mrpauly Posted March 23, 2023 #1 Share Posted March 23, 2023 I am looking at the upcoming April 2023 booking and want to know if the Starlink internet is fast and reliable enough to get on internet maybe a few Teams meetings, email, work a bit since its full 6 days at Sea. Has anyone done transatlantic and used internet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeRick Posted March 23, 2023 #2 Share Posted March 23, 2023 8 hours ago, mrpauly said: I am looking at the upcoming April 2023 booking and want to know if the Starlink internet is fast and reliable enough to get on internet maybe a few Teams meetings, email, work a bit since its full 6 days at Sea. Has anyone done transatlantic and used internet? If you get the premium WiFi it is definitely fast and reliable (most times). Many others have complained about the standard WiFi even with Starlink. It seems they limit it on bandwidth and download/upload speed. The premium will have far less users in general. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelayne Posted March 23, 2023 #3 Share Posted March 23, 2023 It can vary depending upon where you are. We did a fall TA on the Beyond and the first few days the internet was excellent. After leaving Ponta Delgado the internet reliability declined. The final sea day before arriving at Cape Liberty the internet was down most of the day. Long lines at the I lounge, they had no internet either. The weather for the crossing wasn’t great storms, rain, fog. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeRick Posted March 23, 2023 #4 Share Posted March 23, 2023 5 hours ago, jelayne said: It can vary depending upon where you are. We did a fall TA on the Beyond and the first few days the internet was excellent. After leaving Ponta Delgado the internet reliability declined. The final sea day before arriving at Cape Liberty the internet was down most of the day. Long lines at the I lounge, they had no internet either. The weather for the crossing wasn’t great storms, rain, fog. Did the Beyond have Starlink then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelayne Posted March 23, 2023 #5 Share Posted March 23, 2023 52 minutes ago, TeeRick said: Did the Beyond have Starlink then? Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare keesar Posted March 24, 2023 #6 Share Posted March 24, 2023 19 hours ago, mrpauly said: I am looking at the upcoming April 2023 booking and want to know if the Starlink internet is fast and reliable enough to get on internet maybe a few Teams meetings, email, work a bit since its full 6 days at Sea. Has anyone done transatlantic and used internet? We were in the Caribbean on the Beyond recently and it was a struggle with video conferencing on the Premium Package. There was no problem with emails as long as there were no attached photos. With photos, it was dependent on our location. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeRick Posted March 24, 2023 #7 Share Posted March 24, 2023 I had Starlink premium on Equinox in January in the Caribbean. It was the most reliable and fastest WiFi that I have ever experienced on a ship. No problem with streaming at all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Honolulu Blue Posted March 24, 2023 #8 Share Posted March 24, 2023 34 minutes ago, TeeRick said: I had Starlink premium on Equinox in January in the Caribbean. It was the most reliable and fastest WiFi that I have ever experienced on a ship. No problem with streaming at all. I had Starlink basic on the Summit in January/February in the Western Caribbean. It was mostly reliable, but throttled so hard I was tempted to call the authorities to report an attempted homicide. This is one of similar speed test screen shots I took from that journey: I tried again with the single speed available with Starlink on the Navigator OTS in the Mexican Riviera. That was better, though not great. Streaming worked, most of the time. Here's a screen shot of one of those speed tests: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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