Re:Why Cruise Ships Are My Favorite Remote Work Location (2013)
by narag on Sunday May 22, 2016 @04:12PM
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Related question: does someone know how expensive is a satellite phone plan? I've seen the terminals are about $1000 a piece and they're hellishly slow but considering this kind of use in a ship or maybe in a distant place, it could be an option if the plan is not terribly expensive.
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Re:Why Cruise Ships Are My Favorite Remote Work Location (2013)
by Cerium on Sunday May 22, 2016 @04:58PM
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Depends on location and provider, but I worked on a remote off grid monitoring station. We uploaded about 30 gigs a month over a satellite dish. The price was comparable to cell phone, but the ping was bad. 300 ms or so, occasionally much worse.
Re:Why Cruise Ships Are My Favorite Remote Work Location (2013)
by narag on Sunday May 22, 2016 @05:21PM
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Wow! I don't think my ADSL land line would be much better than that. The A is for asymetric, downloading is not too bad. I'm surprised it's not specially expensive. Thank you for the info!