Internet

[MomC]

I have not sailed with Oceania in several years.  We have a penthouse suite.  Does that come with a certain number of free minutes?  What are the current internet plans when sailing on the Sirena on a 12 day itinerary?  I have some OBC I can use. Or did I see where the internet is free?

 

Thanks for your help.

 

Mom C

[LHT28]

unlimited internet  for  1 account  & 1 device device at a time

[clo]

2 hours ago, LHT28 said:

unlimited internet  for  1 account  & 1 device device at a time

And isn't that for all cabins?

[Mura]

I believe so.  Things have changed.  It's several years since I paid for a per-minute charge.

[alaskaca]

2 hours ago, LHT28 said:

unlimited internet  for  1 account  & 1 device device at a time

Thanks LHT28. I believe as you describe, this is for staterooms?

[clo]

5 minutes ago, alaskaca said:

Thanks LHT28. I believe as you describe, this is for staterooms?

https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/All-Oceania-guests-to-get-free-internet

[LHT28]

all cabins have free internet

https://oceaniacruises.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360005405174-Can-I-use-more-than-one-device-for-the-free-internet-

[clo]

4 minutes ago, LHT28 said:

all cabins have free internet

https://oceaniacruises.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360005405174-Can-I-use-more-than-one-device-for-the-free-internet-

Yep.  I asked this elsewhere here but no one had a response.  Can one computer be 'tethered' to another one

[osandomir]

One account and one device per cabin mean just that. Any attempt to go around this make it more difficult to use internet for everybody else.

[clo]

18 minutes ago, osandomir said:

One account and one device per cabin mean just that. Any attempt to go around this make it more difficult to use internet for everybody else.

As I understand it, it's a pretty sorry connection at best.

[StanandJim]

28 minutes ago, clo said:

As I understand it, it's a pretty sorry connection at best.

Perhaps, but if I might be so bold, we will never know how good it might be if the selfish few weren't forever  trying get arounds such as tethering.

 

Something about the solitary nature of the Internet promotes a "me first" attitude which is a boil on the backside of our Society.  

[Mrs f.]

Happy to have free internet. Ours worked fine. My husband logged off with his device and then I logged on with mine. Years ago I remember  hunting for internet  cafes to be able to check my messages.

[TLCOhio]

1 hour ago, Mrs f. said:

Happy to have free internet. Ours worked fine. My husband logged off with his device and then I logged on with mine. Years ago I remember  hunting for internet  cafes to be able to check my messages.

 

YES!!  Agree with above by Mrs. f.  From late last fall in doing our first Oceania sailing, all worked reasonably well with the Internet.  Was posting a comprehensive live/blog (connected below) that include many, many pictures, etc.  Also, we had a decent number of sea-days and I did much surfing of news and other info websites, etc.  The tenth floor library on the Nautica was my favorite "hang-out" location.  After doing an Alaska trip later this month, next will be a first-time trip for exploring in early 2020 on the Regatta for various South Pacific islands, including Fiji, Samoa, Bora Bora, etc.  Hopefully, will have similar Oceania Internet success.

 

THANKS!  Enjoy!  Terry in Ohio

 

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[Mrs f.]

Terry...i enjoy reading your blogs😁.

[TLCOhio]

32 minutes ago, Mrs f. said:

Terry...i enjoy reading your blogs😁.

 

Appreciate, Mrs. f, your kind follow-up.  Glad to know you're a person of such high class, great taste and wonderful judgment to make these generous comments.

 

THANKS!  Enjoy!  Terry in Ohio

 

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[ORV]

2 hours ago, Mrs f. said:

Terry...i enjoy reading your blogs😁.

Yeah, but I'm still trying to figure out what it is he's selling. 

[roothy123]

On 7/7/2019 at 12:01 PM, ORV said:

Yeah, but I'm still trying to figure out what it is he's selling. 

If you haven't figured out what it is by now, maybe it's NOTHING!😊

[kendon]

On 7/7/2019 at 7:45 AM, Mrs f. said:

Happy to have free internet. Ours worked fine. My husband logged off with his device and then I logged on with mine. Years ago I remember  hunting for internet  cafes to be able to check my messages.

Oh...so two devices are okay just not at the same time?  I hope that's what you mean.  We both need to have access to work and family.

[Mrs f.]

Kendon....my husband and I each have our own email and internet accounts. Yes...as soon as my husband logged off, I logged on....no problems.  Of course, we had 24 hours where the entire ship had no internet

[clo]

1 hour ago, Mrs f. said:

Kendon....my husband and I each have our own email and internet accounts. Yes...as soon as my husband logged off, I logged on....no problems.  Of course, we had 24 hours where the entire ship had no internet

LOL.  I describe the lack of constant access to communication this way:  When Hillary never contacted me a single time to help negotiate world peace I figured I just wasn't that important.  🙂

[Mura]

I am fortunate in that my (retired) aerospace enginering husband is computer illiterate.  So we don't have to share ...

 

But if he were, we would!

 

I make it a policy to log off when I'm not using the internet.  Just my effort to reduce the total usage on the system, even if it IS free.

 

Mura

 

[clo]

1 hour ago, Mura said:

I make it a policy to log off when I'm not using the internet.

Ditto.  And I can do photo-type things off-line.  I can download something and read it later.  

[roothy123]

12 hours ago, clo said:

Ditto.  And I can do photo-type things off-line.  I can download something and read it later.  

Yes, and I sure wish everyone logged off when done, although I've never been sure if that's necessary.  (Does the system log you off automatically after an amount of time has passed with no activity?)

 

If I'm going to email, I just compose something off-line, park it on the clipboard or whatever, and then transfer it to email later when I go online.  I also compress any pictures I want to send, although I realize that's a little more complicated for some people.

Edited July 9, 2019 by roothy123

[Mura]

In the days of paid internet the system DID log off after a certain amount of time.  I don't know if it still does but I would assume so ...

[sunlover12]

38 minutes ago, roothy123 said:

Yes, and I sure wish everyone logged off when done, although I've never been sure if that's necessary.  (Does the system log you off automatically after an amount of time has passed with no activity?)

 

 

It does not log you off automatically. You have to do that yourself.  Maybe that's part of the problem why the wi-fi is so slow.