Skype on Board

[ronbetty2001]

Have a Mobal Global phone (not usable while at sea) and was wondering if anyone has used Skype on board using the ship WiFi. Thinking of using our Ipad with Skype while on board the ship at sea to connect to guides, Los Angeles etc. The Skype minutes are very cheap but unsure if the ship WiFi has the Bandwidth for a decent connection through Skype:rolleyes:.

Thanks,

Capt. Ron

[cruisestitch]

Skype, as well as other programs that use a lot of bandwidth, are generally blocked on board and you probably will find that you cannot Skype while on the ship's wi-fi. You may be able to find hotspots on shore from which you can Skype.

[aquaclass]

skype on the ship's wifi is impossible

[travelberlin]

I was able to use skype a couple of times with my ipad last year. However during this year I could not use it anymore. The celebrity IT advisor told me that sometimes it works if you did not log out of skype before boarding the ship.

[Keith1010]

Usually it is blocked.

 

Keith

[Algebralovr]

I expect that calling will be blocked, anyone know if texts will be similarly blocked?

[awboater]

It is usually blocked. But even if it were not blocked, the throughput rates are so bad that it would not be very useable.

[coldweathergirl]

this past winter on Infinity in SA skype and the phone option of gmail were both blocked.

[ronbetty2001]

Thank you all, I guess that settles it, no Skype on board.:(

 

Capt. Ron