Hi Peter I have just returned from time in Italy - ship and land. Most ships are incredibly unreliable, expensive and very slow with very high charges for internet/wi-fi connection - for either your or ship computers. (I have experienced up to half an hour to send 1 email and you pay by the minute!). The last ship I was on did not support any Apple products - only their MS computers. It often did not feel safe walking around some of the towns carrying/using my iPad but there were often internet cafes (very cheap) or internet/wi-fi connections available at ports or close by. Many hotels offer free internet connection using their machines. Internet/wi-fi connection in your room is more expensive.
I didn't use my phone much but heard good reports of buying a local sim card. Regards Marlene On 03/10/2011, at 7:54 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: > Does anyone have advice on the best options for iPhone and/or iPad internet > access in Italy? I will be spending a few days in Venice, and a week or so > later a couple of days in Rome. The rest of the time I will be on a ship > sailing down the Adriatic to Trogir/Split in Croatia. I imagine Internet will > not be such a problem on the boat, but iPhone could well be. I do not want to > use roaming because of the costs involved. Any advice will be greatly > appreciated. > > > Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services > FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer > Perth, Western Australia > Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
