1partyjan Posted April 30, 2016 #1 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Hi, I am sailing on the IOS and am wondering which wifi package to purchase. I want to check emails, use FB and messenger to text and make calls. I do not need to stream music or films etc. Would voom surf be adequate or should I purchase voom surf + stream. Is Voom surf unlimited? Thanks J+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashland Posted April 30, 2016 #2 Share Posted April 30, 2016 I asked this same question for similar needs...and opted for the Voom Surf for one device in just one of our names..it was $63.63 for my unlimited package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted April 30, 2016 #3 Share Posted April 30, 2016 It probably doesn't make a diff on ships without real Voom - there's likely no diff between the two tiers. Making calls might be iffy, but you should be able to do the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1partyjan Posted April 30, 2016 Author #4 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Surf package purchased J+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark-Sheffield Posted April 30, 2016 #5 Share Posted April 30, 2016 It probably doesn't make a diff on ships without real Voom - there's likely no diff between the two tiers. Making calls might be iffy, but you should be able to do the rest. But what's real Voom ? I have not seem any quoted speeds of the upgrade on the ships that this has been added too ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted April 30, 2016 #6 Share Posted April 30, 2016 But what's real Voom ? I have not seem any quoted speeds of the upgrade on the ships that this has been added too ? I doubt that Royal will quote real speeds, it's unlike them to be specific. However, the real VOOM speeds I've seen people post from Oasis class are in the Mbits/s, and the non-VOOM speeds are in the Kbits/s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted April 30, 2016 #7 Share Posted April 30, 2016 But what's real Voom ? I have not seem any quoted speeds of the upgrade on the ships that this has been added too ? The reported speed on Anthem was about 25MBs while some have reported speeds on non-Voom ships in the 100KBs range. Also, on non-Voom ships the latency is at least 2-3 times of a Voom equipped ship (because of the much lower altitude of the O3B satellites). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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