Global phones
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Duffy 35
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You can indeed rent them; do a google search.
hollywood8118
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I use these guys typically to get my sat minutes from.. and they rent and sell phones also.
Satellite Phone - Iridium, Inmarsat, Satellite Phone Rental
My last couple yacht trips abroad I didn't take my Iridium sat phone and use a dual sim phone that has a world sim card that has a pretty reasonable cost per minute.
I gives your US callers a 1-800 number to call you.
International SIM Card | Prepaid Roaming SIM from OneSimCard
Of course this is for coastal work only where there is cell service.
HOLLYWOOD
Satellite Phone - Iridium, Inmarsat, Satellite Phone Rental
My last couple yacht trips abroad I didn't take my Iridium sat phone and use a dual sim phone that has a world sim card that has a pretty reasonable cost per minute.
I gives your US callers a 1-800 number to call you.
International SIM Card | Prepaid Roaming SIM from OneSimCard
Of course this is for coastal work only where there is cell service.
HOLLYWOOD
Mike: For voice, the cheap and easy way would be to buy an unlocked cell phone (`$20 on Ebay). When you get to the Bahamas, go to a BTC office, buy a sim card for $20 plus a $5 activation fee. Buy some time and a way you go. If you go through your minutes you can buy additional time at almost any store. Or you can buy a cell phone when you get there. You can do pre-paid minutes with no contract. We got back a few weeks ago and there was only one place we went that we didn't have cell coverage. Here's BTC's web site.
BTC Bahamas - Home
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Mike: For voice, the cheap and easy way would be to buy an unlocked cell phone (`$20 on Ebay). When you get to the Bahamas, go to a BTC office, buy a sim card for $20 plus a $5 activation fee. Buy some time and a way you go. If you go through your minutes you can buy additional time at almost any store. Or you can buy a cell phone when you get there. You can do pre-paid minutes with no contract. We got back a few weeks ago and there was only one place we went that we didn't have cell coverage. Here's BTC's web site.
BTC Bahamas - Home[/QUOTE
Thanks, that sounds great. I appreciate the info.
