Comments on: Buying a SIM Card or eSIM for Travel in Ecuador https://toomanyadapters.com/buying-sim-card-ecuador/ Tech gear, gadgets, reviews, and advice Thu, 01 May 2025 23:35:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Dave Dean https://toomanyadapters.com/buying-sim-card-ecuador/#comment-685831 https://toomanyadapters.com/?p=12670#comment-685831 In reply to Michele Zembow.

It’s rare (outside the US) to be charged for incoming calls or texts unless you’re roaming. Double-check with the vendor to be certain, but I’d be surprised if there was a cost. If you don’t have any extra credit loaded on your SIM, there’s no money to take off you in any case. 🙂

]]> By: Michele Zembow https://toomanyadapters.com/buying-sim-card-ecuador/#comment-685820 https://toomanyadapters.com/?p=12670#comment-685820 Great article which eased my mind, overall. But I have one remaining dumb question…what about costs for texts/calls from outside the country? I’m not concerned in most instances, because I am happy to use WhatsApp as well as accessing WiFi as available, but I can’t control who might text (or have to) call me from home. Where does this internationally based (incoming) texting and calling fit into the equation?

Thanks!

]]> By: Orla https://toomanyadapters.com/buying-sim-card-ecuador/#comment-666266 https://toomanyadapters.com/?p=12670#comment-666266 Hi guys, thanks for the post. Hope to buy the tourist SIM later this year.

]]> By: Dave Dean https://toomanyadapters.com/buying-sim-card-ecuador/#comment-644454 https://toomanyadapters.com/?p=12670#comment-644454 In reply to Haim Michaeli.

I believe Movistar, at least, has some sort of presence there.

]]> By: Haim Michaeli https://toomanyadapters.com/buying-sim-card-ecuador/#comment-644453 https://toomanyadapters.com/?p=12670#comment-644453 Do you know if it is possible to get a sim card at Quito airport?

]]> By: Dave Dean https://toomanyadapters.com/buying-sim-card-ecuador/#comment-643693 https://toomanyadapters.com/?p=12670#comment-643693 In reply to Morgan.

Thanks for the update, Morgan — sounds like the process has got easier all round. We like that!

]]> By: Morgan https://toomanyadapters.com/buying-sim-card-ecuador/#comment-643692 https://toomanyadapters.com/?p=12670#comment-643692 Updates on this article:
I just got a new cheap phone and SIM card in Quito today from an official Movistar store. I’m a British citizen and although I needed to give them my passport number, I wasn’t required to do it under someone else’s name and transfer it later. Probably a law change.

Also, the SIM I was given came the same way as European SIMs, full size with a pop-out smaller SIM in the middle so no need to cut it down.

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