BlerkOne

This is true. I was on Infinity in February and the Internet was horrible. and that was after I paid for an upgraded experience. The access points can be bottlenecks if there aren't enough of them - like one per cabin and many more distributed around the ship. Installing Starlink is not just a matter of plug and play of Startlink equipment. Regular Starlink Mobile is really just for land use at under 10mph. Something like a cruise ship has to pay for priority data.

Not Carnival. Carnival

It was partly to point out the absurdity of debate by Google.

The satellite communication gear on Carnival is still in radomes for protection from the corrosive environment. Starlink commercial antennas are much more than $400. They can cost over $100K.

So you are assuming Carnival is average? Or has this become an average cruise tipping thread? Anyway, it is off topic

I remember 300 baud modems and back when dinosaurs roamed used to repurpose guidance system computers out of Minuteman missiles. The infrastructure on the ship .doesn't have to change. How it gets to/from space does.

Are you referring to Carnival? 2020 data? Get something current. Room service used to be free. There are many other changes. It is absurd to try to compare cruising of 1997 to today.

I believe in 2007 the Carnival Supper Clubs were $25. It is left to the reader how much that would be today. And the supper clubs had live music.

More google stats? Next cruise look at all the radomes. The number and positions change. They are not interchangeable.

Neither are some of the other arguments. Debate by Google, doncha know.

Cruise prices and bookings continue to increase.

Besides Starlink and soon to be Amazon Kuiper, there is OneWeb. I think 5g will be over a new link.

Companies Push Prices Higher, Protecting Profits but Adding to Inflation https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/30/business/economy/inflation-companies-profits-higher-prices.html “Companies are not just maintaining margins, not just passing on cost increases, they have used it as a cover to expand margins,” said Albert Edwards, a global strategist at Société Générale, referring to profit margins, a measure of how much businesses earn from every dollar of sales.

from the corporate level, across all brands, I'm thinking not.

You can switch. One device per plan at a time, but unlimited devices.

at the end of the day it always comes down to some people just don't want to tip the amounts and in the fashion recommended by the cruise lines. Only the excuses vary.

Not once the lines are released. The cruise contract is clear that some costs can be 100% passed along.

There is no competition at sea.

150% of statistics are made up.

What else was happening then? Oh yeah, COVID.

Starlink is apparently not the only provided Carnival uses and Amazon's Internet service is becoming a reality. AT&T sold their interest in Wireless Maritime Services. https://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/2022/10/wireless-maritime-services-becomes-independent-platform/

5 Major Hotel Brands That Still Charge For Wi-Fi https://www.mapquest.com/travel/5-major-hotel-brands-that-still-charge-for-wi-fi/

Yes, garnish is one of the basic food groups.

A lot of people didn't see the demise of telephone operators, either. I imagine initial demand will be for phone calls to/from the ships which will reduce demand on ship Internet. As for data, cost could be offset by speed, availability, etc. So many satellites zipping around these days with untapped potential.

Want vs willing to pay for vs how much. A lot probably want different TV channels in the stateroom. How is that working?