Watching World Cup final on iPad when on cruise

BobQ

getmore4less wrote: »

a football fan booked a cruise during world cup duh.

internet is a non starter.

My bet is that his wife did it!

Techno

BobQ wrote: »

My bet is that his wife did it!

Absolutely Bob

macman

Why do you have to access a UK site to watch it`? If you're in the Adriatic, then there should be some local sites (Italian?) showing it.

Techno

Hi macman. Not bothered about a British site he would just like to watch.

bluesnake

take a decent radio with you.

BobQ

This may help depending where you are going

http://www.tsmplug.com/tv-channels/fifa-world-cup-2014-broadcasting-live/


http://www.ipaddressguide.org/watch-fifa-world-cup-2014-online/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatlife/10530042/Virtual-Private-Networks-can-help-expats-missing-British-TV.html

But I suspect that the problem will be bandwidth or the cost (might be immaterial to you of course!)

Gratis

frugal_mike wrote: »

I wouldn't be surprised if you struggled to get TV streaming to work due to lack of bandwidth on the ship.

And as ringo says, I bet they charge by the MB and I bet the rates are extortionate.

You'd lose your first bet but win your second, on a cruise ship.

As dogmaryxx has pointed out, they charge by the minute, not by the Megabyte. Usually because they make much more money by charging you for a lot of time spent trying to access a small file.


Techno,

You (and others, maritime) may find that the following is a relevant factor.

Brittany Ferries had a very good onboard wi-fi service until last year. You paid (I forget the exact sum; €10 ? ) for three hours in total and could zip on to it and off it at will, as often as you liked, until you had used up your 180 minutes online. (You could then, if necessary, purchase another card.)

This worked fine. People (because they were being charged for it) limited the amount of time they spent online and did much stuff offline. You’d go online, collect your email and/or access large pages and store them, then go offline and work on them. Then you’d go back online, upload your email and other stuff, and log off. The whole point about this is that it freed up bandwidth for others to use when you were offline and this made the whole thing work.

Last year they made the disastrous mistake of making the wi-fi free (your logon details were printed on your boarding pass) and the whole system promptly collapsed.

Whereas, before, what you mostly saw was a few people working on laptops, last year everyone and his dog got out their mobile devices – ‘phones, tablets, cameras, music streamers, video streamers, gaming machines, you name it – and tried to log on. And, crucially, to stay logged on because it was free. The system was totally overwhelmed and nobody could access anything.

This happened both on the Pont Aven and on the Cap Finistere, sailing from and to Spain. For me it was just bloody annoying but for some, who really needed Internet access urgently and were (from past experience) expecting to be able to get it, it was a disaster. The staff onboard said it was now the normal situation.

So, be very wary of “free wi-fi” on ships (and even more so on trains). Better by far to be able to pay for something which works than to get for free something that doesn’t.

Whatever solution you opt for, I hope you have a great cruise.

In the meantime, subscribe to a VPN (such as PIA or HideMyAss). It doesn’t cost much and it enables you to appear to be in the country of the service you wish to access. You would, for example, have been able to watch Sky Go from Switzerland without being blocked. Or access foreign services "locally" from Britain.

It also makes your online transactions more secure in iffy places.

Techno

Mmm radio is not a bad idea will also look into the VPN.
Many thanks everyone

Goldiegirl

What cruise line are you sailing with and what port are you sailing from?

If it's a cruise with predominately British or European passengers, I reckon it'll be shown on the cruise.

Techno

Hi Goldiegirl. We are sailing out of Venice and its Oceania which is an American line.. I have already e-mailed them and they aren't showing it hence his need for an alternative.