The places listed below are collected from various sources. I have not visited all of these locations, so I have relied on the reports of others. If anyone has any corrections or additions, I would greatly appreciate a quick email (HERE) to let me know. I am restricting this list to public access locations. Many resorts, hotels, and villas provide Internet access for their guests. WIFI is probably available in some of the locations below, even though I have not so indicated.
I've included two locations on St. John and one on St. Thomas, in case you're passing through.
formerly, "Click On Line"Beef Island, near airport
(TTOL discount available!)De Loose Mongoose (WIFI)
Last Resort (WIFI)Leverick Bay (Coffee Shop & nearby)
- also near Leverick Bay Villa Rental Office (WIFI)
"Connections"Quiet Mon Pub
St. John - Cruz Bay and Coral Bay
St. John - Cruz Bay
BVI Marine WIFI has hotspots set up in all the major harbors and anchorages. Sign up by credit card for a day or a week. All locations are high bandwidth allowing for good signals for use with email, browsing and Skype, the service that lets you call the USA or anywhere else for less than 5 cents a minute. They can help you configure your PC before your trip or they sell a laptop package, complete with WiFi, one week access, Headset, Hi Gain Antenna and an inverter for AC power, so on arrival, you're ready to go. If you are bringing your own laptop for Interent access in anchorages, you may want to consider purchasing a long range wireless adapter before you go. This will allow you farther distances when anchored. A favorite with BVI sailors is the EUB-362 EXT. For $40.00, this is a worthwhile purchase for home and for travel.
Renport offers a very interesting range of products for the sailor on charter, including their Surf Wireless Modem package. They will configure a modem for your laptop (PCMCIA slot required) for about $90/week, allowing you unlimited Internet access. It's not super fast, but very functional nearly everywhere, including Anegada. They will also rent you a laptop or an array of other toys, er, uh... I mean, equipment. Click on the logo and check 'em out.
Going to be in the islands for an extended stay? If you have access to a phone outlet (perhaps, at your charter company or land-based accommodation), and you really need to have regular Internet access, there is a solution. You can sign up for a short-term, local Internet account with Cable & Wireless BVI . If you bring a used laptop, you could plug in and do your uploads and downloads. Obviously, if you wanted to browse, you'd have to have a place that would allow you to hang out for longer periods of time and do that. A couple footnotes to this idea...
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You can get a perfectly adequate, older notebook for $200-400. The other great thing about a laptop is that you could compose any documents or email off line, sitting on your boat, or at the bar and grille, uploading later at your convenience.
- You can see the rate plan for such accounts on the Cable & Wireless BVI web site . For example, 10 hours usage costs $12.95/month ($21.95 for 20 hours, and so on). They do have a $29.95 registration fee, but they have said that if a person will come into their office and ask about a special "visitor" price, they'll use some discretion to cater to the traveler. I suspect this means they might reduce or waive the registration fee, but they will not discuss this on the phone.
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