Carnival Corp completes the fleet!

[BlerkOne]

Starlink is on all the ships

 

https://www.carnivalcorp.com/news-releases/news-release-details/carnival-corporation-rolls-out-spacexs-innovative-starlink

 

 

[mamiamjo]

Awesome! 😎

[john91498]

Was on the Panorama with starlink and it still seemed slow...

[weezal]

they're certainly not equally fast nor consistent, across ships.

i was just on the firenze, and while premium internet was good, not as great as on the jubilee.

[BlerkOne]

23 minutes ago, john91498 said:

Was on the Panorama with starlink and it still seemed slow...

I think it is possible. Installing Starlink doesn't upgrade the rest of the ship infrastructure - number of access points, etc. I have found speeds can vary greatly moving around a ship.

[john91498]

I did notice it was better when I was up on deck with open skies.

 

We weren't able to stream Netflix or any other service while in our cabin.

[Joebucks]

Great, a much higher price with negligible speed improvement. Just what I wanted.

[BlerkOne]

35 minutes ago, Joebucks said:

Great, a much higher price with negligible speed improvement. Just what I wanted.

Ask and you shall receive. Starlink is raising rates!

 

https://www.tesla-mag.com/en/spacex-adjusts-starlink-pricing-implications-for-u-s-users-and-the-broadband-market/

 

but nobody is forced to buy. Entirely optional.

 

 

 

[MEUB1112]

Awesome 

[movtarget]

Cabin/Ship structures are metal, and are really bad at allowing radio frequency (RF - as in Wifi RF), to penetrate through walls, floors, and ceilings (all metal on a cruise ship). Even with better internet source speeds, your actual experience can vary greatly depending on where you are located. As in how close you are to a properly setup wifi access point. Even 30 feet down the hall from an access point, the signal gets really bad.

 

I surveyed wifi signal strength on cabin decks on the Legend and the Magic, and it went from -42 dBm (pretty good) to -92 dBm (really bad) and occasionally non-existent.

 

Sitting at home right now (on a 4 node mesh network) I get a range of -26 dBm to -68 dBm.

 

Geeks gotta geek. (I used “airport utility” app on ios mobile devices to measure the signal strength - it’s free, download it before your cruise)

 

• -30 dBm: The best possible signal strength, and your device is likely only a few feet from the AP 
• -50 dBm: Excellent signal strength 
• -60 dBm: Very good signal strength 
• -65 dBm: Good, reliable signal strength 
• -70 dBm: Okay signal strength, and the minimum signal strength required for a decent packet delivery 
• -80 dBm: Borderline useless, and packet delivery may be unreliable 
• -90 dBm: Signal is really weak, and (almost) impossible to connect to

 

[Joebucks]

On 5/16/2024 at 7:20 PM, BlerkOne said:

Ask and you shall receive. Starlink is raising rates!

 

https://www.tesla-mag.com/en/spacex-adjusts-starlink-pricing-implications-for-u-s-users-and-the-broadband-market/

 

but nobody is forced to buy. Entirely optional.

 

Eh, I'm not usually one to complain about fees or entitlements. However, the price I pay to get internet on a cruise ship in 2024 is borderline excessive. To spend hundreds a week or go without internet seems a bit off. 

[mz-s]

1 hour ago, Joebucks said:

 

Eh, I'm not usually one to complain about fees or entitlements. However, the price I pay to get internet on a cruise ship in 2024 is borderline excessive. To spend hundreds a week or go without internet seems a bit off. 

 

Cruise a line like Virgin whose business model was designed this decade - where wifi, a decent wage for the crew without being subsidized by gratuities, and decent food are included in your fare.

Edited Friday at 11:16 PM by mz-s

[BlerkOne]

7 hours ago, mz-s said:

 

Cruise a line like Virgin whose business model was designed this decade - where wifi, a decent wage for the crew without being subsidized by gratuities, and decent food are included in your fare.

And no drink packages!!

[Joebucks]

16 hours ago, mz-s said:

 

Cruise a line like Virgin whose business model was designed this decade - where wifi, a decent wage for the crew without being subsidized by gratuities, and decent food are included in your fare.

 

Just because this decade likes to "feel" like paying more for free stuff is a better deal, I'd rather not limit my itinerary, ship, and duration choices, in honor of paying more to escape a "fee."