texasnana Posted January 24, 2010 #1 Share Posted January 24, 2010 Thinking of borrowing a friends tactone phone and buying time. Will it work on board? At the ports? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whyrlygig Posted January 24, 2010 #2 Share Posted January 24, 2010 We have done this and it worked in the US only as I remember it. I know it worked in Key West and Miami but would not work anywhere else. This was 3 years ago though so perhaps there is more coverage now. Maybe you can find a current coverage map? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosebud1g Posted January 24, 2010 #3 Share Posted January 24, 2010 My daughter has one too and it did not work at sea, only in port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare silentbob007 Posted January 24, 2010 #4 Share Posted January 24, 2010 Generally prepaid phones will not work for international roaming which is what the ship towers register as. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greatam Posted January 24, 2010 #5 Share Posted January 24, 2010 Thinking of borrowing a friends tactone phone and buying time. Will it work on board? At the ports? Please be aware that the T & C's of TracPhone PROHIBIT using third party billing systems (900 numbers, ship cell towers, hotel billing systems). The phone can be shut off, never to be reactivated without a new SIM card and a new airtime card. The SIM will COST $29.95 and the phone number will be changed. You may as well just throw the phone away and start over. TracPhone lost over $1,000,000 in 2007-2008 due to third party billings. Carlos Slim, owner of TracPhone and one of the richest men in the world, didn't get rich letting the "little things" slide by. TracPhone is cracking down very hard on their phones being used by systems that bill the service provider (which in this case is TracPhone), EXPECTING the service provider to bill the actual user. NOT possible with a prepaid TracPhone. Since it is your friends phone, not a very good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welovetokruze Posted January 24, 2010 #6 Share Posted January 24, 2010 It works all over the US and San Juan and St. Thomas. I have had one for 5 years and many cruises in that time. :D :cool::D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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