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Boost Mobile now has a $ 60, unlimited talk, roaming, long distance, international send and receive text. So, if your like me, and like to send a lot of text messages to Colombia, or any other country, you can send as many as you want. Verizon, At&t, T-Mobile all charge for sending international text messages, around $ .20 per each, which adds up fast.

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been about 2 weeks, switched  over from Verizon to Boost mobile ,  so far, not a problem. every text i sent to Colombia cell phone, Tigo, Comcel, Movistar, all have received the text messages from Boost.

the coverage seems to be as good as T Mobile and Verizon,  Havent had any drooped calls and no complaints.  And $ 60. phone bill  compared to $ 110 .bill  i was paying for Verizon, I'm happy i switched.

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   Good info Mudd, thanks.


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i was hoping somebody, Att, Verizon, t mobile ect  would come up with a realistic plan that included unlimited everything which includes  international text, but so far, only Boost Mobile  and Cricket offer a send/receive unlimited text option for international text.

the others charge $.20 for every text you send, which doesn't seem like much, but when you send 3 or 4 per day, it adds  about $ 30 to your phone bill every month which i was paying at Verizon. And at $ 60 flat rate from Boost unlimited everything, with no tax or fees you cant beet the price.

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 Hey mudd, do you have any recommendations for a decent carrier in Colombia who I can switch out my SIM card to use when I am in country?

I hate having to use my T-Mobile to call the states. It's like $2.00 a minute or something which is ridiculous... >:(

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It should be noted that Boost is a Sprint subsidiary using MOSTLY the old iDEN (Nextel) network. They just activated Boost on the current CDMA network recently. Right now things are a little shaky on the Boost CDMA side, but by the end of the year there should be ZERO coverage/quality difference between Sprint and Boost.

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I just went to the Boost website and for the 60 a month plan they say international texts are .10 each and the calls are .23 per minute. So i am not sure what plan you are referring to. As far as using the sprint network goes, that is not a good thing. I have used Sprint for the last 2 years and i can't get reception in my own house.

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get the $ 50 unlimited plan and add the $ 10 unlimited send/receive international  text to it, same plan i have.  its $ 60 total, no tax or fees. and you can set up direct billing to your credit card also, so don't have to worry about billing.

i tried Cricket, but had no service at my house, then tried Boost, not a problem good signal everywhere i have gone.

correct, Boost is the previous Nextel service, which out here in San Diego, works great.

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i used my t-mobile  phone one time in Colombia, only when it was absolutely necessary, because of the $ 2.99 minute roaming.

i have a Comcel and Tigo sim card that i use while in Colombia, i prefer the Tigo, signal is about as good, but it s alot cheaper to call the USA from Tigo than Comcel. about $ .20 a minute as i remember, compared to about $.45 for Comcel.


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 Thanks for the info. mudd. So I understand you use Tigo and Comcel. Do you know what the rate is calling the U.S. if I used prepaid whiile in CO?
 I have a prepay T-Mobile plan now since I never ended up using my minutes before with a regular plan. I imagine it would be more than .20/min...

 Regards, Pivery :)
 
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Thanks for the info. mudd. So I understand you use Tigo and Comcel. Do you know what the rate is calling the U.S. if I used prepaid whiile in CO?
 I have a prepay T-Mobile plan now since I never ended up using my minutes before with a regular plan. I imagine it would be more than .20/min...

I would be surprised if the pre-paid T-Mobile works in Colombia AT ALL. Most carriers disable international roaming on pre-paid accounts.

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 Hey Woody,

That's what I figured. I just changed it a couple of months ago into a prepaid and haven't try to use it while in CO. yet, but I didn't expect it to work if it was $2.99/min when it
was on a regular plan. I'll probrably just switch out the SIM with a Tigo or Comcel SIM...

Thanks for the info and good luck in your search of your lady! 8)

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Thanks for the info and good luck in your search of your lady! 8)

No problem. As for my search, it will progress very slowly until I gain a decent command of the spoken language. That is part of the reason I am planning a one month trip to Medellin in March. It will be a sink or swim situation with total language immersion. This trip is to have fun(extreme sports), develop a functional vocabulary, and if I hapen to stumble into a great woman then that would be fantastic. 

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i have not seen a prepaid US phone work in Colombia, ATT or T-mobile and definitely not  CDMA Verizon. you would think that they would, but they don't.

if you want to call the USA from a cell phone in Colombia, use Tigo, they have the best rates between comcel and movistar

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 Mudd,

So can I not take an unlocked phone to Colombia and replace the SIM with say a Tigo or ? SIM card to be used there?
I have an unlocked T-Mobile Dash and I am going to be spending a good amount of time there next week or so.

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 Greetings Woody,

Having a good command of the language is a great idea and it shows the women as well as the people in general there a certain level of respect for their culture and language.
Even if it's broken/spelled wrong, it goes a long way as you are showing them that you are actually trying to learn.

Again good luck and best regards,

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So can I not take an unlocked phone to Colombia and replace the SIM with say a Tigo or ? SIM card to be used there?
I have an unlocked T-Mobile Dash and I am going to be spending a good amount of time there next week or so.

Oh no, you can do that just fine. Especially with an unlocked Dash as it is a quad-band phone. Just pop in a Colombian SIM (prepaid or not) and it will function just fine.

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 Hey Woody, that's sort of what I thought. My fiancee has Tigo, so I am hoping to get a SIM card to be able to
use some sort of prepay plan for while I am there to make and receive calls.

Cheers,

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ahhhhhhh  yes, 95% of " unlocked" GSM phones ( att, t mobile )  will work in colombia, i thought you were trying to use a current prepaid locked t mobile  phone that you were useing now  in USA, and tryign to call the USA while in colombia  with your left over minutes, which will not work

i have 3 prepaid t mobile samsung phones i took to colombia, had them unlocked, and all  work great,

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ahhhhhhh  yes, 95% of " unlocked" GSM phones ( att, t mobile )  will work in colombia, i thought you were trying to use a current prepaid locked t mobile  phone that you were useing now  in USA, and tryign to call the USA while in colombia  with your left over minutes, which will not work

i have 3 prepaid t mobile samsung phones i took to colombia, had them unlocked, and all  work great,

That's good to know mudd. I do love seeing those people at the corners with the cell phones tied to themselves for people to use, very novel, but I would rather just have my own while
in country. 8)

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