Has anyone or their DH/DP been to Ascension Island recently? As in past 12-18 months?

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DH is off there very soon. he has been told there is no welfare - ie phone calls home or internet services for the laptop.
Does anyone know how he gets these services? is it phone cards? How about internet?

www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceFor/ServiceCommunity/OverseasPosting/BFSAI/BritishForcesSouthAtlan ticIslandsbfsai.htm

This might help. There's an email address too - why not contact thme and see if they can help?

My dh has flown in and out of it countless times in the last few years. He's currently down in MPA I could ask him if he has any info next time he calls. I'm pretty sure there's no internet broadband facility that they can log into for laptops down in MPA would imagine Ascension is even further back in time.

hf -diidn't see much info I needed on that link, but thanks anyway.

lemonade - thanks, if he rings before Sunday would be even better

He has been told that broadband is £12.99 a month, same connection as Islanders, but I think that's ridiculous if it is, as he is already going to be paying £3.80+ a day for food.

Have just spoken to dh and he thinks that the operational welfare package should be the same for wideawake as it is for MPA. He's going to try and double check over the next couple of days and get back to me...shall pass on any info obviously, but he currently gets 30mins a week phonecalls and internet access in 40mins blocks.

I know people out there, and I do know that the call charges and Internet charges are extremely exorbitant!!!!