MCP GSM maritime service on board of ships and ferries

sakr · 05-06-2011, 20:19

I got a response from MCP Customer Care saying that the CrewSIM is only available to crew members. Andy's expectation that the initial purchase might be hard to do by a non-crew member seems to be right.
MCP roaming partners (networks on which CrewSIM may roam) are listed here:
GSM Coverage Maps | International Waters | Maritime Communications Partner AS(Maritime Communications Partner) | Coverage and Network Information

DRNewcomb · 06-06-2011, 22:28

They have a Facebook page. And even a video. With all the contacts in this group, you'd think someone would know someone who works on a cruise ship or ferry boat. My history is that in the 1980s we could make collect INMARSAT calls from the ship for about US$15/min. Around 2000 we became able to make INMARSAT-C calls for about US$1.50/min. By 2005 we had VoIP and could call home for almost nothing. The big breakthrough came in about '95 when we got a rudimentary shared e-mail account. That made all the difference in the world.

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sakr (Offline) Member Official Member Posts: 45 Join Date: 02 Aug 2006 Location: Wroclaw Country:	05-06-2011, 20:19 I got a response from MCP Customer Care saying that the CrewSIM is only available to crew members. Andy's expectation that the initial purchase might be hard to do by a non-crew member seems to be right. MCP roaming partners (networks on which CrewSIM may roam) are listed here: GSM Coverage Maps \| International Waters \| Maritime Communications Partner AS(Maritime Communications Partner) \| Coverage and Network Information

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DRNewcomb (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Professionist Posts: 1,465 Join Date: 27 Feb 2004 Location: Mississippi, USA Country:	06-06-2011, 22:28 They have a Facebook page. And even a video. With all the contacts in this group, you'd think someone would know someone who works on a cruise ship or ferry boat. My history is that in the 1980s we could make collect INMARSAT calls from the ship for about US$15/min. Around 2000 we became able to make INMARSAT-C calls for about US$1.50/min. By 2005 we had VoIP and could call home for almost nothing. The big breakthrough came in about '95 when we got a rudimentary shared e-mail account. That made all the difference in the world.