Need emergency Internet options (for 10+ days)

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IIgs Premium join:2002-10-05 Montreal, QC kudos:1	Need emergency Internet options (for 10+ days) Due to circumstances, I will be staying at a house for 10 days which has NO Internet services whatsoever (or TV for that matter, argh), just a POTS telephone landline. The thing is, I absolutely need an Internet connection of sorts for at least the basics...e-mail, online banking, etc. And I don't have a smartphone! Just wondering what options people here can recommend for those 10+ days... Dial-up? Wireless service? WIFI? -I was thinking maybe a USB or PCMCIA plug in card through Telus or another carrier, but not sure what the initial setup cost is. Or if it's even reasonable looking into for jus a week or two. -No unsecure WIFI signals in the area, and I don't know any of the neighbors to ask about sharing. -Dial-up might be an option. I found a bunch on freedomlist.com but which one is the most reliable and inexpensive? Don't even really want to consider dial-up, but hey, if you're desperate, might be my only viable choice. Hah, any chance Bell still offers dial-up with their DSL packages? I have a family member with 'Internet Essentials', maybe I could use that with their B1xxx number and password? Anything else someone here can think of would be great.
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80289148 join:2012-12-24	If any of those Wifi around you are Wep you can get those keys in about 30 seconds with Backtrack. :-p
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80289148 join:2012-12-24	reply to IIgs said by IIgs: Due to circumstances, I will be staying at a house for 10 days which has NO Internet services whatsoever (or TV for that matter, argh), just a POTS telephone landline. The thing is, I absolutely need an Internet connection of sorts for at least the basics...e-mail, online banking, etc. And I don't have a smartphone! Just wondering what options people here can recommend for those 10+ days... Dial-up? Wireless service? WIFI? -I was thinking maybe a USB or PCMCIA plug in card through Telus or another carrier, but not sure what the initial setup cost is. Or if it's even reasonable looking into for jus a week or two. -No unsecure WIFI signals in the area, and I don't know any of the neighbors to ask about sharing. -Dial-up might be an option. I found a bunch on freedomlist.com but which one is the most reliable and inexpensive? Don't even really want to consider dial-up, but hey, if you're desperate, might be my only viable choice. Hah, any chance Bell still offers dial-up with their DSL packages? I have a family member with 'Internet Essentials', maybe I could use that with their B1xxx number and password? Anything else someone here can think of would be great. If you really need dialup »295.ca/
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Davesnothere No-BHELL-ity DOES have its Advantages join:2009-06-15 START&Cogeco kudos:6 1 edit	reply to IIgs said by IIgs: Due to circumstances, I will be staying at a house for 10 days which has NO Internet services whatsoever (or TV for that matter, argh), just a POTS telephone landline.... And OIL LAMPS ? Inexplicably , a cause other than simple rusticity came to MY mind as the perceived and anticipated reason for your question. I take it that otherwise, things are OK ? -- We have only 2 things about which to worry : (1) That things may never get back to normal (2) That they already HAVE ! - START Forum »Start Communications Or you can still use Canadian Broadband.
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noemails @bell.ca	public library, mcdoanlds tims almost any coffee shop has free wifi, the apple store near my place has about 3 dozen ipads setup for free use, internet cafe.....get creative
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donoreo Premium join:2002-05-30 North York, ON	reply to IIgs Starbucks.
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iPadDataPlan @distributel.net	reply to IIgs said by IIgs: The thing is, I absolutely need an Internet connection of sorts for at least the basics...e-mail, online banking, etc. And I don't have a smartphone! Just wondering what options people here can recommend for those 10+ days... 1) Go to big store BestBuy, FutureShop, or Staples and buy iPad LTE... 2) Get $5 Flex data plan or prepaid iPad data plan. Virgin Mobile SIM card is free, other providers you might get free sim card from Apple Store. You can use your iPad LTE data and turn on the Personal Hotspot. Now, your iPad become a WIFI router for any other device to connect to and use the internet from your iPad LTE... 3) After 10 days, cancel data plan and return the iPad. Probably cost you $35 for 5GB data plan.
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DKS Damn Kidney Stones Premium,ExMod 2002 join:2001-03-22 Owen Sound, ON kudos:2 Reviews: ·Bell Sympatico	reply to IIgs said by IIgs: Due to circumstances, I will be staying at a house for 10 days which has NO Internet services whatsoever (or TV for that matter, argh), just a POTS telephone landline. Oh, the pain of it all! Welcome to the reality of many in Canada. -- Need-based health care not greed-based health care.
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zed173 join:2010-07-17 Mississauga, ON	said by DKS: Oh, the pain of it all! Welcome to the reality of many in Canada. How does that help or answer the OP's question at all? He didn't ask what the reality was for "many in Canada". Anyway, yes Bell does offer dial up still included with highspeed. Alternatively barring using WIFI (as previously mentioned) at Starbucks or wherever, you could purchase a data stick from your cell carrier of choice as well.
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MichelR join:2011-07-03 Ottawa, ON Reviews: ·Start Communicat.. ·voip.ms ·Rogers Hi-Speed	reply to donoreo said by donoreo: Starbucks. With the prices there, that's pretty expensive wifi.
