OT: internet access while traveling Options

[Qarl]

Since I live by broadband at home and the office, I have no need for a dialup account here locally.

However, when I travel and take the laptop, sometimes I need to be able to connect to the net via dialup. My broadband is through my local cable company and through my business phone company, so my current accounts to offer dialup.

For those that travel, what do you do to connect while on the road?

I've kept an AOL account for a couple of years because I can pretty much get a dialup number in any city/state, but it's not worth it for the price. Plus it's slow.

Many hotels now have high-speed in the rooms or in the lobby, but for those that don't... what's the best (least expensive) way?

Thanks!

[campbellcj]

I usually just dial-in to the RAS modem hanging off an 800 number at my office. That way I can access Internet stuff and also work files w/o having to deal with a VPN connection thru a dial-up ISP.

On my last biz trip, my hotel as well as the airport had broadband/wifi. That was pretty cool...it was the first time I have had high-speed access from the airport bar (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer3.gif)

I also have a bluetooth PC card in the laptop, and an iPaq, which can both connect to the AT&T GPRS data network thru my cell phone. That is very expensive bandwidth but also comes in handy in a pinch. Like when you're at an airport bar that doesn't have 802.11 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chowtime.gif)