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List of Passwords for the MiFi mobile phone operators

David99 — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 10:29:04 +0000

The list of passwords from this link for using the MiFi, as of 14 March 2011:

Operator: – Optus
GPRS APN: – internet
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 202.139.83.3, 192.65.91.129

Operator: – Telstra
GPRS APN: – telstra.internet
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 139.130.4.4, 203.50.170.2

Operator: – Three
GPRS APN: – 3netaccess
Username: – a
Password: – a
DNS: – 202.124.68.130, 202.124.76.66

Operator: – Vodafone
GPRS APN: – vfinternet.au
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 192.189.54.33, 210.80.58.3

Austria - {Back To Top}

Operator: – Connect Austria
GPRS APN: – web.one.at
Username: – {user specific}
Password: – {user specific}
DNS: – 194.24.128.100, 194.24.128.102

Operator: – Max Online
GPRS APN: – gprsinternet
Username: – GPRS
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 213.162.64.1, 213.162.64.2

Operator: – Max Online Business
GPRS APN: – business.gprsinternet
Username: – GPRS
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 213.162.64.1, 213.162.64.2

Operator: – Max Online Metro
GPRS APN: – gprsmetro
Username: – GPRS
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 213.162.64.1, 213.162.64.2

Operator: – Mobilkom A1
GPRS APN: – A1.net
Username: – gprs@a1plus.at
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 194.48.124.200, 194.48.139.254

Operator: – Tele.Ring
GPRS APN: – web
Username: – web@telering.at
Password: – web
DNS: – 212.95.31.11, 212.95.31.35

Belgium - {Back To Top}

Operator: – Mobistar
GPRS APN: – web.pro.be
Username: – mobistar
Password: – mobistar
DNS: – 212.65.63.10, 212.65.63.145

Operator: – Proximus
GPRS APN: – internet.proximus.be
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 195.238.2.21, 195.238.2.22

Canada - {Back To Top}

Operator: – Microcell
GPRS APN: – internet.fido.ca
Username: – fido
Password: – fido
DNS: – 204.92.15.211

China - {Back To Top}

Operator: – China Mobile (GPRS Settings)
GPRS APN: – cmwap
Username: – (blank)
Password: – (blank)
DNS: – 1.0.0.172

Operator: – China Mobile (MMS Settings)
MMSC: – http://mmsc.monternet.com
Proxy: – 1.0.0.172
MMS Protocol: – WAP 2.0
MCC: – 460
MNC: – 00
APN Type: – mms

Czech Republic - {Back To Top}

Operator: – Cesky Mobil (contract)
GPRS APN: – internet
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 212.67.64.2

Operator: – Cesky Mobil (prepaid)
GPRS APN: – cinternet
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 212.67.64.2

Operator: – Eurotel (contract)
GPRS APN: – internet
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 160.218.10.200, 160.218.43.200

Operator: – Eurotel Go
GPRS APN: – gointernet
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 160.218.10.201, 194.228.2.1

Operator: – Oscar (contract)
GPRS APN: – internet
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 217.77.161.130, 217.77.161.131

Operator: – Oscar (Oskarta)
GPRS APN: – ointernet
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 217.77.161.130, 217.77.161.131

Operator: – T-Mobile
GPRS APN: – internet.t-mobile.cz
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 62.141.0.1, 62.141.0.2

Denmark - {Back To Top}

Operator: – TDC
GPRS APN: – internet
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 193.162.146.9, 193.162.153.31

Operator: – Sonofon
GPRS APN: – {blank}
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 212.88.64.14, 212.88.64.15

Operator: – Orange DK
GPRS APN: – web.orange.dk
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 212.97.206.131, 212.97.206.161

Estonia - {Back To Top}

Operator: – EMT
GPRS APN: – internet.emt.ee
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 217.71.33.200, 217.71.32.20

Finland - {Back To Top}

Operator: – Dna
GPRS APN: – internet
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 217.78.192.78, 217.78.192.22

Operator: – Radiolinja
GPRS APN: – internet
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 213.161.33.200, 193.185.210.10

Operator: – Sonera
GPRS APN: – internet
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 192.89.123.230, 192.89.123.231

France - {Back To Top}

Operator: – Bouygues
GPRS APN: – ebouygtel.com
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 62.201.129.99, 62.201.159.99

Operator: – Bouygues (B2Bouygtel)
GPRS APN: – b2bouygtel.com
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 62.201.129.99

Operator: – SFR
GPRS APN: – websfr
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 172.20.2.10, 194.6.128.4

