Pub
Le Ski Lodge and The
Tourist Office both have machines for a reasonable charge
(or try persuading a resident to let you have a go of their PC).
The Ski Lodge now has WiFi access too using the same ticket/password system so you can take in your own laptop (note that there's power underneath quite a few of the seats in the restaurant area used for powering up Hot Rock and Fondu machines).
Neptune Internet Services are reported to be providing wide spread internet WiFi coverage across La Tania from Winter 2007/8 in association with the Tourist Office. Access will enabled via direct connection and credit card with charges likely to be in the region of €5 an hour or €45 a week.
Kalinka apartment block and nearby has WiFi access for only £5 a week (search the available networks).
Plenty more places in Méribel and Courchevel - try the Tourist Offices,
The Bubble Bar in 1650, The Croisette in 1850 and The Ice Café in
Méribel.
Installing Broadband
Orange who bought France Telecom and wanadoo.com (who bought FreeServe) are the main providers of broadband (and land lines) in La Tania. They have several different tariffs and provide wireless ADSL routers. They also bought Mobicarte one of the most popular mobile operators in La Tania.
It's fairly easy to set this up from their web site (translate a couple of pages with google if necessary)
Dial Up Services
A quick way of getting your own PC on-line without paying to dial
up the UK is to sign up with Free.fr for free access (you only pay for a local call charge). It's easy
to sign up even if your French is very basic and they'll send you
a username, password and CD. They will send this to a UK address
too.
Remember to configure your machine to access the local number
- there's a list of access numbers on the Free.fr site. You look
for the local 0479 code and cross reference it to an 0860 local
call rate number.
