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Cell Service sailing the USVI
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12/27/2020 10:39 PM
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CaptnAndy
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We are coming up to our first trip to the USVI, and we are wondering about cell reception and internet coverage from the anchorages near St. Thomas & St. John?
Last edited by CaptnAndy; 12/27/2020 10:44 PM.
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Re: Cell Service sailing the USVI
[Re: Winterstale]
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12/28/2020 10:01 AM
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I did hear that AT&T no longer services the USVI -- how does that work if that is who my carrier is? I am bit ignorant when it comes to this kind of thing - LOL - so is there a charge if my cell is picking up a different carrier? I don't think that's true. Was just there start of November and had AT&T service as normal. I just looked up their coverage map and it indicates "off net coverage" which I believe simply means it's not guaranteed coverage, i.e., somewhat spotty and marginal speed. Our experience has been that AT&T works fine on STT. On STJ it is a bit more spotty.
Life's short - sail more!
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Re: Cell Service sailing the USVI
[Re: CaptnAndy]
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12/28/2020 11:44 AM
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We are coming up to our first trip to the USVI, and we are wondering about cell reception and internet coverage from the anchorages near St. Thomas & St. John?
I have ATT. pretty decent coverage. turn off data roaming and extra charges won't be an issue if your phone auto switches to another network. with ATT we sign up for $10/day to enable our plan to transfer if we would kick over to another network and we still use it. International roaming or something like that. st thomas no issues. st john can be spotty in maho area leinster etc. coming around east end you may switch to BVI network. times of day with use is high it slows significantly. maho can be so spotty that it works on one mooring and not on the next mooring over. overall I have no complaints though. if i don't get internet, then i'm on vacation. have fun.
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Re: Cell Service sailing the USVI
[Re: CaptnAndy]
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12/28/2020 02:04 PM
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AT&T works in most anchorages. Sprint and T-Mobile require line of sight to St. Thomas. T-Mobile can roam to BVI. Verizon apparently has a roaming partnership, but I have no first hand experience.
Spots on St. John where AT&T won't work are those out of line of site of the Bordeaux Mountain tower - outer Coral Harbour and Eastern Leinster Bay.
Cheers, RickG
S/V Echoes, 2003 Beneteau 423 Grenada
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Re: Cell Service sailing the USVI
[Re: CaptnAndy]
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12/29/2020 09:36 AM
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My wife and I are on Verizon. $10 a day and had coverage on STT and STJ. Of course that was a year ago.
Go Irish!! Bill
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Re: Cell Service sailing the USVI
[Re: CaptnAndy]
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01/05/2021 09:26 AM
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"Safest bet is to just turn the phone off if you’re able to and enjoy your trip!"
Amen to that!!
Go Irish!! Bill
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Re: Cell Service sailing the USVI
[Re: CaptnAndy]
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01/05/2021 12:48 PM
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I can also attest that AT&T worked great for our trip. We too do the $10 a day international access for if we are on the Coral Bay side of St. John and the service switches to Lime but we actually never had to use it this trip and our phone worked just like it does at home without any extra fees.
Sue s/v Ripple Leopard 40
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