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I was watching some cruise crew videos, and it turns out their biggest expense is internet. I'm curious why they don’t just install Starlink to cut costs and maybe sell to guests some "piracy" internet?
"A Navy officer is demoted after sneaking a satellite dish onto a warship to get the internet"
https://apnews.com/article/navy-illegal-wireless-internet-53...
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2024/09/03/how-navy...
I imagine one of the ships officers will be tipped off by the IT team about the unusual number of free-internet activation attached to your booking id, and either give your room a visit to knock it off, or just bill some multiple of the $170 anyway. It sounds like it should only be used only a few times per booking, and this is going to hit at least 4/hour for multiple hours a day, so it will stick out like a sore th…
If it’s any of the major cruise lines there almost certainly isn’t anyone in IT paying that much attention.
I was watching some cruise crew videos, and it turns out their biggest expense is internet. I'm curious why they don’t just install Starlink to cut costs and maybe sell to guests some "piracy" internet?
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Cruises are a stereotypically mass-market vacation. In most cases they’re cheaper than a hotel.
OP, great work, bypassing internet restrictions is always fun. Though, I hope your family isn't cruising much in the future-- sharing stuff like this, with so many specifics about which cruise line and exact retry methodologies used, is a surefire way to get it shut down. (Or worse, a nasty internet bill from the cruise line.)
I will say, it would be kind of cool if this post gets big enough that someone from the cruise line sees it and actually feels that they need to put in the time to patch it.
Some cooler uses:
- streaming HDR video from closed MacBook running Amphetamine to Vision Pro via Moonlink
- Having a working HomePod mini in the hotel room.
The hotel internet did not like multiple devices off the router. It didn’t reject it outright but it throttled or nerfed it.
Individual connections were free, though and fwiw high speed data over cellular was more reliable.
I was watching some cruise crew videos, and it turns out their biggest expense is internet. I'm curious why they don’t just install Starlink to cut costs and maybe sell to guests some "piracy" internet?
Cruise ships are tiny cities. The density overloads Starlink.
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One of the fringe benefits of going on a cruise is that you can disconnect from the Internet for a week. Hit up the bar, make love to your wife, gamble a bit. All without your phone constantly buzzing in your pocket. If you go on a cruise to immediately open your laptop it seems like a waste of time and money.