[kennyschiff]

The boss is going to the Atlantis. His carrier, Nexte, has no BBerry service down there. We are considering renting him a device, if we can find a service that has connectivity down there.

Can anyone advise?

[LarsenNET]

Atlantis? Your boss found it?

I thought it was somewhere at the bottom of the ocean? I doubt they have BB service down there.

[SchmutzBerry]

Originally Posted by jlarsen

Atlantis? Your boss found it?

I thought it was somewhere at the bottom of the ocean? I doubt they have BB service down there.

jlarsen - no this guy isn't living on Fantasy Island, I've been to the places he's talking about. However, that was before my bb, so I don't know.

[tpblackberry]

Originally Posted by jlarsen

Atlantis? Your boss found it?

LOL. Yup, going undersea with the blackberry!

[Bunker]

Originally Posted by kennyschiff

The boss is going to the Atlantis. His carrier, Nexte, has no BBerry service down there. We are considering renting him a device, if we can find a service that has connectivity down there.

Can anyone advise?

All the USA based GSM/GPRS carriers have roaming agreements with Cable&Wireless - so Cingular & T-Mobile are your best international roaming choices (and not just on Nassau - but worldwide) and should work there. Cable&Wireless also sell BB in the Caribbean, but that is not a direction you probably want to go.

Remember to research the roaming agreements before you buy a device and to get international roaming (voice and data) enabled before they travel.

Bunker

[pauldumais]

According to the research I have done, the Bahamas does not appear to have GPRS data access yet. Apparently the only carrier there BaTelCo just launched GSM service, so I'm thinking it's just a matter for time for them to roll out GPRS.

Cingular also confirms that GPRS data is not working yet:
http://www.cingular.com/roaming/roaming_we_bs

If anyone has tried BlackBerry's in the Bahamas recently please confirm, or if anyone can confirm that it is now working please let us know (I have a friend there who wants to buy a BlackBerry).

[bgate]

I can't speak for the data side, but I was in Atlantis pre BB days and my Verizon phone had no issues - full digital access... Give them a call.

BTW - See if you can go along as his tech consultant for his trip. It is amazing!
Brent

[rockaway47]

I was in the Bahamas in November and had my ATT Blackberry 6710 with me. I was about a mile from Atlantis and the voice worked but the data did not. My wife's Verizon phone did not work.