Jamaica Communications
Jamaica Communications:
The private villas in Jamaica all are equipped with all the amenities of Jamaica Communications. Jamaica villas are equipped with telephones and guests will be advised of the particular phone number of the property prior to departure. Please do note, however, that the majority of the properties only permit local calls and collect international calls as the homeowner’s retain the codes to make direct dialed overseas calls. Alternatively, phone cards are available for purchase at hotels, post offices, supermarkets and some shops. Certainly, guests may ask their private driver or another staff member to purchase phone cards for them to expedite overseas calls. Please note that Jamaica Telephone may not accept AT & T calling cards and other pre-paid phone cards.
Mobile Phones:
800 MHX analog or TDMA digital phones: These are the only types of cell phones that work on the island. Be sure to check with your home cell phone service provider to see if they have a roaming agreement with a company in Jamaica (such as Bell South, Cingular Wireless & AT & T Wireless).
GSM mobile phones: These do NOT work in Jamaica. If you have a GSM World telephone, consult your mobile phone service before you leave to find out what you need. For more information regarding Jamaica villas, please click here.
Villas in Jamaica-Internet Service:
Discovery Bay, Runaway Bay & Ocho Rios Villas:
Prior to your departure, call 876.974.7655 or Fax at 876.974.9375 or e-mail at pdadd@cwjamaica.com to establish temporary Internet access while you are in Jamaica. This Ocho Rios based company will come out to the villa, configure your laptop and provide Internet access for a week. The laptop set up charge is $25 while one week of local unlimited Internet access is $75.00.
Montego Bay Villas:
Prior to your departure, call 876.978.2960 or Fax at 876.929.8086 or e-mail icquery@infochan.com. They will, then, Fax an application to establish temporary Internet access while you are in Jamaica and advise you of the subscription and daily fees (which may be charged to a credit card). Connection will be made upon an agreed upon date but do be sure to bring along with you an extension cord, surge protector and phone splitter if you wish to use a laptop computer and access the Internet. Alternatively, you may contact them locally once you arrive in Jamaica.