Is this possible? Cruise ship w/ WI-FI/ Mobile Phone/Skype

[RobDFW]

Originally Posted by gcianc

wi-fi on the ship will require a logon so lets assume you can use your brower and authenticate your connection. Even though for the phone that is a big if.

once connected you might not even have enough data rate for skype. i've used internet on ships that are slower than 14.4 baud modems back in the day.

so even if you had a laptop and perfect wifi connection you might find the ship's internet pathetically unusable for plain text email.

there is a huge YMMV as it depends on the location, system, satellite, weather, etc.

worst case at port find a Starbucks or wi-fi location with good connection rate.

Agreed. Internet on ships is slooooooow. It will probably work, but don't count on good quality.