Hello David, On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 04:27:23 -0500 "David Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In regards to Central Europe at least (Germany, Switzerland, Austria, > and Italy), we have arrived and I can safely say after a few months > in a few different countries that finding the Internet is a difficult > task. Laptop use is relatively infrequent in general; so far I've > only seen 3 people with their laptop in public. There are few > Internet Cafes, and they are more like low grade computer labs than > cafes - most were a bit frightening to us. In addition these cafes > may have just a pay for use computer as opposed to a WLAN or Ethernet > connection. In any case the Internet will be expensive - typically > around $5-15/hour or $25-30/day. I am from Germany and cannot confirm your information. In bigger towns you can find an internet cafe every 100m (maybe not 100m, but very often) - for about 1EURO per hour. But yes, you have to use the PCs offered there. If they would give you just an ethernet cable - how would they track your online time? They usually have some software installed, to activate the workstation only, if you have paid. For your other points: Don't know how it is in hotels, but you get WLAN in some ICE trains and in many main-stations. Powered by Deutsche Bahn and Deutsche Telekom - you only have to buy a pre-paid card. There (and also in the internet cafes) you should be able to use VOIP (at least skype). So I just think, you were to the wrong places here :-) Greetings from Düsseldorf, Germany Evgeni -- ^^^ | Evgeni -SargentD- Golov ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) d(O_o)b | PGP-Key-ID: 0xAC15B50C >-|-< | WWW: http://www.die-welt.net ICQ: 54116744 / \ | IRC: #sod @ irc.german-freakz.net
