Re: No topic -- Photo in its context might be interesting...

["Scott Weeks" <surfer () mauigateway com>]

--- LarrySheldon () cox net wrote:
http://media.englishrussia.com/022013/icebcomm/icebreakercommunicationsystems001-37.jpg

In an article titled "Do they have Internet on the Icebreaker?"
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I get: 403 Forbidden  nginx/1.0.15


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http://englishrussia.com/wp-content/plugins/ttftitles/cache/3682a941fcfa4ee69e6f5e5e9729de4e.png
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not much there.


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http://englishrussia.com/2014/07/07/do-they-have-internet-connection-on-the-arctic-icebreaker/
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works


These prices are low if it's INMARSAT.  We pay ~$7/minute.  If 
they have their own Ku-band (hopefully not as 12-18Ghz has a 
lot of rain fade) that seems high.  C-band (4-8Ghz) on ships 
is much better.  Not a lot of perks for being bored out at sea
for long periods of time.

scott