Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!CALA-MUZIK!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!postnews.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newscon06.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.net!news-east.rr.com!news.rr.com!news-server.columbus.rr.com!cyclone2.kc.rr.com!news2.kc.rr.com!news-post.tampabay.rr.com!tornado.southeast.rr.com.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Marvel" Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan References: <4483cd59$0$25130$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> Subject: Re: dial up connection in japan (i.e. no monthly fees) Lines: 31 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response Message-ID: <20Xgg.14003$Qg.12436@tornado.southeast.rr.com> Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 14:15:26 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 71.75.126.202 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: tornado.southeast.rr.com 1149516926 71.75.126.202 (Mon, 05 Jun 2006 10:15:26 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 10:15:26 EDT Organization: Road Runner High Speed Online http://www.rr.com Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:163219 "jw 1111" wrote in message news:ztRgg.9001$lQ.3163@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net... > > "nc43" wrote in message > news:4483cd59$0$25130$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au... >>> 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 ... >> >> If I was to arrive in Tokyo with a laptop, how would I get cheap >> internet? Is there free wireless everywhere? > > 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? > 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) > > How dare you ask a question in here without considering all possible the railing that you might unleash in here lashing back at ya. >