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Stu · 06-05-2006, 12:52

I sorry that Riiing let you down. With Respect to St MAARTEN, St Martin is listed in Ring's directory, but you are correct about St Maarten.

The Bahamas is a tough country to roam in. Roaming is a one way revenue street with that island. The local prepaid sim is expensive and not tourist friendly at all. The phone companies that do have roaming there charge through the nose. If anyone has any good suggestions for the Bahamas, I am interested.

Back in the days of analog phones, Batelco also had a minor billing scandal that drove many U.S. carriers away.

With respect to your Virgin SIM did you pass a British check and get roaming activated or are you just using the limited roaming they have on prepaid. Virgin UK is tough. I have a friend who has lived in London for ten years, owns straightout a condo worth 300,000 quid, but could not get approved for roaming because: (a) he is not on the electoral role; and, (B) his pay check is cut out of New York rather than London.

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Stu (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Guru Posts: 1,091 Join Date: 11 Feb 2004 Location: Detroit (formerly Dubai) Country:	06-05-2006, 12:52 I sorry that Riiing let you down. With Respect to St MAARTEN, St Martin is listed in Ring's directory, but you are correct about St Maarten. The Bahamas is a tough country to roam in. Roaming is a one way revenue street with that island. The local prepaid sim is expensive and not tourist friendly at all. The phone companies that do have roaming there charge through the nose. If anyone has any good suggestions for the Bahamas, I am interested. Back in the days of analog phones, Batelco also had a minor billing scandal that drove many U.S. carriers away. With respect to your Virgin SIM did you pass a British check and get roaming activated or are you just using the limited roaming they have on prepaid. Virgin UK is tough. I have a friend who has lived in London for ten years, owns straightout a condo worth 300,000 quid, but could not get approved for roaming because: (a) he is not on the electoral role; and, (B) his pay check is cut out of New York rather than London.