Jancruz Posted March 25, 2019 #1 Share Posted March 25, 2019 As everyone knows (or should know) I am a dunce when it comes to electronics..So I have a question I know everyone here can probably answer I know we get free wi-fi for one person Also, what does WiFi include, specifying limits if any? Internet? Texting? IPhone? Email? Many thanks to you all!! Jancruz1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulchili Posted March 25, 2019 #2 Share Posted March 25, 2019 (edited) Internet and email for sure - not sure about texting as I don’t do it. How much you can actually get done on the internet varies from how many people are on or what you want to do - streaming will not work, large downloads will be slow but simple searches should be OK. Also I get free phone calls on my iPad as long as there is wifi using my HOME phone number. Thus if I am in Australia (or wherever) I can call any US number as if I was calling from my home phone i.e. for free as long as there is wifi (I am using Comcast as my home phone service). Edited March 25, 2019 by Paulchili Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jancruz Posted March 25, 2019 Author #3 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Thanks so much Paul for the great info..I am looking forward to seeing you in December.. Jancruz1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwindham Posted March 25, 2019 #4 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Also the free is one device per cabin at a time not really one person. My friend and I had to be sure the other was logged off on our Tahiti cruise before we used our devices. Only one person could sign up but we just used those credentials and both used it. Worked OK for us. I am a super early riser so found first thing in the morning I got much better timing than middle or later in the day. Julia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted March 25, 2019 #5 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Jan I would ask your favourite TA she will know 😉 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jancruz Posted March 25, 2019 Author #6 Share Posted March 25, 2019 ROTFL Jancruz1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ORV Posted March 25, 2019 #7 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Jan, if you have an iPhone you can use Messenger to text while you are on Wifi. I think you have to turn that function on though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JK300 Posted March 25, 2019 #8 Share Posted March 25, 2019 If you have Whatsapp you can text when connected and in most cases you can even make a video call with satisfying quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmjh Posted March 26, 2019 #9 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Jan - Facetime and Skype will usually work ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob brown Posted March 26, 2019 #10 Share Posted March 26, 2019 I find the wifi excruciatingly slow... uploading more than a few photos often fails. I would do more, but I find it very frustrating...☹️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted March 26, 2019 #11 Share Posted March 26, 2019 I guess with a lot of people uploading the photos here & to friends & family plus the area you are in it will be slow going plus now you have told everyone they can use more than one device at a time it will be even slower 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PaulMCO Posted March 26, 2019 #12 Share Posted March 26, 2019 WiFI includes -- Internet - except unless you pay extra O will block many streaming sites Texting -- classical texting is via phone service. Cellular at sea charges 0.50 per text. You could also use WhatApp, Messenger, Facetime or Skype if you know the user ID when connected to WiFi Phone -- turn off data roaming. Connect to wifi just as you would do on a PC. O limits to one user at a time (unless in Owners or Vista = 2 users). So if you are connected on the phone and log in on a PC, you will get shall I disconnect the other user... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgee Posted March 26, 2019 #13 Share Posted March 26, 2019 On 3/25/2019 at 4:42 PM, jwindham said: Also the free is one device per cabin at a time not really one person. My friend and I had to be sure the other was logged off on our Tahiti cruise before we used our devices. Your point is well made except that you do not have to "be sure" the other person has logged off. When you go to access the internet if another device is logged in you get a red notice at top of log in page with the option to throw the other device off. So you can essentially log the other person off by yourself...you do not need access to the original signed in device to disconnect it., Hope that makes sense. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CintiPam Posted March 27, 2019 #14 Share Posted March 27, 2019 4 hours ago, edgee said: Your point is well made except that you do not have to "be sure" the other person has logged off. When you go to access the internet if another device is logged in you get a red notice at top of log in page with the option to throw the other device off. So you can essentially log the other person off by yourself...you do not need access to the original signed in device to disconnect it., Hope that makes sense. I sometimes have enjoyed doing this to spouse legaleaglegreen! