verizon cell phones: US cell phones and JA calling cards

[missyfussy]

and sevenmile, if you look on the T.A. boards this exact same question is asked over and over again, down to the same explanation of the 1.99/minute, ja phone card, etc etc - this is a common inquiry and the response is always the same.

personally, i just don't understand what the attachment is to using one's home phone while there.

I can speak a bit to the attachment to using one's home phone in Jamaica. I have one kid in college (away from home) and a 12 year old daughter, and would love them to still be able to speed dial me in case of an emergency. I've done a lot of research on the phone thing and will probably just borrow a phone from Rocky, but the attachment/need to research and ask lots of questions, for me, comes from my desire to be available to my kids if there was a bona-fide emergency.