Planning your Internet connectivity for your travels Powered by UniZoom Travel planning Click here to return to FAQ index Just like you pack your toothbrush and pajamas before you travel, it is essential to make sure that you are carrying all the necessary tools to access your E-mail and internet, while traveling. However, certain countries use sockets of different standards. This can create a problem of not being able to connect your modem to the telephone line. The solution for this is to buy a telephone socket conversion plug for the country you are traveling to. You can see the variety of sockets that are available with the vendors listed at the bottom of the page.
Many hotels hard wire the telephone into the junction box, to prevent theft of the instruments.
Some hotels also have their telephone socket located at inconvenient or inaccessible locations like behind the bed or closet. We would recommend another option, that is to procure a product called Teleadapter' which would permit you to attach your modem to a telephone instrument. You can see details of this product with the vendors listed at the bottom of the page. You must be aware that most countries have their own standards for electrical voltage and outlet points. The problems of voltage have been taken care of by the manufacturers of computers and adapters by supplying multi-voltage adapters or transformers.