Faster internet

[swansong]

Having recently returned from Explorer I wonder if anyone has experience of the ‘faster ‘ internet. We were offered this for ( I think ) $111 for 12 nights. We didn’t take this up but were frustrated with the generally slow normal internet. I would consider this in the future but only if it was truly faster. Any comments would be welcome.

 

 

Sent from my iPad using Forums

[captjohn]

We were also just on the Explorer and read about the same offer. I asked about this from the computer guy. It is called "streaming service" and is NOT faster than or different from the " Free service " except that it allows you the stream music, video ( that's a joke ), etc. The bottom line is that if you pay they won't block streaming content but it's the same speed as the Free WIFI. Hope I have explained this OK.

John

[cwn]

We were also just on the Explorer and read about the same offer. I asked about this from the computer guy. It is called "streaming service" and is NOT faster than or different from the " Free service " except that it allows you the stream music, video ( that's a joke ), etc. The bottom line is that if you pay they won't block streaming content but it's the same speed as the Free WIFI. Hope I have explained this OK.

John

 

Yes, you did. On the Navigator WC Dick would spend the $10 a day extra charge the last few days of each segment so he could up date several programs that couldn't up date using the free internet, but it was no faster.

[swansong]

Thanks for the information, I wasn’t aware that the service was the same apart from blocking. It took me 30 minutes to download my normal newspaper ( not available on board ) at 6:00 am ( normally 30 seconds at home ) so I can’t believe that streaming can be worth the price.

 

 

 

Sent from my iPad using Forums