What are you using to connect to the WWW at the boat?

[HIFI]

I want to be able to use my Laptop at the boat, docked as well as running.

What are you using to connect to the WWW on the boat?

 

[tc410]

Verizon Air Card

 

[First Born]

I just borrow Gary's connection :huh:

 

[Alex F]

I use both, verizon air card and router that I plug the card to, which allows me to use multiple laptops on board. Check this thread out.

http://clubsearay.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7496&highlight=broadband+network

Alex.

 

[Still LauCo]

AT&T aircard

 

[AndersonAcres]

Our marina had wireless, but it was taken out by lightning a while back. Now we use an AT&T Aircard.

 

[Alex D]

AT&T 3G Air Card or ... the marina has an open wireless router hehehe ..

 

[Presentation]

AllTel EVDO aircard. Best I ever got was about 700kpbs. I check the speed at CNET often.

EVDO by us is still on its first generation. Its about low DSL speeds.

I hope in time we will have faster speeds so I can go away from paying for EVDO and Road Runner.

 

[JamieH]

Tethered Verizon Blackberry, $15.00 a month, deal.

 

[thunderbird1]

Verizon Air Card

 

[dpvandy01]

WiFi available at the marine but it's terribly unreliable and SLOW as First Born with sails:grin:, Usually we use my wife's AT&T direct connect card.... reliable and OK performance

 

[sbw1]

Comcast wireless in the house reaches the dock with very good signal. Use a repeater on the boat.

 

[Uplate]

Verizon built in EVDO connection via my laptop. Whats great is that I can broadcast my Radio 365 stations via the Mobile Blackbox to neighboors, or Itunes lists, etc.

4 bars at the slip. Works great.

 

[tobnpr]

Tethered Verizon Blackberry, $15.00 a month, deal.

Can you elaborate? Verizon service is $60/month here. Is your service w/ Verizon?

 

[Morpheus]

Quote:
Originally Posted by JamieH
Tethered Verizon Blackberry, $15.00 a month, deal.

Can you elaborate? Verizon service is $60/month here. Is your service w/ Verizon?

I tether as well on Verizon with my Samsung Windows Mobile 6.1 phone. Pay $40 a month unlimited data and $9 a month to tether. They no longer offer the unlimited plan though.

 

[Mr Salt]

Syrens WiFi into someones signal

Mr Salt
2001 540 CPMY
Caterpillar C-12s
Cape May NJ

 

[JamieH]

For $15.00 a month (on top of the data plan) most blackberrys can act as a broadband modem. USB to the laptop, couple of clicks, surfing away. If you carry a blackberry, it's the way to go.

 

[fc3]

Motorola V9 cell phone tethered via Bluetooth to either a Palm T3, Macbook, or the crappy IBM notebook I have to use for work. All use the same connection (one at a time) and share the same unlimited data plan. Using AT&T's 3G network, get between 800 and 1,200 Kbps on downloads. Good enough.

Best regards,
Frank

 

[Uplate]

For $15.00 a month (on top of the data plan) most blackberrys can act as a broadband modem. USB to the laptop, couple of clicks, surfing away. If you carry a blackberry, it's the way to go.

Does the USB connection also keep the phone charged as you use it as a modem? what about answering or making a call while connected?

I pay about $60 per month for unlimited EVDO broadband access from VZW. Works great as it is built into my laptop.

seems there may be a cheaper way though using my phone as modem.

Mike

 

[everthing's irie]

I just use my windows based phone to surf the web. It has the office suite and a full key board. It works fine for me on the boat. I try to do as little work as possible when on the boat and the phone is enough of a web access tool for me.

My wife has a blackberry but her web browsing abilty is slow a quirky compared to the wndows based phone.