Dell Latitude - What modem card for India?

markolarko

I am just about to travel to India with a laptop. I need to buy a PC Card for the laptop and need to know what connectors and what card specification I need to enable me to plug into the local telephone service.

Any help would be much appreciated.

I am in the UK

beach

India uses RJ-11 the telephone jack.(same as the US type)

I think UK uses RJ-45. This is not compatible to the Indian one. But you can always go for an external converter. Ask for a RJ-11 to RJ-45(if your PC card is this) converter.

I wonder if there is any variation in other card specifications with respect to different countries.

You’ll have to go for a power adaptor also as these are also different from the UK type. You can buy this locally in India from an ‘electrical shop’ for about a 20-30rs.

India has 230V,50 Hz power supply, same as that of the UK.

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Marko
avoid carrying your laptop unless really really necessary. I needed mine for work reasons but access is very slow and unreliable in many parts of India. It is a lot easier to use the internet cafes. I had numerous speed related problems in Mumbai and especially Goa. Luckily I am based at the Taj Mumbai and they offer 2M wireless access which is good but again unreliable at times.

Bill

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markolarko

Many thanks for your reply about internet access.

the laptop is for a pair of Doctors who will use it for composing e-mails and then they will use a Floppy to take down to the internet cafe -

Cheers

Mark