Cruise Ship Roaming

petkow · 13-07-2009, 10:42

Once I made some calls in France where a billing error meant I was not charged either. However as it was a contract phone I was eventually charged around 3 months later! I suppose that cannot happen on a prepaid though.

Interesting about your cruise ship incoming being free though with voda passport. I wonder if the crew on that ship know that too? I have a friend who is a ships engineer who is constantly complaining how expensive ships-side voice communication is for him.

As for me, when I was on a cruise a while ago, my phone was deliberately off and I was actually quite happy that I felt cut off from the world. People couldn't even get me an "emergency"! Bliss! Pity that is no longer the case!

FBlack_111 · 14-07-2009, 14:32

Stu:

I did a Baltic cruise a few years ago. The only way you get free incoming calls if if you can get a land based signal and not via the ships equipment. Once the ship is too far from land, you may have no choices. You can tell when you roam between a land based carrier and the ship.

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petkow (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Pioneer Posts: 696 Join Date: 01 Aug 2006 Location: Madrid Country:	13-07-2009, 10:42 Once I made some calls in France where a billing error meant I was not charged either. However as it was a contract phone I was eventually charged around 3 months later! I suppose that cannot happen on a prepaid though. Interesting about your cruise ship incoming being free though with voda passport. I wonder if the crew on that ship know that too? I have a friend who is a ships engineer who is constantly complaining how expensive ships-side voice communication is for him. As for me, when I was on a cruise a while ago, my phone was deliberately off and I was actually quite happy that I felt cut off from the world. People couldn't even get me an "emergency"! Bliss! Pity that is no longer the case!

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FBlack_111 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Fan Posts: 171 Join Date: 27 Feb 2008 Country:	14-07-2009, 14:32 Stu: I did a Baltic cruise a few years ago. The only way you get free incoming calls if if you can get a land based signal and not via the ships equipment. Once the ship is too far from land, you may have no choices. You can tell when you roam between a land based carrier and the ship.