Voom on Transpacific cruises

[hangfive]

What is the coverage like for voom internet on transpacific cruises, Sydney to Honolulu or vice versa? Specifically Radiance of the Seas, which sails via Tahiti.

[Biker19]

It should work all the time, but outages can happen at any time. Realize that Radiance still has the old system, so performance will be rather slow.

[Seenie]

My advice to anyone thinking of buying VOOM is: don't don't buy the package until you have tried it out onboard for a couple of days. The pre-sailing discount isn't worth the risk. See my post about VOOM on my recent TA.

[Beachin2]

Except for a few hours near the equator it worked well a few weeks ago on the entire Explorer Sydney to Seattle cruise, but EX has the updated system. That should affect speed more than satellite lock though.

[Biker19]

Except for a few hours near the equator it worked well a few weeks ago on the entire Explorer Sydney to Seattle cruise, but EX has the updated system.

No, it doesn't.

[Beachin2]

No, it doesn't.

 

Guess the IT officer on board was misinformed about his equipment.

[Biker19]

Guess the IT officer on board was misinformed about his equipment.

Maybe he meant the ship was updated to VOOM - which all ships have, as of May 2015. Not all VOOM is the same. In his defense, network traffic is typically controlled from Miami and updates/upgrades of BW are sometimes not under the ship's control.