Here is what I did once Sharon's phones were no longer an option. I bought a no-frills, cheap, unlocked Motorola phone at Best Buy and obtained a Chippie SIM for it. I now have an SXM phone number that i have kept active ever since. Once we are on the island I can use a credit card or even cash to add to my pre-paid Chippie account at the Bush Road Carrefour, where there is a phone shop. I can also add funds to the account online prior to arrival at the Chippie site. The rate for calling back to the US or Canada is reasonable, but we use that phone almost exclusively for restaurant reservations and confirming dinner plans with the many friends we have made who visit the island the same weeks we are there in February. Reception is pretty good on the French side as well as on the Dutch side.