Well, my daughter left for Japan 4 days ago, and has yet to find an open wireless internet connection. The place where she is staying advertised free WiFi connections, but for some reason she is having trouble connecting. So for all our careful planning and plotting-- downloading and testing Skype, creating blogs in which we update each other-- we are reduced to communicating the old-fashioned way: by telephone. I supplied her with an international calling card before she left, hoping it would only have to be used in emergencies. Her cell phone is too old to accept the sim card that makes it work overseas, so we have to rely on land lines.
The upshot of all this technology disappointment is that I have only been able to talk to her for a couple of minutes, and unless she can get hooked to the internet, the fun blog she created for her Japan postings will go unused. All this tech stuff can be great, but equally as frustrating at times.
11.04.2007
Japan and the Search for an Open Wireless Network
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Oh, that is too bad! I was able to connect to the internet using my laptop in Japan, but only in a couple hotel lobbies which catered to travelers - and in most cases you needed to ask them for a password. I wonder if there are any websites that you could find that might have tips?
The guesthouse she is staying at advertised free WiFi on their website, but for some reason it is not working. She managed to borrow a cell phone yesterday and send me an email that way. She is going to try to find an internet cafe with free wireless.
Thanks for the tip about the password. Maybe that is the problem- she is getting "secure network" errors when she tries to connect. We may have to resort to old-fashioned snail mail (say it isn't so!)
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