ldjessee
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Last I used cruise ship internet it had lots of lag and the bandwidth was not great either. Better than 1Mbit/sec (what I think of as token ring) but less than 10 Mbit/sec. And obviously everyone was sharing it, so busy times meant less bandwidth and more lag.I haven't used either in 20 years but what I remember was kB per second for unimaginable $ from Inmarsat. The Iridium was free but the bit rate was well less than 1k. I could download my e-mails in the hour long drive from the city to the work site.
I believe that internet is available on cruise ships these days. That must come from some satellite service.
Last cruise I bought a local sim plan and used the phone for internet when close to shore. Much more feasible when you are cruising around Norway, Sweden, Iceland, and Scottland than say... a mid-atlantic crossing.
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