<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div>I am not sure if they are suitable for 'boat programming' but we are using xplore.net at our home and they are quite reliable - rarely any outages and decent speed for 49.99 a month. I think the initial equipment fee will run you about a thousand dollars depending on whether you install and calibrate it yourself. They also offer a service that works with the giant old Hughes satellite dishes.<br><br>Daniel<br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Darcy Casselman <dscassel@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> KWLUG discussion
<kwlug-disc@kwlug.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, May 28, 2009 7:43:49 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kwlug-disc] ISP recommendations for sailing<br></font><br>
Some useful tips on "boat programming":<br><br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.mattmcdole.com/blog/?p=9">http://www.mattmcdole.com/blog/?p=9</a></span><br><br>The only real option would be satellite Internet, and that costs<br>$1000-5000/month and is kind of crappy. There are some other handy<br>tips. If it were me, I'd probably look into the "marina wifi" option<br>and check out Internet cafe options on shore.<br><br>Darcy.<br><br>On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 10:19 PM, Oksana Goertzen <<a ymailto="mailto:ogoertzen@gmail.com" href="mailto:ogoertzen@gmail.com">ogoertzen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Hello Everyone,<br>><br>> Someone at work asked me for a recommendation for<br>> an ISP that will work from the east coast of Canada<br>> down the coast of the U.S. into South America - for<br>> a sailboat. It will be frequently docked along the<br>> shoreline. I'm at a loss as to what to recommend.<br>>
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