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Re: Sunsail onboard wifi - worth it?
[Re: Bryan Cowger]
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05/23/2018 08:31 AM
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ndfaninnc
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I agree with Frankie2. Besides, I love using my phone for a camera only while there. No emails and no ringing is my ideal vacation. The better half would not agree. But Verizon seems to work most everywhere for $10 a day.
Go Irish!! Bill
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Re: Sunsail onboard wifi - worth it?
[Re: Bryan Cowger]
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05/23/2018 09:19 AM
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You can't compare the $40 price per day for a router based connection to Verizon's $10 per day plan because the WiFi on the boat can serve as a connection point for multiple phones and devices. To figure out if it is a good deal, you need to factor in how many people will need to make connections during a typical day.
Louis from Houston
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Re: Sunsail onboard wifi - worth it?
[Re: Bryan Cowger]
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05/23/2018 07:31 PM
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T Mobile is a great deal if you travel internationally. Very cheap phone calls and text. May be only 2G broadband but it still works won’t Dara charges. You can also hotspot it depending on signal strength and broadband. They even allow you to turn on and off the subscription based on when you were traveling. A friend of mine who travels every other month Internatonal has an AT&T phone but also a T-Mobile for when he is traveling international.
JPH I spent my money on booze, broads, and boats...the rest I wasted.
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Re: Sunsail onboard wifi - worth it?
[Re: Bryan Cowger]
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05/23/2018 08:17 PM
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If you sign up for the ATT international plan you pay $10/day for any day you use it internationally. If you don't use it you don't pay. We had excellent signal a few weeks ago. I can't speak to Verizon at the present time but according to Baard it worked fine as well. Both ATT and Verizon allow you to make a hotspot. Both carriers are going to use the native infrastructure meaning LIME or Digicell. Which I believe means you will have the same bandwidth as you would get with the Sunsail $40/day plan. So I"m not sure why you would bother with the Sunsail plan - I don't believe it gives you anything other than a bigger bill.
Life's short - sail more!
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Re: Sunsail onboard wifi - worth it?
[Re: Bryan Cowger]
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05/24/2018 08:25 AM
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ndfaninnc
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Baardj, I learned this on my last trip from Verizon. Instead of rebooting to find a different carrier, just turn off "Automatic" in the Cellular settings. It will grab the strongest signal at that time. Just a little quicker than rebooting. I found Verizon's signal to be good throughout most of the BVI's. And yes, streaming music does not always work. But my iPhone X worked perfectly as a hotspot.
Go Irish!! Bill
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Re: Sunsail onboard wifi - worth it?
[Re: ndfaninnc]
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05/24/2018 11:02 PM
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Baardj, I learned this on my last trip from Verizon. Instead of rebooting to find a different carrier, just turn off "Automatic" in the Cellular settings. It will grab the strongest signal at that time. Just a little quicker than rebooting. I found Verizon's signal to be good throughout most of the BVI's. And yes, streaming music does not always work. But my iPhone X worked perfectly as a hotspot. Thanks! I'll try that during our upcoming June trip.
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