Nuked Royal Caribbean will be outfitting fleet of ships with SpaceX’s starlink Internet service. The company says the service will make the Internet experience while at sea faster and more reliable.
Royal Caribbean trialed the service on one of its ships over the summer. Company expects to have the service fully deployed across its fleet by the first quarter of 2023.
Royal Caribbean’s announcement does n’t include technical details. The company does promise that people will be able to use streaming services and make video calls.
Spacex’s boat-focused Internet service, starlink maritime, is relatively new. Currently, it covers coastal waters in parts of North and South America, Europe, and around Australia and New Zealand. Spacex says it plans on covering most of the world’s oceans by 2023.
Spacex is working with T-Mobile to beam texts and calls to cell phones. The company is also working with Hawaiian airlines and charter carrier jsx to provide in-flight Wi-Fi.
