SIM cards and minutes

[MissBlue]

the SIM is about 600-700 $JMD - so somewhere around 7-8 bucks $USD. no way to advise how much credit you'll need for a month cause we have no idea about your usage levels -

Digicel phone cards come in denominations of 100, 200, 300, and 500 $JMD and can be used for both local and international calls.

there's also that special "international calling plan", which is good for international calling for a month - i think 1000 minutes? (not sure on that.) Keep in mind the int'l plan does not work for local calls, so you'd still need to load some local Digicel phone card into the phone for local calling. Not sure exactly on the cost of the int'l plan but i think i remember hearing it's around 1500 $JMD.

edit: just found this post on a jamaica travel board:

I purchased a new SIM card the end of October, 2011. Cost was $587 jmd = $6.90 usd.
International calling plan was $1875 jmd = $22.00 usd.