So I broke down and got a proper internet solution for the yacht. My idea to use a cell phone tethered wirelessly via Bluetooth to provide internet to one of our laptops was ingenious but also slow and cumbersome to use.
Today, I purchased a Kyocera KR2 Mobile Router, which is a wireless router that takes a PCMCIA cellular network card! Plus, look at all the blinkylights! This brilliant device creates a WiFi hotspot anywhere it can pick up an cellular connection from CCT Boatphone (which completely covers the BVI) and all the computers onboard can share this always-on connection without tying up our telephone line. Better still, the EVDO connection is about 10x faster, which (among other things) means more blog posts for you!
Another benefit of this system is the ethernet-enabled hard drive which contains backups of all of our music and photos from our trips that is now available from any computer on the network!
