How can i make a call from the bahamas on my cell phone?

Question

i have at&t and it wont let me it says sorry try your call agian but the wierd thing is people can call me is thier like a area code i need to put in before i call thier number please help

Answer 1

you have to put 1 before the number to enable long distance calls but its expensive per min..... Just buy a phone card or something. Or dont call at all.

Answer 2

I wouldn't bother even using your cell phone because I was on a cruise recently and used mine a few times, and when I came back I had a bill for $151 bucks.

Most cell phone servies charge you anywhere from $2.50-$5.00 a minute in the islands.

Answer 3

If you have AT&T service, you need to sign up BEFORE you leave the US for International Service.  PLUS, you need an international phone with 1900 mhz frequency.  PLUS.. you have to be near a decent tower, since even bahamians don't get good cell service.

Since you are in the bahamas.. you will need to dial 1-plus the area code, plus the phone number to call the states..

If you are dialing a 242 number (local in the bahamas) you need only dial the phone number (not the area code).. since the tower is a bahamian tower.

AT&t charges $2.29 per minute for both incoming and outgoing calls,  within the bahamas or elsewhere. (even missed calls going to voice mail) and $.50 per txt or email message.

To Europe, there is a $4 per call charge.. plus the per minute rate.

Best thing to do is buy a phone card in the bahamas and use it from a pay phone.

In order to buy a Sim Card or CHIP, you would need an unlocked phone that accepts a sim card.. plus, the sim is $69-$89 and you have to buy minutes (cards) .  Cost per minute is usually $.34 - 54 cents.   For a simple vacation.. this is just not necessary.

And to lug a computer just to use Skype or magicjack is equally unnecessary.. unless you intend on doing some heavy calling, while sitting in the lobby.

Answer 4

get a Calling card while you are there. Be ready to pay for roaming charges.

Answer 5

Before u go, get Magicjack. Trust me dude. Look it up online. It will save u money. But it already looks like ur over there. Oh well. Anyways, my mom went like 10 years ago and she wasted 30 in only a couple of days for a few phone calls. With Magicjack u can use it over there with a computer. Its worth it. Ur cell phone won't work there.  

Answer 6

You may truy buying a chip that would permit you to make calls while in the Bahamas.  There is a Cyber world on Bay Stret ask them.