Diamond internet?

[the_dylaness]

Someone commented on another thread that diamond gets free internet. I could not find this on the benefits package. Can someone explain? if my husband and I are both diamond will we both get internet?

[gerif]

You would each get a 24 hour period free. 

[OCSC Mike]

You each get one free 24-hour period (surf only, the slower version, although I've been able to stream video with it in the past) or you can apply the cost of that 24-hour surf period towards a "rest of cruise" package.

Edited May 23 by OCSC Mike

[the_dylaness]

I don't need streaming, just access to work...

Can I get in through a VPN on this?  (For work.)

 

One 24 hour period for a 2 week cruise, is that right?

 

[Ourusualbeach]

2 minutes ago, the_dylaness said:

 

 

One 24 hour period for a 2 week cruise, is that right?

 

Each or $23 off a package 

 

have read some vpns do not work. 

Edited May 23 by Ourusualbeach

[Florida_cruisers]

Is this internet through the computers they offer or can you use it on your mobile device? 

[cruisinfanatic]

1 minute ago, Florida_cruisers said:

Is this internet through the computers they offer or can you use it on your mobile device? 

Either

[Host Clarea]

4 minutes ago, the_dylaness said:

I don't need streaming, just access to work...

Can I get in through a VPN on this?  (For work.)

 

One 24 hour period for a 2 week cruise, is that right?

 

Depends on the VPN technology.  They have blocked the ones I use.  If yours uses SSL exclusively, you might have a shot.

 

[Florida_cruisers]

1 minute ago, cruisinfanatic said:

Either

 

Great! Is this 24 hr per cabin or per person in the cabin? And if it’s shared per cabin that means that one person can use up all the time before the other person can get to it, right?

Edited May 23 by Florida_cruisers

[the_dylaness]

How would I know if my VPN uses SSL (I barely know what that even means!)?

If it helps it is to access EPIC electronic medical records.

[Ourusualbeach]

2 minutes ago, Florida_cruisers said:

 

Great! Is this 24 hr per cabin or per person in the cabin? And if it’s shared per cabin that means that one person can use up all the time before the other person can get to it, right?

Per diamond member 

[Florida_cruisers]

3 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said:

Per diamond member 

 

That’s great!!! 

[Host Clarea]

1 hour ago, the_dylaness said:

How would I know if my VPN uses SSL (I barely know what that even means!)?

If it helps it is to access EPIC electronic medical records.

 

Speak to your network admin.

[Ocean Boy]

12 minutes ago, the_dylaness said:

 

If it helps it is to access EPIC electronic medical records.

In that case I'd be happy to get aboard and find the internet broken.

[the_dylaness]

Just now, Ocean Boy said:

In that case I'd be happy to get aboard and find the internet broken.

 

Haha, me too, but I am the only physician in my department so need to be available for some urgencies.  Won't be doing routine stuff, don't worry about that!

[klfrodo]

23 minutes ago, the_dylaness said:

How would I know if my VPN uses SSL (I barely know what that even means!)?

If it helps it is to access EPIC electronic medical records.

EPIC is only an application. Like Word, or Excel, or PowerPoint.

To get to EPIC, you need to get into your works servers. To maintain the security of the servers, you have to access them through a VPN (Virtual Private Network)

 

I have never been able to access my works VPN from a cruise due to Latency. 

[the_dylaness]

2 minutes ago, klfrodo said:

EPIC is only an application. Like Word, or Excel, or PowerPoint.

To get to EPIC, you need to get into your works servers. To maintain the security of the servers, you have to access them through a VPN (Virtual Private Network)

 

I have never been able to access my works VPN from a cruise due to Latency. 

 

Hmm, sounds like I should call work!

[klfrodo]

8 minutes ago, the_dylaness said:

 

Hmm, sounds like I should call work!

If they ask what kind of latency delay there might be, tell them anywhere from 600 to 800 miliseconds

[Biker19]

4 minutes ago, klfrodo said:

If they ask what kind of latency delay there might be, tell them anywhere from 600 to 800 miliseconds

Or 200+ms on an O3B equipped ship not sailing in Alaska.

[taglovestocruise]

1 hour ago, Florida_cruisers said:

 

That’s great!!! 

Think about timing when you use it. The clock starts at the first login.

[ONECRUISER]

32 minutes ago, taglovestocruise said:

Think about timing when you use it. The clock starts at the first login.

Agree, have to use whole 24hr period, once you login the next day at that time your free time expires

[brillohead]

So to maximize on that, if you just need to check in once a day, you can use your phone in port before sailaway for Day One, then on Day Two start your 24-hour free period at 8pm, and then on Day Three you can use the last of that free period until 7:59pm.  Then on Day Four you can start the second person's 24-hour free period at 8pm and use it on Day Five up until 7:59pm. Then you can pay for one 24-hour period at 8pm on Day Six and use that until 7:59 on Day Seven, and then in the morning on Day Eight you'll be back in port and disembarking.  

If you only need access Mon-Fri, you can shift that schedule accordingly, so you don't activate the first freebie period until needed on Monday.

If you need all-day access every single day, you'd need to use one freebie one day, the other freebie the next day, then pay for a rest-of-the-cruise package.  It would be cheaper to ask on your roll call if anyone wants to all chip in for a four-device package for the week at $50/person/week and then just blow off your Diamond perk.