It seems that we are still connected to the great ethers of the internet. I was surprised to see that I could still open a web browser and receive off-ship email this morning, but apparently it is true. Oh well, now I don’t have to go into screaming fits of withdrawal, like some crack addict on the streets, lacking a fix. I don’t typically go into withdrawal over missing the internet, it’s more of a giant waste of time, since I tend to get on and other things that require my attention fall to the side. This is especially true as of late, as we have had a decent connection for the most part.
Perhaps I will remain lucky and have the ability to plug into the rest of the world whenever I have the desire to do so. It definitely makes things easier when I need to communicate with home or require the uses of Google’s fantastic search engine. Oh how I cannot wait until I have my connection to the internet in my home again, when I can enjoy the robustness of 6MB/s speed. Yeah, it’s not the fastest available, but it does what I need of it. And by the way, that time is getting closer – it’s now just 82 days away until I get to experience San Diego in all it’s glory… the crowds, the traffic, but most importantly my wife and daughter.
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For what it's worth, I only get between 4-5mb for my bandwidth, even though it's advertised at 8. For most things, that's pretty decent. I think the Internet is going to get much faster in the next few years. Maybe not on the ship, though.
Very True. Although most web surfing is accomplished with only 2-3MB, anything more is only useful for downloading large files. Then again there are more and more sites that are going the route of high bandwidth, making higher bandwidth necessary.
As for ships go, we don't have SHF and we're still using INMARSAT for the majority of our connections. SHF would be great, but there's no chance of that anytime soon since they're in-between versions right now.
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