By Dennis Witt on Monday, April 29, 2002 - 10:10 am: |
I'm going to Bonaire ahead of my wife this year. I need to know if it is better to buy calling cards here in the US or to get them in Bonaire? From what I understand, most international cards bought here are not from Bonaire to the US. AT&T has cards that will work but you give up 17 minutes for every minute of talk time. Anyone have any advise?
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By Jake Richter - NetTech on Monday, April 29, 2002 - 10:17 am: |
Rent a cell phone (free to rent, just prepay $15 or $30 for outgoing call use) when you get here from Cell One - cost to call the U.S. is US$0.40/minute. Incoming calls are free.
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By Dennis Witt on Monday, April 29, 2002 - 12:27 pm: |
Thanks Jake. I kind of firgured you would have the best advice on this. I knew you could rent cell phones there but didn't realize that the cost was that low for outgoing calls to the US. Renting the cell phone seems like the best alternative.
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By Jake Richter - NetTech on Monday, April 29, 2002 - 12:43 pm: |
Sadly (for local usage of cell phones) it's actually cheaper to call the U.S. than make a local call, at least on CellOne's phones...
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By Dennis Witt on Monday, April 29, 2002 - 5:15 pm: |
Jake,two other questions. Will I need to reserve a phone ahead of time? Do they have a website?
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By Jake Richter - NetTech on Monday, April 29, 2002 - 6:03 pm: |
I don't believe so (you can send them an e-mail - look at the InfoBonaire telecommunications page) and no.
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By michael gaynor on Monday, April 29, 2002 - 10:35 pm: |
you can also bring your own phone and have either cellularone or telbo program it with a local # and then buy cards at many outlets.
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By seb schulherr on Tuesday, April 30, 2002 - 8:11 am: |
Michael, is that the same cost as renting a phone, or is ther a savings? And should I consider you as interested in the new yorker magazine? I usually bring a few along to read and would be haoppy to pass them on.
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By Rob & Kobi on Tuesday, April 30, 2002 - 5:32 pm: |
OK........need clarification on this topic. We're heading to Bonaire May 4th and we are current Cellular One customer's here in our home state of Virginia. Do I understand the posts to read that we can rent a Cellular One phone and prepay for minutes so we can communicate back to Virginia? If so, are the incoming calls really FREE? Free incoming would be awesome; we can call home and give them the cell # and viola! This could solve my problems about worry about our business back home while blowing bubbles PLEASE....anybody with further supporting info share if you would; like been there done it
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By Jake Richter - NetTech on Tuesday, April 30, 2002 - 6:05 pm: |
CellOne in the U.S. has nothing much to do with CellOne here, but they do both use TDMA-standard cell phones.
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By Rob & Kobi on Tuesday, April 30, 2002 - 8:44 pm: |
Thanks for the clarification Jake! Hmmm Not sure then what we will do to ease the communication back to the states
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