Communications in the Bahamas - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Telephone
Telephone
The telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...

s - main lines in use: 132,900 (2007)

county comparison to the world: 135

Telephones - mobile cellular: 374,000 (2007)

county comparison to the world: 155

Telephone system:

general assessment: modern facilities

domestic: totally automatic system; highly developed; the Bahamas Domestic Submarine Network links 14 of the islands and is designed to satisfy increasing demand for voice broadband Internet services

international: landing point for the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) fiber-optic submarine cable the provides links to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; satellite Earth stations - 2 (2007)

Country code: +1 242

Area code 242

Area code 242 is the local telephone area code of The Bahamas. The 242 area code, or BHA, was created during a split from the original 809 area code which was done in October 1996....

Radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...

broadcast stations: AM 3, FM 5, shortwave 0 (2006)

Television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...

broadcast stations: 2 (one

ZNS-TV

ZNS is a national radio and TV broadcaster operated by the state-owned Broadcasting Corporation of The Bahamas....

in Nassau and one in Freeport, a rebroadcast transmitter

Transmitter

In electronics and telecommunications a transmitter or radio transmitter is an electronic device which, with the aid of an antenna, produces radio waves. The transmitter itself generates a radio frequency alternating current, which is applied to the antenna. When excited by this alternating...

(2006)

Country code: .bs

Internet Hosts
Server (computing)
In the context of client-server architecture, a server is a computer program running to serve the requests of other programs, the "clients". Thus, the "server" performs some computational task on behalf of "clients"...

: 41 (2008)

county comparison to the world: 200

Internet Users
User (computing)
A user is an agent, either a human agent or software agent, who uses a computer or network service. A user often has a user account and is identified by a username , screen name , nickname , or handle, which is derived from the identical Citizen's Band radio term.Users are...

: 120,000 (2007)

county comparison to the world: 137

Internet Service Provider
Internet service provider
An Internet service provider is a company that provides access to the Internet. Access ISPs directly connect customers to the Internet using copper wires, wireless or fiber-optic connections. Hosting ISPs lease server space for smaller businesses and host other people servers...

s (ISPs):

Coralwave (www.coralwave.com) cable, direct fibre
Batelnet (www.batelnet.bs) dial up, DSL
Speedway Internet (www.xspbahamas.com) dial up, DSL, wireless
DSL Bahamas (www.dslbahamas.com) DSL
BGC (www.bgcfreedom.com) wireless
Out Island Internet (www.abacoinet.com) dial up, wireless

See also