Travel Technology - Any advice on calling the continental US from Puerto Rico?

I assume one of those prepaid calling cards would be the best way of calling the continental US from Puerto Rico during a trip there. Is that the case? I assume one would purchase such a card in Puerto Rico...

I was there in Sept - my T-Mobile phone worked off & on, roaming on the AT&T GSM network. I have a nationwide plan & apparently PR counts.

My MCI card (675 min for 20 dolla) bought at Costco worked flawlessly. Best to buy cards in the 50 states.

MisterNice

As pdhenry points out via a cell phone, most major networks national plans include the USVI and Puerto Rico.

MisterNice. I wuz robbed! My older Costco/MCI card only had 575 minutes on it for $20. Recharges have been also based on the 575 rate (last time I recharged it was October 1st).

How old is your 675 card?

Free on my AT&T Digital One Rate cell phone.

QL

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Craig6z:
MisterNice. I wuz robbed! My older Costco/MCI card only had 575 minutes on it for $20. Recharges have been also based on the 575 rate (last time I recharged it was October 1st).

How old is your 675 card?</font>

Yep the 525 min ones were nice but the 675 min ones are nicer. I think I first saw them in the Kahului Costco about 3-4 months ago but (naturally) forgot to buy it. A friend bought one for me as an early Christmas present demanding I call her more often. When I activated it 2 weeks ago the MCI voice sez "your minutes have no expiration date". Interesting.

My experience is NEVER recharge one as it has been ALWAYS cheaper to buy a new one (or even cheaper when someone buys one for you).

MisterNice

Thanks for the info! Looks like a phone card is the way to go for me as T-Mobile doesn't include PR in my nationwide service:
Roaming in Canada, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands is 49¢ per minute.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by xyzzy:
Thanks for the info! Looks like a phone card is the way to go for me as T-Mobile doesn't include PR in my nationwide service:
Roaming in Canada, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands is 49¢ per minute.</font>

49 cents a min isn't that bad http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttravel_forum/smile.gif How many calls do you plan to make? You should still be able to use most US toll free numbers for conf call services, etc from a landline.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by xyzzy:
Looks like a phone card is the way to go for me as T-Mobile doesn't include PR in my nationwide service:</font>Give it a try anyway - I have a T-Mo nationwide plan, and I went back & checked my bill - the calls from the PR went under my nationwide "anytime" bucket. But on the other hand, getting a useable signal varied from day to day at the same location. Possible had something to do with roaming on AT&T.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by pdhenry:
Originally posted by xyzzy:
Looks like a phone card is the way to go for me as T-Mobile doesn't include PR in my nationwide service:</font>Give it a try anyway - I have a T-Mo nationwide plan, and I went back & checked my bill - the calls from the PR went under my nationwide "anytime" bucket. But on the other hand, getting a useable signal varied from day to day at the same location. Possible had something to do with roaming on AT&T.



Did you see 2 networks or one on the browse (I swear that Cingular had there own network in PR, but it may only be GSM850)

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by NickP 1K:
Did you see 2 networks or one on the browse </font>Not sure I understand your question, but the phone indicated "AT&T" as the carrier (when I could get a carrier), and the bill didn't distinguish the San Juan calls any differently from the other calls that month.



[This message has been edited by pdhenry (edited Jan 05, 2004).]