Dave Rimmer wrote: > From something mentioned earlier by Sue regarding the lack of > security in mooring agreements, is it common that a mooring owner > will cancel an agreement on such short notice?
Sadly, yes. Usually because the moorings have changed their owner and/or the site is going to be developed. > Also from what I've read online, the only (reasonably priced) way to > get online from your boat is to use a mobile phone as a connection > device - has this changed at all? The page I read was a couple of > years old so I wasn't sure how accurate that information is these > days. I use a Vodaphone 3G/GPRS card, which plugs into my card socket on my laptop. I've only had it for a few weeks so can't vouch for the geographical coverage - to date I've only had the chance to try it in London and the Home Counties where coverage as been (as I expected) pretty good. If it finds a 3G signal is uses that and gives me 384 Kbps. Otherwise it defaults to GPRS at about 57 Kbps. I've found the signal more reliable since I spent £20 on Vodaphone's extension aerial for it, although I had to try several Vodaphone shops before I found one with it in stock. As for cost, I was quoted £45 per month for their "unlimited in the UK" tarriff, and on the tarriff they give you the card itself for free. The £45 figure is distinctly deceptive, as it excludes VAT and a few other odds & sods, but it actually works out to more like £65 per month which, for the amount of use I give it, is well worth while. They also have a tarriff which includes the first X amount of use, but I'm told that the charges if you go above that level get very steep. And, I believe, you have to poay for the card if you opt for that tarriff. Mike Stevens nb Felis Catus III - currently at Ware (Lee Navigation) web-site www.mike-stevens.co.uk No man is an island. So is Man. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/ygtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
