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Cell phone plan for extranjeros

Does anyone know what the situation is for getting a post-pago plan with a cedula extranjeria. One place, comcel, tried to say I couldn't, i'm guessing because I need some sort of credit. Anyone have experience with this, I'm sure I must be able to get it somehow. I mean having I have a corriente account, that means I have some sort of credit line, but I don't have any credit history. I can't be buying these 20 mil phone credit every other day anymore.

By Beachbros on Dec 8, 2008, 18:05 in Friendly Talkzone.

Monita Linda says on Dec 8, 2008, 19:40:

Regular plans suck... effin expensive.. try to get a plan coorporativo (as if you were selling minutes).. much cheaper and generally same price for all providers and fijos.

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adrimm (Moderator) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Dec 8, 2008, 19:47:

Don't the 20mil cards go fast? I was astounded.

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pedro (☼Travelguide writer) says on Dec 8, 2008, 22:09:

When I was with Comcel, you would get 50k bonus for a 50k card.

I never recharge on Movistar unless I get double minutes (usually every Tuesday or Wednesday they offer double minutes for smaller value cards).

I started with Comcel and I remember asking about postpago and they said no.

I ended up on Movistar and after a while on prepago, they called me up and offered a switch to postpago. In the end I tried it for a couple of months and then ditched it... too complicated and not a dramatically better deal.

If you really want to screw a good deal out of them, tell them you want to leave postpago and go back to prepago. They made me a series of 3 different offers not to switch, each one better than the last. I said no every time because postpago was too inconvenient.

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gorgonabob says on Dec 9, 2008, 03:58:

it took me five years living in colombia before anyone would give me a cellphone in postpago... a real headache that one...finally this year a movistar person called up and offered me three on a corporate rate.... 900 minutes for about 100.000 pesos and two at 500 minutes for 62.000 pesos.... id check with movistar.. i believe they have some plans that require no background checks...
goodluck

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bickerss says on Dec 9, 2008, 08:23:

With comcel you can nominate your fav number on a prepaid phone and obtain the first 5 minutes free (call as many times as u like as long as u hang up before 5 minutes) - saved me a heap of dula with my gf. Doesnt help much though I spose if you have multiple people you have to call all the time.

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Beachbros (☼Travelguide writer) says on Dec 9, 2008, 09:45:

i heard you can nominate 9 people on comcel with postpago, i mean thats pretty handy for a family or business setup

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Beachbros (☼Travelguide writer) says on Dec 9, 2008, 09:47:

also gorgonbob, did you have a business to get that corporate rate? with comcel you need a business that has been running already for 4 months

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larryrn says on Dec 10, 2008, 13:40:

I have movistar and tigo - and movistar wins hands down with the bonus minutes - sometimes 10,000 gives me as much as 40,000. And calls to the US are pretty cheap if I'm out in the boonies and don't have wifi access.

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