I have a Wi-Fi antenna of about 8 db gain for marina that have wireless and
an Evdo card for global internet access. The Evdo is working well and gives
good bandwith of 200-400 kbps but it works only within the range of Evdo
enabled antennas. Otherwise the Evdo card fallback to 1X which is about
100 kbps. At that speed you need to have a very clean configuration of
Windows XP if you dont want to pay for XP continuously seeking update on the
internet. Plan for about 50-75 $ per month for your Evdo/1x connection (i
live in Canada and this is the price here)

Internet dishes that are bi-directional are very costly and would you be
patient enough to reposition your dishes every time there is a tide or shift
of the dock ?

André

"Chi Chi" wrote in message
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I'm looking for any information on how to go about getting full internet
capabilities on board. I've researched some of the various ways from the
wifi setup to the expensive dishes made solely for satelite internet but
don't know the pluses and minus's of them. Do most marina's today offer
wifi? what about the expensive dishes? Can You get both internet and Tv
through a dish or must they be seperate dishes?
I'm in the process of purchasing a 1981 Hunter 37 cutter as a liveaboard
and plan on cruising with her in the future. She currently is in a slip in
Rockport Tx and We plan on keeping her there probably for the next 6
months to a year before we head out and I sure would like to be able to
get some sort of internet access at the most economical price of course.
So if anybody has tackled this problem on their own boats I'd sure
appreciate some info.
Thanks,
Chi Chi