People on the ship complain about the internet connection speed. I could fairly compare the bandwidth to fast dial up. The cruise ship people aren't being cheap. It's a moving ship. There's a satellite dish that needs to track its target and the platform the dish is attached to yaws, pitches and rolls. The further away from the equator the ship gets the more difficult it is to maintain the signal. Considering the obstacles the connection in plenty fast.
This blogging tool (blogger.com) is easier to use than what I used previously. I can pre-compose all of my entries in a document editor (MS Word) and size my pictures using Photoshop. Then it's merely cutting and pasting once connected.
I get somewhere between 150 and 200 minutes of "free" connect time as a perk now. It's not difficult to burn through that quickly. Even with all of the advance work it usually takes 12 minutes to post an average entry
The first few days in London I get access to a WiFi signal. After that we are at the mercy of good winds at our backs and sun on our faces.
I may actually start packing tonight. Of course I'll work on the electronics first.
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