Talk:Costa Rica/@comment-193.81.116.237-20200202120453

Five weeks ago I purchased a movistar sim card at a corner store in San Jose. The seller did not ask for my passport but simply registered it using his own cedula. I learned this in a movistar office a few hours later.

The sim card worked very well all the time in Costa Rica (San Jose, La Fortuna, Monteverde, Jaco) including tethering and VOIP. They advised me to by a plan because its cheaper than “pay as you go” which I did. It just means sending a text to a movistar number and they deduct the cost of the plan from your saldo.

They also told me that I could use the sim card in some other countries in Central America but only data, no calls and no recharge or buying plans is possible there!