Internet question

[beljwl]

Thinking about buying the unlimited package. There is only a $20 difference between the Unlimited Wifi Package – Unlimited use throughout the cruise and the Unlimited Premium Wifi Package – Unlimited use throughout the cruise. Is there a major difference in speed (or anything else) between the 2 packages?  I will just be using it mostly to check email, reading news and checking out a few other websites, nothing major. If I go with the lower cost one and I find that it is too slow can I upgrade to the premium one for the $20 price difference while on the ship? 

[Rsavtechcruise]

Been told it’s same speed the streaming one just opens up the ports and website that let streaming pass through 

[mking8288]

It's the same dynamically cached & shared satellite connection, subject to various tech limitations, and bottleneck from peak demand/use like classic cable "broadband" - I always find upload to be better & consistently low vs. download that varied widely, depending on time of day, ship's location at sea and # of concurrent users signed in - over the same bandwidth.  

 

Ship's navigation, operations & business functions will nearly always take priority over satellite comms traffic.  As user above noted, the premium option just unblock sets of DHCP (udp & tcp).  IMHO - don't spend extra for it and if you only plan to be connected infrequently, the timed plan like 250 minutes/1 GB plan can often be chosen as a "free" promo option.  It's your choice and YMMV.