Operator: – Orange
GPRS APN: – orange.fr
Username: – orange
Password: – orange
DNS: – 194.051.003.056, 194.051.003.076

Germany - {Back To Top}

Operator: – D2 Vodafone
GPRS APN: – web.vodafone.de
Username: – {any}
Password: – {any}
DNS: – 139.7.30.125, 139.7.30.126

Operator: – E-Plus
GPRS APN: – internet.eplus.de
Username: – eplus
Password: – gprs
DNS: – 212.023.97.2, 212.23.97.3

Operator: – D1 T-Mobile
GPRS APN: – internet.t-d1.de
Username: – td1
Password: – gprs
DNS: – 193.254.160.1

Operator: – O2 (Viag Interkom)
GPRS APN: – internet
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 195.182.096.28, 195.182.96.61

Greece - {Back To Top}

Operator: – Telestet
GPRS APN: – gnet.b-online.gr
Username: – {your phone number}
Password: – 24680
DNS: – 212.152.79.19, 212.152.79.20

Operator: – Vodafone GR
GPRS APN: – internet.vodafone.gr
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 213.249.17.10, 213.249.17.11

Operator: – Cosmote
GPRS APN: – internet
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 195.167.065.194

Hongkong - {Back To Top}

Operator: – CSL
GPRS APN: – hkcsl or internet
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 202.84.255.1, 203.116.254.150

Operator: – SmarTone
GPRS APN: – internet
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 202.140.96.51, 202.140.96.52

Hungary - {Back To Top}

Operator: – Pannon (contract)
GPRS APN: – net
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 193.225.155.254, 194.149.0.157

Operator: – Pannon (flat rate)
GPRS APN: – netx
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 193.225.155.254, 194.149.0.157

Operator: – Vodafone (prepaid)
GPRS APN: – vitamax.snet.internet.net
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 80.244.97.30, 80.244.96.1

Operator: – Vodafone (contract)
GPRS APN: – standardnet.vodafone.hu
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 80.244.97.30, 80.244.96.1

Operator: – Westel (contract)
GPRS APN: – internet
Username: – {user specific}
Password: – {user specific}
DNS: – 194.176.224.3, 194.176.224.1

India - {Back To Top}

Operator: – BPL
GPRS APN: – bplgprs.com
Username: – bplmobile
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 202.169.145.34, 202.169.129.40

Operator: – Orange
GPRS APN: – portalnmms
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 10.11.206.51, 10.11.206.50

Indonesia - {Back To Top}

Operator: – Indosat
GPRS APN: – satelindogprs.com
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 202.152.162.66, 202.152.162.67

Ireland - {Back To Top}

Operator: – O2 (contract)
GPRS APN: – open.internet
Username: – gprs
Password: – gprs
DNS: – 62.40.32.33, 62.40.32.34

Operator: – O2 (prepaid)
GPRS APN: – pp.internet
Username: – gprs
Password: – gprs
DNS: – 62.40.32.33, 62.40.32.34

Israel - {Back To Top}

Operator: – MTC-Vodafone
GPRS APN: – apn01
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 10.10.10.30

Italy - {Back To Top}

Operator: – BLU Contratto
GPRS APN: – INTERNET
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 212.17.192.49, 212.17.192.49

Operator: – BLU Prepagata
GPRS APN: – PINTERNET
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 212.17.192.49, 212.17.192.49

Operator: – Vodafone Omnitel
GPRS APN: – web.omnitel.it
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 194.185.97.134

Operator: – TIM
GPRS APN: – uni.tim.it
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 213.230.155.94, 213.230.130.222

Operator: – Wind
GPRS APN: – internet.wind
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 212.245.255.2

Lithuania - {Back To Top}

Operator: – Bite GSM
GPRS APN: – banga
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 213.226.131.131, 193.219.32.13

Operator: – Omnitel Lithuania
GPRS APN: – gprs.omnitel.net
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 194.176.32.129, 195.22.175.1

Luxembourg - {Back To Top}

Operator: – LUXGSM
GPRS APN: – web.pt.lu
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 194.154.192.101, 194.154.192.102

Netherlands - {Back To Top}

Operator: – KPN Mobile
GPRS APN: – internet
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 62.133.126.28, 62.133.126.29

Operator: – T-Mobile
GPRS APN: – internet
Username: – t-mobile
Password: – t-mobile
DNS: – 193.79.237.39, 193.79.242.39

