call to ship possible?

koos

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My daughter is currently working on a passenger ship in the mediterranean .I have the number of the ship but not able to call her with voipdiscount or skype. Do u know if it is possible? Thanks
 
99% of ships use Imarsat Satellites for their telephone calls and these are very expensive, because they have a monopoly. The last time I used this it was approx $1 per minute. The VOIP operators will most likely block these numbers.

If your daughter is on a cruise ship, and spends most of her time on the same route, in same countries, ask her to get pre-paid mobile sim card, and call her on that number - it will be cheaper.
 
koos said:
My daughter is currently working on a passenger ship in the mediterranean .I have the number of the ship but not able to call her with voipdiscount or skype. Do u know if it is possible? Thanks

Most of the cruise ships have dedicated internet access, so why not get to chat to IT dept and
get her to call you via voipbuster-voipbuster (free) or SkyPE to SkyPE (free).
I am sure their is stray wireless AP not secured on the ship
 
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Thanks for your replies. She has internet access and we are communicating with e-mail now.
 
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