Connection is mysteriously terminated while in the middle of a long transmission. The facility uses Apple's Imac terminals with no floppy disk attachment. The facility is concerned about viruses, so they lock out the floppy disk drive. The facility uses foreign keyboards that take a long time to decipher and cause frequent errors in typing. The local Internet service has an extremely slow transmission rate increasing the computer rental cost and providing more time for errors to occur during transmission.
Correspondents send excruciatingly long jokes with endless cc address lists.
With only one or two working computers, there is frequently a long line of yachties waiting to get on the computer. Each one can take upwards of an hour to read and send all their messages. Come back later. I also selected the Stratos service provider operating out of Newfoundland, Canada, to avoid U.S. FCC taxes. The Inmarsat-C users had 100 percent reliability in all weather conditions and boat motion throughout the trip.