<div>We'll be traveling on Holland America - here's the information we recently received about wifi:<br>-------------------------------------<br>WiFi</div><div><div>Holland America offers WiFi onboard. It's
available in virtually all of the cabins and most of the public spaces
throughout the ship. The least expensive (by the per-minute charge)
package you can purchase onboard is 250 minutes for $103.95 (that's over
$0.41 per minute). They also offer, onboard, 100 minutes for $78.95. If
you're looking to save a few bucks, I can get the following Wifi
internet plans for you:</div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>250-minute plan at $90 ($0.37 per minute)</div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>500-minute plan at $140 ($0.28 per minute)</div>
<div> 1,000-minute plan at $240 ($0.24 per minute)</div><div>Plus a $3.95 credit-card processing fee.</div><div><br></div><div>Yes,
it's expensive ... their excuse is it's "over satellite." That's pretty
lame. Sadly, the internet provider on any cruise ship has a monopoly.
If you want to use the internet onboard a cruise ship, one is stuck
using the one and only supplier the cruise line provides.</div><div><br></div><div>Please
let me know if you'd like one of these plans no later than December 1.
These must be ordered in bulk, are prepaid (no refunds for any unused
minutes) and our order will be placed on December 1 -- which means you
can not get these after December 1 or onboard the ship. </div></div><div><br></div><div>If you're addicted to the internet, you'll want a 500- or 1000-minute package. Trust me on this.<br>--------------------------------------<br>
<br>...John<br></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Mike Harrison <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cluon@geeklabs.com">cluon@geeklabs.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Tue, 28 Dec 2010, Neal Rhodes wrote:<br>
<br>
> My apologies if this already was covered this week.<br>
><br>
> Anybody know the real deal regarding internet services aboard Royal<br>
> Carribean ships? Apparently their staff doesn't. I'm getting roped<br>
<br>
</div>2 years ago... on a Carribean ship,<br>
It was expensive, and I was on vacation.<br>
But the "cyber-lounge" had a free afternoon one day.<br>
I popped by with my iPhone, bought a gin and tonic,<br>
and checked my mail with no issues.<br>
<br>
On a Disney cruise 5 years ago, there was bursty but usable<br>
Wifi in the adults only (no kids) coffee shop.<br>
<br>
There is no reason it won't work on anything that<br>
does WiFi and DHCP.. and can open up a web browser<br>
to "accept the terms of service", free or not.<br>
<br>
But you will probably find that only web services<br>
work. It's usually via a satellite uplink and<br>
has some high latency and low bandwidth.<br>
<br>
<br>
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