bramms24 Posted July 19, 2019 Report Share Posted July 19, 2019 If we get the basic vroom surf package, will be able to text our kids at home while we are on the ship, or so we need to upgrade to the vroom plus streaming package? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted July 19, 2019 Report Share Posted July 19, 2019 Yes, as long as your cell phone and provider support wifi calling. True SMS text messaging is a cellular function. Wifi calling emulates a cell tower over the internet. That is how SMS text messaging can work when wifi calling is enabled and connected. iMessage, Whatapp and FB messenger are applications that allow chat over the internet. iMessage can fall back to SMS text messaging when the other party isn't using an Apple device if there is a cellular connection including wifi calling. Surf supports wifi calling and chat applications. Sending pictures by text over Surf will take longer compared to sending them using Surf and Stream. bramms24 and KristiZ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bramms24 Posted July 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2019 awesome. so as long as we both have iphones should be a problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted July 19, 2019 Report Share Posted July 19, 2019 6 minutes ago, bramms24 said: awesome. so as long as we both have iphones should be a problem? Yes, if everyone has iPhones you don't even need wifi calling, iMessage will work over Surf. Which ship are you sailing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FManke Posted July 19, 2019 Report Share Posted July 19, 2019 55 minutes ago, twangster said: Yes, as long as your cell phone and provider support wifi calling. True SMS text messaging is a cellular function. Wifi calling emulates a cell tower over the internet. That is how SMS text messaging can work when wifi calling is enabled and connected. iMessage, Whatapp and FB messenger are applications that allow chat over the internet. iMessage can fall back to SMS text messaging when the other party isn't using an Apple device if there is a cellular connection including wifi calling. Surf supports wifi calling and chat applications. Sending pictures by text over Surf will take longer compared to sending them using Surf and Stream. Huh? My head hurts just reading this. I'm old! RedCoatMom 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted July 19, 2019 Report Share Posted July 19, 2019 Just now, FManke said: Huh? My head hurts just reading this. I'm old! Dad? Is that you? RedCoatMom, tdcackler and KristiZ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FManke Posted July 19, 2019 Report Share Posted July 19, 2019 Just now, twangster said: Dad? Is that you? Nope. Just me again! WAAAYTOOO and tdcackler 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bramms24 Posted July 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2019 34 minutes ago, twangster said: Yes, if everyone has iPhones you don't even need wifi calling, iMessage will work over Surf. Which ship are you sailing? honestly no idea. wife generally just tells me when to have bags packed lol. i know it’s out of orlando and goes to PR, bahamas and st martin i think FManke and KristiZ 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted July 19, 2019 Report Share Posted July 19, 2019 5 minutes ago, bramms24 said: honestly no idea. wife generally just tells me when to have bags packed lol. i know it’s out of orlando and goes to PR, bahamas and st martin i think Sounds like Harmony. If so, Harmony has a hidden unpublished feature. iMessage works for free, but only to other Apple users. They can be on land or on the ship. Just connect to the ship's wifi and iMessage should work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChessE4 Posted July 19, 2019 Report Share Posted July 19, 2019 2 hours ago, bramms24 said: If we get the basic vroom surf package, will be able to text our kids at home while we are on the ship, or so we need to upgrade to the vroom plus streaming package? We used the basic Voom package, and it worked fine. We even had regular phone service in some ports (Sprint). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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