Steve, What system do you use for e-mail and Internet access at sea? What connection speeds do you get? Is it good enough to get the NOGAPS Java movies within a reasonable time frame? What are the options?–Alan
Hi Alan: We primarily use SailMail for e-mail. They have stations now in Australia and Hawaii, so it should work well in New Zealand. I am not sure of the baud rate–and of course that varies with propagation. However, you are not allowed to receive attachments, and file size is limited. So it would not work for downloading from the net.
I don’t think there are any world wide systems which are usable on a moving platform for connecting to the web. But maybe in a few years…Regards–Steve Dashew
Posted by Steve Dashew (November 30, 1999)
