WIFI availability in Northern Cyprus

BarbnBob



Joined: 06/09/2009
Posts: 96

Message Posted:
30/01/2010 21:21

Could anyone tell us if this is available?



Many thanks

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
30/01/2010 21:23

Yes it is...in some places.

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
30/01/2010 21:31

What part of the TRNC will you be staying in?

AJ

rowlo



Joined: 12/10/2008
Posts: 4796

Message Posted:
30/01/2010 21:31

mostly at hotels , you want a modem costs about £100 with 1st months rental , 60 tl per month therafter .

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
30/01/2010 21:38

And how long are you staying for?

rowlo



Joined: 12/10/2008
Posts: 4796

Message Posted:
30/01/2010 21:41

theyre staying for 3 months aj, they only want the dongle

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
30/01/2010 21:45

Thanks for the clarification Rowlo.

You must have inside information unless I have missed something.

Take care

AJ

basil


Joined: 10/04/2009
Posts: 168

Message Posted:
30/01/2010 21:53

Yes, some hotels and cafes have wireless internet, but there is not much left unsecured so you'll probably have to pay something to someone for wifi internet access.



As mentioned above, an alternative is to bring a dial up modem and pay the room charge for telephone (!) or you can buy mobile phone dongles but they are not cheap. If you have contacts over here, perhaps they could look one out at auction and get it going for you ..



There are also various webcafes and the like; may be worth bringing a usb keyboard with you unless you are familiar with turkish keyboards (two i's and a mysterious ctl-alt thingy to get the '@').



Enjoy!

elko2



Joined: 24/07/2007
Posts: 4400

Message Posted:
30/01/2010 22:39

Extend and Arinet have been bought over by the Azeri chap who has lots of money. They have hot spots everywhere and I think their prices are reasonable. I heard that another 1500 transmitters for hot spots are on the way.

ismet

laptarunner



Joined: 02/11/2009
Posts: 217

Message Posted:
30/01/2010 22:46

Before we invested in a dongle and used the Turkcell system, we used the local internet cafe in Lapta, don't be put off by the look of it. Really nice guy, we took out own laptop up there 2YTL for an hour, a couple of times we overun, but he would not take anymore.

BarbnBob



Joined: 06/09/2009
Posts: 96

Message Posted:
31/01/2010 18:12

Thank you everyone for all your help!