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Internet for ships at sea

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ultimate-ping-flood dept.

Robert Forsman writes "My uncle tells me that Harbor Branch will have one of the first SeaNet kits. SeaNet is a project to extend the internet to ships at sea. Quite a feat considering that you have to point a satellite dish at a satellite ... from the deck of a heaving boat. Maybe 5 years from now you'll be able to get email from your buddies in the navy while they're underway, or receive email while on that ``getaway cruise''. " Not a boater myself, but I know plenty others who will appreciate this.

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  1. It won't be as long as you think. by KimballK · · Score: 2

    I'm one of the people working on the SeaNet project.

    Yes, the Seward-Johnson at HBOI is one of the first group of ships that will be outfitted with a SeaNet unit (there have been 5 selected for installation within the next few months). Still, you'll see e-mail from ships a lot sooner than 5 years. Quite a few oceanographic ships already have some e-mail capability. The SeaNet project is to allow the ships full Internet access, mostly in non-real time. Over the next 18-24 months we're planning on having the majority of the oceanographic fleet equipped with other types of ships being added shortly after that.

    Kevin Kimball
    Omnet, Inc.