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwindham Posted March 27, 2019 #15 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Nice to know we could bump each other off if one of us forgot. Thanks for the update. Julia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare GeezerCouple Posted March 27, 2019 #16 Share Posted March 27, 2019 12 hours ago, CintiPam said: I sometimes have enjoyed doing this to spouse legaleaglegreen! We have a sort of unwritten agreement that IF one of us (A) isn't sure if the other (B) is actively using (or "actually needing to use') the connection, and they aren't nearby, then A can bounce B off. Then, IF B was active and still needs to use it *knowing* that A is wanting to use the connection, then B will just bounce A right off again. And it stops there, for at least a while. (Well, except for the very first time, on our first Oceania cruise....🙄 ) GC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzemaven Posted March 29, 2019 #17 Share Posted March 29, 2019 If my iPhone is connected to the ship's WiFi, would I need the Cellular at Sea phone service in order to text? While on the Celebrity Reflection last summer, we had no problem texting from our iPhones when connected to their wifi only...I hope the same will be true when we are on The Insignia this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbie60 Posted March 31, 2019 #18 Share Posted March 31, 2019 I'm not a techie but my texts would come thru as soon as I signed on to the wifi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rloke Posted April 1, 2019 #19 Share Posted April 1, 2019 On 3/28/2019 at 10:28 PM, cruzemaven said: If my iPhone is connected to the ship's WiFi, would I need the Cellular at Sea phone service in order to text? While on the Celebrity Reflection last summer, we had no problem texting from our iPhones when connected to their wifi only...I hope the same will be true when we are on The Insignia this summer. Do you have iMessage enabled on your iPhone? I.e. when you open your messenger app, in the text box where you enter your message, it would indicate whether your are using "iMessage" (when connected to wifi) or "Text message". If you have iMessage enabled, and you have wifi, the messenger app will attempt to use iMessage if the party you are messaging also has iMessage enabled. As you were able to "text" your friends/family with wifi only on the Celebrity cruise, it is safe to presume that you were likely using Apple's iMessage service to "text". And not the SMS text message protocol which is based on the mobile cellular network. Of course, there are also multitude of "free apps" out there that would allow for "texting" if you are not using iMessage as well... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ano Posted April 3, 2019 #20 Share Posted April 3, 2019 Depending on your service provider, you may be able to turn on cellular calling over Wi-Fi. T-Mobile allows it on some phones, including my iPhone, and it works well. You can make and receive calls just like cellular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Citizen Posted April 3, 2019 #21 Share Posted April 3, 2019 We just got off the Insignia, Sydney to Tokyo, and my iPhone X wifi calling did not work onboard. I think the wifi signal was too weak. When the airlines changed my summer flight schedule, I had to wait until a port day to make a Skype call. Luckily, Skype only cost 40 cents a minute because the airlines had me on hold for 20 minutes! Imessages generally worked. Texting onboard did not. Because we were in different time zones from the people I would iMessage with, I had to always check their current time prior to iMessaging. Also, I silenced my iPhone (in Settings) between certain hours to make sure I didn’t get an iMessage in the middle of the night. The onboard internet was the worst I have ever experienced. I’d attribute that to the areas we were cruising through and all the blogging with lots of photos that people were doing. With over 300 World Cruisers onboard trying to keep in contact with family and friends back home, you can imagine how much traffic was on the internet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob brown Posted April 5, 2019 #22 Share Posted April 5, 2019 On 3/26/2019 at 10:28 AM, LHT28 said: I guess with a lot of people uploading the photos here & to friends & family plus the area you are in it will be slow going plus now you have told everyone they can use more than one device at a time it will be even slower 😉 Maybe...but now a 'moot point', as they have the restriction back in effect on this new segment... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go-Bucks! Posted April 6, 2019 #23 Share Posted April 6, 2019 On 3/26/2019 at 6:28 AM, LHT28 said: now you have told everyone they can use more than one device at a time it will be even slower 😉 Nope, it's been just as slow the entire trip!! No difference when each device had access or just one per cabin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jancruz Posted April 6, 2019 Author #24 Share Posted April 6, 2019 Thanks everyone for all the help..I do understand some but not others..told you Im a geek when it comes to wifi..So one question..if the roaming on your Iphone is off can you still connect to wifi to text?? Thanks Jancruz1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropomo Posted April 6, 2019 #25 Share Posted April 6, 2019 Don't know if this is how it works on iPhone, but on Android, I just turn on Airplane mode and then turn on wifi and I'm good to go for both texting and wifi calling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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