Re: Laptop Question from Cornwall....
From: John (H.Hushup_at_btinternet.com)
Date: 09/29/05
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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 19:01:33 +0000 (UTC)
Thanks for a most helpfull reply !!
John
"Unruh" <unruh-spam@physics.ubc.ca> wrote in message
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> "Hushup" <H.Hushup@btinternet.com> writes:
>
>>Here is a basic's question from a 60 year old beginner in the world of
>>Computer Wizardry......!!!! Right ... read on....
>>If I get a laptop will I be able send and receive emails using the same
>>email setting as I use on my home PC ? I, using Broadband from BT ....
>
> Maybe. It depends on whom you connect to. Wireless ISPs are in general
> different from broadband isps.
>
>>And this "Mobile Centrino Technology " thingy... I assume that this
>>depends
>>on being near wireless link up loop or something... ?
>
> Yes, and each wireless access point (AP ) is owned by some company.
>
> Now I do not know how you read your email at home. If you do it through
> some web interface then you will probably be able to the same thing from
> the wireless--just connect your web browser to the www address from which
> you access your email. If your system uses pop or something like that,
> things may be more difficult.
>
>>What happens when there is no link - do I merely plug it into the phone
>>line
>>?
>
> That depends on what you have. If your system has a modem, then yes, you
> can use that modem to make a connection to your provider. Of course it may
> cost you long distance charges to make the connection ( eg if you are in
> Ulan Bantor, they may be rather steep), while wireless charges can be much
> cheaper ( pounds per hour rather than per minute or second). But is is not
> the same as the wireless connection. Different connection procedure.
>
>>Sorry to seem so dim - but at least when I ask a question on a newsgroup
>>I
>>dont have to face a young showroom assistant who looks at me as though I
>>should be in an old people home !!!
>>Thank you for listening - or reading whatever you want to call it....
>
> No problem. And here if someone does go into a rant about your questions
> you can just ignore them and go onto the next person who may be more
> helpful. With sales people turning your back on them is rude. Just
> ignoring
> a rant here is not.
>
>
>
>>John in Cornwall !
>
>
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