# Simple Internet/Laptop question..

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-internet-laptop-question/69205>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 18, 2001, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-internet-laptop-question/69205 "2001-06-18T08:11:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![RAWisSYDNEY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4491bb/32.png) [@RAWisSYDNEY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RAWisSYDNEY)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2001, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-internet-laptop-question/69205/1 "2001-06-18T08:11:08Z")

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Is it possible to have wireless internet on Laptops? so that you could use it say, in a car or a train?

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**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2001, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-internet-laptop-question/69205/2 "2001-06-18T09:06:52Z")

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Yes. A few of my colleagues use their laptops (old IBM Thinkpad 570s) with normal Nokia mobiles. As long as both have the infra-red sensors up and running there’s no problem.

On the other hand - it’s prohibitively expensive to connect over a mobile (at least, here in the UK it is) and the connection speed is often only around 9,600kbps.

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**Author:** ![Lazarus7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/67e7ee/32.png) [@Lazarus7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazarus7)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2001, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-internet-laptop-question/69205/3 "2001-06-18T10:01:47Z")

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This is not a problem at all …

I ran my laptop off my cell phone for a while … I could get 19,200 off of it reliably.