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BigThunder
31-12-2008, 10:53 PM
Hey all, my trip is coming up in 10 days & i'm trying to plan how to deal with some ebay auctions I have.
We just bought a laptop for our kids (well, & us, hehee) for Christmas. Can I use this in my room at SSR? I hate to sound so stupid but this is our first laptop & I'm not sure how it works in a hotel. Iknow most normal ones seem to advertise free wifi but this IS Disney we are talking about. Is it free or do you have a pay a fee. If anyone knows I would love the help because I'm going to need to go thru & cancel a bunch of auctions unless I can get service there.
Thanks a bunch guys!
Keith
31-12-2008, 10:56 PM
Sure you can!
SSR has in room internet at $9.95 per contiguous 24hrs (total ripoff but Disney like you say).
Very easy, just plug the supplied ethernet cable into the ethernet/network port on the laptop and call up internet explorer/firefox. It'll take you right to a page where you accept the charge which will appear on your room bill. It'll work for 24hrs after which you'll be taken back to the page to pay again.
PsychoAlice
31-12-2008, 11:58 PM
You have to have a Credit Card on file to do it though...
Keith
01-01-2009, 12:32 AM
You have to have a Credit Card on file to do it though...
true.... and if you're a DVC member and paying on points, it'll be free
PsychoAlice
01-01-2009, 12:43 AM
REALLY?!?! NICE!!
You can also look into getting an air card from a mobile phone carrier too. I have a Verizon air card and it's really wonderful. You will then have internet nearly every place you go. :yes:
BigThunder
02-01-2009, 11:30 PM
true.... and if you're a DVC member and paying on points, it'll be free
I read that on a website & I hope it's true as I am DVC member AND using points! Am I going to need any special chords to hook up my laptop or should what came with it do the trick? Sorry to ask so many simple questions but am novice laptop owner.
PsychoAlice
03-01-2009, 12:29 AM
look on either side of your laptop for an ethernet plug..you should be fine!
Ive got HD, Ethernet and even a phone line on mine!
BigThunder
03-01-2009, 01:01 AM
look on either side of your laptop for an ethernet plug..you should be fine!
Ive got HD, Ethernet and even a phone line on mine!
Do they supply an ethernet chord for you or should my laptop have come with one?
PsychoAlice
03-01-2009, 02:10 AM
All rooms come with ethernet cables...if there isnt any then juct ask for one!
BigThunder
03-01-2009, 03:05 AM
Yay! Ok, I feel so much better now. This may end up being much easier than i anticipated. When we had to live in the hotel for a month after our fire a friend loaned us a laptop. Well, we never could get the thing to work. Would have been great if we could have but we just couldn't & the help we got was minimal & of no use. So that has been my one & only experience with a laptop & with a laptop in a hotel. So I was feeling a bit anxious.
Looks like it's going to be A-Ok! Thanks Sarah, Keith & Tink for letting me know :)
PsychoAlice
03-01-2009, 04:00 AM
Easy as pie honey..and I dont bake LMAO
You can also look into getting an air card from a mobile phone carrier too. I have a Verizon air card and it's really wonderful. You will then have internet nearly every place you go. :yes:
Tink, how does the air card work? Do you need a separate ISP? :unsure:
I see them in stores, but haven't had the time to stop and read the information. :sigh: Not that I shop that much, anyway! :rolleyes:
Thanks!
PsychoAlice
04-01-2009, 12:47 AM
An air card is a wireless mobile modem...thats the best I can describe it
Keith
04-01-2009, 01:00 AM
An air card is a wireless mobile modem...thats the best I can describe it
spot on!
They work great if a little slow and the cell provider is the ISP. Some come with dedicated software to get them to work but basically they're easy enough and as long as you have cell phone coverage, you'll have internet
PsychoAlice
04-01-2009, 01:23 AM
that made me sound a little bit like a computer guru didnt it? Shhhh...dont tell anyone...I can however talk to you anytime about T1's and T3's and T4.5's :faint:
Yep. What they said. :D I have a Verizon one and seem to have less problems with it than my colleagues who us Sprint.
They can be a bit slow, but it's really not too bad. I've learned that if I have my VPN to my corporate office open, that will slow down my 'net access. It's easy enough to disconnect the VPN when I'm using the 'net and then reconnect when I want to access something via the VPN.
I have no idea how much they are though. I think somewhere around $60 per month to start, but I truly have no idea.
BigThunder
04-01-2009, 04:16 AM
So do those cards that work off your cell burn cell minutes? Because if not, that's a great idea & i may have to consider it.
PsychoAlice
04-01-2009, 04:20 AM
eh no there is a monthly fee...well not that I know of..and ive worked on the cell provider side of AT&T but its been a few years so it may have changed!
Keith
04-01-2009, 10:57 AM
that made me sound a little bit like a computer guru didnt it? Shhhh...dont tell anyone...I can however talk to you anytime about T1's and T3's and T4.5's :faint:
ok now see I AM impressed now! T3 to the house would be nice sigh
Keith
04-01-2009, 10:59 AM
So do those cards that work off your cell burn cell minutes? Because if not, that's a great idea & i may have to consider it.
No it's not minutes you're connected, it's the amount of data you download whilst you're connected that they care about so there's sometimes a limit on that.
Other than that, it's a monthly fee and that's all. (about £15 a month in the uk)
PsychoAlice
04-01-2009, 12:12 PM
ok now see I AM impressed now! T3 to the house would be nice sigh
How do you feel about frame relay?
Keith
04-01-2009, 12:45 PM
How do you feel about frame relay?
ok ok stop because you're just getting me all hot now
Excuse me? That will do you two. (And don't start banging the dungeon drum again, either)! :wink:
Big Thunder, it is as said-a flat rate that is paid monthly. Who is your wireless carrier? Not that you have to stay with the same carrier, but sometimes if you have more than one service with a given carrier it can lower the overall price.
Check with your carrier, then at least with Verizon and Sprint (if your wireless carrier is different). Compare the rates and what they have to offer.
Be sure you have a slot for the aircard on your laptop too! :yes:
Keith
04-01-2009, 01:29 PM
PA! now look what you've done! You've gotten us told off! you're so naughty
'Alice!? I rather think not there Mister Keith! It was you that made the comments about ...well... YOU KNOW!!! :nono:
Keith
04-01-2009, 01:43 PM
:cry2:
PsychoAlice
04-01-2009, 05:49 PM
Heyyyy Keith? You do understand that is what I do for a living...right?
Keith
04-01-2009, 05:55 PM
Heyyyy Keith? You do understand that is what I do for a living...right?
I had no idea what you did for a living but it's nice to talk to someone else who's in the same field :D
PsychoAlice
04-01-2009, 05:58 PM
;)
I disconnect multi million dollar companies from their Frame Relay DS3's or T4.5's I used to do the T1s and T3s..but I moved up in the world...
Try taking down the NYSE..that was fun! The whole time I was thinking OMG..what if I make it crash?
Keith
04-01-2009, 05:59 PM
:laugh:
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