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Getting free internet on a cruise, saving $170
Internet on a cruise ship is insanely expensive, but a little bit of DevTools knowledge and some simple Python scripting can go a long way when it comes to getting free internet
Change MAC address Login to MedallionNet with date-of-birth and room number, binding the MAC address to your identity Send a request with your booking ID activating 15 minutes of free internet, intended to be used for downloading the Princess app Not completely sure, but it did initially seem that to activate unrestricted access to the internet, you would need to send a simple HTTP to play.google.com, although I don’t think this is needed. After looking at the fetch requests the MedallionNet portal was sending to login and activate the free sessions, I realized that it shouldn’t be too hard to automate. After comparing speeds with another guy I met on the cruise (who also happens to be a high-school programmer), who had the highest-level MedallionNet plan, there seems to be no additional throttling (7+ Mbps).
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