Phone and Internet Question - Rob, Lisa or anyone who knows.

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Bring your old phone and buy a chip, if it doesn't work, then spend for a new phone. I brought a simple Nokia gms phone, and love it. The calendar feature is important to me, other bells and whistles don't matter. A camera would be nice in the phone. Make sure the BB phone uses a chip!!

My digicel wifi unit (the approx. 8"x10" standing unit) is currently used in Grange Hill, in the country. They only get 1 bar (light) there (sometimes no light), but its adequate. I did several hours of business work through it. A bit slow, but workable.

I don't know the area you will be staying in, but if hills may be an issue, try to locate it as high as you can in the house, and move it around to find the best signal. Or even outside (I probably wouldn't leave it out overnight unless it was in a very protected area, but still the thermal/moisture changes could be a problem). Is anyone in that area using one of the i-net services now that can advise you?

Check the coverage map on the digicel Broadband site or call them at 142 to inquire about the area.

One thing, you can only access your broadband account when you are actually connected through it... However you can send credit to it from anywhere. To 'start a new prepaid plan' you have to plug it out and plug it back in again, PITA! For postpaid plans, they now have an option for it to automatically renew without that hassle.

Tip: when they are offering double bubble promotions, I top up my cell phone and then send it via Credit U to the broadband account; the phone keeps the bonus credit. Note: You can only send a maximum of $1300J daily.... the monthly broadband plan costs $3000, so I plan the topups/Credit U a couple days in advance.