Quote Originally Posted by Ohio_Buckeye_1 View Post
Sweetness - I'll second what SweetSue said. And theres a couple other advantages of buying a cheap one over renting.
Your JA phone number will be the same every trip. So you can give that ph# to friends/family at home before you leave.
Also your JA friends won't have to change the number they use to get hold of you each trip.
The other thing is that all the phone numbers you accumulate each trip will all be ready to go - no re-entering them from a paper list onto the rental every trip.
As SweetSue said, you just have to do online top up to keep it active - and every 90 days is enough.
OB - you are right, every 90 days is "enough" but I have had it happen where I hit the island and before I could use my phone, I had to buy a little credit on the street to "reactivate" the phone. The sim card & number were still good but after a certain amount of time, depending upon the amount of your top up, the service goes into a dormant state until the next top up is applied. Plus, I did make the mistake ONCE of missing the 90 day deadline and had to get a new sim I like the convenience of having my phone & same number, it starts ringing almost as soon as I get there!