Bridgetown - Post Report Question and Answers
Do you have any recommendations regarding mobile phones? Did you keep your home-country plan or use a local provider?
Bring your unlocked phone and either get a local SIM from FLOW or bring a US one. Monthly charges are comparable or slightly lower than US rates. - Aug 2019
Bring an unlocked phone. Family members can get a SIM card through the embassy. You pay the bill monthly, some people are able to pay online, but most people must got a payment kiosk (spread around the island) to pay each month). FLOW and Digicel are your two options. - May 2018
Local provider but be sure to cancel your plan a few weeks before you leave and do it in person. I tried to do it after I left and ended up paying 5 extra months and making a lot of really frustrating phone calls. - Jul 2016
none - Nov 2011
You can choose from Limenet or Digicel. Easily available at supermarkets. - Jun 2011
Get a local phone, but 3G or 4G networks aren't supported, so smart phones aren't too useful. Locals mostly use older model Blackberries, which the Embassy provides to many staff members. There are two cell phone providers (LIME and Digicel) on island, and cost of calling on either is expensive and each offer similarly mediocre service. Pick your poison. For personal cell phones, some opt to go with LIME to make calls to Embassy (which uses LIME) cheaper and others offer to go with Digicel because of convenience of location or to provide backup in case the other network goes down. - Dec 2010
Plenty of options. - Feb 2010
