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We start out the trip with more than two days at sea. This means intermittent mobile signals and potential for high costs. There’s also been zero data – not 3G, not EDGE, not even GPRS. Travelling by water really helps you appreciate the distances between places. It takes DAYS to go places. We passed a … Continue reading “Days at Sea”
We start out the trip with more than two days at sea. This means intermittent mobile signals and potential for high costs. There’s also been zero data – not 3G, not EDGE, not even GPRS.
Travelling by water really helps you appreciate the distances between places.
It takes DAYS to go places. We passed a tall ship yesterday. Under sail I can’t imagine how long it must take to get anywhere.
Having a roaming Internet data deal is all very well but is unhelpful when you’re not in range of a transmitter. Mobile telephone calls can be routed through the onboard mobile network (at some pretty outrageous costs) but in truth unless there is an emergency there is little incentive to use your own mobile. Data … Continue reading “Limited Net Access :(“
Having a roaming Internet data deal is all very well but is unhelpful when you’re not in range of a transmitter.
Mobile telephone calls can be routed through the onboard mobile network (at some pretty outrageous costs) but in truth unless there is an emergency there is little incentive to use your own mobile.
Data can also be routed through a WiiFi network limited to the area around the Internet café because it uses the same system. At a minimum cost of 16 pence per minute it’s not badly priced though the excessive latency of the satellite data link lengthens any operation which forces you to burn through minutes. Plus – the upload speed of a satellite connection is nowhere near broadband speeds (last time I checked it was 33kbps).
This leaves me with very limited access to email and the like. Some people have said I should take the time off from computers and blogging. Great idea – now how about you go on a holiday and not do some of the things you enjoy the most? Hmm?
Hopefully I’ll get a decent connection when we hit Stockholm.
I’m off on my honeymoon so updates will be intermittent. I’ll be sending in photos and attempting to use this WordPress fir iPhone app on the move (along with iPhoneSlide). Hope it’s an interesting diversion from my usual rants. Related posts: The Broadband Blueprint (re DETI Telecoms Consultation) Vote for Transformational Change Stop critiquing the … Continue reading “Few and far between”
I’m off on my honeymoon so updates will be intermittent. I’ll be sending in photos and attempting to use this WordPress fir iPhone app on the move (along with iPhoneSlide).
Hope it’s an interesting diversion from my usual rants.
Nigel Cooke (monkeynuts) was debating an eee PC or trying the iPhone out… So there you have it – full blogging on the train. I must admit I’m very impressed with how natural this feels. The whole post, including proof reading, has taken about 6 minutes (which includes ponderous moments of white wine intake) Monkey … Continue reading “Blog by Train”
Nigel Cooke (monkeynuts) was debating an eee PC or trying the iPhone out...
So there you have it – full blogging on the train. I must admit I’m very impressed with how natural this feels. The whole post, including proof reading, has taken about 6 minutes (which includes ponderous moments of white wine intake)
Monkey is gonna like this ! Oh and during this blog post I’ve taken 2 calls from the office, replied to 3 emails and sent a calendar invite to 10 people for Monday morning. Ladies and Gents I give you the future, and it’s iPhone shaped!
I’m impressed as well.
HerIndoors has decreed that no laptops will be making the journey with us on our two week holiday after the wedding. None. That’s quite frightening considering that I’m used to having a multipurpose computing platform close by at all times. And being stuck with something that doesn’t have a keyboard, can’t print, can’t really transfer files around and has finite storage (though 16 GB is an awful lot).
But two weeks without an iPhone sync? Or a refresh of materials?
See, my intent is to spend the two weeks blogging from around the world. I reckon it will cost me an arm and a leg in terms of mobile data but it should be worth it in the end. How better to mark an occasion.