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Tracfone and international travel
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Join Date: Nov 2002
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I'll be traveling to Costa Rica soon, and my cell phone is a tracfone. I called them to ask how much it would cost to use it there, and they said no more than usual. Can this be true? Has anyone ever used a tracfone while on an international trip?
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." TJ
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That seems to be about calling other countries from the US. Nothing I've found talks about physically taking your phone to another country and making calls from there.
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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Hmmm, sorry. Now I guess it seems like it's a nation-wide thing. I have a Tracfone for emergencies (that I coincidentally have to buy more time for right now), and now that I think of it I remember that they are SIM card based. I'd assume you'd need a different SIM card for international calling, but call customer service I suppose.
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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." TJ
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Well I called the same number and asked the same question... this time they said that there will be a roaming charge and on top of that they'll disconnect the phone shortly after if I try to make calls from there. She didn't sound very sure about this... but I'm not going to try it out.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Oct 2000
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Sorry about that. I've been trying for the last couple of hours to buy more minutes online, but their server is screwed. Annoying experiences for both of us.
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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." TJ
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Rockville, MD
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My impression of Tracfone over the years is that it's fantastic as long as you don't need it
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