efernandez_98
11-12-2002, 10:06 AM
Woo hoo!
I just came back from my cruise aboard the...
M/S Esctasy
http://www.carnival.com/images/funships/ec/ECLS.jpg (http://www.carnival.com/Ships/ships.asp?select=EC)
I was on a four day drunken cruise to Baja, Mexico... more specifically Ensenada. And I managed to find a little extra time and money to waste, so I got on a Internet Kiosk and decided to surf the web from the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
So, in case you are wondering, the standard fee to connect to the internet from the ship is 75 cents a minute. There were a couple of packaged deals that lowered the cost, so I took the smallest package. It was about 16 dollars for half an hour. Yeah, I know... that's what some people pay per month. But like I said, " spare time and spare money".
Of course, being the true geek that I am, the first thing I decided to do was benchmark the internet access using DSL Reports (http://speedtest.dslreports.com)' speed test. Note, I had to use LinkLine, Los Angeles, CA because the java app for Megapath wouldn't run. Anyway, here were my results.
2002-11-10 19:48:36 EST: 85 / 66
Your download speed : 85254 bps, or 85 kbps.
A 10.4 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 66115 bps, or 66 kbps.
Your connection hardly qualified as broadband, at least in that test
Let's juxtapose that with a landlover's result.
2002-11-12 11:38:20 EST: 650 / 109
Your download speed : 650586 bps, or 650 kbps.
A 79.4 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 109589 bps, or 109 kbps.
I'd like to point out that half-an-hour is not enough time with the given bandwidth to bechmark the boat, check your mail, and catch up on the forums. I was actually, trying to put up this post but I was cut off because my timer was up. Luckily, I saved the boat's results on Yahoo!'s notepad.
P.s, this is basically what my cabin looked like... except that the the room was reversed, no flowers, and no windows with a painting behind it. Since, we were right at the front of the ship so we had a pair of port holes. There was enough space for me to nap on the port hole's cil or ledge.
http://www.carnival.com/images/funships/cabins/HOcat6oceanview2.jpg (http://www.carnival.com/Ships/staterooms.asp?sc=EC)
I just came back from my cruise aboard the...
M/S Esctasy
http://www.carnival.com/images/funships/ec/ECLS.jpg (http://www.carnival.com/Ships/ships.asp?select=EC)
I was on a four day drunken cruise to Baja, Mexico... more specifically Ensenada. And I managed to find a little extra time and money to waste, so I got on a Internet Kiosk and decided to surf the web from the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
So, in case you are wondering, the standard fee to connect to the internet from the ship is 75 cents a minute. There were a couple of packaged deals that lowered the cost, so I took the smallest package. It was about 16 dollars for half an hour. Yeah, I know... that's what some people pay per month. But like I said, " spare time and spare money".
Of course, being the true geek that I am, the first thing I decided to do was benchmark the internet access using DSL Reports (http://speedtest.dslreports.com)' speed test. Note, I had to use LinkLine, Los Angeles, CA because the java app for Megapath wouldn't run. Anyway, here were my results.
2002-11-10 19:48:36 EST: 85 / 66
Your download speed : 85254 bps, or 85 kbps.
A 10.4 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 66115 bps, or 66 kbps.
Your connection hardly qualified as broadband, at least in that test
Let's juxtapose that with a landlover's result.
2002-11-12 11:38:20 EST: 650 / 109
Your download speed : 650586 bps, or 650 kbps.
A 79.4 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 109589 bps, or 109 kbps.
I'd like to point out that half-an-hour is not enough time with the given bandwidth to bechmark the boat, check your mail, and catch up on the forums. I was actually, trying to put up this post but I was cut off because my timer was up. Luckily, I saved the boat's results on Yahoo!'s notepad.
P.s, this is basically what my cabin looked like... except that the the room was reversed, no flowers, and no windows with a painting behind it. Since, we were right at the front of the ship so we had a pair of port holes. There was enough space for me to nap on the port hole's cil or ledge.
http://www.carnival.com/images/funships/cabins/HOcat6oceanview2.jpg (http://www.carnival.com/Ships/staterooms.asp?sc=EC)