Cellular phone and internet connection

Sprint offers cell service in the VI, as well as you can access your email thru the phone. The only wireless high speed internet requires a small dish to receive the signal. Don't think that would work on a boat.
Ronnie

Communication in the USVI.

The USVI have a state of the art communication system provided by Innovative Communication. This is a privately owned company that provides communication to all four islands. All calls within the Virgin Islands are toll free. Tolls are charged only when calling outside the USVI. There is no limit on the amount of free intra–island calls. Long distance providers are several; ATT, Sprint Caribe, Primus, Innovative, TLD of the Virgin Islands. Cellular service is also available and is provided by Sprint, Cingular Wireless, Centennial and Innovative Communication.

Internet

There are three basic types of Internet service in the USVI; dial up, wireless ADSL and Wireline ADSL. Dial Up is offered by local Internet Service providers, primarily VIPowernet and Viaccess and runs about $20 a month. Mainland companies like AOL and MSN also provide Internet dial up service. Wireless ADSL (Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line), which has a small antenna on your roof, is offered by VIAccess. Residential rates are around $100 per month and reliability is very good. But coverage is somewhat poor in terms of the entire island. A site survey will need to be done before you can sign up. They offer this service free. There is a tie-in discount if you also subscribe to their wireless cable TV (Antilles Wireless) service. Speeds are reported at 150-180K Wireline ADSL is run over existing telephone lines ADSL. Rates are much lower, around $70 dollars per month with an installation charge of around $200.00. This service is offered by VIPowerNet. Reliability is good; speeds are reported at 140-170 K in most areas. However the closer to the telco switch the faster speeds will be.

Like Ronnie said, Sprint PSC should work for this. I'll see if I can get more info. from someone who deals with cellular phones in the VI -I'll get them to answer this question.

--Islander

I can offer my firsthand experience. I would suggest that Sprint with a "G3" enabled handset and data cable is your best solution. Cingular has internet access but doing so on a Cingular handset will consume your voice minutes. Sprint offers unlimited data for $ 10 dollars a month on top of your selected plan. Connection speeds with Sprint G3 service run about 100-140 kbs , on older sprint phones it is 14.4 kbs, and not much better with Cingular. Cingular is promising faster data connections when they launch GSM service in this market, however this will likley only affect voice capacity issues since the current GSM handsets now in production and near future handsets are on the 2G platform. Future handsets will still only be 2.5 G. enbled data regardless of what marketing hype they wrap GSM service in.
Hope this helps
G= Generation (i.e. 2nd generation, 3rd generation)

Jeff