Re: GSM SIM card for DR
Originally Posted by
ElPlomero
You can get a cheap phone at the Orange store across the street from Banco Popular for less than $30.
It comes with a sim card, of course, and I think 50dop worth of minutes.
You need to take your passport with you.
You can buy a sim card there, for an unlocked GSM phone, as well, but I'm sure it's not much less.
I don't think you can buy Orange sims outside of The DR.
Both Orange and Claro will sell you a cheap, new cell phone (approx. $24) with 100RD programmed in. At the end of your stay you can keep the phone for next time (100RD to reactivate with new minutes) or they'll usually buy it back for half what you paid. If all you're looking for is reliable voice communications this is a great deal. Outgoing calls are 7 cents a minute and incoming is FREE! This will come in hndy as the Chicas burn up your battery trying to track you down. My biggest problem is keeping the damn thing charged.
Whre else in the world can you rent a cellular for $12.50? Not per day, not per week but for as long as you have prepaid outgoing minutes.
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