[Bossman]

You are correct. I did not get any signal whatsoever in Bahamas. Our cruise stopped in Princess Cays, the Bahamas. It's a private Island owned by the cruise line.

AFAIK, all virgin UK payg sim roam out of the box. It even roams in countries that are not listed on their website. I just came back from Nigeria today. I used my Virgin sim extensively for GPRS access only. I actually had the sim in my other phone the whole time on this trip. Because virgin charges the same for GPRS access roaming or not, it makes it an okay sim to roam with for GPRS access only. BTW, Nigeria is not even listed as on of the roaming countries for virgin payg. I have bought 3 virgin payg sims on ebay for myself and family members, and they all roamed out of the box.

Originally Posted by Stu

My experience has been the Bahamas are a difficult country to find roaming in. Back in its AMPs days, Batelco had some problems with other carriers and this is only beginning to end. Batleco also is more interested in a fleecing tourists than in creating good bilateral roaming agreements. Bahamian prepaids are a lousy deal unless you plan on staying there. VOIP out of an internet cafe is about your only good option there.

Bossman, how did you get international roaming going on Virgin? I found Virgin the hardest company to get direct debit or roaming on unless you are a native print. They check the electoral roles as part of their check and non-citizens have a difficult time. I have a UK bank account, a UK credit card, a UK landline, and mailing address and I couldn't pass, even with a deposit. Conversely, I passed Orange's credit check without a hitch.