Cruise ship internet cafes
From http://www.cruisecritic.com/tips/tipsarticle.cfm?ID=91

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Website CruiseCritic.com has published an interesting article about how much it costs to access the internet onboard cruise ships. 

According to CruiseCritic, internet cafes on cruise ships are an expected amenity, but still very expensive - but it is possible that cruise ships will realise they can earn more money by decreasing the price and increasing usage. 

It seems that most cruise lines are charging rates you would expect from Inmarsat, but we all know that most of them have VSAT taking the cost down to much less - not surprising many cruise lines say this is their biggest revenue generator. 

Cruise lines Carnival, Holland America, Oceania and Norwegian Cruise Lines also allow ships to surf the internet with wi-fi connections onboard. Celebrity's Constellation to Royal Caribbean's Brilliance of the Seas to Holland America's Oosterdam let passengers connect to the internet from their cabins.

Charges generally range from 35 cents to $1.25 per minute. 

Carnival Cruise Line - $35 / day laptop rental, $10/day wireless internet cards rental- pay 75 cents per minute to connect, or buy 100 minutes for $55 or 250 minutes for $100, pay a one time activation fee of $3.95.

Celebrity Cruises - pay 50 cents per minute to surf the internet; or connect your own laptop to the internet for $25 per day or $100 per week. On vessel infinity, access is 75 cents per minute, or $70 for 100 minutes.

Costa Cruise Lines - 50 cents per minute, or 15 minutes for $6, one hour for $20. 

Crystal Cruises, pay $5 when you log on, $20 per megabyte of data. Rent a laptop for $5 a day. In cabin charges 75 cents a minute. 

Cunard Line - Queen Elizabeth 2 - 95 cents per minute. 

Disney Cruise Line - 75 cents per minute, or $39.99 for four night, $89.99 for 7 night unlimited access

Holland America - $3.95 set up fee, then 75 cents per minute, or 100 minutes for $55. Wireless access available for same rate

Norwegian Cruise Line - 40, 55 and 75 cents a minute for 250, 100 or 33 minute packages respectively. 

Oceania Regatta - 95 cents per minute.

Princess Cruises - 50 cents a minute.

Radisson Seven Seas - 75 cents per minute or $1.00 per kilobyte for e-0mail. In cabin dial up internet access is $6.50 per minute.

Royal Caribbean International $60 for four night cruise, $100 for one week and $120 for over a week - or 50 cents a minute.

Seabourn - by a prepaid $15 card, get 95 cents a minute

Silversea -75 cents a minute, or $1.50 for 1,000 characters by e-mail, 50 cents for additional recipient, 50 cents for additional 1000 characters. 

Windstar - $1.00 per minute, or $7.50 for up to 5,000 character e-mail, $2.00 for additional 1,000 characters, $2.00 per additional address.