Apologies to all for being thick but I am old enough to get confused very easily.
Having started a post on the problems associated with running e-mails on my laptop through a mobile phone a while ago I was convinced by the replies I got that it was such a can of worms that I would just rely on internet cafes and text messages when heading down to Greece in the spring. Now everyone is talking about this WiFi thing on PBO site and it sounds that this might be good. So here are some basic questions.
Is WiFi becoming available generally? Would it be any use to me going down through the French canals, South of France, Corsica, Sardinia, Italy, Ionian?
If so what exactly is it? I have a laptop for nav only at the moment. I assume that to use it I would have to sign up with an internet provider still which raises the question of which one but that's a side issue I guess. (All suggestions welcome) Then if I access the internet through WiFi I can use my Yahoo e-mail address on the boat I suppose but are there any charges other than the ISP? And how many marinas will have connections? Will I find connections other places? If so what do I need to buy to make it work?
Come on all you young IT wizards. Help out an old greybeard trying to keep up with it all please!!
Having started a post on the problems associated with running e-mails on my laptop through a mobile phone a while ago I was convinced by the replies I got that it was such a can of worms that I would just rely on internet cafes and text messages when heading down to Greece in the spring. Now everyone is talking about this WiFi thing on PBO site and it sounds that this might be good. So here are some basic questions.
Is WiFi becoming available generally? Would it be any use to me going down through the French canals, South of France, Corsica, Sardinia, Italy, Ionian?
If so what exactly is it? I have a laptop for nav only at the moment. I assume that to use it I would have to sign up with an internet provider still which raises the question of which one but that's a side issue I guess. (All suggestions welcome) Then if I access the internet through WiFi I can use my Yahoo e-mail address on the boat I suppose but are there any charges other than the ISP? And how many marinas will have connections? Will I find connections other places? If so what do I need to buy to make it work?
Come on all you young IT wizards. Help out an old greybeard trying to keep up with it all please!!