Using a verizon blackberry aboard royal caribbean

[oilmanowen]

Does anyone have any experience using a Verizon Blackberry.......aboard any of the Royal Carib Ships

We are going on a 12 Day cruise thru Central America

in November........and I"m going to take the pro rated

unlimited call and email plan that they offfer by activating the SIM Card Feature in my Blackberry 9630 Tour

and I would really appreciate any advice from any experienced cruisers

[dougp26364]

Does anyone have any experience using a Verizon Blackberry.......aboard any of the Royal Carib Ships

We are going on a 12 Day cruise thru Central America

in November........and I"m going to take the pro rated

unlimited call and email plan that they offfer by activating the SIM Card Feature in my Blackberry 9630 Tour

and I would really appreciate any advice from any experienced cruisers

 

We found that most reps with Verizon are confused about global usage. You really need to speak with a Verizon global rep who specializes in global communications.

 

Essentially, if you're on the ship or within 50 yards of the ship, you're on RCI's towers and you'll be charge RCI's usage rates, which are very high. So if you're standing on the ship or if you close to the ship while in port, you'll be on RCI's expensive rates. We've been told that the indicator on our phone (roaming signal) will change when we're off the ships towers. On her Blackberry Storm there is a roaming indicator which should let us know when we're on the ships towers or another tower in the country we're in at the time.