"Tom K" wrote:
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>"Brian K" wrote in message
>news:13d4veccvcub141@corp.supernews.com...
>> On 8/24/2007 11:39 PM Joan M. exclaimed:
>>> We're pondering on our first cruise experience and would like to know the
>>> following details:
>>>
>>> 1. Is internet access (wi-fi or port access) free onboard? If not, what's
>>> the charge?
>>>
>>
>> The only time internet access was free was when I sailed on the inaugural
>> cruise of HAL ms Zuiderdam. On all other occasions it's too expensive to
>> bother. There are so many other activities on the ship that don't cost
>> extra. If my cruise itinerary includes a Mexican port I head for an
>> internet cafe they are cheap and the connections are fast. I type fairly
>> quickly so I can send group emails back to the important people.
>
>Brian... why on earth would you keep the internet connection open while
>typing?
>
>On the ship, write what you want using Word for free... then open the
>connection, copy/paste into e-mail, and hit send. Uses less than 2 minutes
>of actual internet time.
>
>You can even open all incoming e-mails one shot... then close the
>connection. Then read the e-mails once your off line.
>
I bring my laptop along to download photos, so I type emails in there
and just hit send when I get onto the internet. I wouldn't use Word
for email - it puts too many funny symbols in the text - if I was
going to use something other than my email/news reader, I use notepad.
I do type trip reports offline, and download incoming email and the
answer offline, but sometimes, the connection is so slow that I can
type while the rest of the messages are downloading.
I don't care to spend time on shore looking for an internet cafe. If
something comes up and I need to go to some internet site, I can't
remember all the URLs and their browsers are not usually secured.
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