 Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Joanne Mountainsun, this is always the risk - I got a summer job in France when I was out of work during a recession, am still here. Oops.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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resurrecting this thread as it looks like the flat owner I'm renting pour la saison hasn't heard that internet is as important as electricity and water...so although I pooh-poohed the idea of a usb stick earlier that is probably what I am stuck with apart from tromping across to the cafe..
My local CPW is offering a USB stick on a pre-pay basis, which sounds like a goodun. Anyone know whether the French networks offer something similar and at a realistic tariff (i'm currently seeming to use 5gb a month) - there's a cle 3g offer on the orange website which might work. Not sure I like the idea of paying 25 euros for 6 hours however - I can easily spend too long on here. Perhaps going skiing will reduce my internet addiction..
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bertie bassett, I don't know the specifics, but my colleagues were using Orange last season and again this coming season - they think it works very well even when travelling around the Alps, so it may be worth investigating
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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As an aside, I work for a major global company whose French nerve centre is in Montpellier. Do you think it would be feasible to do the journey from there to the Alps on a once-a-week, staying overnight, working two days and driving back basis? I smell the sweet scent of summers in Languedoc and winters in Savoie....
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FastEddie,
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I smell the sweet scent of summers in Languedoc and winters in Savoie....
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Dunno but I'd of thought the Alpes Maritimes or Haute Alpes would be closer than the Savoie.
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| achilles wrote: |
| david@mediacopy, what I mainly interested in is transferring large 3D CAD files. I don't think Logmein would meet my full needs - but it looks like it may answer some, and I shall check it out further, thanks for the link. |
If it's file transfer you need, something like www.yousendit.com seems to work well - a number of my clients are happy to use it even for confidential stuff
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| achilles wrote: |
| david@mediacopy, what I mainly interested in is transferring large 3D CAD files. I don't think Logmein would meet my full needs - but it looks like it may answer some, and I shall check it out further, thanks for the link. |
If it's file transfer you need, something like www.yousendit.com seems to work well - a number of my clients are happy to use it even for confidential stuff
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| FastEddie wrote: |
| As an aside, I work for a major global company whose French nerve centre is in Montpellier. Do you think it would be feasible to do the journey from there to the Alps on a once-a-week, staying overnight, working two days and driving back basis? I smell the sweet scent of summers in Languedoc and winters in Savoie.... |
Yes, it is feasible. About 6 hours one way I would think. Unbearably hot in the summer, most Brits would combust if they spent too long in the region. 
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