Re: [tlug] Laptops in Tokyo.......which companies give you the mostbang for your bucks!!

[BABA Yoshihiko <baba@example.com>]

Jonathan Q wrote:

>>keyboard and all the trimmings. I really want to try out wireless networks
>>as I am aware that many wifi nets for the internet cafes are unencrypted

> Tokyo has very few internet cafes (hard to make money on one when just
> about everybody who wants access has a PC at home), and the ones I've
> seen all used wired networks, but the trend of places such as Starbucks

On the ground floor of Linux-Cafe, Akihabara, is a normal cafe with a 
wireless network, which you can use for free, although I checked it a 
few months ago and it might have changed.  Also, some cafes and 
hamburger chains provide such service free or at cost.  You can get some 
list (in Japanese) at:

http://www.freehotspot.jp/list/tokyo01.html

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BABA Yoshihiko