Wonder if anyone can help me please?
Im looking for a place to rent with 'online' facilities for a month.
Has to be within walking distance of CVO centre (dont mind half a mile/there abouts)
Ive considered usual holiday accommodation but I will be working/writing so need online connect. for laptop in order to do research/and for sending work.
Anyone have any ideas as to where I can get info/website etc?
Thanks very much.....Ellie

Forgot to say..this is from September 7th! Ta!

Why dont you get yourself one of those fancy Vodafone GPRS/3G cards and just buy a rechargeable sim-card when you are out here. That way you can be online anywhere, no strings (cables) attached?

Thanks for that G!
H did call vodaphone about this before we came out last Sep. but was told it was very expensive (mostly only used by business folk) ..but H said he'll give Virgin a call tomorrow....see what they say?
grateful to you....ellie

Maybe some of the forum locals could let you have a room for a month? They could even be mentioned in your book or research?

Hi Ellie, what a shame our place is so far out of cvo otherwise you would have been welcome to use it, we are at present having a phone line put in as hubby is attached to his laptop at the hip! can't go anywhere without it, he has a vodaphone mobile connect card that he puts into the laptop for work, but it is quite expensive to run.
I do have a friend who runs a few rental homes as lets, I will see if she has anything available and get back to you.
Thanks for the e-mail.

Thanks so much Lesley! Thats very kind of you..I do appreciate
I think the vodaphone mobile card will be way out of my pocket!
P.S. Well.I think something could be arranged Guest
but dont quite know what you mean..about 'them' being mentioned in my 'research'
But Im open to suggestions

I would offer you our house Ellie but I don't know when completion is likely to be yet (but I do know there's a phone line!)
We should be moving out there round about the end of Sept but hope to have the house a few weeks before then.
We have just come back from a week sorting it all out. What fun!

Hi ellie...it really has to be cvo?..armacao no good?...thanks for the kind words ..every time i look in the mirror and see this battered scarred bald tuffed turnip type dome that looks like a stunt double for nelix from star trek ....i,ll be warmed and cheered by the thought that grass don,t grow on a busy street...whatever the hell thats supposed to mean cheers gerry

I like to be near CVO Gerry, (particularly as Ill be on my own for couple weeks)as I know folk there and feel 'at home' with the place
'Grass dont grow on a busy street'......means youve a good brain/quick/lively......least..I think thats what it means.....my uncle used to say that about himself...he was as bald as 'Yul Bryner' but very quick witted and good looking too..well..I thought so anyway

you can use the internet at the public library in lagoa free of charge ...although you have to book time in advance.

Ellie - you can create an account with oninet.pt free of charge which allows you to be online to your heart's content for the price of a local call (only a few Euros for a whole day online) and surely much cheaper than GPRS etc. (The instructions are in Portuguese but even I managed it by applying a little bit of logic when filling in the form which you can do whilst still in the UK) - You would therefore only be looking for a property with a phone line which I would have thought would be much easier to find.

Mail me if you want help setting up an account.

Graham

Hi Ellie,

We haven't corresponded before but I have followed your discussions with interest. Just wanted to say that we arrive in CVO tommorrow and I have the same problem as you with regards wanting internet access. I noted Grahams reference to ONinet.pt and decided to give it a try -
Now not speaking a single word of Portugese I managed in about three ninutes to set up an account - so thank you Graham and I look forward to hopefully keeping in touch.

C-com

Thanks so much for all your help here
Guest..I didnt know about the internet at Lagoa library and that could prove very useful.Thanks
Graham...yes it would be great to set it all up before hand(I dont go till Sept.) and as you say...Illjust need place with phone line...and Ill certainly mail you if I need help..thats very kind of you thank-you
c-com...Im glad you got all fixed up (following Gahams info)..and it sounds as though it was relatively easy to do....hope it works for me!
..here I have confession to make..its not only for work but as youve reminded me..keeping in touch with friends/news here on the forum!
Oh ...and c-com...have a lovely holiday!
Best wishes..ellie

Another little thing that I find invaluable is a website called gotomypc.com - it works just like pcanywhere (ie you can operate your desktop pc from anywhere in the world and access files, programs etc) BUT it works over the web, not as a long distance dial up, and therefore it only costs you a local phone call to plug into your office network and as far as anyone knows your are still in the UK!

It does cost about £60 a year but if you spend more than a few weeks away and need to stay in touch it is brilliant - I am sure that I could not take half as much time away in CVO as I do without it!

Graham