internet/cell inquiry

[mowglie]

ok clearly the virgin speaks again:

sadly for work, i HAVE to have internet access at BM. cell phone service be nice too (i'm on att).

so pls share all that you know in this regard (quality, reliability, hours, vendors, what to bring, how does environment effect PCs/phones, anything i can do to protect them, is a netbook a decent idea, anyone use wireless/satellite broadband and if so what vendors work well out there, any camps that have internet stations, is there power at any camps, etc etc etc said the king of siam).

so any & all info welcome, jokes too of course! links to info good too; no point in copy/paste.

you cant share too much. not with this virgin.

gracias.

ps i will google hunt too but i wanted to hit up the brain trust as well.

[AntiM]

Just scroll down the forum, this discussion is already active in another thread.

[mowglie]

got it. am i in the right forum for it though?

[bm_cricket]

I'm very sorry that you won't have cell service. But really, you won't have cell service. There have been a few projects, attempts, etc. to offer it but the only way to ensure that you have internet and/or phone service is to bring your own satellite uplink. Last year there was sporatic cell service and once Monday gates opened it was completely overwhelmed.

As for keeping your electronics clean, just don't use them if it is dusty. It is always dusty....

But I don't pay very close attention to my own advice. I have an old Canon Rebel XT and I don't even pretend to take care of it. It's got over 1,000,000 pictures at last count. It's been to two burns and soon to be three. I admit that I never change the card, open the flash card compartment and only open the battery case to change the battery.. and I never, ever, ever take it out when the dust is blowing. And I don't blow on it to "clean the surface" because all that proves to do is pump dust inside. The same logic applies to laptops except they have fans built in specifically to pump air in. I would worry about laptops. I'll probably bring my phone for quick name/contact stuff and just keep it in a ziplock bag.

Oh, but be warned.. you can't count on cell service. You can't count on Internet. Sometimes you get lucky and somebody is giving service away but you really shouldn't rely on it.