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Internet cafes in Avoriaz
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Hi, anyone know if there are any Internet cafes or access in Avoriaz. I might need to remote into my work PC for a couple of hours while I'm there in a weeks time, and I don't really want to have to take my laptop with me.

Cheers snowHead
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Not helpful, but do such things still exist?
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I'm sure there will be plenty of places with WiFi, but the chances of finding anywhere offering computers would be pretty remote these days.

I have to say that I wouldn't use any public computer for anything to do with work, and I wouldn't use any public WiFi with my own laptop without a VPN connection.
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In Les Saisies (a one-horse dorp) the Tourist Office offers both computers with internet access and very comfortable desks with power points where you can plug in your own. Charges are reasonable. Surely Avoriaz would have something similar?
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I have to say that I wouldn't use any public computer for anything to do with work....

I have to say I wouldn't be doing anything to do with work while I was on holiday. Do you really have to rolling eyes ?? Can you seriously not completely forget work for a week? Are you honestly so indispensable?

Last winter we were in a chalet where city types seemingly had some kind of competition to see who could make the most work phone calls, send the most emails or bang on about their high-powered jobs the most. And it was always in the lounge area, in some form of attention-grabbing display, usually as we were assembling before dinner. ("Tell Simone that I'll set up a conference call and we can discuss whether I can approve her day's holiday request for next Friday then....").

Each to their own I know - but just so very very odd in my book.

I tried to get through the week without even mentioning work....but was finally pinned down to think and speak about it (aaagh!) for all of two minutes....
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@PowderAdict, I agree, in the days of wifi it seems like the Internet cafe has died out a bit.

With regards to security, when I connect through, if the work connection isn't happy that it's secure enough then it won't let me connect at all.

mountainaddict wrote:
Can you seriously not completely forget work for a week? Are you honestly so indispensable?.


I wish!!! I'm generally very happy to forget all about work!
It's hard to explain but we have a big campaign going live, and it's while it's all been handed over to a junior member of the team and set up done, it's hard to know whether it's going to run fine until we get live data. I was just going to log on and check (and probably change) the files to make sure everything runs fine on the Monday morning so that the poor guy doesn't get in a panic (and potentially told off) if things don't run to plan. Essentially I was just trying to be nice!

Blush Blush

The likelihood is that I won't be able to log on and he'll just have to think on his feet but I thought I'd try.

Thanks @pam w, nice idea!
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The orange tent outside Chez Flo has pretty good free Wifi if you take a tablet, not sure if it's good enough for a remote session though (if you can even do one on a tablet).
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 After all it is free Go on u know u want to!
After all it is free Go on u know u want to!

just back from Avoriaz and it has very limited internet. Most chalets have very slow and intermittent wifi, and a couple of bars do offer limited guest wifi

Surely if its needed and for work then work should just cough up for data roaming on your works phone
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Perhaps take a cheap ~£50, 3G/4G 11" web tablet with an add-on mini USB keyboard? You can get a Remote Desktop client app for the Android o/s.

When I was there last April, the Falaise apartments had wifi throughout (as presumably all P&V apts now do), but with hundreds of folk trying to use it all at the same time, it wasn't usable. I had to go down to http://www.cafelefantastic.com in order to get a wifi connection and decent Internet access.
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There is free wifi in the underground arcade at the Place des Dromonts, so you can surf while you are sitting in the laundry pretending to do your washing.
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I have to say I wouldn't be doing anything to do with work while I was on holiday.


This. Nobody at work now knows my personal mobile number and, after them taking the wee wee, I've stopped looking at work emails when I'm not at work. If I'm supposed to be on call organise it properly and pay me more otherwise stuff it.
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swiftoid,
A man from my own heart! Like you, (when I was working) I didn't give anyone at work my personal mobile number... I used to get enough calls on the work mobile, without them having access to another phone while I was away on holiday!

I did work with folk who took their Blackberry on hol though, so they could check emails. They reckoned it was less stressful than coming back to a full inbox after a week off. However, my preference was to cleanse my mind of work, forget about it for a week and just face the deluge when I got back.

Handy Turnip, Good of you to think of those less fortunate than you and to try & help out! Toofy Grin I hope you aren't setting a precedent for future trips though... Shocked
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