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Off the Continent but Still Online

Here's how to set up your laptop for Internet connectivity when you travel overseas.

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Whether it's springtime in Sicily or Tuesday in Tokyo, there are a few things you can take for granted whenever you travel overseas. You won't be able to get your hometown paper delivered. Everything will be measured in metric units. Police sirens will sound downright alien. And you'll have no easy way to connect to the Internet--unless you read this article.

I can't do anything to help alleviate your culture shock when you travel abroad, but I can help you outfit your notebook so that no matter where you go, you'll be able to hop online in a matter of minutes to check your e-mail, your stocks, or your travel reservations for the trip home.

It takes a little bit of planning (and a little bit of spending), but staying connected overseas isn't as hard as you might think. I recently took a working vacation in Karlsruhe, a small city in Germany, with notebook in hand and a determination to check my e-mail every day. Although my experience was in Germany, the problems I encountered will crop up in any country off the North American continent, and the same solutions will apply.

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