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donoreo Premium join:2002-05-30 North York, ON	said by MichelR: said by donoreo: Starbucks. With the prices there, that's pretty expensive wifi. People buy stuff there?
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AVD Respice, Adspice, Prospice Premium join:2003-02-06 Onion, NJ kudos:1	said by donoreo: said by MichelR: said by donoreo: Starbucks. With the prices there, that's pretty expensive wifi. People buy stuff there? all you need is a cup, retrieve one from the garbage when no one is looking. -- * seek help if having trouble coping --Standard disclaimers apply.--
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DKS Damn Kidney Stones Premium,ExMod 2002 join:2001-03-22 Owen Sound, ON kudos:2 Reviews: ·Bell Sympatico	reply to zed173 said by zed173: said by DKS: Oh, the pain of it all! Welcome to the reality of many in Canada. How does that help or answer the OP's question at all? He didn't ask what the reality was for "many in Canada". Anyway, yes Bell does offer dial up still included with highspeed. Alternatively barring using WIFI (as previously mentioned) at Starbucks or wherever, you could purchase a data stick from your cell carrier of choice as well. sorry, zero sympathy for those who take high speed internet access for granted, unlike those of us who are in rural areas and who may or may not have high speed access at all. Bell allows 10 hours of dialup access per month for their high speed users. See here for more. Bell's dialup POP numbers here. BTW, both Bell and Rogers allow full returns of data sticks within ten days, but only if you can't get service. Lots of places around Ontario and Quebec are like that. In one case, outside of Mont Laurier, in Quebec, there is no high speed service whatsoever. Telebec will not put it in. The municipality finally put in a WAP at the local church and people bring their laptops to the church parking lot. In the other, in Ontario, I am fighting with TELUS, who swear I can get service, but I have proof I can't. BTW, Starbucks are also not universal, either. My nearest one is more than an hour away. Tim Horton's has wireless, but it is very slow. So does McDonald's, but likewise, very, very slow. And unless a laptop has a dialup moden, a USB modem will run $25. -- Need-based health care not greed-based health care.
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zed173 join:2010-07-17 Mississauga, ON	Pretty sure no one was asking for your sympathy. I'm sure most of us are aware rural areas don't always have high speed (where my mom lives she didn't until last year). That being said, I fail to see what got your panties in a bunch over some guy asking how to temporarily get some form of Internet access at all (note he did ask for dial up OR highspeed).
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DKS Damn Kidney Stones Premium,ExMod 2002 join:2001-03-22 Owen Sound, ON kudos:2 Reviews: ·Bell Sympatico	said by zed173: Pretty sure no one was asking for your sympathy. I'm sure most of us are aware rural areas don't always have high speed (where my mom lives she didn't until last year). That being said, I fail to see what got your panties in a bunch over some guy asking how to temporarily get some form of Internet access at all (note he did ask for dial up OR highspeed). No one absolutely needs internet for ten days. Internet is a convenience, not a mandatory service. Sorry you and the OP don't get that. -- Need-based health care not greed-based health care.
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donoreo Premium join:2002-05-30 North York, ON	said by DKS: said by zed173: Pretty sure no one was asking for your sympathy. I'm sure most of us are aware rural areas don't always have high speed (where my mom lives she didn't until last year). That being said, I fail to see what got your panties in a bunch over some guy asking how to temporarily get some form of Internet access at all (note he did ask for dial up OR highspeed). No one absolutely needs internet for ten days. Internet is a convenience, not a mandatory service. Sorry you and the OP don't get that. Lots of people see it as "needed". Tell a teen they will not have the internet for 10 days! End of the world! -- The irony of common sense, it is not that common. I cannot deny anything I did not say. A kitten dies every time someone uses "then" and "than" incorrectly. I mock people who give their children odd spelling of names.
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MichelR join:2011-07-03 Ottawa, ON Reviews: ·Start Communicat.. ·voip.ms ·Rogers Hi-Speed	reply to AVD said by AVD: all you need is a cup, retrieve one from the garbage when no one is looking. I'm just too honest to do something like that.
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an0nym0us @acanac.net	reply to donoreo Lots of people see it as "needed". Tell a teen they will not have the internet for 10 days! End of the world! Some _adults_ said the world would end on december 21 2012, and we are still here arguing. You might kill two birds with one stone if you go talk to your neighbours.
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Guspaz Guspaz Premium,MVM join:2001-11-05 Montreal, QC kudos:20	reply to IIgs 295.ca is the cheapest you'll find for dialup. Some cell carriers have USB sticks as low as $75, but the two that come to mind are Fido (which no longer offers that model, only a $200 LTE hotspot), and Videotron (who probably doesn't service the area you're visiting). If you just need basic use, dialup is probably your most affordable bet. -- Developer: Tomato/MLPPP, Linux/MLPPP, etc »fixppp.org
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DKS Damn Kidney Stones Premium,ExMod 2002 join:2001-03-22 Owen Sound, ON kudos:2 Reviews: ·Bell Sympatico	reply to donoreo said by donoreo: Lots of people see it as "needed". Tell a teen they will not have the internet for 10 days! End of the world! Just because people (including teens) see it that way doesn't mean that it is reality. -- Need-based health care not greed-based health care.
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