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internet access in China
Can anyone advise on internet access in China.
I've heard that it is free? i don't know what that means as most countries require you to have a dial up account which uses a local number that you pay for. I will be bringing my laptop with me & i also need to know about wireless access. Do they have internet cafes with wireless access in China? i will also be visiting a state university & i am quite sure they have internet access but does anyone know how establish wireless networks are in China & it's state schools? if anyone can point me to a website with the relevant info, that would be great. I've googled & come across conflicting information & now i need first hand experience from fellow travellers. Finally.... any general issues people have with travelling & working with their own laptop computers in China, please let me know, ease of connecting online, power voltage? travel adaptors? are most computers in internet cafes there in English or in Chinese? any issues with computer viruses? printing documents in English? etc. Thanks. joe. |
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"joe cole" wrote in message ... Can anyone advise on internet access in China. I've heard that it is free? Communism is dead. Nothing is free any more. i don't know what that means as most countries require you to have a dial up account which uses a local number that you pay for. I will be bringing my laptop with me & i also need to know about wireless access. Do they have internet cafes with wireless access in China? i will also be visiting a state university & i am quite sure they have internet access but does anyone know how establish wireless networks are in China & it's state schools? if anyone can point me to a website with the relevant info, that would be great. I've googled & come across conflicting information & now i need first hand experience from fellow travellers. Finally.... any general issues people have with travelling & working with their own laptop computers in China, please let me know, ease of connecting online, power voltage? travel adaptors? are most computers in internet cafes there in English or in Chinese? any issues with computer viruses? printing documents in English? etc. Thanks. joe. |
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"joe cole" wrote in message ... Can anyone advise on internet access in China. I've heard that it is free? Communism is dead. Nothing is free any more. i don't know what that means as most countries require you to have a dial up account which uses a local number that you pay for. I will be bringing my laptop with me & i also need to know about wireless access. Do they have internet cafes with wireless access in China? i will also be visiting a state university & i am quite sure they have internet access but does anyone know how establish wireless networks are in China & it's state schools? if anyone can point me to a website with the relevant info, that would be great. I've googled & come across conflicting information & now i need first hand experience from fellow travellers. Finally.... any general issues people have with travelling & working with their own laptop computers in China, please let me know, ease of connecting online, power voltage? travel adaptors? are most computers in internet cafes there in English or in Chinese? any issues with computer viruses? printing documents in English? etc. Thanks. joe. |
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On my last trip to Hong Kong, I paid $10 U.S. per 24 hour period from my
hotel room. Some hotels charge up to $20 per day for internet access. Perhaps it's cheaper in other regions. Some hotels claim only to be charging whatever the internet provider is charging the hotel, which I find hard to believe. The lucrative phone business hotels once enjoyed has been replaced by the cheap phone card available at the local 7-Eleven. Internat access is the new "cash cow" to replace the outrageous telephone charges from your room. "joe cole" wrote in message ... Can anyone advise on internet access in China. I've heard that it is free? i don't know what that means as most countries require you to have a dial up account which uses a local number that you pay for. I will be bringing my laptop with me & i also need to know about wireless access. Do they have internet cafes with wireless access in China? i will also be visiting a state university & i am quite sure they have internet access but does anyone know how establish wireless networks are in China & it's state schools? if anyone can point me to a website with the relevant info, that would be great. I've googled & come across conflicting information & now i need first hand experience from fellow travellers. Finally.... any general issues people have with travelling & working with their own laptop computers in China, please let me know, ease of connecting online, power voltage? travel adaptors? are most computers in internet cafes there in English or in Chinese? any issues with computer viruses? printing documents in English? etc. Thanks. joe. |
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On my last trip to Hong Kong, I paid $10 U.S. per 24 hour period from my
hotel room. Some hotels charge up to $20 per day for internet access. Perhaps it's cheaper in other regions. Some hotels claim only to be charging whatever the internet provider is charging the hotel, which I find hard to believe. The lucrative phone business hotels once enjoyed has been replaced by the cheap phone card available at the local 7-Eleven. Internat access is the new "cash cow" to replace the outrageous telephone charges from your room. "joe cole" wrote in message ... Can anyone advise on internet access in China. I've heard that it is free? i don't know what that means as most countries require you to have a dial up account which uses a local number that you pay for. I will be bringing my laptop with me & i also need to know about wireless access. Do they have internet cafes with wireless access in China? i will also be visiting a state university & i am quite sure they have internet access but does anyone know how establish wireless networks are in China & it's state schools? if anyone can point me to a website with the relevant info, that would be great. I've googled & come across conflicting information & now i need first hand experience from fellow travellers. Finally.... any general issues people have with travelling & working with their own laptop computers in China, please let me know, ease of connecting online, power voltage? travel adaptors? are most computers in internet cafes there in English or in Chinese? any issues with computer viruses? printing documents in English? etc. Thanks. joe. |
