Verizon has world phones that can use GSM and can be used if your willing the pay the $2.29 per min, and you have to call Verizon to get it unlocked before you come to the island.

You should be able to unlock that Verizon global phone, pop in the SIM card from Lime or Digicel and use those prepaid minutes.

If your attached to your US number you might have to freeze your account or pay the bill regularly. However, I'm not sure what happens if you have a smartphone (e.g. blackberry) because Verizon might still make you pay for their data plan while you're away.

If I got a magicjack for phone calls to the US, and I want a cell phone there for local and incoming calls, should I go with LIME or digicel?

hey..The new incite they got from LG !!! Mind blowing phone !! Just awesome...Better than those Iphones !!

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the cell phones they give you are happy meal style phones...crappy junk...get a decent unlocked phone that will hold a good reception (make sure its GSM quad band) and you can keep the junk phone they give u as a back up

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I got the Digicel that Alexis was selling on the bus from the airport... didn't know at the time if it was a good deal, but for $20/phone with like like 50EC on it or something you can't go wrong... yeah, it's kinda a simple- nofrills - samsung, but between my wife and I we spend $30US or less per month on minutes. It's all you need to stay in touch with ohter people on the island.
Skype seems to be THE most popular VoIP

i have magic jack, and when it works its great, for a while i was having a problem with it not loading correctly, seems to have resolved after having to format the magic jack and reinstall it a couple times...i also had skype on my computer at the time which i found out later through their support can cause problems