Malaysia - {Back To Top}

Operator: – DIGI
GPRS APN: – diginet
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 203.92.128.131, 203.92.128.132

Operator: – Maxis
GPRS APN: – internet.gprs.maxis
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 202.75.129.101, 10.216.4.21

Operator: – Timecel
GPRS APN: – timenet.com.my
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 203.121.16.85, 203.121.16.120

Operator: – TM Touch
GPRS APN: – internet
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 202.188.0.133

Norway - {Back To Top}

Operator: – Netcom
GPRS APN: – internet.netcom.no
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 212.45.118.43, 212.45.118.44

Poland - {Back To Top}

Operator: – ERA
GPRS APN: – erainternet
Username: – erainternet
Password: – erainternet
DNS: – 213.158.194.1

Operator: – Idea
GPRS APN: – www.idea.pl
Username: – idea
Password: – idea
DNS: – 194.9.223.79, 194.204.159.1

Operator: – Plus GSM/Polkomtel
GPRS APN: – www.plusgsm.pl
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 212.2.96.51, 212.2.96.52

Philippines - {Back To Top}

Operator: – Globe
GPRS APN: – www.globe.com.ph
Username: – globe
Password: – globe
DNS: – 203.127.225.10, 203.127.225.11

Operator: – Smart
GPRS APN: – internet
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 202.57.96.3, 202.57.96.4

Portugal - {Back To Top}

Operator: – Optimus
GPRS APN: – internet
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 194.79.69.129

Operator: – TMN
GPRS APN: – internet
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 194.65.3.20, 194.65.3.21

Operator: – Vodafone (Telcel)
GPRS APN: – internet.vodafone.pt
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 212.18.160.133, 212.18.160.134

Russia - {Back To Top}

Operator: – BeeLine
GPRS APN: – internet.beeline.ru
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 194.190.195.66, 194.190.192.34

Operator: – MTS
GPRS APN: – internet.mts.ru
Username: – mts
Password: – mts
DNS: – 213.87.0.1, 213.87.1.1

Serbia-Montenegro - {Back To Top}

Operator: – Mobtel Srbija
GPRS APN: – internet
Username: – mobtel
Password: – gprs
DNS: – 217.65.192.1

Operator: – Telekom Srbija
GPRS APN: – gprsinternet
Username: – mts
Password: – 064
DNS: – 195.178.38.3

Singapore - {Back To Top}

Operator: – M1
GPRS APN: – mobilenet
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 202.79.64.21, 202.79.64.26

Operator: – SingTel
GPRS APN: – internet
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 165.21.100.88, 165.21.83.88

Operator: – Starhub
GPRS APN: – shwapint
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 203.116.1.78, 203.116.254.150

Slovenia - {Back To Top}

Operator: – Mobitel
GPRS APN: – internet
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 193.189.160.11, 193.189.160.12

Operator: – Si.mobil
GPRS APN: – internet.si.mobil
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 80.95.225.230, 80.95.225.231

Spain - {Back To Top}

Operator: – Amena
GPRS APN: – internet
Username: – CLIENTE
Password: – AMENA
DNS: – 213.143.33.8, 213.143.32.20

Operator: – Telefonica (Movistar)
GPRS APN: – movistar.es
Username: – movistar
Password: – movistar
DNS: – 194.179.001.100, 194.179.001.101

Operator: – Vodafone (Airtel)
GPRS APN: – airtelnet.es
Username: – vodafone
Password: – vodafone
DNS: – 212.73.32.3, 212.73.32.67

Switzerland - {Back To Top}

Operator: – Orange
GPRS APN: – internet
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 213.55.128.1, 213.55.128.2

Operator: – Sunrise
GPRS APN: – internet
Username: – internet
Password: – internet
DNS: – 212.35.35.35, 212.35.35.5

Operator: – Swisscom
GPRS APN: – gprs.swisscom.ch
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 164.128.36.34, 164.128.76.39

Taiwan - {Back To Top}

Operator: – Chunghwa Telekom
GPRS APN: – emome or internet
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 10.1.1.1

Operator: – Far EasTone
GPRS APN: – fetnet01
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 210.241.199.199

Thailand - {Back To Top}

Operator: – AIS
GPRS APN: – internet
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 202.183.255.20, 202.183.255.21

Operator: – DTAC
GPRS APN: – www.dtac.co.th
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 203.155.33.1, 203.44.144.33

Turkey - {Back To Top}

Operator: – Aria
GPRS APN: – aycell
Username: – {user specific}
Password: – {user specific}
DNS: – 212.156.4.1, 212.156.4.4

