Staying connected in Tahiti

ggking719:03 UTC31 Jul 2011

My wife and I are going to Tahiti for 2 weeks but every other day we need to be able to do a couple hours of work online and make a couple phone calls. We're planning on using the wifi provided by the hotels where we're staying but I'd like to buy a local SIM card for my unlocked phone to make calls and as a backup method for getting online. I think Vini is the only mobile network in Tahiti. I found a page with their mobile internet info:

http://www.vini.pf/index.php?id=forfait_internet_particulier

Can anyone help me translate that page? Can the SIM be purchased before we arrive in Tahiti?

Our laptop power cables can handle 220V but do we need power plug adapters? If so, would European adapters work?

Thank you!

barbijkm20:49 UTC05 Sep 2011

Here's a link to the Vini home page in English: http://www.vini.pf/index.php?id=welcome_to_vini_en

Yes, European 2-round-prong plug adaptors work just fine. Most large hotels also have at least one American-style electrical outlet (often in the bathroom).

ggking718:19 UTC06 Sep 2011

We've returned from French Polynesia and it was great. I ended up using wifi at the places we stayed so I didn't try to connect to the internet with my cell phone. I bought a Vini SIM card anyway to use for calls, and the cheapest way I found to call the US with it was with this call return service which came out to about $0.44/minute:

http://www.telestial.com/faq_return_call_service.php

The rate for calling the US directly from the SIM was about $1.75/minute.

Staying connected in Tahiti Country forums / Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea / Tahiti & French Polynesia
ggking719:03 UTC31 Jul 2011	My wife and I are going to Tahiti for 2 weeks but every other day we need to be able to do a couple hours of work online and make a couple phone calls. We're planning on using the wifi provided by the hotels where we're staying but I'd like to buy a local SIM card for my unlocked phone to make calls and as a backup method for getting online. I think Vini is the only mobile network in Tahiti. I found a page with their mobile internet info: http://www.vini.pf/index.php?id=forfait_internet_particulier Can anyone help me translate that page? Can the SIM be purchased before we arrive in Tahiti? Our laptop power cables can handle 220V but do we need power plug adapters? If so, would European adapters work? Thank you!
barbijkm20:49 UTC05 Sep 2011	Here's a link to the Vini home page in English: http://www.vini.pf/index.php?id=welcome_to_vini_en Yes, European 2-round-prong plug adaptors work just fine. Most large hotels also have at least one American-style electrical outlet (often in the bathroom).	1
ggking718:19 UTC06 Sep 2011	We've returned from French Polynesia and it was great. I ended up using wifi at the places we stayed so I didn't try to connect to the internet with my cell phone. I bought a Vini SIM card anyway to use for calls, and the cheapest way I found to call the US with it was with this call return service which came out to about $0.44/minute: http://www.telestial.com/faq_return_call_service.php The rate for calling the US directly from the SIM was about $1.75/minute.	2