I'm a good bit too old to be a natural in this computer age at much of the tech stuff. My wife is the ultimate failure of her generation at this stuff, too.
For years we have successfully used the Bullet to acquire internet here in the West Indies, but it seems those days are nearing an end. Most of the internet providers for cruisers have gone under because the islands cannot (or will not) supply these providers with the bandwidth(?) they need to supply a good signal to the boats.
One of the last internet providers in the islands is so frustrated that he may also pull out, leaving us with nothing.
Therefore we are seeking an alternative. Phone based data systems become very expensive for anything more than a few emails a day. Satellite systems are also way beyond our means. Going ashore with a device and paying to use the internet (ec$12.00 average for a few minutes) in a cafe is an expensive pain, though certainly necessary in hurricane season, if no signal is available on the boat.
Does anybody have any idea of what might be available that would supply internet anywhere (at anchor, not at sea), in every (or most) countries? Is there anything new that we haven't heard of down this way?
TA.
For years we have successfully used the Bullet to acquire internet here in the West Indies, but it seems those days are nearing an end. Most of the internet providers for cruisers have gone under because the islands cannot (or will not) supply these providers with the bandwidth(?) they need to supply a good signal to the boats.
One of the last internet providers in the islands is so frustrated that he may also pull out, leaving us with nothing.
Therefore we are seeking an alternative. Phone based data systems become very expensive for anything more than a few emails a day. Satellite systems are also way beyond our means. Going ashore with a device and paying to use the internet (ec$12.00 average for a few minutes) in a cafe is an expensive pain, though certainly necessary in hurricane season, if no signal is available on the boat.
Does anybody have any idea of what might be available that would supply internet anywhere (at anchor, not at sea), in every (or most) countries? Is there anything new that we haven't heard of down this way?
TA.