Operator: – Turkcell
GPRS APN: – internet
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 212.252.168.240, 212.252.119.4

UK - {Back To Top}

Operator: – BT Mobile
GPRS APN: – btmobile.bt.com
Username: – bt
Password: – bt
Gateway IP: – 212.183.137.12

Operator: – Jersey Telecom
GPRS APN: – pepper
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 212.9.0.135, 212.9.0.135

Operator: – O2 UK (contract)
GPRS APN: – wap.o2.co.uk
Username: – o2wap
Password: – password
Gateway IP: – 193.113.200.195

Operator: – O2 UK (pre-pay)
GPRS APN: – payandgo.o2.co.uk
Username: – payandgo
Password: – password
Gateway IP: – 193.113.200.195

Operator: – Orange UK
GPRS APN: – orangeinternet
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
Gateway IP: – 192.168.71.35

Operator: – T-Mobile
GPRS APN: – general.t-mobile.uk
Username: – user
Password: – wap
Gateway IP: – 149.254.1.10

Operator: – Tesco Mobile
GPRS APN: – prepay.tesco-mobile.com
Username: – tescowap
Password: – password
Gateway IP: – 193.113.200.195

Operator: – Virgin Mobile
GPRS APN: – goto.virginmobile.uk
Username: – user
Password: – {blank}
Gateway IP: – 193.30.166.3

Operator: – Vodafone (Contract)
GPRS APN: – wap.vodafone.co.uk
Username: – wap
Password: – wap
Gateway IP: – 212.183.137.12

Operator: – Vodafone (pre-pay)
GPRS APN: – pp.vodafone.co.uk
Username: – wap
Password: – wap
Gateway IP: – 212.183.137.12

USA - {Back To Top}

Operator: – Cingular
GPRS APN: – isp.cingular
Username: – ISPDA@CINGULARGPRS.COM
Password: – CINGULAR1
DNS: – 66.209.10.201, 66.209.10.202

Operator: – T-Mobile (Internet)
GPRS APN: – internet2.voicestream.com
Username: – {blank}
Password: – {blank}
DNS: – 216.155.175.105, 216.155.175.106

The EFTA court, a little dog with a big bite

David99 — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 20:48:39 +0000

My book review for European Voice describing Carl Baudenbacher’s strategy for turning a court that handles one percent of the European Economic Community into a player with the European Court of Justice, which handles the other 99 percent. Baudenbacher is president of the EFTA Court in Luxembourg.

Read the PDF on Scibd

The National Institute of Standards and Technology Time

David99 — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:43:10 +0000

Get this clock here

A system that goes round and round

David99 — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:29:25 +0000

Take a look at the video below, which I took at a parade in Brussels in May, 2010, near the shut-down bourse. It is a whimsical mix of artists, neighbourhood people, young and old, all quite creative. It is Belgium at its best — the same Belgium that produced the Flemish artists, that fabricates the world’s best dark chocolate, and makes some of the world’s best beer. Artisans and artists, with a surrealistic bent, taking a nod to Rene Magritte and James Ensor.

As recounted in “Guns of August,” Belgium is famous for having slowed the German invasion that opened World War I. Today it is a member of NATO. But no one would mistake a country of 10 million people for a major international military power..

Most of all, it has a democracy that can seem seem strange and out of balance. However, I would argue that it is no more out of balance than the form which democracy has taken in California. The problem is that in California there is too much direct democracy; in Belgium too little. Both are damaging.

Look at the wheel below. It is an analog for what is happening right now as the feuding parties try to form a government and find themselves going round and ound.

MiFi in Belgium?

David99 — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:05:10 +0000

TWO ADOPTERS, EARLY AND LATE, LIKE NEW PORTABLE WIFI DEVICE

This is the story of an early adopter of new technology from the city and a late adopter from the country, who both wound up buying the same technology within months of each other. That technology, known as MiFi, is so new that at this writing in July, 2010, many Western European countries don’t yet sell it. It is available in the United States and Britain. Both the early and late adapters found it compelling, for reasons that will become obvious.

Matt has a small company in the San Francisco area, Taylor Street Production LLC. He literally works in green fields, creating temporary infrastructure in a very short time. His company’s crew can speedily erect a huge stage for a rock concert in Golden Gate Park, complete with speakers and video, then load the bands’ instruments in and out as acts change. In such an environment, the latest computer and electronic technology is the rule. And so it was with MiFi.

