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How's
the communication system?
Phone: Telephone service is available. The area
code for Carriacou is (1) 473. By the way, for visitors who would like to
give friends and family the telephone number of Tamarind Cottage it
is: 443 6003. (please check your international access code – it’s the
same as the US)
Cell Phone/Mobil: For US visitors there now is roaming. It has
been reported that subscribers of Cingular and T-Mobil can use their
phones. Europeans
will find that GSM 1900 signals work, unfortunately we can’t vouch for roaming.
Internet: Internet service is also available (more about it
later)
Ship to Shore Radio: if you are a sailor, it is the same as
anywhere in the Caribbean. It can be quite useful. Everyone, including
taxi drivers, monitors VHF channel 16. "Cable
and Wireless" Telephone Co.
Aka “Careless and Useless” – a British company
where the
service is competent, surly, and VERY expensive (coming and going).
Be very careful, calling anywhere from Carriacou will cost you at least
$1US per minute and calling to Carriacou from the US can easily set you
back $2 per minute (if you don’t have a special international calling
plan.) Similar costs have been reported by European visitors.
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Internet
If you expect high speed broadband connections – sorry, not yet. There are
however two
internet cafes. Also the local
telephone company has a service which lets you buy an internet
card similar to a telephone calling card. These cards are sold at the
telephone company offices in town and work quite well. An EC$25.00 card will
give you 7 hours of internet time. (a small caveat, the last time we were on
Carriacou, these cards did NOT work, and Cable & Wireless cheated us out
of our money) So if you really can't live without it bring your computer to paradise and
hope for the best.
WiFi
John's internet cafe on Main Street is to our knowledge the only public wifi
hot-spot on Carriacou.
DX
Short-wave
This section does not really belong here, but we didn’t know where else to put it.
We have
traveled all over the world and have found the short-wave reception on
Carriacou to be better than anywhere else. If you would like more
information about short-wave vacations click
here.
Grenada
Telephone Book
For your convenience we have provided a link to the Grenada
telephone directory.
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