My triband (Australian) GSM digital phone didn't work on a recent trip in
the Alaskan inside passage- neither did UK phones. I assumed that GSM wasn't
available there- ?CDMA.
Good trip- went on one of the small boats and stopped in a town each night.
Lots of whales (nearly as many as in Hervey Bay here in sub tropical
Queensland) and an infinitely greater number of glaciers!

My Iridium satellite phone is horribly slow and expensive- a few short
emails is all that it is reasonable to expect on such a trip.

Peter HK

"Doug Dotson" wrote in message
...
I had very good luck with digital service on my cellphone. If I
recall correctly it ran at 115K baud and cost $9.95 per month
flat fee. I was able to surf the web quite comfortably along the
ICW. No service in the Bahamas, but I used Winlink for email
while there.

Doug
s/v Callista

"Rick" wrote in message
nk.net...
R.W. Behan wrote:

We're planning a trip to Alaska next spring via the standard inside
passage route. Our boat is a Victory Tug 37. I'd like to have
uninterrupted internet access along the way, aboard the boat.

For all practical purposes it is still just wishful thinking. Cell phone
coverage is spotty at best and my luck with cell interfaces has been
stunningly slow connections that make a shoreside dialup look like a DSL.
Since I "upgraded" to a GSM phone I have lost even that service ...
digital data via cellphone is so expensive as to make satellite look
cheap. You could run up thousands of $$$$ in a few weeks just getting
email.

Satellite access is your best bet but even that will be unavailable in
many areas due to high mountains on each side of your route.

Rick