“As soon as I read about it, I ordered one – because I immediately recognized how useful it would be for me. I grabbed it early because it was such a powerful tool for my needs,” Matt said.

Matt could arrive at a site and within minutes a WiFi network existed for his key staff. It was important that this happen smoothly, because there are hassles enough attending to the hundreds of details involved in creating a music festival site in a matter of hours or days.

Before going any further, I’d best define MiFi, which is a little plastic box that converts a mobile phone signal into a WiFi signal. MiFi is the trademarked name for the device, made by Novatel Wireless of San Diego, California, trading as NVTL on the NASDAQ stock market.

The MiFi box, which measures 90 mm by 60 mm by 9 mm (3.5 inches by 2.3 inches by 0.35 inches), squeezes in a mobile phone radio, a modem, and the WiFi radio. The WiFi network can connect to several computers, just like the WiFi network you may be using now to read this piece. You can also choose to connect it by wire to your laptop. This tiny package, so simple it is operated by a single button that lights up, propelled Novatel Wireless to fame in little more than a year. More about it on Wikipedia here.

Smaller than my stapler

MiFi is starting to get competition in the United States from some Sony laptops that have the same capability built in, and from the Palm Pre and Palm Pixi smart phones. Not all reviewers are enthusiastic about the Palm, but more competitors are sure to follow .

To continue the narrative:

Peter leads a life quite different from that of Matt. Peter is a late adopter who likes to do everything himself. He lives in an isolated area more than 150 miles from San Francisco and 20 miles from the nearest town. He constructed his own house and built his own water, electric, and sewage systems. He has no mortgage, and does not like to pay utility companies or buy new technology. For years he would not get a telephone, and after relenting on that he resisted satellite TV. He and his wife had no cell phone until his mother gave them one as a gift. He said he had no need for a computer, but once his wife forced the issue and got one Peter found he did need it. He particularly loved his access to the Internet, via dial-up.

There is a price to pay for living in a beautiful piece of near-wilderness. As dial-up Internet became increasingly outdated, Peter’s wife became more and more unhappy. Her narrow Internet pipe became clogged with family pictures of weddings and new babies that she couldn’t see, nor could she easily surf company Websites, read the news or use social media. There was no easy solution. ADSL from the telephone company’s central office in town faded long before reaching them, there was no cable, and satellite Internet was pricey.

Peter juggled his priorities and paid hundreds of dollars for a microwave transmitter. When the transmitter proved too puny to reach a distant mountain that beamed the Internet, Peter decided to spend around $700 for a heavy duty microwave transmitter. New problems cropped up. A microwave dish would turn their deck into a barbecue, slowly cooking people as they admired the sun setting over the mountains. That could be solved by moving the dish, but ditches would have to be dug and a cable buried. Line of sight to the mountain could be improved if Peter cut down several 30-meter (100-foot) Douglas Fir trees. Finally, the escalating complexity and cost of high-speed Internet became so prohibitive that Peter put the project on ice, to the consternation of his wife.

At that point, someone suggested MiFi. Peter did not hesitate long, because his wife’s unhappiness spurred him to overcome his technophobia. He purchased a MiFi and found he had instant high-speed Internet – fast enough to do most things, although video was unacceptably choppy — that worked for his household, including guests.

“It’s no bigger than a deck of cards. I have no other receiver of any kind. It just works,” Peter told me.

Matt is my son. Peter is my brother. I was the one who lugged a suitcase full of wire years ago to help install the first phone in Peter’s house. And I was the bridge who told Peter about Matt’s MiFi. His wife is still grateful.

Disclosure:

Now I want one of these devices in Belgium, where I live. The phone stores don’t know what they are and they are not distributed here yet. Novatel Wireless has agreed to send me one to review. I will be responsible for all subscription fees to the phone company. I will let you know if the GSM Europe version works as well here as the CDMA version works in the U.S.

Addendum, August: OK, I’ve gotten a MiFi. It was easy to configure for WiFi. But I had trouble with the direct connection. It turned out the culprit was not the box, but the local mobile phone company, Proximus. I needed the proximus password, which turned out to be internet.proximus.be. For a complete list see here. (In case that link is broken I’ve put a post on this blog). After that, it was all easy.

Addendum 2, September: OK, I am adding this at the Brussels airport. It has enough power in WiFi mode to run a video of Peaches singing “Talk to Me” while I am writing and inserting this. The video doesn’t stutter at all. I also watched political videos on the Washington Post site.