V-Flyer

Well, taken the plunge and for once Mrs Buns & I are not having a holiday in the US

Having invested in a US PAYG Phone, it would be nice to use - does anyone know if they work over there??

Many thanks

Buns

If it's a Virgin Mobile PAYG then sadly the answer is definitely no, they don't work in Barbados - the signal barely even stretched over to the Canadian side of Niagara Falls when I went there.

According to this page Barbados does have both 900/1800 + 1900 GSM networks (US mobiles generally use the 1900 GSM network) so US mobiles should work.

One thing to remember though is quite often roaming is often not automatically provisioned on mobile phone accounts so you may need to contact your network and get them to enable roaming first.

I've just had to ask Virgin Mobile UK to enable roaming on my account for when I travel to IAD next week.

mitchja wrote:According to this page Barbados does have both 900/1800 + 1900 GSM networks (US mobiles generally use the 1900 GSM network) so US mobiles should work.

One thing to remember though is quite often roaming is often not automatically provisioned on mobile phone accounts so you may need to contact your network and get them to enable roaming first.

I've just had to ask Virgin Mobile UK to enable roaming on my account for when I travel to IAD next week.

Virgin Mobile USA do not work outside of the US - they do not offer a roaming service.

Virgin Mobile FAQ's

Thanks Guys

Need to make sure I have international roaming validated on my UK phone - or is this an excuse to get a I phone

buns

buns wrote:Thanks Guys

Need to make sure I have international roaming validated on my UK phone - or is this an excuse to get a I phone

buns

My son got a massive Iphone bill a few years back due to Int roaming charging for checking for emails every 2 minutes whilst he was in Australia!

They refunded him but if you do get one make sure the settings are correct!

buns wrote:Well, taken the plunge and for once Mrs Buns & I are not having a holiday in the US
Having invested in a US PAYG Phone, it would be nice to use - does anyone know if they work over there??
Many thanks
Buns

You don't actually need a US phone just a US SIM to put in your own phone - we have one and a permanent Boston phone number, works great for us, check out this website www.simplecallingservice.com