Cell Phones?

RJ in Wisconsin · Post by **RJ in Wisconsin** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 1:31 pm

I knew this was addressed somewhere before, because I had responded about Alltel service in that thread.

Check out TripAdvisor (Sept. 26, 2006 under "internet connections & cell phones on st. john)

chrisn · Post by **chrisn** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 2:20 pm

My Verizon phone was real spotty and not a real good connection either. This was calling locally. Quit talking on it after that first call to our charter captain.

My Honey's Cingular phone was the bomb! Worked just like we were at home everywhere we used it. No roaming either. It's the only one we will use next time!

papabou · Post by **papabou** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 5:15 pm

i know the q was about verizon service but some responses have created confusion on cingular service on stj. can only speak to my own experience with cingular which is fairly extensive.

i have cingular nationwide no roaming no long distance rollover plan. stt and stj are part of the free coverage area AS LONG AS YOU AVOID THE INTERNATIONAL TOWER ON TORTOLLA. 6 trips to stj beginning oct 04. all good reception at all villas on west end and most northern beaches. no reception at west end of cinnamon and the tortola tower picked up a outgoing call from north side of haulover area. never tried in coral bay but i believe to have reception you need close to line of sight to mountaintop on stt. thus don't believe there will be free reception in that area.

never noticed but was told that the cingular icon goes off your phone's screen when you place a call and you are roaming. don't know what if anything happens on incoming roaming calls, but i do turn off my phone if out near coral bay to avoid incoming roaming.

papabou

JohnnyB · Post by **JohnnyB** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 6:25 pm

Thanks, everyone for the info. I just want to clarify that while I'm on STT, I have no intention of calling stateside, Work, or home, if I can help it. I wanted to have a phone handy for activities and calls on the island (Reservations, information, Car problems?, etc.)

The Virgin Mobile pre-paid phone sounds like a good idea. I'm wonder how the coverage is on STT as well as STJ?

nothintolose · Post by **nothintolose** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 8:53 pm

California Girl - I want to know about coverage since Cat and hubby will be on island with us in case we want to meet somewhere or whatever.

If I call home, it would be to check on my dog but used the calling card for that last time, and this pup (you know, the computer expert

) is young and healthy so I should need to call home.

nothintolose

California Girl · Post by **California Girl** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 10:11 pm

I can see the need to stay in touch with the other members of your group on-island. That's very logical

I might get one of those Virgin Mobile jobs just in case of emergency on the island... like for instance, backing my car off a cliff! LOL! Not a bad idea actually. (the phone, not backing off the cliff!)

JohnnyB · Post by **JohnnyB** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 4:15 am

I went to the Virgin Mobile website and checked on the coverage area. According to the site, it covers all 50 states, puerto Rico, and the US VIRGIN ISLANDS! I might pick on up and try it when we go down on March 3rd.

canucknyc · Post by **canucknyc** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:05 am

Let us know how it goes! We're considering the same thing for our trip in May.

sea-nile · Post by **sea-nile** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 9:40 am

JohnnyB wrote:I went to the Virgin Mobile website and checked on the coverage area. According to the site, it covers all 50 states, puerto Rico, and the US VIRGIN ISLANDS! I might pick on up and try it when we go down on March 3rd.

Tha is good to know. My daughter lost her cell phone

so I am making her buy one. She wants the Oyster from Virgin Mobile. This way we will be able to communicate if my hubby and I go out and leave the kids at the villa.

JohnnyB · Post by **JohnnyB** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 3:50 am

Ordered a pay-as-you-go phone from Virgin Mobile. The phone was free, the $20.00 I paid was for the air time. I am going to STT on March 3rd, and will report how the phone works down there. From what the website stated, The USVI is part of their service area.

Ron_L · Post by **Ron_L** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:01 pm

I just called Sprint and they told me that my plan covered the USVI. Has anyone actually used Sprint on St. John?

Andrea266 · Post by **Andrea266** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 11:59 am

I live on St. John and have Sprint. I get one to two bars of non-roaming service if I stand at the very end of our pool deck, which faces just a sliver of St. Thomas. I also get two to three bars of service in Cruz Bay and, from what I can remember, Honeymoon Beach and any other beach that faces St. Thomas. Everywhere else I'm either roaming or have no service. As soon as my contract with Sprint is up, I'm going to switch to Cingular, which seems to have better coverage here.

traveler22 · Post by **traveler22** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 1:13 pm

Hi All
I was just there and while getting off our flight in STT the attendant told a passenger in front of us that her cell phone will work in the USVIs especially if you have Sprint.
I have Sprint and it worked well all around the island and it wasn't on roam.
Scott

Wolfhound · Post by **Wolfhound** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 7:33 pm

Sprint works most places for us. We are typically in the Chocolate Hole/Rendezvous Bay area. Sometimes it requires a stroll out to the pool deck. Never a problem in Cruz Bay. And we've never experienced a roaming charge. I also find that our Blackberries work great all over the Island. We tend to take our jobs with us. It's a personal problem.

Ron_L · Post by **Ron_L** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 7:43 pm

Thanks Traveler and Wolfhound...

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Cell Phones?

Found a previous cell phone discussion

We used both Verizon and Cingular

cingular cell service

Thanks All

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