On 16/05/2016 19:42, Offramp wrote:
I really thought Eurostar would have free wifi by now. Perhaps the newer trains do.

It is odd. On the English side the coffee shops and pubs have free wifi everywhere.
That stops at Eurostar, and free wifi is very rare in France.

Is it really "very rare" in France? I'm not so sure of that.

Under French law you do have to register, but I don't think this needs
to involve more than providing an email address.

Major stations have free wifi provided by SNCF.

On 17/05/2016 18:19, Mizter T wrote:

On 16/05/2016 19:42, Offramp wrote:
I really thought Eurostar would have free wifi by now. Perhaps the
newer trains do.

It is odd. On the English side the coffee shops and pubs have free
wifi everywhere.
That stops at Eurostar, and free wifi is very rare in France.

Is it really "very rare" in France? I'm not so sure of that.

Based on a week's holiday a couple of weeks ago, I would say wifi in
France is much rarer than in Romania and somewhat rarer than in the UK,
but rather more common than in Germany. One issue is that it is often
password-protected, which can cause language issues asking for it.

Croatia has a good system where cafes print the password on your receipt
(which comes with the order, rather than at the end).

France is not good at having obvious names for wifi, which often seem to
be things like pqr1234_94 rather than cafe_rene_free_wifi or
seaview_hotel_guest or whatever.

Something called Free Wifi (or similar) seemed to crop up everywhere,
but I couldn't work out how to create an account - the registration
button didn't work.

Under French law you do have to register, but I don't think this needs
to involve more than providing an email address.

I wonder how much traffic gets through in a day?

Major stations have free wifi provided by SNCF.

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Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK

On Tue, 17 May 2016 18:43:37 +0100, Arthur Figgis
wrote:

Is it really "very rare" in France? I'm not so sure of that.

Based on a week's holiday a couple of weeks ago, I would say wifi in
France is much rarer than in Romania and somewhat rarer than in the UK,
but rather more common than in Germany. One issue is that it is often
password-protected, which can cause language issues asking for it.

Free wifi my become more widespread in Germany:
http://gizmodo.com/a-rule-change-in-...ree-1776731037

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jhk

On 17/05/2016 20:33, Jarle Hammen Knudsen wrote:
On Tue, 17 May 2016 18:43:37 +0100, Arthur Figgis
wrote:

Is it really "very rare" in France? I'm not so sure of that.

Based on a week's holiday a couple of weeks ago, I would say wifi in
France is much rarer than in Romania and somewhat rarer than in the UK,
but rather more common than in Germany. One issue is that it is often
password-protected, which can cause language issues asking for it.

Free wifi my become more widespread in Germany:
http://gizmodo.com/a-rule-change-in-...ree-1776731037

Hurrah!

prepares for next trip by bookmarking Gross Eins Monatlich website and
listing elderly Paraguayan relative's old uniform collection on eBay

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Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK

So I won't need my dongle on the Dangelbahn?