SørenH wrote:
Please forgive me for inquireing on a subject that must have been
discussed many times before in this group, but i have tried searching
without result.

We are heading for the inland waterways of europe, the first year
Germany, Holland, Belgium and maybe France.

We are looking for the cheapest way (of course)to read wheathersites,
send email, update our webpage and other useful internetdoings via our
Thinkpad-PC on board, on a regular daily basis e.g. 10 minutes pr.
day.

In Denmark it is possible to get 512K-dataservices with unlimited
traffic via several providers for a reasonable price (around 25-30
euro per month), but when using these outside the country prices rise
skyhigh.

There must be providers in the above mentioned countries where it is
possible to get something similar om a monthly subscription basis,
but I can't find any.

Regards
Soren
S/Y Marie

As it is easy to connect via wi-fi at most European marinas, why not rely on
the Internet? The British Met Office site is vast and full of current info,
as is the German Wetterkarte site. Access to the 'net via mobile 'phone and
satellite phone is becoming commonplace on board ocean cruising yachts
underway, and sites like Weatheronline and numerous others are updated
daily.


Dennis.