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Need advice on traveling and working - tech-deficient


Posted: Mar 19, 2013

Need advise on staying in a motel and working on an account that requires unlimited long distance and a C-phone. Also, is it safe to hook up to a motel internet system? I need all the advice I can get.

I have used Hotel Wi Fi before with no problems - Happy MT Robin

[ In Reply To ..]
I used to work the graveyard shift at a hotel and I'd bring my laptop and foot pedal with me and get a couple of hours of work in between finishing the hotel work and the guests waking up. It was never a problem and as long as your laptop has good security on it you shouldn't have any problems.

I can't help you with the long distance and the C phone, though.


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