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From: Richard Bradshaw (no email)
Date: Thu Jul 14 2005 - 11:16:52 EDT
Lee,
If Sailmail is so slow, what did you use or did you just do mostly
without except you went to the Internet cafe? When you went to
Internet cafes, how did you protect against those who would like to
steal your account numbers, etc.?
Rick
>I found very seldom WiFi in USVI, BVI & Puerto Rico, taking my
>laptop to an internet cafe was the only way to collect my home
>e.mail. My Sailmail on marine HF radio worked reliably everywhere,
>but you cannot collect other e.mail accts with Sailmail, and it is
>so slow that you would not want to.
>Lee Haefele
>Nauticat 33 Alesto
>
> be able to conduct business that way.
>
> What has been the experience of those out there? Were we just unlucky
> with our choice of places to stay (mid-priced places) on (well.
> actually near) the water or inland or is there just not as much wi-fi
> out there as I thought? Is it available (reasonably so as in free or
> low cost) in the Caribbean, Mexico and places further South on both
> coasts and the EU? We want to be careful and not encounter key stroke
> loggers and the like so we would likely not be frequenting Internet
> cafes.
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