Dominican Respublic Pre-paid sims?

Just a tip: 1016868 is US$0.19 a minute to the Dominican Republic. If
people need to call you down there on a prepaid, that is a pretty good price
that requires no commitment beyond the price of that single phone call.
Obviously, you can beat the price for higher volume callers.

Stu

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Your translation is correct. My wife was there last year. It was 15c/min in
DR, and to US. Incoming calls in DR & from US are free. Same like in
Europe -
you don't use your minutes.

I do not know where you can buy the SIM cards. Ask when you get there. She
got hers from a cousin so she didn't have to buy it. You can buy prepaid SIM
with minutes, and then later just buy refills. Refills they have in malls.
Ask
there for a initial SIM prepaid package.

It works great. She had unlocked T-Mobile phone and I called her without any
problems from US.

Good luck.


On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 21:49:31 GMT, LEM <unp23@lem.freeshell45.org> wrote:

|Hello folks!
|
|I will be traveling to Dominican Republic in 2 weeks (Punta Cana area). I
|pocked Google a bit, and it appears that there is a decent coverage by
|Orange in the area.
|
|Since T-mobile is charging $1.99/minute for roaming, I think I may save a
|bundle by going pre-paid (my phone is unlocked). Going back to Google, some
|posts dating a year or two back suggest that it should be pretty cheap to
|get pre-paid SIM once there, but no details...
|
|Here come my questions:
|1. Where can I buy a pre-paid SIM? Airport? Hotel? Malls/Shopping centers?
|2. Does the SIM come with some minutes to use or I have to also buy a pre-
|paid card and charge it? Where to buy one?
|3. Will I be getting a local phone number for incoming calls, or it is
|limited to dial-out only?
|4. What are the rates for: a. SIM card/initial setup; b. Local calls; c.
|Calls to US; d. Incoming calls (including calls from US)?
|5. Are there any set-up instructions in English available? I guess I can
|always ask a concierge in a hotel to translate, but if I buy all this stuff
|at the Airport, I'd like to be able to set all up right there, before I
|leave the vendor.
|
|I've tried to look for answers on http://www.orange.com.do/ -- but
|unfortunately my Spanish is not up to the level :-/... If I understand
|correctly the AltaVista translation, the rates are something like RD$6.85
|per minute, which would be... 15c/minute and rates to US are same as
|domestic??? That sounds a little too good to be true, so I'd like to hear
|from anybody who've been there, or who speaks Spanish, and can read the
|above named web site in original...
|
|Thanks for your answers!
|
|LEM
|(remove all digits from e-mail to reply in private)