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Author: Subject: wireless isp in spain

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  posted on 19/5/03 at 02:24

I'm interested in get conected to the Internet via WiFi.
I would like to know if WiFi access is available from any wireless ISP in Spain.
Is there any operator involved in providing WiFi access?
thanks for any information,

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  posted on 5/11/05 at 07:09
quote:
I'm interested in get conected to the Internet via WiFi.
I would like to know if WiFi access is available from any wireless ISP in Spain.
Is there any operator involved in providing WiFi access?
thanks for any information,


Hi,

You MUST be jocking, WIFI in Spain!!!!!, ... HA ... I travel around all the time in Spain and it is very very hard to find wifi setups (which work); take for instance Malaga airport, one would expect having wifi in the airport right, , WRONG!, no wifi for public usage... and this is so in a lot of airports around Spain...
I bought myself a loptop wifi incorporated but was unable to use it in most of the places, and the places where I could use it, they charges so much money that it was not worth it ....

So, I switched again over to dialup and GPRS when I am travelling in Spain and limit my use just to download and send emails, all other internet stuff I do when I have broadband.
I use providers like gonuts4free tiscali.es and spansurf which are more than sufficient in order to send/receive when I am on the road.

The problem is I think is that these companies like Telefonica etc who control wifi mean good but the technology is not really there...

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  posted on 8/10/06 at 05:06
Same experience here last week ( 10/06) - very patchy coverage.

Hotel chain SolMelia are first rate. The Parador hotel chain is OK, but dear, and only if you have a Windows box - my Linux laptop wouldn't work.

The big disappointment was Fon - which is an excellent sharing network originating from Spain. I've signed up for it, but outside the cities takeup seems very poor, and in the region I was in, only one ap existed in a 20 sq mile area - and on the day I needed it that wasn't working!

So, best if you can just survive with the free internet access at Spanish public libraries!!

Cheers

Mel

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