Communications

I bought a car charger for my laptop on American eBay. I won the auction on the 14th March and received it at my home in Spain on the morning of the 18th March. Worked perfectly too. Superb service from USPS, well done! I am trying to work out what I would need to be online on a narrowboat. I have an ordinary mains charger but as some hire boats only provide 12 volt outputs similar to a car, I thought that this charger would keep my laptop serviceable. The next item on the agenda is how to achieve a connection with the web. I am approaching the connection problem on two fronts because I am not sure how it all works. Firstly I have ordered for my siemens Vodafone (Spanish) A60 a USB data lead which I hope will be able to connect me. Secondly I have also ordered a Vodafone Data Connect Card which would plug into my laptop directly. It has a pre-paid sim card which would be independent from my mobile telephone. Hopefully I can test this out at the beginning of April when I have a week-end hire narrowboat booked.