Hi Charly,
Last year we took our cell-phones to Tela for 5 months. Before leaving San
Francisco we did a lot off running around to get our cell-phones unlocked.
(of course those cell phone providers that sell calling plans don't really
want to make that easy for you to do).
Many stores in the small town of Tela sold sim cards, even vendors on the
street did. Calling cards are available in every corner store, after all
almost everybody has cell phones now, because it is still difficult do get a
land-line from Hondutel.
I did a little research on what band-width we would need and I deceided I
needed at least a tri-band or quad-band, I think honduran frequency is 925(
but I have forgotten by now).
Anyways, when we were in Tela and shopping around for a two-way radio,
another way to avoid calling card, we found an excellent store right in our
little town of Tela. The owner's son took a lot of time discussing all sorts
of options with us, and it turned out he could have unlocked our phone for
us as well.
I am still curious to hear more about satellite phone, does anybody know
more about initial costs, availability?
Thanks,
Sabine
>From: "Charlie"
>Reply-To: travel-to-honduras.....com
>To: travel-to-honduras.....com
>Subject: [travel-to-honduras] Re:Phone Calls
>Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 12:01:00 -0000
>
>Angel -
>
>It is my understanding that the two service providers in Honduras,
>Celtel and Claro, work on the 850 and 1900 frequencies, respectively,
>same as the US, so that if you have an Unlocked GSM phone running on
>those frequencies they can work in Honduras. Also, that you can buy
>the chip inexpensively to activate the phones within the local
>systems from either of the two providers and just run on their
>prepaid phone cards.
>
>If you've got better information please let me know (before I buy a
>bunch of used phones on Ebay and take them over).
>
>Charlie Meador
>Coco Pando Resort
>http://www.cocopando.com
>La Ceiba, Honduras
>
>
>
>--- In travel-to-honduras.....com, "Angel Castillo"
> wrote:
> >
> > Yeap Megan, the Razr is a quad-band phone, meaning it can operates
>on the 4 frequencies used by most cellphone operators. So TECHNICALLY
>it can work everywhere in the world. But then comes economics and
>hits you in the face with those $1.99 or $2.99 per minute rates!
>Outrageous if you ask me. I might as well get an Iridium or Globestar
>satellite phone and be charged only $1 a minute and call from the
>depths of any jungle or mountain or even in the north or south pole.
>The only thing going for those international rate plans is that they
>are usually very convenient in that you keep using the same phone in
>other countries.
> >
> > Well you already know that I hate those plans lol.. so I won't
>write much this time.
> >
> > I haven't visit the Bay Islands yet and they are so close!! Again,
>being local I feel it's always there for me. Hope you can visit them
>and get the full tropical caribean experience.
> >
> > Angel
> >
>
>
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