Vonage on cruise ship

Ukap · **Vonage on cruise ship -** 01-02-2008, 01:34

Will my VOIP work on the internet connection on a cruise ship. I have heard it is slow.
Does this mean Vonage won't work at all or will the quality be very bad?

Stu · 01-02-2008, 01:51

VOIP over satelllite has huge latency issues. Add to this the fact that most cruise ship internet blocks voip. By the time that you factor in the overhead of a SSH tunnel or a VPN and I can't imagine that it would be a very legible call. If you are going to try it, I would try a G729 connection or better yet an IAX one.

Bossman · 01-02-2008, 11:17

I heard most cruise ships block VOIP, Skype, etc.

Besides, the cruise ship I was did not even have EDGE. It was GPRS. So, very slow indeed!

Stu · 01-02-2008, 14:08

I think the person is talking about using the ship's wifi net. I"m on a Regent Seven Seas cruise in October and internet (via wifi) is $0.20 a minute. VOIP over it wouldn't be bad, but I question whether I can get an outbound connection where I don't sound like I am underwater.

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Ukap (Offline) Member Official Member Posts: 47 Join Date: 27 Apr 2006 Location: South Florida Country:	Vonage on cruise ship - 01-02-2008, 01:34 Will my VOIP work on the internet connection on a cruise ship. I have heard it is slow. Does this mean Vonage won't work at all or will the quality be very bad?

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Stu (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Guru Posts: 1,091 Join Date: 11 Feb 2004 Location: Detroit (formerly Dubai) Country:	01-02-2008, 01:51 VOIP over satelllite has huge latency issues. Add to this the fact that most cruise ship internet blocks voip. By the time that you factor in the overhead of a SSH tunnel or a VPN and I can't imagine that it would be a very legible call. If you are going to try it, I would try a G729 connection or better yet an IAX one.

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Bossman (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Professionist Posts: 1,257 Join Date: 22 Apr 2005 Location: Chicago Country:	01-02-2008, 11:17 I heard most cruise ships block VOIP, Skype, etc. Besides, the cruise ship I was did not even have EDGE. It was GPRS. So, very slow indeed! Phones: Xiaomi Mi Mix 2, Samsung Galaxy A50, ASUS zenfone 3, Sim cards: AT&T (Contract), 3 UK, Piranha Mobile

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Stu (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Guru Posts: 1,091 Join Date: 11 Feb 2004 Location: Detroit (formerly Dubai) Country:	01-02-2008, 14:08 I think the person is talking about using the ship's wifi net. I"m on a Regent Seven Seas cruise in October and internet (via wifi) is $0.20 a minute. VOIP over it wouldn't be bad, but I question whether I can get an outbound connection where I don't sound like I am underwater.