Cell Phones on the Ecstasy

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RRickk

Guest
Were going on the Ecstasy to Catalina and Ensanada next month and I was wondering if anyone knew how far my AT&T Cell Phone service will work? I called AT&T and they were`nt any help.
A guy I work with told me that they cut off at the US/ Mexican border if your going by land.
 
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Giles612

Guest
You see this is the entire appeal of a cruise! Your cell phone will be completly out. I like that because on every vacation I have gone on, (except the last cruise) I get a "help our computers won't work" phone call from work! It was a lot of fun letting them know that if they absolutely have to get in touch with me they could pay the $9.50 per minute ship to shore rate and call me on the ship, in which case it was cheaper to call somebody else! :)
 
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zina

Guest
The other option which I believe, is email. There are internet cafe's on all ships, and the prices are actually pretty reasonable. We signed up for an hour and they gave us discount coupons for the spa services. I could not believe the number of people sailing out of Miami on their cell phones when they should have been celebrating the sail away!! Maybe it's me - I left me cell phone home and the world did not come to an end.
 
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conniesue

Guest
I too have an AT&T Wireless cell phone (as I work for them). I've been on this particular cruise, and was able to use my phone on a couple of occasions. I used it in port in Catalina, and was able to obtain service here and there but not consistant. It would be VERY difficult to insure service during most of the cruise, as you will be too far from any cell sites to obtain enough signal strength to maintain a call. (As far as I know, they have yet to figure a way (or a reason) to build cell sites in the middle of the ocean! :)
 
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