Wireless Internet Access on Constellation

[el344]

The celebrityatsea website says "All Century Class and Millennium Class (Millennium available March 2005, Infinity by April 2005) ships have wireless access in hotspots around the ship." (http://www.celebrityatsea.com/index.aspx?value=6)

 

Anyone know if Constellation actually has wireless? If so, I'll feel duty bound to lug the laptop. If not, I won't.

 

Elise

 

[canderson]

The celebrityatsea website says "All Century Class and Millennium Class (Millennium available March 2005, Infinity by April 2005) ships have wireless access in hotspots around the ship." (http://www.celebrityatsea.com/index.aspx?value=6)

 

Anyone know if Constellation actually has wireless? If so, I'll feel duty bound to lug the laptop. If not, I won't.

 

Elise

 

From Constellation on 4/9/05

 

Celebrity Cruises Millennium Class - Wireless @ Sea

 

Introduction

 

In order to connect to the Wireless@Sea Internet Hotspot you must have a laptop which is compatible with the WiFi 802.11b/g standard. The Hotspots available on Millennium Class Ships are:

Conference Rooms (Deck 3), Card Room, near Cova Cafe (Deck 5), Rendez-Vous Lounge, including Martini and Champagne Bar (Deck 4 and 5), Online@Celebrity Computer Center Notes (Deck 6), Words (Deck 8 & 9), and (Deck 10) Miship to the stern of the ship.

It is necessary for your account to be enabled to access the

Wireless@Sea

network. If you have not already done so please contact an

Online@Celebrity

staff member to enable your account for

Wireless@Sea

access.

 

Note that they're doing both b and g 802.11. I did b only, so don't know if using a g device really buys you any more bandwidth on their system. Both will be significantly faster than the satellite service anyway.

[cruiseyguy]

To go beyond the ship (e.g., internet, e-mail etc), the satellite must still be utilized to transmit/receive data. The internal wireless network only allows you to avoid a line connection in accessing the ship's satellite uplink.

[smdubowsky]

Yes the Constellation had wireless service available when we sailed on her in January.

 

Smdubowsky

[el344]

Thanks for the info -- I guess this means I lug the laptop.

 

Elise