Comments on: Buying a SIM Card or eSIM for Travel in Colombia https://toomanyadapters.com/buying-sim-card-colombia/ Tech gear, gadgets, reviews, and advice Sun, 04 May 2025 03:05:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Matthew Tottleben https://toomanyadapters.com/buying-sim-card-colombia/#comment-758126 https://toomanyadapters.com/?p=22941#comment-758126 this article is painfully out of date. As of May 2022 a lot of prepaid cell phone plans now require a tax ID number so yeah it’s probably best that you just use your plan from the back home ¯\_(ツ)_/¯“

]]> By: Dave Dean https://toomanyadapters.com/buying-sim-card-colombia/#comment-713014 https://toomanyadapters.com/?p=22941#comment-713014 In reply to ryan del mundo.

It’s rarely cheaper per GB unless you buy a bundle with a lot of data and use all of it, but as long as you don’t want a local number for people in the country to call/text you on, it’s certainly an option if you don’t want to buy a SIM when you arrive.

]]> By: ryan del mundo https://toomanyadapters.com/buying-sim-card-colombia/#comment-713009 https://toomanyadapters.com/?p=22941#comment-713009 Can buy a ThreeUK SIM from Amazon that works in Colombia too, as well as 70 other countries. Saves from all the hassle of getting a SIM there and I think works out cheaper per GB.

]]> By: Philip https://toomanyadapters.com/buying-sim-card-colombia/#comment-678143 https://toomanyadapters.com/?p=22941#comment-678143 Based on your article, I instructed my wife to visit a Claro store when she arrived there on a business trip. She doesn’t speak spanish and understands very little but had hopes that someone in the Claro store that she visited in Bogata last Thursday would be able to help her set up her unlocked GSM phone with a Claro SIM.

I am unhappy to report that the clerk at the store was not at all helpful.

She pointed to the sign with the “Datos Plan” and showed him the phone and said she wanted to buy a SIM (in English). The clerk said some something to her in Spanish (which she couldn’t understand), then turned and walked away.

That was her experience with Claro.

Fortunately her hotel has wifi so she is able to call me on “WhatsApp” but so much for getting a SIM.

]]> By: Lauren https://toomanyadapters.com/buying-sim-card-colombia/#comment-665718 https://toomanyadapters.com/?p=22941#comment-665718 Does Claro have data roaming in Mexico? We have one day layover in Mexico City and would like to continue to use the Claro SIM which we are buying in Colombia.

]]> By: Miriam https://toomanyadapters.com/buying-sim-card-colombia/#comment-647689 https://toomanyadapters.com/?p=22941#comment-647689 Claro also has the best coverage in smaller towns and along the highways.

Depending on the length of your stay, Tigo has a monthly plan that allows you to use your minutes to call to the USA (and a few other countries) just like domestic calls. I went years using on VOIP but it’s been really nice to call home when out and about.

]]> By: Reg Natarajan https://toomanyadapters.com/buying-sim-card-colombia/#comment-647604 https://toomanyadapters.com/?p=22941#comment-647604 My own experience is that Movistar has at least as good coverage (maybe better) than Claro in Bogota.

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