Megan;
I hope you get to Honduras soon,
About the phones. Both my wife & I have a Razr phone here in USA, but we purchased a NOKIA 6030 Phone to take to Honduras. Nokia has MUCH better reception to start out with, then we had an extra antena installed in the Nokia and it is fantastic in ALL areas. The Nokia gets much better reception here in USA and other countries, because of something to do with the range in bands. I can NOT explain this, I only know it works.
This antena is like a piece of tape with a gold circut that they put inside the phone behind the battery.
When we got to Honduras we purchased a new SIM Card for about $5.00 US, and purchased about $ 10.00 worth of prepaid minutes, slid it into the Nokia. You can purchase the SIM & Minutes from the local phone company in Honduras and not worry about Cingular, We have them and it is always a problem.. Everything worked very well. In Country you only pay for outbound calls as it was described to me. We purchased this Nokia 6030 phone because we wanted a phone that we could leave there, and not have to keep changing sim cards in our razr phones, and I have all my USA Business on my Razr so I do not want to possibly loose it. Plus we now have a house there in La Cieba and expect to be there reguarly so we just leave the phone & charger etc there.
If you think $2.99 /minute is crazy, WAIT TILL YOU SEE THE EXTRA CHARGES AND TAXES!!!!!!
No need to respond to this message
Megan wrote:
Hi!
Well I have Cingular. I don't have the international plan YET lol,
but definitely plan on getting it before I leave. There is usually a
three month wait (90 days) in order to qualify for the international
calling plan, but another woman I spoke to, who actually sounded like
she KNEW what she was talking about told me to call at the end of
December and ask them to fill out this sheet for me that waives the 3
month thing.
To call Honduras from the U.S. it is .39 to a landline phone there and
.40 to a cell phone. I think that's a pretty good deal. I have the
Motorola RAZR V3i phone which you can use ANYWHERE around the world
because it has all that technical stuff (something about quad bands or
something? Don't really know how to explain it, just know that I can
use it anywhere in the world even in Honduras!)
As for roaming while in Honduras and calling the U.S., if you have the
International plan it is $1.99, which is A LOT I think, but if you
don't have the plan it goes up to $2.99 per minute! Ridiculous!
As for Roatan, I don't know much about it BUT that is also where I
hope to go to. I've waited for like EVER to see crystal clear
tropical-colored blue water!
Well, I hope that you get a better international plan, that sounds
expensive and I don't blame you for wanting a more cheaper one! And I
am SURE someone on here can give you very helpful advice and ideas
about Roatan!
Megan
--- In travel-to-honduras.....com, andreaomartin....... wrote:
>
> Which international cell phone plan did you find that is cheap? I
have
> international calling on my home phone, here in the US, and it's
still about .60
> cents a minute to call Roatan. If I can get a cell phone plan that
has
> cheaper international calling that would be much better!
>
> Does anyone know much about Roatan? I am looking at moving there in a
> little less than three years. (Waiting for my son to go to college)
What are the
> job requirements for US citizens? I know previously I've read
somewhere
> that you had to have a US based job that deposited at least 1,000.00
USD into a
> Honduran bank each month or a retirement check. Does anyone have
any updated
> information on this? I'm no where near retirement age!
>
> Andrea
>
>
>
>
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