Quote Originally Posted by Sand gravity View Post
I have an old ATT samsung flip phone - so can I get a sim card in Jamaica that will work on the phone.
Yup. I did this several years ago with an old ATT Blackberry. Call ATT tech support (or use their online chat) and they will walk you through the process to get it unlocked. Then, when you get to Jamaica stop by a Digicel store (we used the one in the Burger King Plaza, by the roundabout) and tell them you want to put a sim card in your unlocked phone. I think I paid about $20 US for the sim and more credit than I could use in one trip. The nice lady at the Digicel store installed the SIM card and made sure everything was working before I left the store. I did have to show my drivers license to get the card.

4 years later, my SIM card still works but the old blackberry is on the fritz. I just bought a refurbished iPhone from ebay and plopped the sim in the new phone (after trimming it with a sim cutter) and I'm back in business. I usually just top up the online with $5 US before each trip and that is usually enough. However, now that I have an iPhone, I will probably turn on the data plan and use more credit.