arsenalboy Posted January 11, 2019 #1 Share Posted January 11, 2019 I know this topic has been done to death. Sailing the Silhouette for 14 days in Baltic in May, I cannot believe the cost of the wifi package which is £226 (290USD) unlimited for one device. We sailed with Celebrity in the Med 2 years ago and just checked what we paid for the same package and it was £125 (160USD). This is nearly 100% increase when we all know that communication costs are falling. I am a senior who will take an ipad for "housekeeping" purposes i.e., emails, bank transfers and sending the odd photo back home to the kids, barely 10 mins a day, probably 2 hours max for the whole cruise. This works out at circa £115 per hour (145 USD) I do not want to spend precious shore time seeking free internet so what are my options? Can I pay as I go on board? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted January 11, 2019 #2 Share Posted January 11, 2019 The rate you quote is prior to discounting. You can usually get a 25% discount on one of the sales. Also if you are Elite or above you will receive Elite - 90 Minutes Free or 30% Discount Elite+ 240 Min Free or 35% If this doesn't work for you budget you could hold off your internet work until in port. Most terminals and many restaurants have free Wifi. Other options are they have a Daily rate(49.00 and hourly (19.99) rate which are expensive but much less expensive as your calculation. Finally many phone companies in the U.S. e.g. T-Mobile offer free internet roaming almost in every country around the world while on shore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b.allen Posted January 11, 2019 #3 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Sailed Dec 23-Jan 6. Received unlimited for 2 weeks as a perk. Although it was nice to have, I would have been annoyed if I had actually purchased it. Found it quite slow and often outgoing mail/pictures were not able to be sent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollie Posted January 12, 2019 #4 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Unless it's a perk I would not get their wi fi. It's really slow. Rollie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkere Posted January 12, 2019 #5 Share Posted January 12, 2019 16 hours ago, arsenalboy said: I know this topic has been done to death. Sailing the Silhouette for 14 days in Baltic in May, I cannot believe the cost of the wifi package which is £226 (290USD) unlimited for one device. We sailed with Celebrity in the Med 2 years ago and just checked what we paid for the same package and it was £125 (160USD). This is nearly 100% increase when we all know that communication costs are falling. I am a senior who will take an ipad for "housekeeping" purposes i.e., emails, bank transfers and sending the odd photo back home to the kids, barely 10 mins a day, probably 2 hours max for the whole cruise. This works out at circa £115 per hour (145 USD) I do not want to spend precious shore time seeking free internet so what are my options? Can I pay as I go on board? I agree the wifi is very slow. If you are going to use it on the ship, then get unlimited on one of their sales. I prefer to do this because I don't want to spend my time at the ports searching for free wifi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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