ricka47 Posted October 3, 2019 #1 Share Posted October 3, 2019 We'll be on the Insignia soon for our first O cruise. To afford cruises, I teach online for a few universities and have to stay connected while aboard. I don't need a lot of bandwidth for what I do and streaming is not required. But, I do need to connect daily to see what those pesky students are doing (or, in most cases, not doing). So far, the best Internet to be found has been Voom on RCI. I'm wondering if anyone has experience with the former Internet quality and speed vs. the newer Wavenet service on Oceania? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flatbush Flyer Posted October 3, 2019 #2 Share Posted October 3, 2019 36 minutes ago, ricka47 said: We'll be on the Insignia soon for our first O cruise. To afford cruises, I teach online for a few universities and have to stay connected while aboard. I don't need a lot of bandwidth for what I do and streaming is not required. But, I do need to connect daily to see what those pesky students are doing (or, in most cases, not doing). So far, the best Internet to be found has been Voom on RCI. I'm wondering if anyone has experience with the former Internet quality and speed vs. the newer Wavenet service on Oceania? "Wavenet" is not new. There are two versions of internet access on Oceania ships: 1) The free one (one account per cabin, which you can use on multiple devices though only one at a time). 2) The extra charge account, which is exactly the same as the free version except that streaming is not blocked. The connectivity and "speed" can vary significantly dependent on your geographic location while at sea (satellite dead spots are real) as well as your location on the ship. Note as well, that the ship's servers are located in Miami. So, while the speed of the local modems/repeaters/etc may be fine, it is the "latency" delay in the satellite transmission that can really slow things down to a very frustrating level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricka47 Posted October 3, 2019 Author #3 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Thanks - I'm usually up fairly early and try to get things done before everyone else gets up and online. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flatbush Flyer Posted October 3, 2019 #4 Share Posted October 3, 2019 1 hour ago, ricka47 said: Thanks - I'm usually up fairly early and try to get things done before everyone else gets up and online. How many folks are online is certainly a factor. But, it really is the geographic location, your location on the ship and the latency of the satellite transmission that may cause you problems. On our travels, we've hit some dead spots in places like the North Atlantic and South Pacific. In those cases, there was no internet nor satellite TV feeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob brown Posted October 5, 2019 #5 Share Posted October 5, 2019 We were on the Insignia for six month's, ATW, and found the 'regular' internet coverage to be generally very poor, no matter where we were. The number of passenger's online definitely affected speed. The best time to use it was between 1 and 5 AM. On port days, when most passenger's were ashore, speed improved also. I found it especially difficult to upload photo's to post here on CC...sometimes 5 or more minutes for one small photo...I had to turn off the auto lock on my phone, because if it locked while uploading, the upload then failed... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go-Bucks! Posted October 5, 2019 #6 Share Posted October 5, 2019 8 minutes ago, bob brown said: We were on the Insignia for six month's, ATW, and found the 'regular' internet coverage to be generally very poor, no matter where we were. The number of passenger's online definitely affected speed. The best time to use it was between 1 and 5 AM. On port days, when most passenger's were ashore, speed improved also. I found it especially difficult to upload photo's to post here on CC...sometimes 5 or more minutes for one small photo...I had to turn off the auto lock on my phone, because if it locked while uploading, the upload then failed... Yes, it was totally frustrating!! It would take me anywhere from 15 minutes to several hours to upload 1 picture into an email or to CC. Agree with Bob...had to do anything with pictures involved from 11pm to 5am. I'm hoping my next cruise on Princess will have faster internet...supposedly their new Medallion Net is much faster and more reliable than most cruiselines; we'll see.👩💻 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob brown Posted October 5, 2019 #7 Share Posted October 5, 2019 I think most of the newer megaships, regardless of cruise line, do offer a superior internet experience... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare FlyerTalker Posted October 5, 2019 #8 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Most people don't realize the size of "one photo", especially from a phone where the sizes aren't readily apparent. Hundreds of pages of text are still smaller than a photo - and don't even start talking about the data size of videos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted October 5, 2019 #9 Share Posted October 5, 2019 12 minutes ago, Go-Bucks! said: I'm hoping my next cruise on Princess will have faster internet...supposedly their new Medallion Net is much faster and more reliable than most cruiselines; we'll see.👩💻 is the wifi free? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go-Bucks! Posted October 5, 2019 #10 Share Posted October 5, 2019 9 minutes ago, bob brown said: I think most of the newer megaships, regardless of cruise line, do offer a superior internet experience... I won't be on a new megaship, though. Just a new upgraded system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go-Bucks! Posted October 5, 2019 #11 Share Posted October 5, 2019 1 minute ago, LHT28 said: is the wifi free? For me, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted October 5, 2019 #12 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Just now, Go-Bucks! said: For me, yes. if not free for everyone that may work out better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob brown Posted October 5, 2019 #13 Share Posted October 5, 2019 1 minute ago, Go-Bucks! said: I won't be on a new megaship, though. Just a new upgraded system. IIRC, that's what 'O' said about the Insignia on its drydocking...if it was 'improved', I'd hate to experience what it was like before... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go-Bucks! Posted October 5, 2019 #14 Share Posted October 5, 2019 1 minute ago, LHT28 said: if not free for everyone that may work out better Nothing could be worse than 7 months of super slow internet so I'm sure I'll be happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go-Bucks! Posted October 5, 2019 #15 Share Posted October 5, 2019 1 minute ago, bob brown said: IIRC, that's what 'O' said about the Insignia on its drydocking...if it was 'improved', I'd hate to experience what it was like before... I was on Insignia before the refurbishment and it was the same.🙁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted October 5, 2019 #16 Share Posted October 5, 2019 39 minutes ago, bob brown said: IIRC, that's what 'O' said about the Insignia on its drydocking...if it was 'improved', I'd hate to experience what it was like before... It was fine before it was free to all When you paid for your usage people seemed more considerate & logged off when not in use YMMV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ORV Posted October 6, 2019 #17 Share Posted October 6, 2019 It will log you off now after a certain amount of non use. I think this is one of the problems with it, at least on the Marina. It seems to always be disconnecting you, even while in active use. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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