Cell Phones Work Here?

[beachbev]

My family is splitting up for diff. activities. Will our phones work in Cozumel? We want to meet back up on a beach somewhere but not sure where yet.

[SCUBA Mark]

I have Sprint and they work on Cozumel. You have to call Sprint in advance to enable international roaming and they have to download something into your phone. You have to put your phone on analog and the calls ar $1.00 per minute.

 

Another option is to get walkie talkies. I have a model that is rechargeable and the distance is 10 miles. They work pretty good on the ship also. I have even been able to call from the shore to the ship. The good ones are around $50+. You can use them for other things like camping and bike riding also.

[gail811]

Verizon requires you add "International Dialing" to your plan; no charge. I think the cost in Mexico is $1.69 a minute (might want to check that out, I can't recall the exact price) I enabled all of mine for that reason; we are splitting up for part of the day and want to be able to communicate IF necessary.

[dforeigner]

Cingular also works.

 

http://www.cingular.com/learn/international/roaming/affordable-world-packages.jsp#5

 

Cingular® Mexico™ $4.99 per month

With Cingular Mexico, get competitive rates that allow you to stay in touch, no matter where in Mexico you call or go.*

Call 1-866-CINGULAR to sign up now.

$0.59 per minute while roaming in Mexico

$0.09 per minute when calling from the U.S. to a Mexican landline

$0.26 per minute when calling from the U.S. to a Mexican mobile

[msar87]

we used our cingular gsm phones. didn't have to make any prior arrangements. you just have to dial the country code ahead of your number. i believe it's 01 for the U.S.