Vientiane - Post Report Question and Answers
Do you have any recommendations regarding mobile phones? Did you keep your home-country plan or use a local provider?
To set up a local plan, you absolutely need someone to help you. It is possible, and it is cheap. I tried to set up a local SIM and failed, and by the time I was able to ask someone for help, the card's expiration date had passed. So I gave up and stuck with Google Fi which works well and is not very expensive. - Dec 2024
We got Google Fi and it's been great. Some people get local SIM cards that they refill. - Mar 2024
I use a local SIM, pre-pay and pay for a monthly plan of unlimited data. Most people use WhatsApp, so there is no need to have a calling number. - Mar 2023
I think most people used a local provider which was reliable. - Jun 2020
I use a local provider. It's worked quite well once I figured out how to do it. - Oct 2018
Our phones were provided by the Embassy, so I can't speak for personal cell phones. I do know sim cards were cheap. - Jan 2014
