"We rely on the excellent features of UUPlus while running a sail-training program in remote regions of the South Pacific and Arctic. Shoreside communication is rarely an option for us as we are at sea eight months a year and before we started using UUPlus in conjunction with Iridium, our monthly satellite bills averaged $1100."
"Much of this was caused by spam and unwanted messages. UUPlus's excellent spam filters and compression service means that our average bill is now $400."
"We rely on UUPlus to update our extensive Expedition Logs to order replacement parts for our vessel, Mahina Tiare, a Hallberg-Rassy 46 sailboat, and to communicate with expedition applicants and members."
John N. (www.mahina.com)
"Sending and receiving five or more text e-mails each session, we have yet to be connected for over a minute, most are around 30 seconds. If only Iridium charged by the second rather than by the minute, we would save even more."
(www.setsail.com)
"Reliable data communication is vital to the success of relief efforts. In areas where ground-based infrastructure is nonexistent, unreliable or severely damaged, the only options available are HF radios. Codan email over HF provides relief organizations with a portable and secure solution for their data communication needs. With UUPlus and Codan NGT you can save up to 75% on your data calls."
(www.danimex.com)
"I found the software incredibly easy to install. It worked immediately with Outlook Express. The notes for setup sent on the CD were easy to follow and made the whole experience comfortable. The speed is very quick relative to what we are use to. A normal hookup [connection] is at least five times faster. Just the connection [login] time itself is down from 35 seconds to 7-8 seconds and then the shut down time which normal takes 9-10 seconds is now only 1 or 2 seconds."
(satisfied user)
"Having used [another service provider] for nearly 18 months, I can testify to the time savings with UUPlus!! A couple days ago I sent 9 messages and received 9 with UUPlus, and it only took 61 seconds!! With my [former provider], it would have been at least 6-7 minutes ... Needless to say, this is a revolutionary development for our communication."
(UUPlus user, Central Africa)
"This [UUPlus software] took a total of 39.8 minutes, or $139. With my old e-mail system [...], I would have spent around $750 to send/receive the same amount of messages. So the savings for me has been around 81.5%. Needless to say, I am very pleased."
(UUPlus user, Africa)
"We are amazed and pleased with how fast UUPlus works. I estimate that our previous connection, using Outlook Express to connect, was probably 5 or 6 mins. With UUPlus it is probably 1 to 1 1/2 mins. After a month of using UUPlus, we have not had a connection longer than 3 minutes! Plus, we are now receiving much longer e-mails!"
(satisfied user)
"Works great. I'm very impressed and very pleased. So far everything is going out and coming in under a minute. This is a real blessing to a family on the back side of nowhere."
(satisfied user)
"Recent testing by [Codan] users in [Africa] revealed that the software is much faster than SLIP connections. "[Codan] users said they will be very reluctant to give up the speed of this new software, should they have to go back to SLIP connections,"
(Codan HF radio newsletter).
"As part of our sailing across the Atlantic we wanted to maintain a life journal updated daily over satellite phone. After months of research, we chose UUPlus for the cost savings, efficiency and dependability. We couldn't dream of doing this without the UUPlus service."
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