hi i have booked a room that has a tv in it on the Brittany ferry ..can any one tell me if has English channels or can you attach a usb pen to it ,,thanks
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hi thanks ,,its only to st malo ,,but hope its the same ,,just to take the her mind off being sea sick ..
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UK tv and a movie channel I think...hi thanks ,,its only to st malo ,,but hope its the same ,,just to take the her mind off being sea sick ..
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thanks ,,was there any wifi in the cabins ,,and if it were ,,could you stream netfilx or similar ,,?
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Noooo! WiFi very expensive in cabin, also make sure your phones roaming is off. Better still put on airplane mode when on board. It's available at slow speeds in public areas though.
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Thank..wouldn't have thought you get a signal when leaving the port...? ..but not sure ...Noooo! WiFi very expensive in cabin, also make sure your phones roaming is off. Better still put on airplane mode when on board. It's available at slow speeds in public areas though.
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Brittany Ferries ships satellite system have been reportedly allowing phones roaming system to log in resulting in HUGE phone bills, don't know whether it's fixed yet but I haven't been risking it. Anyway am glad when phone on plane mode, no irritating calls.
€100 bill for not switching off mobile roaming on France-UK ferry
A Brittany Ferries passenger got the charge on his Orange bill after a recent return trip. We explain why and how to avoid extra costs
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I naively got stung by this once- never againNoooo! WiFi very expensive in cabin, also make sure your phones roaming is off. Better still put on airplane mode when on board. It's available at slow speeds in public areas though.
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What do you actually have to do to turn roaming off? I always thought it was just make sure the 'mobile data' was switched off.Noooo! WiFi very expensive in cabin, also make sure your phones roaming is off. Better still put on airplane mode when on board. It's available at slow speeds in public areas though.
Been abroad plenty including on the ferries and never had any unexpected charges. But always wondered what you actually have to do to turn it off.
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Don't know what phone you have but settings, connections then flight mode on/off. That'll disable all external communications, Bluetooth, WIFI etc.
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oh ,,,i never thought it would a big deal ,,after all i get free wifi on the trains and the bus even McDonalds ,,and just about every pub in Britain ,,so why not the ferry ,,
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Not been on a UK-Spain ferry for a while but they usually have some form of free wifi. I've been on some where you only get signal near reception so everyone is out of their cabins at night hanging around there getting signal. Others give you 3 hours free wifi and I think they now started the countdown as soon as you log on for the first time, so not exactly handy for a 28 hour crossing.
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Brittany Ferries used to have complimentary WiFi but could not be accessed from public areas like bars, cafe etc. Your room key card had the password printed on it. It was not very fast and basically next to useless. On the new boats they now have a "at sea" mobile network which your phone will log onto if you have not switched off roaming and mobile data. One chap was calling people on Zoom and it cost him &60 for 20 minutes. At the end of the day on a channel crossing you are only off for a few hours. The WiFi does not reach the cabins. Too many steel decks about.
The Tele has about 6 UK channels which can have bad receiption depending on atmospherics and whether the boat is rolling about in the sea.
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Santona had 90 mins free - but was very weak signal….
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we had Wi-Fi in our cabin on the Galicia which worked reasonably well for social media and to log on to MHF as well general emails .
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Stena Line where making announcements prior to sailing to switch phones to airplane mode to prevent unwanted high charges.
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