I shall be returning to Melbourne for a few months in October.
While there I will be requiring Internet.

I have accomodation but I am less inclined in getting a land-line because of the shortness of my stay. My cell suffices for local, and skype works for international-calls.

Are there any options or choices available for this hapless traveller?

Is wireless hotspots what you are looking for?

Here is a list for the CBD:

http://www.onlymelbourne.com.au/melbourne_details.php?id=10425

Or talk to the mobile phone companies like Vodafone, Telstra Clear, etc. They sell you Wodems, you plug them in and you are on line. I have googled and found a lot of options.

Thank you Sissi.
This will come in very useful.

Hi Ray

If you have wifi support on yr laptop then you can find many hotspots around Melbourne. If you let me know your location I can refer you to closest spots.
Alternatively you can get the wireless internet modems as mentioned before in the forum reply and the local carriers have pre-paid wireless internet available.

Hope that helps

Eggboy

Cool Man.

I will be living in Williamstown.
Are there any hot-spots there?

Thanks Mister.

"Willi" is not on my side of town but as I am in the "industry" I can ask my colleagues an get back to you. No rush i assume...By the way its a fantastic area of greater Melbourne and a good time of year to be there.

I'll be there on the 14TH of October so no rush Man.

I actually own a flat that I shall live in for the time I am there.
I really do not want to get a land line in for the month I am there.

I'll be renting the place out once I am gone.

R

On the list I have given you a link for earlier is a spot in Williamstown, just check it out:

Quest Williamstown North 115 Kororoit Creek Rd, Williamstown North 3016

I have Sissi.
The quest is Holiday apartments.

I doubt if they let me in their lobby to work my lap-top.
But the city list will be very helpful thank you.

Most times it also works outside - just hide behind a bush ;-)

Bushes?...in Williamstown...no such thing :o)

It is a lovely fishing and touristy village but bushes in the main-street, Ferguson Street, are as rare as honest politicians :o)

Perhaps a palm tree with a big trunk?

Nope!no trees either...best thing would be hiding behind a store dummy, in the shop-window at "Kamikaze" a ladies fashion-store, opposite the establishment.

My feeling is I may not be a welcome there either!
Not that I ever did anything to cause me to be banned!
However lurking with my lap-top up my jumper might be unacceptable to the, obviously, discerning ladies! :o)

And the ladies are not interesting enough, so you could flirt with them or befriend them? ;-)

I could... but I only want Internet.
Relationships do not work when one is only there for a month or so.

Flirting is much more fun in private...well at least not in a shop-window:o)

After reading your homepage I understand your way of thinking better and see that it would be too primitive to flirt with shopkeepers for the sake of replacing non-existing bushes and palm-trees ;-)

Thank you.
As a means to am end, flirting, is not the safest way of avoiding complications :o)

Or you could do the laptop busker thingy Ray :o)

Put your hat out on the street for the coins and freeze when anyone's looking....then when they turn away, merrily tap on your keyboard.

I don't think so Ann...I'm not the busker type! :o)

You could always try unwired, but I found they didnt work in Albert park, so dont know what they are like in Willi. Could have been my house in Albert park - had crappy mobile reception anyway.

A lot of the CBD cafe's have free wifi internet if you are happy to take a trip into the city. You could also ask around the cafe's in Willi if they have wifi. I am sure you will be fine.

That is what I use Sue: Wireless.

Problem is that to get a land line for a few months is more trouble than its worth.

I'm sure you are right Eggboy.