Wine-O Posted September 29, 2014 #1 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Earlier this year Constellation instituted a new internet sign on procedure where you no longer need to go to the iLounge to sign up for an internet package -- you just open up your internet brouser, and it will prompt you to sign up for a package. If you are Elite or Elite +, your free minutes are pre-loaded on your seapass, so you just type in the folio number, and it recognizes you and sets up your free account. You no longer need to present your free internet coupon. Has Silhouette or the rest of the Fleet incorporated this new system. The reason I'm asking is I have a few extra internet coupons from a previous cruise and want to know if I will be able to use them on an upcoming Silhouette cruise. (just kidding). :rolleyes::D:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxo Posted September 29, 2014 #2 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Yes, Silly has same setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suntan Posted September 30, 2014 #3 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Earlier this year Constellation instituted a new internet sign on procedure where you no longer need to go to the iLounge to sign up for an internet package -- you just open up your internet brouser, and it will prompt you to sign up for a package. If you are Elite or Elite +, your free minutes are pre-loaded on your seapass, so you just type in the folio number, and it recognizes you and sets up your free account. You no longer need to present your free internet coupon. Has Silhouette or the rest of the Fleet incorporated this new system. The reason I'm asking is I have a few extra internet coupons from a previous cruise and want to know if I will be able to use them on an upcoming Silhouette cruise. (just kidding). :rolleyes::D:D We are just off the Silhouette. They have instituted the new sign on procedures you mentioned. Caution: we had very poor internet service - many complaints were made. They say you can use the internet in your stateroom - not always and the signal was poor most of the time. Recommendation was given to us by I.T. staff member in the iLounge - try to use the internet when in port as most passengers are off the ship and not too many people using it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wine-O Posted September 30, 2014 Author #4 Share Posted September 30, 2014 We are just off the Silhouette. They have instituted the new sign on procedures you mentioned. Caution: we had very poor internet service - many complaints were made. They say you can use the internet in your stateroom - not always and the signal was poor most of the time. Recommendation was given to us by I.T. staff member in the iLounge - try to use the internet when in port as most passengers are off the ship and not too many people using it. Thanks. I'm on the Transatlantic next month with not a lot of ports crossing the pond. :) I know the satellite receptions are spotty at best, but I'll just be using it to send/receive e-mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxo Posted September 30, 2014 #5 Share Posted September 30, 2014 We are just off the Silhouette. They have instituted the new sign on procedures you mentioned. Caution: we had very poor internet service - many complaints were made. They say you can use the internet in your stateroom - not always and the signal was poor most of the time. Recommendation was given to us by I.T. staff member in the iLounge - try to use the internet when in port as most passengers are off the ship and not too many people using it. We just got off, too. Used my Note 3 smart phone all over the ship. Had the complete opposite from what you had. In fact, I talked to IT manager and told him that this was the easiest and fastest service I had on any cruise. Never had a problem on any deck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CathyCruises Posted September 30, 2014 #6 Share Posted September 30, 2014 We are just off the Silhouette. They have instituted the new sign on procedures you mentioned. Caution: we had very poor internet service - many complaints were made. They say you can use the internet in your stateroom - not always and the signal was poor most of the time. Recommendation was given to us by I.T. staff member in the iLounge - try to use the internet when in port as most passengers are off the ship and not too many people using it. What kind of device were you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suntan Posted October 1, 2014 #7 Share Posted October 1, 2014 What kind of device were you using? I was using the ship's computers. My friend had her iPad with her - she had several connection problems during the cruise. When we were in the iLounge several iPad users were there complaining of the connection issues. Oxo: glad to hear you had no problems. Too bad we didn't meet so we could use your Note 3 smart phone.:D I understand that satellite internet connections are spotty at best. I'm just glad that I wasn't this one passenger who stated he was relying on the internet to conduct business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickh101 Posted February 19, 2015 #8 Share Posted February 19, 2015 (edited) If I buy one of the multi-minute internet packages, can the minutes be shared between devices (my iPad, my wifes iPad) or is the package device specific? Edited February 19, 2015 by mickh101 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
az_tchr Posted February 19, 2015 #9 Share Posted February 19, 2015 You can use multiple devices but only one can be logged in at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickh101 Posted February 19, 2015 #10 Share Posted February 19, 2015 That's great, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtravel777 Posted March 1, 2015 #11 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Thanks. I'm on the Transatlantic next month with not a lot of ports crossing the pond. :) I know the satellite receptions are spotty at best, but I'll just be using it to send/receive e-mail. I used a laptop in our cabin on the December 2013 transatlantic of the Silhoutte for 600 minutes during sea days (I would rather do some work on a ship than not be on a ship due to work). Although slow, I did not drop a connection once during the entire crossing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Plato123 Posted March 14, 2015 #12 Share Posted March 14, 2015 I used the Icafe on a recent Silhouette cruise and discovered that the security of the system was not what it should be. I tried to sign on to my Yahoo mail account and discovered that a previous user of the Mac laptop was still signed in to her account and if I wanted to I could have scanned all her messages. This even though I logged on the the Mac with my Silhouette user ID There are no warnings to sign out of your mail before exiting and it does not seem to have an automatic cache clean as many other systems do. Also not being an Apple type I did not have the proper connector to use the mini stereo speakers that were provided in the suite we had. I suggest that if you want to use your own tablet or non apple device bring along a stereo male to male cable as the speaker will accept an external connection. Last this is that the bandwidth on the ship was not apparently enough for all the users and it was not possible for me to use Skype using my android tablet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upwarduk Posted March 14, 2015 #13 Share Posted March 14, 2015 ----- the bandwidth on the ship was not apparently enough for all the users and it was not possible for me to use Skype using my android tablet. So many people using the Internet- not unusual in this modern day, it's about time it was upgraded on all the fleet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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