# how do they connect to the internet on boats and places like base camps?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 7, 2005, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-connect-to-the-internet-on-boats-and-places-like-base-camps/307240 "2005-06-07T01:23:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![vinniepaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b4bc9f/32.png) [@vinniepaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vinniepaz)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-connect-to-the-internet-on-boats-and-places-like-base-camps/307240/1 "2005-06-07T01:23:28Z")

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how does this work?

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**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-connect-to-the-internet-on-boats-and-places-like-base-camps/307240/2 "2005-06-07T01:26:45Z")

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Satellite or cell phone, usually.

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**Author:** ![vinniepaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b4bc9f/32.png) [@vinniepaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vinniepaz)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-connect-to-the-internet-on-boats-and-places-like-base-camps/307240/3 "2005-06-07T01:28:05Z")

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wait so there exists satellite internet that blankets the world?

why isnt everyone connected?

(not sarcastic)

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**Author:** ![Hombre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@Hombre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hombre)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-connect-to-the-internet-on-boats-and-places-like-base-camps/307240/4 "2005-06-07T01:52:03Z")

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I have a friend who writes and illo’s childrens books…while backpacking - then emails them in. He uses satellite.

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**Author:** ![rfgdxm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c0e974/32.png) [@rfgdxm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rfgdxm)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-connect-to-the-internet-on-boats-and-places-like-base-camps/307240/5 "2005-06-07T01:59:13Z")

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> [@vinniepaz](#):
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> wait so there exists satellite internet that blankets the world?
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> why isnt everyone connected?
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> (not sarcastic)

Cost.

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**Author:** ![groman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@groman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/groman)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-connect-to-the-internet-on-boats-and-places-like-base-camps/307240/6 "2005-06-07T02:02:46Z")

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Not only cost, but latency and speed. The delay is horrible, so is the bandwidth.