Originally Posted by
greatam
High speed on a ship sure doesn't mean DSL/Cable/T1 speed. More like 1999 dial up. And when a lot of people are trying to access the internet, it is even slower. Your minutes get eaten up rapidly.
I can't speak for other lines, but this is not my experience with Carnival. You're right that it's not true "high-speed" like we see at home, but I regularly get ~256kbps onboard, which is not lightning fast but doesn't add an particularly noticeable lag for regular web surfing. 100 minutes supplies me with enough time to check my work email daily for a week plus check the news.