Talk:Italy/@comment-26431386-20150525003716/@comment-24682153-20150614191925

You will have signal only when you are close to a coast. For 3G you should see the land from the ship, 2G covers a bit more. So you have TIM coverage only when your ship is very close to Italy. Furthermore, you will have coverage in about 10 more countries when you are close to the coast or at port. But this will be on roaming and charged much higher.

Cruise ships normally have own networks to connect with. For MSC, it is written here> []. The prices on cruise ships to link on the internet via WIFI are amongst the highest of the world: On MSC ships sailing in the Mediterranean or Northern Europe, prices are 12 euros ($16.34) for 60 minutes; 19 euros ($25.88) for 100 minutes; 45 euros ($61.29) for 300 minutes; 59 euros ($80.35) for 480 minutes and 145 euros ($197.48) for 1,440 minutes. (Source: Cruisecritic) This is the only way to go online for most of your journey.