A presentation given at 21 November 2013 to the Coastal cruising Club of Australia. The topic was keeping in touch whileon the water, focusing on the mobile Internet and Skipr.net.

1. in-touch
off-shore
Marius Coomans

2. In the beginning…

3. Today we might also…

4. so we can…

5. How?...
• the Easy option
• the Efficient option
• the Luxury option
• the Other options

9. Pain & Reward 1 : Antenna Placement

10. Pain & Reward 2 : Antenna Placement

11. How?...
• the Easy option
• the Efficient option
• the Luxury option
• the Other options
The Mobile Phone Network

14. 850 MHz v 2100 MHz
Number of Phone Towers

19. + Familiar, flexible, no commitment
- Poor battery life, limited coverage
+ Economical, flexible, multi-user
- Another battery, another plan
+ Best coverage, set & forget, always on
- Requires installation, another plan

20. Marina
Wi-Fi
Satellite
Internet
Sat Phone
Sailmail

21. Carry on browsing!

28. Feb 2006

29. August 2006

30. Feb 2007

31. August 2007

32. Feb 2008

33. August 2008

34. Feb 2009

35. August 2009

36. Feb 2010

37. August 2010

38. Feb 2011

39. August 2011

40. Feb 2012

41. August 2012

42. Feb 2013

43. August 2013

46. Skipr.net
The Task Ahead
• Scale the site infrastructure to cope with growth and asked-for
features.
• Redesign to work smoothly with new devices such as phones
and tablets.
• Fill in the holes (new features, remove limitations, security).

47. In-touch, off-shore
skipper@skipr.net
Further reading:
Skipr.net
http://skipr.net/
Telstra prepaid
https://www.telstra.com.au/help/download/document/personal-critical-informationsummary-pre-paid-mobile-broadband.pdf
Coverage maps
http://telcoantennas.com.au/site/coverage-checker-all-australian-networks
Maxon Datamax
http://www.maxon.com.au/index.php?option=com_spidercatalog&product_id=51&view=showpr
oduct&page_num=1&back=1&Itemid=103