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Have you thought about WiFi? Jeffrey Siegel has written about his success
in finding WiFi access points in the Bahamas. Maybe there are some where
you're going. A high-output WiFi card and desktop antenna can be gotten for
$100 or so. A more powerful antenna for ~$100 more. It's worth a shot.
--Terry
Silver Satin
41' President
Anacortes, WA
> I received three replies off-list. There were no viable suggestions, but
in
> all fairness, I don't think I was clear on what I wanted. After a lot of
> searching I decided that there was no good ISP in the Eastern Carribean
with dial-up
> acccess in most (or even some) of the islands.
> Those who did had rates comparable to satellite ($1.50/min)
>
> So, I will keep my account with Stratosnet, and access it via Iridium when
> going ashore isn't an option, but it's only viable for email. Using
Iridium for
> web access is so painful as to seem useless, especially after recently
leaving
> my cable modem with speeds upward of 3Mbps. Looks like I'll just have to
> visit cybercafes until I get back to the States; I'm currently using a
Sierra 555
> air card and Verizon Wireless here in the US. It's OK, and bound to get
> better.
>
> Insofar as email, I will transition from AOL to POP3 and webmail accounts
> which I set up today on my personal domain. I use DirectNIC; I had been
using it
> only for forwarding for a couple of years and I'm happy with the service.
>
> One thing I did find out - I can call Trinidad on my Verison Wireless cell
> for $0.65/min. That's cheap, but still almost twice as much as a Sam's
club AT&T
> card. Too bad it doesn't work the other way around!
>
> John
> "Seahorse" (spring, summer and fall)
> "Truelove" (winter)
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