02-07-2005, 23:14
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Internet access at sea
recently (last week) I was on a ship in the med where "for a small fee you are able to browse the net to your hearts content" . That fee was £3.75 per 15 minutes. Is this excessive and do you think I should write in and compain about it under misrepresentation. You could not work offline and the coonection was slow (like a dial up). It was a bit dissapointing to say the least
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02-07-2005, 23:15
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Re: Internet access at sea
Expensive, but it's not like they have to provide anyone with internet access.
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02-07-2005, 23:17
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Re: Internet access at sea
Steep I'ld say its 'kin vertical
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02-07-2005, 23:17
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Re: Internet access at sea
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Expensive, but it's not like they have to provide anyone with internet access.
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well in the brochure there was what purported to be an internet cafe - which there in fact was. Usually empty I hasten to add
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02-07-2005, 23:27
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Re: Internet access at sea
Not surprising it was empty at that price. But your on holiday, you can surely do without the net for that time?
I'd imagine it's a fairly pricey facility just to create, not only of the basic computer kit, but the connection, probably relying on a satellite signal?
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02-07-2005, 23:30
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Re: Internet access at sea
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Originally Posted by MovedGoalPosts
Not surprising it was empty at that price. But your on holiday, you can surely do without the net for that time?
I'd imagine it's a fairly pricey facility just to create, not only of the basic computer kit, but the connection, probably relying on a satellite signal?
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yeah - but you'd think they could loss lead it or something if it was, in fact, being offered. I had to do some banking transactions on the trip that could not be avoided
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02-07-2005, 23:31
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Re: Internet access at sea
Satellite internet is expensive enough on land, so prob costs them a fair bit at sea.
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02-07-2005, 23:40
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Re: Internet access at sea
IMO, I think its wayy overcharged, if you ask me their are charging in the excessive as they are preying on peoples ideas that it must be a technological miracle to get 'net on a moving ship in the middle of nowhere.
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02-07-2005, 23:53
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Re: Internet access at sea
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Originally Posted by jtwn
IMO, I think its wayy overcharged, if you ask me their are charging in the excessive as they are preying on peoples ideas that it must be a technological miracle to get 'net on a moving ship in the middle of nowhere.
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yes that's what I thought. I think I shall put pen to paper and write a stiff letter. In one of my more inebriated moments i chucked a message in a bottle containing my email address overboard, for no apparent or coherent reason, to see if it got a response at some point
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03-07-2005, 00:29
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Re: Internet access at sea
Don't they use that Inmarsat thingy on ships?
I know a telephone call using that costs £ÃÆ ’‚£Ãà¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£Ãƒââ‚ ¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£Ãƒâ€š £ÂÃâ €šÃ‚£Ãƒâ€šÃ‚à ƒâ€šÃ‚£ÃƒÆ’‚ £ÃƒÆ’‚£Ã ƒâ€šÃ‚£Ãà ƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£Ãƒââ⠀šÂ¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£Ãƒâ€Å ¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£Ãƒâ€šÃ ‚£Ã‚Ã ¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£ÃƒÆ’‚ £Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£Ã ƒÆ’‚£s
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03-07-2005, 01:00
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Re: Internet access at sea
Thats not cheap but if you at sea and you desperately need to use the net, then its a service and they will be charging you a price for this.
I always remember you could also phone from boats before mobiles came into use, and it would swallow your coins extremely fast.
As has been said, sattelite connections cost a lot to use.
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03-07-2005, 02:18
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Re: Internet access at sea
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yeah - but you'd think they could loss lead it or something if it was, in fact, being offered. I had to do some banking transactions on the trip that could not be avoided
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What would you have done if they didn't have internet on-board? Not booked the trip?
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03-07-2005, 10:23
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Re: Internet access at sea
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Originally Posted by andygrif
What would you have done if they didn't have internet on-board? Not booked the trip?
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that's not the point really. It said in the literature "browse to your hearts content at a reasonable cost" and I was wondering if that breached the marketing standards code (or something like that) due to the high nature of that charge
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03-07-2005, 10:52
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Re: Internet access at sea
£3.75 for 15 minutes may sound expensive but it is quite cheap compared with the cost of using some mobiles overseas. I have an old prepay BTCellnet phone which we originally bought as it gave free calls to a named landline number. If we used that phone overseas it cost £3.00 per minute. Now that is expensive.
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03-07-2005, 11:41
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Re: Internet access at sea
ATM's are connected by satelite (true)!
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