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Re: Connectivity in Negril - Lime vs Digicell?
For emailing or texting, having a wifi connection on a tablet or iPhone will be much more useful. Even though we have a Digicel phone with texting ability, folks back home were reluctant to text us back because they had to pay international texting charges. For voice calling home (and around the island), the Digicel works great and is the best value.
My wife has an iPhone that she kept on airplane mode, but connected to the free wifi at whichever establishment we were at (most of the major bars, restaurants and hotels have it). Using the iPhone Messenger, she was able to text back and forth with friends/family back home, via the wifi internet connection instead of through the cellular service. So, the people back home just had to text her US phone number and she would get the message, whenever she was connected to the internet. Likewise, she could text any US number for free when she connected to the internet.
I'm sure there is a similar app for Android, but haven't tried it. The Messenger app comes built-in on the iPhone and works seamlessly.
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