Cruise Ship Internet FAQ
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Is there cell phone service on a cruise ship?
Do cruise ships have cell phone service?
Yes they do, but you might want to read what happens if you use it:
Cruise ship passenger Wayne Burdick was aboard a cruise ship in Miami, waiting to depart on a trip. While still docked at the port of Miami, he set up his laptop and wireless card and accessed his Slingbox device which allowed him to watch a Chicago Bears game via an Internet connection.
When the game finished, Burdick closed his laptop, sailed on the cruise and forgot about it, happy that his favorite team has won the game. After the cruise has finished, he returned to Miami to find a bill from AT&T charging him over $27,000 for the three hours of Internet usage. AT&T had charged Brudick the international rate for the access.
At two cents per kilobyte, the total charge was $27,788.93 for the time he spent watching the game.
When your cell phone is outside of reach of terrestrial network, it will go on "roaming", which means it will likely pick up satellite connection, and your service provider is likely to charge you every penny for it.
Yes they do, but you might want to read what happens if you use it:
Cruise ship passenger Wayne Burdick was aboard a cruise ship in Miami, waiting to depart on a trip. While still docked at the port of Miami, he set up his laptop and wireless card and accessed his Slingbox device which allowed him to watch a Chicago Bears game via an Internet connection.
When the game finished, Burdick closed his laptop, sailed on the cruise and forgot about it, happy that his favorite team has won the game. After the cruise has finished, he returned to Miami to find a bill from AT&T charging him over $27,000 for the three hours of Internet usage. AT&T had charged Brudick the international rate for the access.
At two cents per kilobyte, the total charge was $27,788.93 for the time he spent watching the game.
When your cell phone is outside of reach of terrestrial network, it will go on "roaming", which means it will likely pick up satellite connection, and your service provider is likely to charge you every penny for it.
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