Telephones - main lines in use: 77,000 (1994)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 2,400 (1993)
Telephone system:
domestic:
totally automatic system; highly developed
international:
tropospheric scatter and submarine cable to Florida; 3 coaxial submarine cables; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Area Code: 242
Radio broadcast stations: AM 3, FM 4, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios: 215,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 1 (1997)
Televisions: 67,000 (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 3 (1999)
- Coralwave (www.coralwave.com) cable modems and driect fibre
- Bahamas On-Line (www.bahamas.net.bs) dial up, leased line, wireless
- 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
Country codes: BS
Reference
Much of the material in this article comes from the CIA World Factbook 2000.