Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 09:14:44 +0200 (CEST) From: "Marco Molteni" <molter@tin.it> To: Nathan Dorfman <nathan@rtfm.net> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: european internet access? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9906160857470.842-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <19990615222121.A46042@rtfm.net>
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Hi Nathan,
On Tue, 15 Jun 1999, Nathan Dorfman wrote:
[..]
> Is regular dial-up PPP used in Italy as well? If so, where can I find some
> kind of adapter to plug the phone line into my modem (RJ11)? If not, how
> else can I get online, and what kind of hardware do I need to buy? And of
> course, contact info for service providers around there would help as well.
Sure, we use PPP in Italy (and ISDN too) ;-)
New telephones come with a plug into which you can insert a rj11 plug, ie:
telephone box -- rj11 plug -- cable -- rj11 plug -- telephone plug -- wall socket
^
so you insert your plug here------------------------|
if you'll have an old telephone, I think you can find an adapter in a
normal shop who sells electricity appliances (aargh my english, I hope you
understand ;-)
Regarding ISP, maybe your best bet is to find a free 1-month subscription,
which are pretty common in computer magazines (try "PC professionale")
National-wide ISP (connection speed ugly at night) are TIN
(www.tin.it), Tiscali (maybe www.tiscalinet.it or similar), Infostrada
(www.infostrada.it)
Or, you can find a local to Santa Marinella ISP, by looking in the italian Yellow
Pages ("Pagine Gialle", www.paginegialle.it) under "internet".
> Internet Cafes that let you plug into the ethernet instead of using their
> pre-setup lose98/MSIE boxen would be great as well.
mmh, don't know about it. You'll have to try.
Enjoy your stay in our sunny Italy
Marco
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