[ih] Evolution of Internet audio and video

[John Levine]

It appears that Jack Haverty via Internet-history <jack at 3kitty.org> said:
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>Yes, that's another possibility.  The reports I mentioned were using the 
>wifi service on the ship.   It's possible that the ship switches its 
>onboard wifi from the satellite network to cell network for some reason 
>when it gets close enough to shore.  /Jack

Ship wifi used to be expensive geosync satellite service, which worked
well because it was so expensive hardly anyone used it.  I recall something
like $40/day on the Queen Mary 2 a decade ago.  When you get into port
you can use your phone so it depends where you are -- in New York a
few thousand roaming users is a rounding error, in a tiny island it's
problem.

These days ship wifi is more likely to be Starlink which is cheaper and faster.

R's,
John