Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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or shipped back via Federal Express for an
additional fee. F or more information call
&
877/TRI-PTEL
(877/874-7835) or
log on to www.triptel.com.
offer fr ee high-speed Wi-Fi access or
charge a small fee for usage. Wi-Fi is even
found in campgr ounds, R V par ks, and
even entire towns. Most laptops sold today
have built-in wir eless capability . To find
public Wi-Fi hotspots at your destination,
go to
www.jiwire.com
; its Hotspot Finder
holds the world's largest directory of pub-
lic wireless hotspots.
For dial-up access, most business-class
hotels in the U.S. offer datapor ts for lap-
top modems, and a few thousand hotels in
the U.S. and E urope now offer fr ee high-
speed Internet access.
Wherever y ou go, bring a
connection
kit
of the right power and phone adapters,
a spare phone cor d, and a spar e Ethernet
network cable—or find out whether y our
hotel supplies them to guests.
For information on electrical curr ency
conversions, see “E lectricity,” in the “F ast
Facts: Los Angeles” section of the chapter
12.
INTERNET/E-MAIL
Without Your Own
Computer
To find cyber cafes in y our destination
check
www.cybercaptive.com
and
www.
cybercafe.com
.
Most major airpor ts hav e
Internet
kiosks
that provide basic Web access for a
per-minute fee that 's usually higher than
cybercafe prices. Check out copy shops
like
Kinko's
(FedEx Kinkos), which offers
computer stations with fully loaded soft-
ware (as well as Wi-Fi).
With Your Own Computer
More and mor e hotels, r esorts, airpor ts,
cafes, and r etailers are going Wi-Fi (wire-
less fidelity), becoming “hotspots
” that
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