Bill, Turns out we already had a Sykpe acc. set up about 8 years ago to speak with a friend/sailor in England. It worked then but not well, however we were on a dial up internet connection. Sykpe has

 Hi to all , thanks so much for very appreciated infos andsuggestions. At the end, I found on the web batteries stores, so kindto answer me. Considering that my first choice is AGM, for

Eric, We lose service on the Mini-M in September 2014. But it is only those sat phones. Inmarsat continues with its other products/services. Bill BeBe

Trevor, Doesn't the Fleet Broadband use the Inmarsat constellation. I heard that my mini -m sat phone will be discontinued next year and the constellation which also uses Inmarsat.. Did I hear

Exactly that Mark. Looks like an original I phone, fits in your shirt or pants pocket, saves lugging a laptop around and if you lose it, it isn't the end of the world. I found it to have much better

Trevor, iPod Touch? Like an iPhone without the phone part? A regular iPod will not connect to the internet. Best regards, Mark SM2K #275 www.creampuff.us

Roughly 15. -24 miles. All things being normal. Regards Richard Piller Cell 603 767 5330

Hi Kent, The iPod that I use for this is at least four years old. I am hopeless with this IT stuff so I walked into an Apple store and asked if this idea would work. They said they had no

Hi Mark, I understand how easy it is to confuse the two, but I mean iPod I first did this in Brazil a few years ago before iPads were heard of. Trevor

skype has an app for both the Iphone, Ipad, and Android. As long as you have an internet connection via wifi (or you use a data plan) you can use skype on your phone. You can use http://foxfi.com/

On a previous thread somebody mentioned that antennas do not need line of site. That is true if you have an omni directional antenna. If you are the dock you may want to get a directional. I'm

Try an SSB with sail mail. Cheap, world wide coverage. When in port or near land (in range of a cellphone signal) a cellphone network dongle plugged into your laptop gives full internet coverage at a

I think he meant iPAD Best regards, Mark SM2K #275 www.creampuff.us

Just as an added FYI- a Google Number is free and works like Skype without the video aspect. You can call and text when a Wi-Fi connection is available. In addition, if someone calls your Google

Interesting, Trevor. I didn't know you could connect directly to the internet with an iPOD...guess it's another technology that has made my 5 y/o iPOD obsolete. Great idea! Kent SM243 Kristy

Hello, I have a Fleetbroadband 150, working very well. 1. I changed my contract to prepaid, because I am only 2-3 months / year on the boat. Otherwise the rates are very high. 2. As the SAT-antenna is

In the…for what it’s worth category….unless you are going into places that are so remote they don’t have cells, wifi’s or basic phones, or you have a few thousand dollars you want to toss

Another tried and tested method of cheap communication is when you open a Skype account,if you have an iPod get a pair of earphones with a mike as per an apple phone, download Skype to the iPod and

Hi Patrik We are at Grenada now, and can confirm that you have plenty of WiFi net to connect to. In Antigua, you can buy access to hothothotspot, in Tobago you have free wifi fromboth Digicell and

hi first thanks all for the great information.i have the boost wifi for extending the local hotspots and make a local wifi network in the boat. if i have a local sim with 3G internet, then it is very