Costa Rica

snidely · 06-12-2007, 16:36

There is no prepaid by the only carrier there - govt. run I.C.E. You have to be an "official" resident to even get a line - and they are always in short supply. That will change in a couple years when the U.S./C.R. free trade agreement kicks in and new carriers can set up.
CelTrek has 19¢ incoming, 29¢ outgoing to U.S. Have used CelTrek there and works well. MaxRoam also covers C.R. UM lists C.R. but as I recall, rates are much higher. (My old UM card expired long ago. At the time they didn't cover C.R.)

...mike

P.S. C.R. is an 1800 only system. No 900 (or 1900).

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snidely (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 451 Join Date: 09 May 2005 Location: Berkeley, California and Miami Country:	06-12-2007, 16:36 There is no prepaid by the only carrier there - govt. run I.C.E. You have to be an "official" resident to even get a line - and they are always in short supply. That will change in a couple years when the U.S./C.R. free trade agreement kicks in and new carriers can set up. CelTrek has 19¢ incoming, 29¢ outgoing to U.S. Have used CelTrek there and works well. MaxRoam also covers C.R. UM lists C.R. but as I recall, rates are much higher. (My old UM card expired long ago. At the time they didn't cover C.R.) ...mike P.S. C.R. is an 1800 only system. No 900 (or 1900). Make use of T-M's UMA/wifi free calling from any place in the world with access to wifi. I use an LG G6, wife an S7) A/o Oct 20, 2013 no need for intl prepaid as T-Mobile U.S. includes voice roaming at 20¢/min (in and out)., unlimited text (in and out), and unlimited data in 140+ countries. My Plan -[6 lines] U.S. T-Mobile unlimited minutes (incoming and outgoing), unlimited text, fast data on each line. that $145/mo. total! . (In U.S. no surcharge for calling a cell.) If a line exceeds 2G of data in a month, pay $10 more for that line. [That only happens a couple times/year.