When I first moved to Uruguay I bought a cell phone with Claro but seeing as they don't have any agreement with a phone company in Ireland I couldn't send messages to, or receive messages from home. As such, I switched to Movistar and was delighted to find that an international text message costs the same as a local one! (1 Uruguayan Peso!) However that has turned out to be the ONLY good thing about this network!
I first bought a pre-paid phone and found that the price for making a voicecall is insanely high so I went to inquire about a contract. I was told they had a contract that costs $395 monthly which includes 74 call minutes to ANY number, 200 text messages to ANY network and 1000 messages to 2 pre-selected movistar friends. I thought this was a good deal so I took it.
Read more: Movistar Nightmare [click]
