I will be living in San Pedro for 5-6 months. What do you recommend for cell phone so I can call family in US and be called by them? Rearrange my cell plan here or get a pay-as-I-go once I get there? Any suggestions? Thanks.

I used my verizon - though not cheap worked well.

Thanks. I don't expect anything to be cheap. I just want reliable and reasonable.

My Verizon cell phone works on the Island, but if I recall it cost $1.75 US per minute!

To call to the US.

You (currently) have two local services to choose from - BTL's Digicell and Smart. For Smart you'll have to buy a dedicated phone once you're here, but by repute the service is better and cheaper. For Digicell you may be able to use an existing phone so long as it operates on the correct frequency and is unlocked.

Whichever you choose will be a much better bet for use here than any service from out of country.

Thanks, Peter. Very helpful info.

Can you call internationally with Smart now?

Yes

I can't call Smart phones from the States. Don't know about Belize to the States.