Comment It won't be as long as you think. (Score 2) 26
I'm one of the people working on the SeaNet project.
Yes, the Seward-Johnson at HBOI is one of the first group of ships that will be outfitted with a SeaNet unit (there have been 5 selected for installation within the next few months). Still, you'll see e-mail from ships a lot sooner than 5 years. Quite a few oceanographic ships already have some e-mail capability. The SeaNet project is to allow the ships full Internet access, mostly in non-real time. Over the next 18-24 months we're planning on having the majority of the oceanographic fleet equipped with other types of ships being added shortly after that.
Kevin Kimball
Omnet, Inc.
Yes, the Seward-Johnson at HBOI is one of the first group of ships that will be outfitted with a SeaNet unit (there have been 5 selected for installation within the next few months). Still, you'll see e-mail from ships a lot sooner than 5 years. Quite a few oceanographic ships already have some e-mail capability. The SeaNet project is to allow the ships full Internet access, mostly in non-real time. Over the next 18-24 months we're planning on having the majority of the oceanographic fleet equipped with other types of ships being added shortly after that.
Kevin Kimball
Omnet, Inc.
