Moonarino

I would guess in most people. It takes a fairly intelligent person to recognize what's behind all the "red herrings" of everything-autism. I've had a couple of friends with at least borderline Aspergers, and their brainpower was off the chain. My daughter is possibly that, but coupled with a reading comprehension disorder that caused her major problems in high school. But her on-the-fly math skills were incredible.

One thing to consider is whether cruise ships will upgrade the "local area network" to take advantage of a larger pipe. "Local" meaning the numerous (presumably dozens of) WiFi Access Points that thousands of us will have to connect to (plus some number of wired connections around the ship), and then pass data through -- and then the switches and router(s) that process all the traffic to and from the Access Points, and simultaneously to and from the "big pipe in the sky" (satellite feed). Passing gigabits of data per second, for just one connection, is a HUGE thing. In fact "HUGE" doesn't even begin to cover it. In fact even for a techie like me I am utterly amazed, even flabbergasted, that it all actually works. But bring it on Elon, I'm "wired" and ready to go.

Actually my first exposure to "Satcom" was in 1973. There was a group of those techies down the hall from my crypto shop. I confess I had to look up GEODSS . . . deep-space surveillance. My turn for "wow". I can only imagine. Your later comment about image size relating to data transmission needs is right on point. For slightly (tongue-in-cheek) less-demanding general commercial applications, I'll throw streaming 4K video (not to mention video calling) into the conversation, times a billion or two. Cruise lines offer "standard" and "streaming" WiFi packages, for a reason. Streaming uses a whole heckuva lot more bandwidth that email, an online news page or social networking on average.

Yep, just like it has for most of a generation. It's amazing, overwhelming to think about. We want all 21st-century life's goodies but complain about what it takes to put the goodies in place. Colorado. Lowry AFB was where I learned my first big lesson about satellites (and "satcom"), sometime around 1979.

Dar & Bob, thanks for asking the question (I had the same) and Turtles06, thanks hugely for the answer. Yeah Edge was easy to figure out from the wall bumps, but Silhoutte not so easy.

Every now and then my LG phone actually takes a pic upside down, or re-orients it after I snap. Taking a series of pics, knowing I'm keeping the phone oriented the same, it just does that. Very odd. No sweat, sometimes stuff just happens.

Love all the pics. My ancestry is Scots through Ireland, have always harbored a wish to visit both countries. So much history there, and of course the gorgeous countryside.

Cool. None of my phones (older models, I detest the newer Android versons) have eSIM capability. But I've learned something new.

Fine for you. I was answering the OP's question.

The current rate is $22 a day, twice or more the rate of most off-port parking.

YES. Turning off cellular data only stops data usge, it does NOT stop call usage or (by itself) roaming, or messaging. Airplane mode is ALWAYS the way to go when cruising, except when purposely trying to call or text via cellular service.

Should be, at least when Internet isn't overcrowded. I wonder if you mean something like Spotify or Youtube, but I've streamed Youtube music videos with the basic package on several ships, and as long as it wasn't a peak/high-usage period I didn't have much problem.

And then Monkey Pox! Can't wait! ...................... 😐

Deleted another double-post because it didn't clear the first time I clicked, again.

YES, rapid NAAT will get you onboard. That was the test my lady and I took and we're At Sea. If you're "Up To Date" with BOOSTER shots you can test 3 days before your cruise departure. Otherwise you have to test within 2 days before. No boosters for us, so we had to test no earlier than Thursday for our Saturday cruise.