keeping intouch while offshore
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in-touch
off-shore
Marius Coomans
In the beginning…
Today we might also…
so we can…
How?...
• the Easy option• the Efficient option• the Luxury option• the Other options
Pain & Reward 1 : Antenna Placement
Pain & Reward 2 : Antenna Placement
How?...
• the Easy option• the Efficient option• the Luxury option• the Other options
The Mobile Phone Network
850 MHz v 2100 MHz
Number of Phone Towers
+ 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
Marina Wi-Fi
Sailmail
Sat Phone
Satellite Internet
Carry on browsing!
Feb 2006
August 2006
Feb 2007
August 2007
Feb 2008
August 2008
Feb 2009
August 2009
Feb 2010
August 2010
Feb 2011
August 2011
Feb 2012
August 2012
Feb 2013
August 2013
Skipr.netThe 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).
In-touch, off-shore
Further reading:
Skipr.nethttp://skipr.net/
Telstra prepaid https://www.telstra.com.au/help/download/document/personal-critical-information-summary-pre-paid-mobile-broadband.pdf
Coverage mapshttp://telcoantennas.com.au/site/coverage-checker-all-australian-networks
Maxon Datamaxhttp://www.maxon.com.au/index.php?option=com_spidercatalog&product_id=51&view=showpr
oduct&page_num=1&back=1&Itemid=103