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I have relatively few problems... I try to stay at hotels with broadband
access in the room (bring your own cable) - it is sometimes free, sometimes at a nominal charge. Even if there is not, there are usually business centres in the hotel (few dollars every hour) or if not, an internet cafe not very far away. A few weeks ago I went into the wilderness (Kashgar) and even there was good fast internet cafe access - cheap at the price. Some internet cafes will allow you to hook up your own laptop to their network (take own cable again). Wirelesss access is very limited (experimental in large airports only AFAIK). With the State university you may have a few problems though paradoxically, they might not allow you access to the network (security risk), so also take along a USB dongle / memory stick. I have a CF digital camera, and I use a 1 GB CF card with the USB adaptor as a memory stick. Also handy for sending pics home from internet cafe's. Buy an adaptor when you get here if you find you need it (or over there if you are an accountant), voltage is 220V, but most laptop power supplies are dual voltage (check yours). EVERYTHING is in Chinese, bring your hands and fingers to talk, you will need to ask them to change keyboard settings for you, otherwise no problem. Virusses always a problem, and I NEVER trust internet cafes with secure things like Credit Card numbers or online banking. COmmon sense prevails... Keyloggers still prevalent - all over the world. Would be happy to answer specific questions... You dont say where you are or where you are going. Have fun - China is Great! Daniel "joe cole" wrote in message ... Can anyone advise on internet access in China. I've heard that it is free? i don't know what that means as most countries require you to have a dial up account which uses a local number that you pay for. I will be bringing my laptop with me & i also need to know about wireless access. Do they have internet cafes with wireless access in China? i will also be visiting a state university & i am quite sure they have internet access but does anyone know how establish wireless networks are in China & it's state schools? if anyone can point me to a website with the relevant info, that would be great. I've googled & come across conflicting information & now i need first hand experience from fellow travellers. Finally.... any general issues people have with travelling & working with their own laptop computers in China, please let me know, ease of connecting online, power voltage? travel adaptors? are most computers in internet cafes there in English or in Chinese? any issues with computer viruses? printing documents in English? etc. Thanks. joe. |
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I have relatively few problems... I try to stay at hotels with broadband
access in the room (bring your own cable) - it is sometimes free, sometimes at a nominal charge. Even if there is not, there are usually business centres in the hotel (few dollars every hour) or if not, an internet cafe not very far away. A few weeks ago I went into the wilderness (Kashgar) and even there was good fast internet cafe access - cheap at the price. Some internet cafes will allow you to hook up your own laptop to their network (take own cable again). Wirelesss access is very limited (experimental in large airports only AFAIK). With the State university you may have a few problems though paradoxically, they might not allow you access to the network (security risk), so also take along a USB dongle / memory stick. I have a CF digital camera, and I use a 1 GB CF card with the USB adaptor as a memory stick. Also handy for sending pics home from internet cafe's. Buy an adaptor when you get here if you find you need it (or over there if you are an accountant), voltage is 220V, but most laptop power supplies are dual voltage (check yours). EVERYTHING is in Chinese, bring your hands and fingers to talk, you will need to ask them to change keyboard settings for you, otherwise no problem. Virusses always a problem, and I NEVER trust internet cafes with secure things like Credit Card numbers or online banking. COmmon sense prevails... Keyloggers still prevalent - all over the world. Would be happy to answer specific questions... You dont say where you are or where you are going. Have fun - China is Great! Daniel "joe cole" wrote in message ... Can anyone advise on internet access in China. I've heard that it is free? i don't know what that means as most countries require you to have a dial up account which uses a local number that you pay for. I will be bringing my laptop with me & i also need to know about wireless access. Do they have internet cafes with wireless access in China? i will also be visiting a state university & i am quite sure they have internet access but does anyone know how establish wireless networks are in China & it's state schools? if anyone can point me to a website with the relevant info, that would be great. I've googled & come across conflicting information & now i need first hand experience from fellow travellers. Finally.... any general issues people have with travelling & working with their own laptop computers in China, please let me know, ease of connecting online, power voltage? travel adaptors? are most computers in internet cafes there in English or in Chinese? any issues with computer viruses? printing documents in English? etc. Thanks. joe. |
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I just returned from a trip to northern china (Shenyang) and found the
