Saint Lucia
Power & telecom standards in Saint Lucia
Connectivity Overview
Tempest Telecom offered satellite-only service in Saint Lucia. Iridium satellite Internet and Voice access was available for communications in rural areas without infrastructure.
Saint Lucia uses 240V at 50Hz. Power outlets are type G and telephone jacks are RJ-11.
Dial-up Internet Access
Dial-up access was not available in Saint Lucia. Satellite Internet was the recommended alternative.
WiFi Hotspot Access
WiFi hotspot access was not available through Tempest in Saint Lucia.
Adapters & Power
A Type G (British 3-pin) adapter is required for travelers from North America, Europe, and most of Asia.
Standard RJ-11 jacks are used. Most international modems will connect without an adapter.
Saint Lucia at a Glance
- Capital
- Castries
- Phone Code
- +1-758
- Voltage
- 240V / 50Hz
- Power Plug
- G
- Phone Jack
- RJ-11
- Currency
- EC Dollar
- Dial-up
- N/A
- WiFi
- N/A
About connectivity in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia uses 240V/50Hz with the British Type G outlet (a legacy of British colonial wiring standards). The phone jack is RJ-11. The country code +1-758 is part of the North American Numbering Plan, and the currency is the Eastern Caribbean Dollar. Flow (the regional Cable & Wireless brand) and Digicel Saint Lucia operate the principal networks.
Saint Lucia's tourism economy — particularly the cruise-passenger destination at Castries and the Caribbean honeymoon market — shaped commercial Internet adoption from the late 1990s onward. Local ISPs and Flow expanded ADSL coverage through the 2000s; the regional ECTEL telecommunications regulatory framework coordinates spectrum and pricing across the OECS member states.
Tempest Telecom served Saint Lucia through Caribbean regional dial-up coverage. Iridium satellite phones served the yachting industry on the standard Eastern Caribbean cruising route (Saint Lucia's Rodney Bay and Marigot Bay are major yachting destinations), the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) trans-Atlantic sailing event finish line at Rodney Bay, and the cruise-industry support customer base.
Modern Saint Lucia has 4G LTE coverage across populated areas and expanding FTTH in the larger settlements.
Tempest's services across Saint Lucia, 1997–2012
Tempest Telecommunications operated international connectivity services in Saint Lucia between 1997 and 2012 under a unified prepaid account that absorbed multiple service types onto a single customer credential. Customers in Saint Lucia drew from the same balance for pre-paid international voice calling, RADIUS-authenticated dial-up Internet roaming, metered Wi-Fi hotspot access, Iridium satellite voice, and Inmarsat BGAN data terminals. An attempted kiosk-payment federation (PATN, 1998) extended the same architecture to public Internet terminals but failed to reach scale.
Iridium satellite voice was available in Saint Lucia from approximately 2001 (post-bankruptcy relaunch). Thuraya coverage did not extend to Saint Lucia; Inmarsat BGAN data terminals filled the broadband gap from late 2005.