Options to add internet to a place that isn't wired for cable/broadband?

http://www.internetforboats.com/ do you http://www.groundcontrol.com/maritime_satellite_internet.htm?

My cell phone (Verizon Droid DNA) can be set to connect to the internet and to act as a wifi hub. I haven't tried it, but I understand that connection speed is comparable to T1.

You just want this when docked? Might be that http://www.clear.com/landing/regional/ca/san-francisco covers your marina.

FreedomPop would be a relatively low-cost/low-risk way of trying it out - they use either Clear's network or Sprint's or ... I'm not entirely sure. Regardless, you pay for a usb modem and then service is free for limited data. (Not affiliated, I've just used them as a backup/travel connection.)

Most cell carriers will happily sell you a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiFi (or equivalent) and data-only plan. Speed-wise, I'm getting around 1.5MB down, 512K up right now on Ting, which uses the Sprint network.

There is also the possibility of a Clear type of system being sold in your area. It's somewhere between WiFi and Satellite. If Clear isn't around, there might be a local place that sells the service. Look for square/diamond shaped antennas on buildings pointing at roughly the horizon.

We have the AT&T mifi device and a Verizon device also (since we are always on the move, one or the other will normally always work). The problem we have is the data caps, both are capped at 5gb per month, then you pay for additional gigs. Sprint was (is?) unlimited data, but their speeds are slower where we travel. While in the Caribbean we use a Digicel mifi device. Holy moses. It's the fastest Internet I've ever used anywhere, stateside or Caribbean.

Personally i think the way to attack this is something like that tmobile unlimited data $30 plan, and then a cheap smartphone you don't care about to just use tether mode. You could also get a used MiFi thing on ebay or somesuch, then pop the sim you got for that plan in to it. Even the cheapest clearwire plan is $50ish + a bunch of BS fees. I used a crappy old phone on tmobile as my primary internet at home for quite a while when i didn't have any other real options, and it was fine. Surprisingly fast even. Definitely equivalent to clearwire(which is to say, 1-2mbps) and probably even faster now. Clearwire is slow as hell, especially for how much you pay. I would recommend some carrier that had actual 4g, but they all have really pathetic data caps. The only real options here are either sprint, who started having caps specifically on tethering(but don't really enforce it if you do it unofficially on an unlimited phone), virgin mobile and the same thing(I'd also closely investigate other prepaid carriers unlimited plans, and cheap android phones online and see if people were having success with tethering), or tmobile who are pretty open ended about it. I really have to reiterate though, that clear is slow and not really better in any way than just a tethered phone unless you specifically want an ethernet jack.

Thanks all!