No broadband, places to develop in Manchester?

[woohoo]

Im having problems with my broadband, could be down for a few days.

Any suggestions for places to develop, i need wi-fi and my laptop has a poor battery so need a power socket.

Do libraries let you in and use their internet? Is it possible to hire a meeting room somewhere for a reasonable price?

thanks for any help

[Platypus]

Buy a "3" Dongle

Worked for me when my internet went down for several days.

Very fast.

Even plugs into a Draytek router if you're lucky enough to have one of those.

[woohoo]

Buy a "3" Dongle

Worked for me when my internet went down for several days.

Very fast.

Even plugs into a Draytek router if you're lucky enough to have one of those.

It's a good idea but I've had a dongle in the past and the speed just isn't good enough (in my area). I've got a 4g phone and I'm getting an ok speed but not good enough to work with.

[xoggoth]

Some public libraries yes, or maybe check into a Holiday Inn or similar. Most larger hotels will have wifi. Some smaller ones/B&Bs too.

PS Or just wander around the street with your laptop until you find some idiot with unsecured wifi, plenty of em. Although sitting on a pavement is probably not best dev environment.
PPS The 3 dongles are good, maybe better than your previous, how long ago was that? Can't believe anywhere in Manchester has worse signal than our rural area.

[woohoo]

Some public libraries yes, or maybe check into a Holiday Inn or similar. Most larger hotels will have wifi. Some smaller ones/B&Bs too.

PS Or just wander around the street with your laptop until you find some idiot with unsecured wifi, plenty of em. Although sitting on a pavement is probably not best dev environment.
PPS The 3 dongles are good, maybe better than your previous, how long ago was that? Can't believe anywhere in Manchester has worse signal than our rural area.

Only some public libraries have wi-fi with a max 2 hour limit - non too near to Altrincham. Local touchbase has closed.

It looks like the entire town is affected, I was going to bother the neighbours (more than usual).

It was a while ago I had a dongle but I can't imagine it would be any faster than my fancy 4g, bells and whistle phone - which if im honest is enabling me to just about get by.

Looked at renting a desk for a month, 275 all in, parking not included. May end up doing that, last time we had phone problems for weeks. Really surprised there isn't anywhere a contractor can just rock up and hire a desk for a month/week whatever for a reasonable amount.

[stek]

No broadband, places to develop in Manchester?

Can you create a mobile hotspot on your 4g moby?

[BolshieBastard]

A library will only let you surf for a limited time say an hour or so and AFAIA, you normally have to 'book' your slot. Not sure if they'd be happy to do this if you intend using it in the course of your business though!

An alternative to 3 or Giffgaff (but you'll need to get hold of one of their sims first) is BT WiFi or the Cloud. You can pay so much a day for unlimited BT WiFi access or, if you are on Infinity its free.

The Cloud is less freely available and you'd need to find somewhere where that does have it ie Costa or the like. Although access is free they (Costa) would probably expect you to buy a couple of coffess while on the premises.