Celebrity Apex - StarLink speed

[bnurick]

25 minutes ago, Jim_Iain said:

Thanks much.   How’s the weather and seas.   We are a bit south and staying a bit further south.   5- 7 foot waves.   I was wondering if StarLink is better at holding connections 

 

 

Good slightly afternoon from the Silhouette. The sea’s yesterday were 9 feet and now 12 feet today.  The Captain described yesterday as medium and today as rough.  The belief is today will be the worst day.  The temperature is 58 degrees and I am seeing a little blue skies up ahead now.  Here is the Starlink Speed as of now sitting just outside the solarium on the pool deck in a lounger.  I have had very few problems with connection.  Cheers!

   

Edited April 26, 2023 by bnurick

[Gaynors]

Update from Connie...we will be in Madeira tomorrow... internet speeds have been consistent all the way across.. weather does not seem to have been a factor.

[DaKahuna]

 

[kywildcatfanone]

Am I the only person that thinks the price for either basic or premium wifi is outrageous?

 

Premium is $30/day for one device, and basic is $17/day for one device.  On the Infinity last fall, and the basic was barely good enough to read emails.  I hope it's better with starlink.  At least make basic useful for reading email or teams style messaging, etc.  

 

Also, on my online account on Celebrity's website, it says "save even more on multiple devices", but it's not giving me the option to add multiple devices (unless you have to click "reserve", which I'm hesitant to do till I know for sure.  How do you pre purchase a multi device package on the website?

Edited April 26, 2023 by kywildcatfanone

[DaKahuna]

15 minutes ago, kywildcatfanone said:

Am I the only person that thinks the price for either basic or premium wifi is outrageous?

 

Premium is $30/day for one device, and basic is $17/day for one device.  On the Infinity last fall, and the basic was barely good enough to read emails.  I hope it's better with starlink.  At least make basic useful for reading email or teams style messaging, etc.  

 

Also, on my online account on Celebrity's website, it says "save even more on multiple devices", but it's not giving me the option to add multiple devices (unless you have to click "reserve", which I'm hesitant to do till I know for sure.  How do you pre purchase a multi device package on the website?

If you are adding to an existing plan call Celebrity and do it over the phone. 
 

If you are making an initial purchase, then select that option when making the purchase.

 

Clicking Reserve will not get you billed.  That does not come until you select accept and provide a payment menthod.

[kywildcatfanone]

Thanks, I see that now.  If you select one device, can you switch between multiple devices, but not both at the same time?  That is how Princess does it, you just have to log out of one and into the other.

 

Or if you add two devices, you just log into each one with the information the ship gives you for logging in, and you can use any devices you have, just log out and into a different one? I will have my phone, tablet, and work laptop, but would only need one at a time to be online.  

[Jim_Iain]

4/27/2023

Consistent and stable.  Still streaming without stutter

 

 

 

 

[Jim_Iain]

4/27/2923 12 noon

 

Surprised internet really good.  Due to high winds everyone is inside and everywhere I look people are on phones and laptop.   Really a good test with about 3,200 aboard

 

 

[DaKahuna]

Jim, 

 

It looks likewe are doing a little better on speeds here on Millie

 

 

 

[Jim_Iain]

Major stress test.   High winds and 12 foot seas

 

Internet stable and streaming well.  Showing almost 2% packet loss.  
 

Little explanation.  When you press the send button your modem sends out the data in small packets ms apart.  The transceiver receives the packet and if it doesn’t verify it requests a resend of packet and eventually puts the data back together.    Packet loss and resend aren’t seen in speed but you will see in as slow response. 

 

 

 

[Jim_Iain]

4/23.  Exact coordinates on bridge cam but I’m guessing mid-Atlantic 

 

Internet dropped for 5 minutes when came up did speed test.   Good speeds but heavy packet loss

 

 

We all the sudden hitting London as best server instead of Atlanta and Miami.  Wonder if we switched to new satellite. 
 

[Jim_Iain]

Thanks all.  We all seem to be showing similar solid connections, regardless is passenger load and weather. 
 

My 5PM reading. 

 

[Jim_Iain]

5/1/2023

 Speeds stable and no loss at all

 

[Ex-Airbalancer]

The Reflection TA , basic internet has been about 1 mb download everyday , the only thing we cannot do is stream 

People who have using it to work have not had any problems 

 

[Jim_Iain]

1 hour ago, Ex-Airbalancer said:

The Reflection TA , basic internet has been about 1 mb download everyday , the only thing we cannot do is stream 

People who have using it to work have not had any problems 

 

 

Thats' really good to hear.     I didn't realize how expensive internet was - basic and Premium on a 15 day cruise until looking at the details.

 

[Jim_Iain]

5/2/23. Departing Cobh.  Worst Internet of the cruise.  
 

Lots of packet loss and streaming tv is stuttering but then returns yo normal. 
 

 

[Jim_Iain]

Wow.  Free tMobile in Zeebrugge is fast

 

[jwlane]

On 4/26/2023 at 12:12 PM, kywildcatfanone said:

  If you select one device, can you switch between multiple devices, but not both at the same time? 

Yes---if you switch, it'll bump the previous off.

[haynesra]

On Apex today sail away at regular internet not upgrade 0.77 Mbs

[groryjm]

Reflection today in the Med... 

 

With vpn

 

 

 

Edited May 14, 2023 by groryjm

[Ex-Airbalancer]

1 hour ago, groryjm said:

Reflection today in the Med... 

 

With vpn

 

 

 

I guess that isn’t basic speed 😁

[groryjm]

6 hours ago, Ex-Airbalancer said:

I guess that isn’t basic speed 😁

Yes premium 

[Jim_Iain]

On 5/14/2023 at 3:33 PM, groryjm said:

Reflection today in the Med... 

 

With vpn

 

 

 

 

It looks like stable at the capped limits. 

[Ex-Airbalancer]

I wonder if the router is strong enough to cover the whole ship ?🤔😉😁

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[Jim_Iain]

3 hours ago, Ex-Airbalancer said:

I wonder if the router is strong enough to cover the whole ship ?🤔😉😁

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They pretty much network like at work where you have a main pipe in and 100's of routers throughout the ship that feed the individual users.