Voom in Alaska (Ovation)

[jgoodm]

Hi All,

 

Forgive me if this is a repeat connection but my search didn't find a direct answer.  Can anyone advise how well Voom works on Ovation in the Alaska inside straight cruises?  I need be connected for work and have become quite spoiled by my Voom connection in the Caribbean.

 

Thanks,

 

J.

 

 

Edited March 6, 2019 by jgoodm

[josh.vincent.180]

Since it’s using the new satellite tech it should work as good.  I am on Ovation in September and thinking about getting GoogleFi for the month also because being that close to shore I think it will provide Cellular Data and service.

[Clarea]

9 minutes ago, jgoodm said:

Hi All,

 

Forgive me if this is a repeat connection but my search didn't find a direct answer.  Can anyone advise how well Voom works on Ovation in the Alaska inside straight cruises?  I need be connected for work and have become quite spoiled by my Voom connection in the Caribbean.

 

Thanks,

 

J.

 

 

 

Ovation has never been to Alaska, which might explain why you were not able to find any info.

[Biker19]

9 hours ago, jgoodm said:

 Can anyone advise how well Voom works on Ovation in the Alaska inside straight cruises? 

O3B performance deteriorates in upper latitudes so while it may work well in Seattle, VOOM may get iffier by the time you get to Juneau. 

[jg2256]

It worked great on our Australia/NZ cruise in Jan. There was one day when were travelling the southern sounds where it was a bit spotty but overall it was  great. I was really surprised how good it worked anywhere on the ship. I assume that the challenges in the Northern Latitudes will be similar to those we had in the far southern latitudes so hopefully it will work well during your cruise.

[A&L_Ont]

On Radiance sailing in the tighter inside passage signal was hard to get at times. Only time will tell if Ovation has them same issue. 

[jgoodm]

7 hours ago, A&L_Ont said:

On Radiance sailing in the tighter inside passage signal was hard to get at times. Only time will tell if Ovation has them same issue. 

 

Does Radiance have the O3 satellite upgrade?  Thanks.

[vacationlover_mn]

18 hours ago, A&L_Ont said:

On Radiance sailing in the tighter inside passage signal was hard to get at times. Only time will tell if Ovation has them same issue. 

Ours was so bad on Radiance Alaska, that I got a full refund.

[CRUISEFAN0001]

18 hours ago, A&L_Ont said:

On Radiance sailing in the tighter inside passage signal was hard to get at times. Only time will tell if Ovation has them same issue. 

Likely based on its larger size (we were on Ovation in Sydney in December), the Inner Passage route will be slightly tweaked compared to Radiance. Our Radiance cruise a few years ago was a nice round trip to the Inner Passage and featured a run up a fjord to Sawyer Glacier. Ovation would not fit that same path...Radiance was just able to make it.

[Biker19]

10 hours ago, jgoodm said:

Does Radiance have the O3 satellite upgrade?  

No.