Comments on: Cruise Ship Internet

By: geoff

geoff — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:45:23 +0000

The online/offline switching to minimise minutes is a great money saver. However, I’m a developer and have to use VPN connection to work, sadly quite often when I’m in vacation. The last cruise I was on in 1997 charged $50 for 150 minutes as their largest package and I could not drop the connection to do the work as I have 4 logins to perform each time I connect to the VPN and the relevent client applications.
This cost me a fortune as my cruise coincided badly with a delayed implementation and I spent many hours online.
Cruise ships used to sell dial up packages which were unlimited for the duration of your trip, they’ve seen the light with charging by the minute on satelite technology!
mobile broadband charges international rates, that is going to be more expensive.
The way forward in my view is pressure the cruise companies to offer a global unlimited package for the duration of your cruise, or at least make the packages more suitable for the length of use required. The company I spoke to were not very helpful, as I’m going on another cruise in April for 3 weeks Transatlantic, I would love to find a cheaper solution but maybe this is only possible if the curise lines make this possible.

By: lakerboy16

lakerboy16 — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:34:23 +0000

its ponzi there bud! Not fonzi. This isnt like happy days ya know braaaaaaaaa!

By: AdamDiddy

AdamDiddy — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:24:09 +0000

On vacation ? Geeze, the last thing I want to do is check my email and waste time on You Tube.

Adam

By: roryhynes

roryhynes — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 04:24:15 +0000

i think fonzi is in it for the money

By: Russ K

Russ K — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:40:08 +0000

There are internet cafe on most every port of call. The one in Kona was $2.50 for 15 minutes, $6 per hour. You can use thier PC or connect via wireless most of the time. For simple e-mail I downloaded and got off line, replied and then went back on to send. 2 x $2.50; probably much better than on board.

By: Tyler Keim

Tyler Keim — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 04:55:15 +0000

Man those prices are crazy. That is why I prefer to stay in a hotel, where I cannot get seasick and there is usually free Wi-Fi at a decent speed depending at what hotel you stay at.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:54:52 +0000

The more things change…the more they stay the same. Your tip about composing your email and doing as much of the work off-line as possible was the only way to survive in the good old days of dial up internet.

By: chandlor

chandlor — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:24:07 +0000

hello chris, i know that this has nothing to do on any thing but what cruise ship did you travel on your vaction. you show is the best by they way i come in to chat all the time

By: ajustwar

ajustwar — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:28:52 +0000

Nice vid chris! I don’t actually have a mobile broadband card but i do tether my pocket pc to my laptop. this works great for me. i can be on the go and still have internet and not need to be connected to wifi. I want to get the wireless card so i don’t have to have a usb cord connected to my phone.

By: joelg88

joelg88 — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:09:56 +0000

hey chris. Those are some good tips. I think that the Do what you can Offline tip is very good. Why connect and then type up everything when you can type it up then connect and send your emails or post your blogs.

By: tpavra

tpavra — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:17:48 +0000

If I was to go on a cruise, id definitely get a mobile phone card, even if its just for a few weeks and then terminate the contract, as it would be much cheaper than using the ships internet for a lot of online work. Thank you for another wonderful video Chris, and keeping us updated on your vacation, I do hope you had a good one!

By: CharlesShizane

CharlesShizane — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:01:09 +0000

Cruise would be great… Nice tips!

By: Mattfox14

Mattfox14 — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:57:20 +0000

Id love to have one of the cards, only way I can go wireless evrywhere is though my mobile phone but it would cost alot.

By: Lubu

Lubu — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:52:35 +0000

i like to use the verizon card but cost to much and i think it dont work were i live so makes it pointless for me but nice videos on the cruise.

By: eric

eric — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:07:59 +0000

When i went on a cruise i pretty much flipped the wifi switch and started outlook downloading my email, flipped the switch again when it finished, replied to the emails that needed replying and flipped the switch to send them. The pricing wasn’t to bad by the minute on our cruise, but we are cheap what else can i say?