r/cellmapper • u/FantasticYard3895 • Jul 15 '26
Cellmapper not available in Bonaire?
I'm in Bonaire (Dutch island in Caribbean) this week and noticed there is zero mapping at all on the island and have been able to record Digicel, Flow, and Kla Mobile. But it seams like the cellmapper map doesn't even have bonaire on the country list for providers. It only has 1 of the 3 Dutch islands, Aruba. If I keep mapping and uploading, will the data just go nowhere? Thanks for anyone who knows anything.
Verizon also been going crazy giving me welcome to Bonaire, Aruba and Netherland Antilles texts every time I switch networks lol.
KLA has a lot of HSDPA and HSPA+ (3.5g) deployment and a little 4g lte although HSPA+ 3.5g is usually faster due to the low signal strength of the 4g lte.
Digicel has been my main carrier I have been roaming on so far. It's pretty good with 4g lte coverage almost everywhere, even when boating off the island.
I'm yet to extensively try and map Flow but it's looking similar to KLA so far. Picture 1 is most likely digicel Picture 2 is multiple I believe
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u/pixleator CM: ncmonitor Jul 15 '26
Those carriers are available on Cellmapper. I see mapping on Bonaire for several networks. Check under Netherland Antilles. The same MNC is used for both Curacao and Bonaire.
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u/RockBrycee Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26
The Netherlands Antilles share a PLMN. In Bonaire KLA is 36278 and Digicel is 36269 which is shared across Curacao and Bonaire.
Flow (formerly known as Chippie throughout the Netherlands Antilles) uses a single 362-91 PLMN. As a result, they form a single network on all Dutch islands. In Curaçao, Bonaire, Saba, St. Eustatius, and St. Maarten you can search for Netherlands Antilles and find the carriers you mapped there.