Boccas del Torre(Panama)-phone service, etc.
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Boccas del Torre(Panama)-phone service, etc.
I'll be in Boccas del Torre for 4 months beginning in January and wanted to know about what kind of phone service I need to have to be able to make calls back to the U.S. (and received calls)
satellite phone?
satellite phone?
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I used pay phones with the phone cards. It is very simple. Of course, if someone needed to call me, they called my cell phone--I was with Cingular then, now ATT.
It was extremely expensive to do that, so I asked that no one call me unless there was an emergency. I was the one to do the calling/checking in.
For example, a 40 minute call was billed about $120 on my cell bill.
It was extremely expensive to do that, so I asked that no one call me unless there was an emergency. I was the one to do the calling/checking in.
For example, a 40 minute call was billed about $120 on my cell bill.
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If you have an unlocked cel phone that works on the GSM 850 band then you can buy a SIM card for a prepaid account with either Cable & Wireless or Movistar - not sure if one has better coverage in Bocas del Toro than the other...
Then when someone calls you - they pay the long distance and you pay nothing - outbound international calls aren't too expensive and you load your phone when they have triple or quadruple offers which seem to be weekly these days.
You can even buy a phone here for under $30 if you need to.
Cheers,
Andrew
Then when someone calls you - they pay the long distance and you pay nothing - outbound international calls aren't too expensive and you load your phone when they have triple or quadruple offers which seem to be weekly these days.
You can even buy a phone here for under $30 if you need to.
Cheers,
Andrew