Digicel roaming, Curaçao…

[hindian]

Morning all, has anybody used this in Curaçao or other countries before? I’m trying to find out how reliable it is and if it makes sense to use at all. Thanks.

[pugboy]

makes little sense to roam
you will pay thru your neck

[Chimera]

There are roaming package adds on that will allow you to get data and receive calls at a okay rate but making calls will still be expensive

It's better to just buy a sim up there if you staying more than 3 days.

Or buy one of them international sim in the airport

[pugboy]

the beaches on the northern side very nice,
if you staying in the main city side will need to organize a trip

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

Just make sure the country you are visiting is in the roaming list.
For example, Panama is in Zone 4 and not on the list of countries that qualify for bmobile bundle roaming.
So if your bundle has 5GB data roaming and you are in Panama you will still be charged.
The rate for data roaming in Panama is $106.31 per megabyte.
It can cost you $1,000 just to watch a 30 second video on WhatsApp
Reference: bmobile post paid roaming
https://bmobile.co.tt/mobile/internatio ... ing-rates/

Check this digicel roaming plans here
https://www.digicelgroup.com/tt/en/roaming

[Dizzy28]

Just make sure the country you are visiting is in the roaming list.
For example, Panama is in Zone 4 and not on the list of countries that qualify for bmobile bundle roaming.
So if your bundle has 5GB data roaming and you are in Panama you will still be charged.
The rate for data roaming in Panama is $106.31 per megabyte.
It can cost you $1,000 just to watch a 30 second video on WhatsApp
Reference: bmobile post paid roaming
https://bmobile.co.tt/mobile/internatio ... ing-rates/

Check this digicel roaming plans here
https://www.digicelgroup.com/tt/en/roaming

I never use roaming just to ensure I have no spurious billing. I not taking the word of a Telco as gospel nah. Been burned too much times and takes too much to resolve.

They say it's 1gig and 25mins call time Z1 and Z2 bundled monthly (bmobile).

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

Just make sure the country you are visiting is in the roaming list.
For example, Panama is in Zone 4 and not on the list of countries that qualify for bmobile bundle roaming.
So if your bundle has 5GB data roaming and you are in Panama you will still be charged.
The rate for data roaming in Panama is $106.31 per megabyte.
It can cost you $1,000 just to watch a 30 second video on WhatsApp
Reference: bmobile post paid roaming
https://bmobile.co.tt/mobile/internatio ... ing-rates/

Check this digicel roaming plans here
https://www.digicelgroup.com/tt/en/roaming

I never use roaming just to ensure I have no spurious billing. I not taking the word of a Telco as gospel nah. Been burned too much times and takes too much to resolve.

They say it's 1gig and 25mins call time Z1 and Z2 bundled monthly (bmobile).

Yeah I got burned pretty bad with that. Now I disable SIM card and use an eSIM from that country.

[jehusaunders]

I’ve used it. I have a corporate account though so it’s included so there weren’t extra fees. Calls to and from home were free. 4g data unlimited was free. Could have also called digicel numbers in curaçao.

[hindian]

This is the one I’m interested in. Heading to Curaçao month end for a couple days. My account is postpaid. I don’t find it too bad really

[VexXx Dogg]

Bun dem and that failure roaming sheit.
I roamed in the US and Europe with them and it was a waste of time.

AloSIM ftmfw. I will only use the kinda service from now. Used that twice in the last 18m and it was flawless.

[pugboy]

that found real cheap

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This is the one I’m interested in. Heading to Curaçao month end for a couple days. My account is postpaid. I don’t find it too bad really

[goalpost]

Not me and roaming especially from bmobile and digicel.

Sim card from airport...u good to go.

[pugboy]

and you have no control if your phone suddenly switch to roam on another carrier there and rack up big dollars

Not me and roaming especially from bmobile and digicel.

Sim card from airport...u good to go.

[killercow]

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This is the one I’m interested in. Heading to Curaçao month end for a couple days. My account is postpaid. I don’t find it too bad really

Visited a couple countries in the past 6 months that supported this plan (Digicel) and it worked well for me. But usually always cheaper to just get a local sim and use.

[stev]

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This is the one I’m interested in. Heading to Curaçao month end for a couple days. My account is postpaid. I don’t find it too bad really

Used this a couple of times while roaming in Digicel territories...it works well. It makes sense especially if you are highly dependent on your phone / staying connected.

Edit: the only annoying thing is that you have to make sure you have the "+1-868-" before the number you are trying to call back home. If a contact in your phone is saved without this part of the number...the call wont go through....you will have to type the entire number manually....a bit annoying but overall it works as intended.

[SMc]

I have been using https://www.airalo.com/ for the past 18 months and it worked well for me. I don't really use my phone for traditional calls just really WhatsApp & Telegram so I just use my regular number wherever I am.

Like many I get worried about roaming so I remove my physical SIM : (

[hindian]

Thanks for the responses fellas. I’ll try the roaming package first and if it doesn’t work out, I’ll do the local SIM card for Curaçao. I’ve never been there so I’m not familiar with the operations. And it’s the first time I’m using the roaming feature when traveling. I usually just relied on Wi-Fi but I want to use data to get around I.e. Waze or whatever they use there. Thanks again all

[SMc]

If you want data for navigating it may be worth downloading an offline Google map for Curacao just in case

That saved me when i was driving in the 'bush' in The Gambia where there was ZERO network coverage

[redmanjp]

Thanks for the responses fellas. I’ll try the roaming package first and if it doesn’t work out, I’ll do the local SIM card for Curaçao. I’ve never been there so I’m not familiar with the operations. And it’s the first time I’m using the roaming feature when traveling. I usually just relied on Wi-Fi but I want to use data to get around I.e. Waze or whatever they use there. Thanks again all

it looking good but keep in mind it say incoming calls free, outgoing u might have to pay plenty. so i guess whatsapp good for that.

[wagonrunner]

If you want data for navigating it may be worth downloading an offline Google map for Curacao just in case

That saved me when i was driving in the 'bush' in The Gambia where there was ZERO network coverage

yup. offline google maps are my go to as well

[hindian]

If you want data for navigating it may be worth downloading an offline Google map for Curacao just in case

That saved me when i was driving in the 'bush' in The Gambia where there was ZERO network coverage

yup. offline google maps are my go to as well

I’ll keep this in mind. Thanks again all

[hindian]

So reporting back, everything worked extremely well. I took the roaming package with [emoji[emoji6]]GB data for [emoji[emoji6]] days for$ and it didn’t let me down once except for when I went far from the city eg. Klein Knip beach and Watamula hole, it’s there where data started to drop off. Didn’t make any outgoing called except on WhatsApp and turned off data and used Wi-Fi where I could. Used google maps [emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji[emoji6][emoji6]]% of the time too and that worked extremely well.

[Chimera]

If you want data for navigating it may be worth downloading an offline Google map for Curacao just in case

That saved me when i was driving in the 'bush' in The Gambia where there was ZERO network coverage

what u was doing in gambia?

[SMc]

Minding my own business-

[Chimera]

nah yuh business is in trinidad

if yuh was in the gambia yuh went to mind someone else business

yuh went to look for Kunta Kinte grand father?