I get cheap 
>> internet? Is there free wireless everywhere?
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> I shall be moving about a lot largely in the countryside and will have to 
> make do for the most part using private telephones in peoples houses. 
> Would anyone know of a good dial up provider please?
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I don't know of a dial up provider but I have had no problem finding 
unsecured wireless networks and sending/receiving my e-mail as well as any 
surfing. (where ever I go)
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How dare you ask a question in here without considering all possible the 
railing that you might unleash in here lashing back at ya.
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