internet to be very reliable and fast. Cant give you any info on wireless access or cafes, as I only used my laptop in the hotel. It was cheap, my room included it in the package, but if you needed to purchase access it was 50 rmb for 72 hours of access. I think you'll find most hotels with a star rating of 3 and above will have internet. I found no WebPages blocked, and was even able to check my online banking back here in the states. As for power all I used was a small adapter that changed my plug over to their standard. Check your laptop power adapter to make sure it can handles the voltage. I think most newer models can. Same with my video cam, shaver, and phone. No problems with printing, but they do use a different size standard paper No virus problem, but I suggest a good firewall (Zone Alarm pro) to be on the safe side If your going to use credit cards or debit cards make sure you contact your bank and let them know the days you will be in China to insure your card is not denied Have fun, it is an awesome place to visit Regards, Jim "joe cole" wrote in message ... Can anyone advise on internet access in China. I've heard that it is free? i don't know what that means as most countries require you to have a dial up account which uses a local number that you pay for. I will be bringing my laptop with me & i also need to know about wireless access. Do they have internet cafes with wireless access in China? i will also be visiting a state university & i am quite sure they have internet access but does anyone know how establish wireless networks are in China & it's state schools? if anyone can point me to a website with the relevant info, that would be great. I've googled & come across conflicting information & now i need first hand experience from fellow travellers. Finally.... any general issues people have with travelling & working with their own laptop computers in China, please let me know, ease of connecting online, power voltage? travel adaptors? are most computers in internet cafes there in English or in Chinese? any issues with computer viruses? printing documents in English? etc. Thanks. joe. |
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Would be happy to answer specific questions... You dont say where you are or where you are going. Thanks for your answers Daniel, i'm not sure where i'll be going to yet, it's an overseas posting that i might consider taking up on & it might last 6 months. I might be posted to Liaoning and Heilongjiang province or maybe Shenyang or Harbin. Nothing has been confirmed yet & i'd like to do some research first so i am prepared if & when i eventually get there. I have spoken to someone who has recently been to China & he says that internet access in internet cafes & hotels are OK but not all state/government offices are wired up for internet access. As i will be spending some time in these offices training staff etc. it doesn't look too good & i might have to depend on internet cafes which i hate because of viruses etc. My next problem will be printing documents. I have no idea what kind of problems i'll encounter printing from a English windows XP machine since most computers in China are in Chinese, I assume they'll have MS Office/Word too if not i'll be carry tons of printed documents with me. If i have any further questions i'll ask here again. Thanks to all who have answered my questions so far. It's greatly appreciated! joe. "joe cole" wrote in message ... Can anyone advise on internet access in China. I've heard that it is free? i don't know what that means as most countries require you to have a dial up account which uses a local number that you pay for. I will be bringing my laptop with me & i also need to know about wireless access. Do they have internet cafes with wireless access in China? i will also be visiting a state university & i am quite sure they have internet access but does anyone know how establish wireless networks are in China & it's state schools? if anyone can point me to a website with the relevant info, that would be great. I've googled & come across conflicting information & now i need first hand experience from fellow travellers. Finally.... any general issues people have with travelling & working with their own laptop computers in China, please let me know, ease of connecting online, power voltage? travel adaptors? are most computers in internet cafes there in English or in Chinese? any issues with computer viruses? printing documents in English? etc. Thanks. joe. |
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Would be happy to answer specific questions... You dont say where you are or where you are going. Thanks for your answers Daniel, i'm not sure where i'll be going to yet, it's an overseas posting that i might consider taking up on & it might last 6 months. I might be posted to Liaoning and Heilongjiang province or maybe Shenyang or Harbin. Nothing has been confirmed yet & i'd like to do some research first so i am prepared if & when i eventually get there. I have spoken to someone who has recently been to China & he says that internet access in internet cafes & hotels are OK but not all state/government offices are wired up for internet access. As i will be spending some time in these offices training staff etc. it doesn't look too good & i might have to depend on internet cafes which i hate because of viruses etc. My next problem will be printing documents. I have no idea what kind of problems i'll encounter printing from a English windows XP machine since most computers in China are in Chinese, I assume they'll have MS Office/Word too if not i'll be carry tons of printed documents with me. If i have any further questions i'll ask here again. Thanks to all who have answered my questions so far. It's greatly appreciated! joe. "joe cole" wrote in message ... Can anyone advise on internet access in China. I've heard that it is free? i don't know what that means as most countries require you to have a dial up account which uses a local number that you pay for. I will be bringing my laptop with me & i also need to know about wireless access. Do they have internet cafes with wireless access in China? i will also be visiting a state university & i am quite sure they have internet access but does anyone know how establish wireless networks are in China & it's state schools? if anyone can point me to a website with the relevant info, that would be great. I've googled & come across conflicting information & now i need first hand experience from fellow travellers. Finally.... any general issues people have with travelling & working with their own laptop computers in China, please let me know, ease of connecting online, power voltage? travel adaptors? are most computers in internet cafes there in English or in Chinese? any issues with computer viruses? printing documents in English? etc. Thanks. joe. |
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