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Old 03-23-2017, 08:43 AM   #4
DavidM
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The days of being able to find a non password protected wifi signal are mostly gone and as you note, marina wifi coverage isn't very good. But cell phone data has improved significantly over the years and as wifi has gotten less usable, cell service has gotten more so.

We anchor out or camp out about 30-40 days each summer. We use internet for web browsing, downloading of the NYT and books, email and to a limited degree my wife keeps tabs on her consulting business. We have found that with this activity we use on average 200 MB of data each day, so our 6 GB plan handles it fine.

Since we don't need to be connected every day, we haven't bothered with a cell signal booster as we can wait a day or so for a better location and signal and so far that has worked fine for us. We use Verizon.

If you need better coverage then look for a cell signal booster. Active Captain has an extensive discussion of options here- https://activecaptain.com/articles/m...ones/intro.php

So unless you need access to video streaming or other large data consumers, a cell phone with a decent data plan backed up by a cell signal booster can keep you and your business pretty well connected.

David
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