Posted in London, Mobile Internet on Oct 22nd, 2008
Once again we’re in London, and again plagued with connectivity issues. Dear readers, never use the UK 3’s 3G (dis)service; it’s unequivocally shit! An Eifel tower is planted right next to us, marred with comm. stuff and yet there’s limited/no service!? And the guys in the 3 stores have zero technical knowledge—my grandma would be [...]
Posted in Lofoten Islands, Mobile Internet, Norway on Aug 2nd, 2008
Our satellite antenna is no good to us up here. Being so far north it is practically pointing into the ground when aligned, and in those places where a power hook-up is available for running it we are typically hemmed in by other campers and a mountain or two. So we rely on the free [...]
Posted in England, Mobile Internet, UK on Jun 18th, 2008
Following weeks of almost nil cyber-ness, we have satellite internet connection! And it’s been one hell of a battle to arrive at this point. Naively, we hoped that the 3G network might help us stay connected with the world; however, it turns out that Three’s 3G coverage and their technical support just don’t cut it. [...]
Posted in England, London, Mobile Internet, UK on Apr 30th, 2008
We ended up staying in London for just under two weeks and in that time managed to take in precisely zero famous landmarks. Unless driving past Buckingham palace in a taxi at 2am counts. And of course one can’t avoid eyeballing the ridiculously large Ferris wheel on the skyline. But hey, we were on a [...]