Laptop Internet connectivity at sea... How?

[Heckler]

I have never experienced that. my phone is a hotspot every time i am o/b in the UK

Plus one, i go to Portugal, i put in a meo card, switch on hotspot, bish bosh a wireless hotspot and the phone bit still works. Samsung mini s3
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[keelbolt]

Mine's an iphone 4s, but that's what seems to happen. Also, if I hoist my phone up the mast in a sock I definitely won't be able to use it!

Umm nope. I did this to connect my laptop to the mobile phone by bluetooth, so that I could get grib files onto my laptop via my mobile phone. It came down again when I wanted to use the 'phone.

 

[[70521]]

Unlikely to find a WiFi hotspot a few miles off the coast, but mobile signal is fairly good. So what's the best way of keeping my laptop connected to the internet when a few miles off the coast? A few years ago I had success by connecting the laptop to the mobile phone via bluetooth, then hoisting the mobile phone up the mast in a sock. But it does seem a bit 'Fred Karno'. Surely there's a better way? What do other folk do?

Bluewater? Use a Satphone.

 

[oldvarnish]

If you're really keen to stay connected in coastal waters....... I've just read an article in an American mag where a couple bought one of these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Peplink-Bal...1422538145&sr=8-1&keywords=peplink+balance+30

to which they connected a 3G dongle, a 4G dongle and a wifi extender. Apparently the box switches between all three to maintain the best connection.