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I'll find th e scrabble board and leave face book scrabbling at home  lol

I am curious (and not slating your choice) but can I ask what you need the internet for whilst on a camping/caravanning holiday? If it's sports results/news then wouldn't a radio be cheaper for you? Perhaps you are an avid ebayer and need to keep up to date - I dunno. Not being overly nosey I hope!

Then again, I never understand the freeview/sky discussions that go on, but as has been said each to their own

Like I say I am not berating your choice at all. I work with computers all day and can't wait to get away from the things lol

I'm on laptop all day but make myself leave it behind. The first few days I'm finger twitchy but gradually relax into a holiday without it. Mind you, my mobile has wlan  lol.

But yes, it does come down to a personal choice, do whatever makes your camping holiday a happy one  : )

Alison

>>>   am curious (and not slating your choice) but can I ask what you need the internet for whilst on a camping/caravanning holiday? <<<

We are planning to be away a month at a time. Having the Pocketsurfer 2 and it being more or less free on the Orange network, we want to be able to keep in touch with the family through the email service. But that only at times that suit us, and not at times that suit others, IE with a phone service.

We also want to be able to check the weather forecasts and if it is going to be wet where we are and it is forecast to be dry elsewhere, we want to be able to search for suitable campsites and then head there as and when it suits us.

The pocketsurfer, by its very size, takes up no room at all and is ideal for internet information. However, it is not a laptop and you cannot play games on it, watch telly or use it for anything else but what it is built for. Indeed we leave our Laptop at home, far prefering, as Cathymac says, to go for walks with the dog to pouring over a computer all evening.

10 years from now, and perhaps sooner, Mobile Broadband will be the norm and the Internet will have sections aimed at those who use it that way.

In America there are folks who tour in Campervans for a year or more and they will push this technology forward. We will reap the benefits eventually.