Rosalie B. wrote:
> Crabman wrote:
>
>> Rosalie B. wrote:
>>
>>> I have a friend who gets wi-fi on his boat from across the harbor
>>> where it is broadcast by the city - I think Halifax, but I'm not sure.
>>> No cable.
>>>
>>> We get satellite TV on our boat. It isn't necessary to have a cable
>>> for that, and it is no more expensive than having a dish for TV for
>>> the house. We do have to have a positioning device so that the dish
>>> is moved to stay locked onto the signal when the boat moves but that's
>>> just buying a single piece of equipment.
>>>
>> Since TV is a one way signal and your friends boat uses "local" radio
>> waves, you response really has no bearing on this discussion.
>
> Aren't people who have a TV dish able to do email etc on it too? I
> see that advertised all the time.
>
> Even if that is not the case, almost all boats and ships have radios
> and the ones that go offshore have radios that don't use local radio
> waves. They have SSB or ham or some other kinds of radio, and they
> can do email that way if they so choose. Many of them also have
> satellite communication capabilities. It is expensive for a smaller
> boat, but possible.
>
>> Ships have
>> to communicate in TWO directions for Internet service, and it is NOT
>> cheap. Although they do make a lot of money on it.
>>
> The ship has to have the satellite communications, whether they have
> passengers or not. They are charging for something that they are
> using themselves, so what they make on it is all gravy.
>
to have Internet capabilities with the dish you need to pay extra. The
cheapest price is $59.00 per month with DirecWay which is now HughesNet.
Bill
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