Living in Spain

Hi Guys. Am spending some months in Spain and will be taking a Macbook Air. The house where i'm stying does not have a phoneline (!). What is the best way to go online? Does a dongle work? Should it be bought in the UK or in Spain? How do the relative costs work out?
Thanks all
Scobie

The iPhone supports tethering a Mac as do multiple Adroid devices and dedicated hot-spot servers. To use your cellphone in Spain it will need to be internationally GSM compatible and most likely unlocked and then you can subscribe to one of the Spanish cellular companies to get a compatible SIM. Check with your cellphone vendor to see if you current cellphone is internationally GSM compatible and if it supports LTE and if you need to unlock it for international compatibility.
If you have had your cellphone for the requisite amount of time (40 days with T-Mobile, the end of your contract for other carriers) and you have a current contract with your USA cellular company, they will unlock your phone with no hassle. Some carriers will make exceptions to unlock your phone before the requisite time if you say you will be traveling internationally.
3G is somewhat OK for tethering but 4G-LTE is much better. If you do not have 4G-LTE compatible cellphone or hot-spot device I recommend you get one for your prolonged stay in Spain. This may be a great opportunity to upgrade to an iPhone 5/5c/5s. I am upgrading from my AT&T unlocked iPhone 4 to a 5s for this reason. The iPhone 4s is GSM internationally travel compatible but I don't think it supports LTE.
According to http://www.apple.com/iphone/LTE/ Spanish companies that support LTE are
Orange
Telefonica
Vodafone
Yoig
Buena suerte y gracias por todos los peces.

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